Results from Tag: 'feast days'
St. Nicodemus ― A Pharisee Who Risked His Reputation for Jesus
St. Nicodemus shares an Aug. 31 feast day with another religious leader who helped to bury Jesus — St. Joseph of Arimathea
Holiness Multiplied: Celebrating Saintly Men and Women Who Share the Same Feast Day
On some dates the Church honors multiple holy lives.
Novena for Feasts of the Body: An August Proposal
COMMENTARY: A novena in this period would be a useful observance of the bookend feasts as well as an opportunity, by preaching, by groups, by teaching, to discuss the theology of the body.
Pope St. Paul VI’s Feast Will Be Celebrated May 29
Date of the memorial is his ordination anniversary to the priesthood.
St. Mary Magdalene: A Symbol of Hope and Mercy
COMMENTARY: Pope Francis has given Mary Magdalene a canonical rank equivalent to that of the apostles.
Pope Francis Blesses Lambs on St. Agnes’ Feast Day
The time-honored custom precedes wool being used to make palliums, a vestment worn by metropolitan archbishops, which signify their unity with the Church of Rome.
