Posts Tagged ‘Liturgical Calendar’
Feast Days and Celebrating the Memory of Saints and Martyrs
“Since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders us and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith.” -Hebrews 12:1 Catholics celebrate the lives…
Read MoreThe Poignant Grief of the Holy Innocents
“Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings, O God, thou perfected praise because of thine enemies. O Lord, our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!” -Roman Missal, Introit for Dec. 28, Feast of the Holy Innocents In the midst of the joy of Christmas which fills both heaven and earth,…
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