Divine Mercy Sunday
To sing the Chaplet of Divine Mercy, see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-410S9wP0s
To sing the Chaplet of Divine Mercy, see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-410S9wP0s
Pentecost was the Greek name for the Jewish festival of Shavuot, which occurred fifty days after Passover and celebrated the beginning of the early wheat harvest. This meant that Pentecost always fell sometime during the middle of the month of May or occasionally in early June. We celebrate Pentecost on the seventh Sunday after Easter, […]
For moreinformation go to https://www.franciscanmedia.org/faith-and-family/faith-and-family-for-june-12-solemnity-of-the-most-holy-trinity/ Saint of theDay is used with permission from Franciscan Media (www.FranciscanMedia.org). Holy Trinity icon by +Sister Mary Charles McGough
The Easter Vigil begins in darkness. The darkness itself is the first movement of the liturgy. It represents all darkness, and all the meanings of darkness - devoid of light; evil thoughts, motivations, deeds; all that is hidden and secret, deceitful and dishonest, divisive and abusive, immoral and sinful. It's the darkness of our world, […]
Easter Sunday is the greatest of all Sundays, and Easter Time is the most important of all liturgical times. Easter is the celebration of the Lord's resurrection from the dead, culminating in his Ascension to the Father and sending of the Holy Spirit upon the Church. It is characterized, above all, by the joy of […]
To sing the Chaplet of Divine Mercy, see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-410S9wP0s Divine Mercy
When they had gathered together they asked him, "Lord, are you at this time going to restore the kingdom to Israel?" He answered them, "It is not for you to know the times or seasons that the Father has established by his own authority. But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon […]
Understand by Father Greg Friedman, OFM https://www.franciscanmedia.org/faith-and-family/faith-and-family-for-june-12-solemnity-of-the-most-holy-trinity/ We’re told that the great Saint Augustine was once walking along the seashore trying to figure out the mystery of the Trinity. He came upon a child filling a hole with bucket after bucket of water from the ocean.“You can’t empty the whole ocean into that hole,” the […]
The Anima Christi is a mystical, ecstatic prayer to the Holy Body and Blood of Christ. Attributed to Saint Ignatius of Loyola, it is probably older than he was. Soul of Christ, sanctify me. Body of Christ, save me. Blood of Christ, inebriate me. Water from the side of Christ, wash me. Passion of Christ, […]
For the wondrous story about the first celebration of the Christmas Manger, go to https://www.franciscanmedia.org/saint-of-the-day/christmas-at-greccio/ Saint of the Day is used with permission from Franciscan Media (www.FranciscanMedia.org).
For more information go to https://www.franciscanmedia.org/saint-of-the-day/nativity-of-the-lord/ Saint of the Day is used with permission from Franciscan Media (www.FranciscanMedia.org). Nativity by +Sister Mary Charles McGough
The Easter Vigil begins in darkness. The darkness itself is the first movement of the liturgy. It represents all darkness, and all the meanings of darkness - devoid of light; evil thoughts, motivations, deeds; all that is hidden and secret, deceitful and dishonest, divisive and abusive, immoral and sinful. It's the darkness of our world, […]
Easter Sunday is the greatest of all Sundays, and Easter Time is the most important of all liturgical times. Easter is the celebration of the Lord's resurrection from the dead, culminating in his Ascension to the Father and sending of the Holy Spirit upon the Church. It is characterized, above all, by the joy of […]
To sing the Chaplet of Divine Mercy, see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-410S9wP0s
When they hadgathered together they asked him,"Lord, areyou at this time going to restore the kingdom to Israel?"He answeredthem, "It is not for you to know the times or seasonsthat the Fatherhas established by his own authority.But you willreceive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you,and you will bemy witnesses in Jerusalem,throughoutJudea and Samaria,and […]
Trinity Sunday Understand by Father GregFriedman, OFM https://www.franciscanmedia.org/faith-and-family/faith-and-family-for-june-12-solemnity-of-the-most-holy-trinity/ We’re told that the great Saint Augustine was once walking along the seashore trying to figure out the mystery of the Trinity. He came upon a child filling a hole with bucket after bucket of water from the ocean. “You can’t empty the whole ocean into that […]