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  PENTECOST ⬅️ Movable Feasts - Complete List Pentecost (Whit Sunday) takes place 50 days after Easter. It commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles of Jesus while they were in Jerusalem ( Acts 2:1-11 ). PRAYER FOR THE GIFTS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT Holy Spirit, Sanctifier blest, deign to grant us: the gift of fear, which makes us shun all sin; the gift of piety, which makes us respect and love the Three Divine Persons, our parents and children, as is proper for true children of God; the gift of knowledge, which makes us judge eternal and temporal things as God judges them; the gift of fortitude, which makes us bear all hardships for the love and greater glory of God; the gift of counsel, which makes us be guided, and guide others, in the Way of Truth, of Christlike Life; the gift of understanding, which makes us penetrate deeply into what You, Holy Spirit, have deigned to reveal; the gift of wisdom, which makes us relish all that is right and is in line with Eternal ...

  ROGATION DAYS The tradition of Rogation Days and prayer processions goes back to the 4th century, when a large prayer procession was introduced across the fields on St Mark's Day (April 25) in Rome (Major Rogation Day). MAJOR ROGATION DAY In the late 5th century, after an earthquake and crop failures in southern France, Bishop Mammertus of Vienne ordered three days of atonement before the Ascension, combined with fasting and prayer processions. The Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday before the Feast of the Ascension are also traditionally observed as days of solemn supplication, these are the Minor Rogation Days. MINOR ROGATION DAYS This custom was adopted throughout the Roman Church in the 8th century. People asked God for mercy, for fertility in fields and fields, for protection from hail, frost and other storms. The Litany of the Saints and the associated prayers are recited in procession. BLESSING OF THE FIELDS To this day, the prayer days are a living tradition in many places, ei...

  BEAUTIFUL SHORT EASTER PRAYER BY ST GREGORY THE GREAT It is only right, with all the powers of our heart and mind, to praise You, Father and Your Only-begotten Son, Our Lord Jesus Christ: Dear Father, by Your wondrous Condescension of loving-kindness towards us, Your servants, You gave up Your Son. Dear Jesus, You paid the debt of Adam for us to the Eternal Father by Your Blood poured forth in loving-kindness. You cleared away the darkness of sin by Your magnificent and radiant Resurrection. You broke the bonds of death and rose from the grave as a Conqueror. You reconciled heaven and earth. Our life had no hope of eternal happiness before You redeemed us. Your Resurrection has washed away our sins, restored our innocence and brought us joy. How inestimable is the tenderness of Your love! Amen.

  PRAYER TO JESUS THE GOOD SHEPHERD FOR VOCATIONS Jesus, You are the Good Shepherd. You know each of us and you call us by name to serve in faith. Help us respond generously to Your voice. Give courage and guidance to those You call to the priesthood and the diaconate, to religious life and lay ministry, so they may respond wholeheartedly and serve devotedly. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen. ⬅️ Movable Feasts - Complete List

  WELCOME! WHAT HAPPENS DURING HOLY WEEK? During Holy Week the Church celebrates the mysteries of salvation accomplished by Christ in the last days of his life on earth, beginning with his messianic entrance into Jerusalem. The Lenten season lasts until the Thursday of this week. The Easter Triduum begins with the evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper, is continued through  Good Friday with the celebration of the Passion of the Lord and Holy Saturday, to reach its summit in the Easter Vigil. It concludes with Vespers of Easter Sunday. The days of Holy Week, from Monday to Thursday inclusive, have precedence over all other celebrations. It is not fitting that Baptisms or Confirmation be celebrated on these days. Holy Week begins on ‘Passion ( or Palm ) Sunday’ which joins the foretelling of Christ’s regal triumph and the proclamation of the Passion. The connection between both aspects of the paschal mystery should be shown and explained in the celebration and catechesis of this da...

  PALM SUNDAY - MARK 11:1-10 When they drew near to Jerusalem, to Bethphage and Bethany, at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two of his disciples, and said to them, “Go into the village opposite you, and immediately as you enter it you will find a colt tied, on which no one has ever sat; untie it and bring it. If any one says to you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ say, ‘The Lord has need of it and will send back here, immediately,'” And they went away, and found a colt tied at the door out in the open street; and they untied it. And those who stood there said to them,  “What are you doing, untying the colt?” And they told them what Jesus had said; and they let them go. And they brought the colt to Jesus, and threw their garments on it; and he sat upon it. And many spread their garments on the road, and others spread leafy branches which they had cut from the fields. And those who went before and those who followed cried out, “Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!...

  DOMESTIC CHURCH ➡️ Feasts, Solemnities, and Liturgical Seasons If we aspire to a deeper understanding of Jesus’ life and mission, we must draw close to the mystery of the Holy Family of Nazareth to observe and listen… For every believer, and especially Christian families, the humble dwelling place in Nazareth is an authentic school of the Gospel. AN INTIMATE COMMUNITY OF LIFE AND LOVE Here we admire, put into practice, the divine plan to make the family an intimate community of life and love; here we learn that every Christian family is called to be a small “domestic church” that must shine with the Gospel virtues. A MODEL FOR EVERY HOME Recollection and prayer, mutual understanding and respect, personal discipline and community asceticism and a spirit of sacrifice, work and solidarity are typical features that make the family of Nazareth a model for every home. PRAYER: Grant us, Lord, always to follow the example of Your Holy Family, that at the hour of our death Your glorious V...

  FEASTS, SOLEMNITIES, AND LITURGICAL SEASONS The Feast of Jesus Christ the Eternal High Priest All Saints Day Solemnity of Christ, the King of the Universe Advent - Prayer for Christ's Coming in Grace Christmas Vigil Mass - Gospel Reading The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph - Feast   The Epiphany of Our Lord   The Baptism of the Lord The Feast of the Chair of Saint Peter, Apostle The Feast of the Holy Face of Jesus Ash Wednesday and the Season of Lent Palm Sunday Holy Week Maundy Thursday Good Friday Holy Saturday Easter Good Shepherd Sunday   Rogation Days Pentecost Mater Ecclesiae Trinity Sunday   The Feast of Corpus Christi Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus The Most Precious Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ The Transfiguration of the Lord The Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross Michaelmas Day Feast of the Holy Guardian Angels (The Lord of Miracles) -8888-

  THE FEAST OF JESUS CHRIST THE ETERNAL HIGH PRIEST ➡️ Feasts, Solemnities, and Liturgical Seasons The Feast of Christ the Eternal High Priest is a moveable liturgical feast celebrated annually on the first Thursday after Pentecost. Approval for this feast was first granted by the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments in 1987. JESUS' PRIESTLY OFFICE The feast was introduced into the liturgy and Divine Office in England and Wales in 2018. It focuses on Jesus’ Priestly Office (Munus sacerdotale). He is considered the model for believers, and for the clergy in particular, with priests acting In persona Christi (“In the person of Christ”).  The laity are thus urged to pray that priests would be more like Christ, the compassionate and trustworthy high priest (Hebrews 2:17), ever-living, to intercede for humanity before the Father (Hebrews 7:25). The feast also reminds of our part in that one Priesthood through the Sacraments. ⬅️ Marian Feast Days