Sara reflection busy mother, grandmother idea simplicity, simple pleasures How to simplify during lent? Extracurricular activities of children. How to find the balance? How to carve out time for family? Hyper scheduled because we can. Fill 36 hrs/day instead of 24 hr. A process of discernment. Realistic expectations of these opportunities, not future gains, is…
A single sacramental confession suffices for gaining several plenary indulgences; but Communion must be received and prayer for the intention of the Sovereign Pontiff must be recited for the gaining of each plenary indulgence. The condition of praying for the intention of the Sovereign Pontiff is fully satisfied by reciting one Our Father and one…
Practical Suggestions – Plenary indulgence for Stations of the Cross[1] and Prayer before the Crucifix[2] – Lenten Retreat -Pious reading, suggested something of the Shroud of Turin and the reality of the torture of the crucifixion. 1700 years removed from the outlawing of crucifixion with Constantine, dulls the memory -Pious movies, good movies have a…
Ashes are a sacramental. Sacramentals= from Baltimore Catechism is anything set apart or blessed by the Church to excite good thoughts and to increase devotion, and through these movements of the heart to remit venial sins. Christians who had committed grave faults, as a sign of contrition to the community, following ancient Jewish practice, put…
In either case, both point to Christ is the ordering of time and space. Jesus is the Lord of history and His singular work of Redemption and Resurrection is the pivot point. To enter more fully into these great mysteries, 40 days in commemoration of the Lord’s temptation and victory in the desert, 40 days…
I. Chronological Ordering Ash Wednesday Precedes Lent II. To Understand Ash Wednesday, Lent First Considered III. Liturgical Calendars Traditional Rite: 2 Liturgical Cycles Cycle 1: The Christmas Cycle with 3 seasons Advent 4 weeks preceding Dec 24 Christmastide Vespers of Dec 24 to 13 January (Octave of Epiphany). Feast ends 12 Days of Christmas but…