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What are the origins and significance of the Easter celebration? Easter was the first feast celebrated by the early church, commemorating Jesus’ resurrection. This rich and glorious event celebrated the reality that Jesus, who had been killed, was experienced as alive. Sunday was chosen as the day of communal gathering and celebration because, according...
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A special blessing of throats occurs on the feast of St. Blaise, February 3. What is the origin of this? St. Blaise, Biagio in Italian, Blasco or Blas in Spanish, was a bishop of Sebaste, Armenia, in modern Turkey, who was martyred for witnessing to the faith. He was tortured and beheaded for his...
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Our Lady of Guadalupe The largest annual gathering of Catholics in the United States takes place each year in the Chicago suburb of Des Plaines, Illinois when over 125,000 people gather at the shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe on her feast. Each year the number has grown as devotion to the patroness...
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We just celebrated the feast of the Guardian Angels on Saturday. I suspect most of us didn’t even avert to it, since we were busy about other things. Saturday is often the day for yard work, children’s sports, household projects, shopping, or other things that we don’t have time for during the week. Thinking...
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June 24 celebrates the feast of the birth of John the Baptist. How was that date chosen and why? The date set for John the Baptist’s birth only came into existence once the date to celebrate Jesus’ birth was set. Evidence shows that by the middle of the fourth century Christians were celebrating the...
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Our prayer group is discussing ways we can change and strengthen our faith. What one thing could we change that would have the greatest impact on our faith? A famous coach once said that when the team is in trouble and things aren’t going well, go back to the basics; when the team is...
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(Video and discussion) What does the large Easter candle mean? The Easter Vigil begins in darkness as a symbol of Christ’s tomb, as well as of the multiple occasions when darkness enters our lives. The parish community, with unlit candles, gathers outside in the darkness around dry, dead wood that will soon be brought...
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