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by bcadmin | Dec 1, 2021 | Advent, Christmas, Faith & Spirituality, Featured, Latin, liturgical year, News | 0 |
In the Latin, the word had an intriguing range of meanings. Adventus is a form of the verb advenio which is defined not only as arrive, come to, but also as develop, set in, and arise. Adventus itself also refers to an invasion, incursion, ripening, and appearance—all denotations that are rich with implications for the […]
by bcadmin | Nov 30, 2021 | Catechetics, Church calendar, Featured, liturgical year, News | 0 |
Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ becomes alive and visits us, touches us, and enters us through His Mystical Body, the Church! In the most full sense of the word, Jesus becomes alive in us through the Eucharist. All the actions of the Church and the members of the Mystical Body of Christ converge at […]
by bcadmin | Dec 26, 2020 | liturgical year, News | 0 |
Of all the tremendous mysteries of our faith, there is none more stupefying in its reality than the Incarnation. That God would deign to assume human flesh is a staggering fact, and it is one that a thousand different heresies has sought to doubt or deny. And yet, it is a fast so critical to […]
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Read Moreby bcadmin | Dec 17, 2020 | Advent, Carmelite, expectations, Faith, family, Featured, God, In the Spotlight, Jesus Christ, Liturgical Colors, liturgical year, Living the Faith, News, Prayer, waiting, watching | 0 |
Every day we look forward to the gift of another dawn as the sun begins to peek through the curtain of the night to bring the vibrancy of color back to us yet again. It is a ritual of sorts, isn’t it? When the first blush of the dawn greets the dark cl…
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 23, 2020 | Coronavirus, Devotions, Faith & Spirituality, Featured, liturgical year, Liturgy, News | 0 |
With the coronavirus pandemic, we Christians face a crisis that has only been felt a few times throughout our history. Many of the ordinary means of sanctification and participation in the life of the Church are denied to us. It is a cross we must bear. Yet in bearing that cross, the Church has offered us tools to bear it profitably.
by bcadmin | Mar 25, 2020 | Annunciation, liturgical year, News, The Dispatch | 0 |
Editor’s note: This homily was preached on March 25, 2017, for the Solemnity of the Annunciation for the Congregation of St. Athanasius, Archdiocese of Boston/Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter. On this solemnity which celebrates the […]
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 21, 2020 | Lent, liturgical year, News, Scripture, The Dispatch | 0 |
Readings: • 1 Sam 16:1b, 6-7, 10-13a • Psa 23:1-3a, 3b-4, 5, 6 • Eph 5:8-14 • Jn 9:1-41 Scripture refers many times to the contrast between darkness and light. The first mention of this […]
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 16, 2020 | Bayard Faith Resources, Bayard Inc., caring for the sick, Catholic Digest, COVID-19, liturgical year, Liturgy, Living with Christ, Mass, Music, News, Pflaum Gospel Weeklies, Pflaum Publishing Group, Pope Francis, Prayer, Sacraments | 0 |
During the current health crisis caused by COVID-19, Bayard, Inc., Catholic Digest‘s parent company, is providing the texts of the Sunday liturgies free of charge as an aid to worship, especially for those who cannot attend Sunday liturgies becau…
Read Moreby bcadmin | Feb 2, 2020 | Calendar & Seasons, Featured, Into the Deep, Jesus Christ, liturgical year, Living the Faith, News, Ordinary Time | 0 |
Candlemas and the Presentation of the Lord have already arrived! Christmas Day was forty days ago. We’ve been in the season of Ordinary Time on the liturgical calendar for three weeks. Before we know it, Lent will be upon us. That’s what happens in thi…
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