Entries for March 2024

Source After we pass through the sorrows and sacrifices of Lent and Holy Week, Easter breaks forth as a great time of joy and celebration. It is the “Solemnity of solemnities” celebrated by the Church. It is the day our hope was made complete—the day that Jesus conquered sin ...

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Source Divine Mercy Sunday is celebrated on the Second Sunday of Easter. Divine Mercy Sunday is a recent addition to the Church’s calendar, and it has links to both private revelation and the Bible. Millions of people look forward to and are profoundly moved by this day. What is it...

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Source What is Easter about? On Christmas, we celebrate the Incarnation—God becoming human – with Jesus’s birth. During Lent, we recall the cross—Jesus’s crucifixion and death. At Easter, we rejoice in the empty tomb—Jesus’s resurrection. Easter is ...

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Source The word "Easter" comes from Old English, meaning simply the "East." The sun which rises in the East, bringing light, warmth, and hope, is a symbol for the Christian of the rising Christ, who is the true Light of the world. The Paschal Candle used during the Easter Vigi...

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Source "Beginning with the Easter Triduum as its source of light, the new age of the Resurrection fills the whole liturgical year with its brilliance. Gradually, on either side of this source, the year is transfigured by the liturgy" (Catechism of the Catholic Church) . CHESAPEAKE, V...

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Source Good Friday is the most solemn day of the Christian year. It is the day our Savior died for us. It is the day we were redeemed from our sins by the voluntary death of God Himself at the hands of man. Here are 9 things you need to know. 1. Why is this day called "Good Frida...

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Source Jesus reveals that true manhood loses itself for the beloved. But what if we don’t see others as exactly loveable, let alone “beloved”? If you are having trouble really loving, perhaps you’re having trouble seeing. We look at humanity and the humans that make it up ...

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Source From September 2023 to May 2024, the arm of Saint Jude Thaddeus, venerated in Rome from ancient times, will be on pilgrimage in the United States, making stops in 100 cities. On April 8, 2024, this relic will be coming to Tyler.  One of the Church’s most beloved saints, Saint...

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Source Why do we celebrate a Solemnity of St. Joseph? In his Apostolic Exhortation Custodian of the Redeemer, Pope St. John Paul II elaborates on this statement of Pope Leo XIII, as it touches upon Mary and Joseph’s vocation with respect to the Incarnation of the Eternal Word, [This i]...

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