In my previous articles, I explained how Ash Wednesday, Good Friday and other Fridays of the year are known as penitential days in the Catholic...
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WHY THE CATHOLIC CHURCH DEMANDS ABSTINENCE FROM MEAT ON ASH WEDNESDAY AND GOOD FRIDAY FROM A SCRIPTURAL AND CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE
Abstinence from meat on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday must be understood as the Catholic Church Law. However, it must be noted that this Church’s law...
ON THE GRAVITY OF EATING MEAT ON GOOD FRIDAY AND OTHER FRIDAYS OF THE YEAR
From the 1983 Code of Canon Law (CIC) 1249: The divine law BINDS all the Christian faithful to do penance each in his or her own way. In order for...
Holy Saturday is the day of the “great silence”. It begins on the night of Good Friday, with the stone that rolls to seal the tomb of the...
GOOD FRIDAY SERMON: HIS DEATH – OUR REDEMPTION
It is common to hear the expression “Christ died on the cross for us”, but what does it mean? How did the redemption of the sins of humanity through...
THE CROWD OF PALM SUNDAY ≠ THE CROWD OF GOOD FRIDAY
I grew up with the understanding that the crowd who cheered Jesus with shouts of “Hosanna” on Palm Sunday was the same crowd who shouted: “Crucify...
Greetings to you all, my dear friends in Christ! Palm Sunday (Passion Sunday) is here again for the Year 2020. Virtually every Christian understands...
TRIBUTE TO SAINT JOSEPH ON HIS SOLEMNITY: MARCH 19
I know a man, often disregarded by many. He was a just man, even the holy Book affirms this veracity (cf. Matt. 1:19). He was called the Father of...
NOVENA TO SAINT JOSEPH – DAY 9: “JOSEPH: A HOMELESS MAN, MIGRANT, A POLITICAL REFUGEE, UNEMPLOYED…”
Sufferings, difficulties, homelessness, insecurity, joblessness, etc. could be said to characterize the life of St. Joseph in spite of his trust in...
NOVENA TO SAINT JOSEPH – DAY 8: “RECEIVING AND WELCOMING JESUS IN THE HOLY EUCHARIST LIKE ST. JOSEPH”
To receive and welcome Jesus in the Holy Eucharist is to behave like St. Joseph who lived in union with Jesus of Nazareth. In order to receive and...