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WANT TO PREPARE FOR THE SOLEMNITY OF THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS?
WANT TO PREPARE FOR THE SOLEMNITY OF THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS? This coming Friday, we will be celebrating the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Perhaps, the immediate question which follows is: WHAT IS THE SOLEMNITY OF THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS ALL ABOUT? It would be helpful to cite the CATECHISM…
Nov. 30: WHO WAS THE FIRST PERSON EVER TO LIVE THE SEASON OF ADVENT? Novena to the Immaculate Conception. Day 1
On Advent (4): WHO WAS THE FIRST PERSON EVER TO LIVE THE SEASON OF ADVENT? Novena to the Immaculate Conception. In my weekly Catechetical Masses for Grade 4 students in the school where I am one of the chaplains, I always make it a point that the homilies are interactive: I ask the young…
ON ADVENT (2): INTERIOR PREPARATION FOR CHRISTMAS. Make Baby Jesus Happy By Going to Confession This Advent!
ON ADVENT 2: INTERIOR PREPARATION FOR CHRISTMAS In a talk I gave last year to Grade 1 (7 yr-old) girls, I asked them what they were doing to prepare for the Coming of the Child Jesus. A blonde, chubby girl answered: “I’m preparing the Nativity Scene in our house”…Another girl with pony tails said: “I…
ON ADVENT (1): WHAT IS ADVENT? Time of Preparation, of Hope and of Interior Joy
ON ADVENT (1): WHAT IS ADVENT? Time of Preparation, of Hope and of Interior Joy This coming Sunday marks the beginning of a new liturgical year when the Catholic Church celebrates the 1st Sunday of ADVENT. BUT WHAT IS THE ADVENT SEASON ALL ABOUT? The word “Advent” comes from the Latin term “adventus” which indicates…