by Faith Central & Steve Welsh
“As we look toward Christmas and ponder the Incarnation, we ought to remember that so profound was truth of the incarnation that the early Church fell to her knees at these words: ‘and He was incarnate by the Holy Spirit, from the virgin Mary, and became man.’ This act of falling to one’s knees at these words is still practiced
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“Saint Andrew’s feast day is today! This feast is the marker that determines the start of Advent. The first Sunday of Advent begins on the Sunday closest to (or on) November 30th, St Andrew’s feast day. That explains the first part of the Saint Andrew Christmas Novena’s name. The second part simply refers to when the novena ends. On Christmas.
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Meeting with members of Synodal Teams and Participatory Bodies, Pope Leo IV urged the Faithful to humble ourselves like the penitent tax collector in the Gospel, and to seek unity within Holy Mother Church, even amidst any tensions that might occur. Vatican News highlighted the Pope’s emphasis on the Church as a Sign of the unity between God and Humanity,
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Catholic TV Mass for the Memorial of Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus, Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025, from the National Catholic Broadcasting Council in Ontario, Canada … [Click here for Mass Readings] “‘Foxes have dens and birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to rest His Head.’ … ‘No one who sets a hand to
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“Mary Magdalene stayed outside the tomb weeping …. [S]he bent over into the tomb and saw two Angels in white … one at the head and one at the feet where the Body of Jesus had been. … [S] he turned around and saw Jesus … but did not know it was Jesus. Jesus said … ‘Mary!’ She turned and
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[The Divine Office, or Liturgy of the Hours, begins the Liturgical Day with “A Call to Praise God” in the form of the Invitatory Psalm, usually Psalm 95, in stanzas, or strophes, interspersed with an antiphon. For Easter Sunday, the antiphon is “The Lord is Risen, Alleluia.”] [Prior to the Psalm is an introductory phrase taken from Psalm 51 and
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“During Lent, we are asked to devote ourselves to seeking the Lord in prayer and reading Scripture, to service by giving alms, and to practice self-control through fasting. …”
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[The Divine Office, or Liturgy of the Hours, begins the Liturgical Day with “A Call to Praise God” in the form of the Invitatory Psalm, usually Psalm 95, in stanzas, or strophes, interspersed with an antiphon. For Sundays and weekdays during Lent, from Ash Wednesday to the Saturday of the Fifth Week of Lent, the antiphon is “Come, let us
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[The Divine Office, or Liturgy of the Hours, begins the Liturgical Day with “A Call to Praise God” in the form of the Invitatory Psalm, usually Psalm 95, in stanzas, or strophes, interspersed with an antiphon. For Sundays and weekdays during Lent, from Ash Wednesday to the Saturday of the Fifth Week of Lent, the antiphon is “Come, let us
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