Easter Vigil 2023 Guide: Table of Contents The Roman Missal borrows a quote from St. Augustine when it refers to the Easter Vigil as “the mother of all holy vigils.” Anyone who has attended this...
Holy Week 2023 Schedule The season of Lent gives way to the celebration of Easter in Holy Week, the most sacred period of the liturgical calendar. Holy Week includes both the Church’s most solemn...
Along with prayer and almsgiving, fasting is one of the three pillars of Lent. In a message for Lent in 2008, Pope Benedict XVI described these as “specific tasks that accompany the faithful...
When Ash Wednesday rolls around each year, it can catch us off guard when it comes to our prayer life. We know Lent is important and that it helps prepare us for Easter. Most Catholics recognize Lent...
The Sunday before Holy Week is Passion Sunday, or Palm Sunday. It marks the arrival of Christ in Jerusalem just days before
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Following the Mass of the Lord’s Supper on Holy Thursday, there’s an ancient Catholic tradition to make a pilgrimage to seven churches.
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Have you heard of St. Josemaría Escrivá’s “heroic minute”? Are you someone who wakes up at the first alarm clock or do
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Did you know there’s an indulgence attached to the prayer before a Crucifix? Lent is the time year when Catholics focus especially
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Have you heard of the devotion to the Seven Sorrows and Seven Joys of Saint Joseph? This prayerful meditation tells of a
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