Today marks the last day of Advent Sundays, but not the end of the Advent Season. That will not end until Christmas and the birth of our Lord, Jesus Christ.
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Good Morning Beautiful Embers Day of Advent
Not just on Sundays but all of Advent is filled with moments of quiet reflection. It is in the stillness of our hearts that the Lord waits, anxious to speak with us. Often that is more difficult than we can imagine. To be still requires the virtue of patients and a trust in God.
Continue reading “Good Morning Beautiful Embers Day of Advent”Give Thanks To The Lord
Welcome to the second Ember Days of Advent. While no longer fasting as a part of our Ember Days observances, it is a Friday. Whatever we do, there shall not be meat on the table.
Continue reading “Give Thanks To The Lord”Remembering A Feast Day of Old
Do you like learning new things about your faith? So much of the customs and traditions of old have fallen away, depriving those of us living in a hustle and bustle secular world to miss out on the quiet moments of contemplation of faith.
Continue reading “Remembering A Feast Day of Old”The First Ember Days of Advent
Ember Days. Until I began reading Dad’s text book The Visible Church which was published in 1922 as part of a Catholic Education I hadn’t even heard of Ember Days. Dad received the book to help him study in 1951, when he converted to the Catholic Faith. Little had changed in the teachings at that point.
Continue reading “The First Ember Days of Advent”On the 3rd Sunday of Advent, Let Us Cry Out
O Come O Come Emmanuel. Come into our hearts and bring us the joy of knowing that we are Your children. For now and for always we are Yours and Yours alone.
Continue reading “On the 3rd Sunday of Advent, Let Us Cry Out”The Lights of Saint Lucia
December is the coldest, darkest time of the year for those living in the Northern Hemisphere. It is no wonder that so many of the Holy Days throughout December shine with candlelight.
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When most of us think of our Lady of Guadalupe, we think it must be some sort of Mexican celebration. That would be true, but that’s not where it ends. Did you know that our Lady of Guadalupe is the Patroness of the Americas? That would be all of the Americas – from South America through Central America and North America.
Continue reading “A Little Friday Spice for Our Beautiful Lady”A Blessed Solemnity Feast
Imagine my surprise when the Vatican came out recently to reject petitions within the Church to formally proclaim Mary as “co-redemptory” or “co-mediatrix.” It shows how little I know about certain movements within the Church.
Continue reading “A Blessed Solemnity Feast”On the 2nd Advent Sunday Let Us Pray
Each Sunday of the Advent Season is dedicated to a pray for a particular grace. On the Second Sunday of Advent we pray for Peace.
Continue reading “On the 2nd Advent Sunday Let Us Pray”Celebrating Saint Nick
The best part about the Feast of Saint Nicholas is that for those who wish to separate the Secular Santa Clause from the birth of Christ, this gives you a way to do it gracefully without appearing to be some sort of a Scrooge. It also lets you open your home to others in the spirit of Christmas Giving.
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Advent is the most wonderful Season. My home has not one but three Advent wreaths and candles. It is the lighting of the candles, the glow of their lights, that fills my heart with immense joy. It is the anticipation and preparing the way of salvation that resonated within me.
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Welcome to the last Sunday of Ordinary Times in the 2024-2025 Church Year. Next Sunday begins the Advent Season and a new cycle. Christ the King Sunday isn’t just a Catholic tradition. It is recognized and celebrated throughout much of the Christian world.
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Mother of mercy, our life, our sweetness and our hope. To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve: to thee do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this valley of tears. Turn then, most gracious Advocate, thine eyes of mercy toward us, and after this our exile, show unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
Continue reading “Hail Holy Queen”Pray for All Souls
Have you ever wonder the reason behind All Souls’ Day? It’s a day to remember our loved ones, those who are not among the living. We not only remember them, but pray for them. Among Christians, praying for the dead is almost exclusively Catholic.
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