by Faith Central & Steve Welsh
Catholic News Agency reports: “At least 200 people were killed in explosions Easter morning, detonated in churches [and] other sites across Sri Lanka. Hundreds more are reportedly injured. … explosions were detonated during Easter Mass at churches in the Sri Lankan capital, Colombo, and in Negombo, a city 20 miles to its north. At the same time, a bomb exploded
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“At daybreak on the first day of the week the women who had come from Galilee with Jesus took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb. They found the stone rolled away from the tomb; but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. … behold, two men in dazzling garments appeared
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The Divine Mercy Chaplet in song, produced by Trish Short, and featuring scenes from the National Shrine of the Divine Mercy. Following below, how to pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet. The primary prayers of the Divine Mercy Chaplet include: Opening Sign of the Cross, Our Father, Hail Mary, The Apostles Creed … Utilizing a Rosary, on each large bead starting
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Stabat Mater dolorosa Juxta Crucem lacrimosa, Dum pendebat Filius.Cujus animam gementem, Contristatam et dolentem, Pertransivit gladius. FAITHLINK: Catholic Prayer: Stabat Mater (At the Cross Her Station Keeping) – CatholicCulture O quam tristis et afflicta Fuit illa benedicta Mater Unigeniti! Quem maerebat, et dolebat, Pia Mater, dum videbat Nati paenas inclyti. Quis est homo, qui non fleret, Matrem Christi si videret
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“… Jesus is Condemned to Die Jesus is Made to Bear His Cross Jesus Falls the First Time Jesus Meets His Mother Simon Helps Jesus Carry His Cross Veronica Wipes Jesus’ Face Jesus Falls the Second Time Jesus Meets the Women of Jerusalem Jesus Falls the Third Time Jesus is Stripped Jesus is Nailed to the Cross Jesus Dies on
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“… We adore You, O Christ, and we bless You. All: Because by Your Holy Cross You have Redeemed the world. …”
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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 Good Friday, the antiphon is “Come, Let Us Worship Christ, the Son of God, Who Reedeemed Us With His Blood.”] [Prior to the
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From a Negro Spiritual, performed by the Choir from the Old Cardiff Arms Park in Wales Were you there when they crucified my Lord? Were you there when they crucified my Lord? Oh, sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble. Were you there when they crucified my Lord? Were you there when they nailed him to the tree? Were
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O sacred head, surrounded by crown of piercing thorn! O bleeding head, so wounded, reviled and put to scorn! Our sins have marred the glory of thy most holy face, yet angel hosts adore thee and tremble as they gaze [lyrics continue below video] I see thy strength and vigor all fading in the strife, and death with cruel rigor,
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FOR OVER A CENTURY, year after year on Good Friday, thousands of Pilgrims of various faiths have been praying “The Steps” of Mt. Adams to Immaculata Church. How did this unique devotion begin? It goes back to the saintly Archbishop Purcell, who with great fervor urged the faithful of Cincinnati to pray for his Grand Venture – a Shrine to
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