Category: Liturgical Year
Christ the King
Everyone in the world is subject to Jesus Christ who is King of all creation. This means that all men are bound to the...
All Saints Day
The Solemnity of All Saints is an important holy day celebrated each year on November 1. It is dedicated to all of those people...
The Birth of John the Baptist
John the Baptist is the hinge that connects the Old Testament to the New Testament. He is the last of the prophets to announce...
The Annunciation
The archangel Gabriel appeared to the Virgin Mary to let her know that she had been chosen by God to give birth to his...
Ash Wednesday
Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, a day when Catholics are marked with ashes on their foreheads. Symbolizing the dust that man was created from...
Lent
During the prayerful and penitential season of Lent, Catholics imitate Jesus’ 40 days in the desert through prayer, fasting, self-denial, almsgiving, and other good...
The Presentation of the Lord
The Law of Moses required that the first-born male child was to be offered to God as thanks for sparing the Israelites during the...
Epiphany
The Epiphany, or manifestation of Christ has been celebrated since earliest days of the Church. It recounts the event when wise men from the...
Christmas
Almost immediately after Adam and Eve committed the Original Sin and fell from grace, God promised that He would send a Savior to make...
Immaculate Conception
Mary’s Immaculate Conception was officially and solemnly declared a dogma in 1854 but has been a common belief since the beginning of the Christianity....