People have always carried or kept items that have meaning to them either on them or around their house. There are Christmas decorations handed down from great-grandma’s house, Mom’s wedding ring, or a holy statue that came from when Dad was Confirmed....
Walk into any Catholic Church and you will see candles everywhere. On the altar, in front of icons, close to the Tabernacle. We see them in Advent wreaths and at Baptisms. What is the meaning behind all of these candles? Let’s find out. Light of the World From...
The ritual is simple and well-known: walk into a church, dip hand in font of holy water, make Sign of the Cross, proceed to pew. And the reverse: exit pew, dip hand in holy water font, make Sign of the Cross, exit church. It’s rote, it’s mundane, it...
Throughout the universal Catholic Church, starting last week and continuing this week, the yearly liturgy known as the Chrism Mass has been taking place. In some dioceses, the Chrism Mass is always on the Monday of Holy Week. During the Chrism Mass, two very important...
Maybe you bless yourself with holy water as you walk into Church, or you remember a small container of water that was at your grandma’s house growing up. If you’re a Catholic, chances are that you’ve encountered this blessed water at some point....
