All About Lent Q: What is Lent? A:Historically‚ Lent is the forty day period before Easter‚ excluding Sundays‚ it began on Ash Wednesday and ended on Holy Saturday (the day before Easter Sunday). In recent years‚ this has been modified so that it now ends with evening Mass on Holy Thursday‚ to prepare the way for Triduum. Q: Why are Sundays excluded from the reckoning of the forty days? A: Because Sunday is the day on which Christ arose‚ making it an inappropriate day to fast and mourn our sins
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drummers‚ flag throwers‚ and figures dressed in historical costume as well as city officials and clerical representatives. Inside the Duomo‚ people are singing “Gloria.” There is a dove shaped rocket that is known as the “Colombina” (symbolizing the Holy Spirit) and it is usually lit by the Archbishop at this time. When it is lit‚ it flies towards the cart filled with fireworks and collides setting off an extravagant display of fireworks. The people of Florence believe that if all works well with the
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Filipinos would spend their Holy Week in solitude and in prayer. They would pray all day and all night‚ recite different readings and reflect on their lives and on the life and suffering of our Lord Jesus Christ. This would reflect the devotion of these people to their religion and tradition. In the present times‚ the traditional people I was referring to earlier are already a scarce in the society. Typical Filipinos‚ including Roman Catholic’s‚ would spend their Holy Week vacationing‚ frolicking and
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Holy Eucharist The Holy Eucharist which is also known as Holy Communion. We always celebrate this sacrament every Sunday and the masses which we are obliged to attend. The priest always gives us sermons and there are lessons that we acquire from them. We are always reminded that Jesus sacrificed Himself for us for the atonement of our sins. It is also a way for us to be closer to Him. Nowadays‚ some people are not giving importance to the mass and just say it’s a waste of time. But for me
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Communication Foundation for Asia www.cfamedia.org Fr. Stephen‚ msc www.stephencuyos.com stephencuyos@gmail.com Holy Orders is the sacrament of apostolic ministry through which the mission entrusted by Christ to his apostles continues to be exercised in the Church till the end of time. SOURCE: Catechism for Filipino Catholics 2012 BIBLICAL FOUNDATION Luke 22:19 Matthew 28:18 John 20:22 Romans 15:16 Jesus 1979‚ U.S.A. Directors: John Krish‚ Peter Sykes Writer: Barnet Bain
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Holy Spirit The “Person” of the Holy Spirit Of the three “persons” to the concept of the Trinity‚ the Holy Spirit is often shrouded in more mystery than the other two. While the person of God the “Father” as the creator and sustainer of creation is well established in the scripture and the history of Judaism and Christianity‚ and while the person of Jesus the “Son” as an actual person in the course of human history is well documented in history and scripture‚ the person of the Holy Spirit
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The Holy Land contains many sacred sites for Jews‚ Christians‚ and Muslims that can be traced back to the origin of each religion. The land in itself is an identity for Jews. They believe that the Holy Land as a gift‚ that was given when God made a covenant for Abraham. The land was the promised land‚ where God would deliver and fulfill the promise of the Torah. The land is also where God revealed himself. Jews‚ themselves and their religion can not survive without the Hold Land. It is their center;
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Holy War Essay Holy war. How can the word holy be put together with the word war? In the Old Testament though‚ holy war is presented in such a good light. You were going to war for Yahweh’s command. Holy war was only engaged when Yahweh summons Israel to war. Holy war was initiated when something became a threat to Israel’s loyalty to Yahweh or something became dangerous to Israelites faith. War and killing was what seemed necessary to protect Israelites from swaying towards the Canaanite religion
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The Holy Cross The holy cross is a very important and very familiar symbol in the Christian faith. The cross that hangs against the red brick wall in the main sanctuary of my home church (A.P. Shaw United Methodist) has aroused my curiosity since I was a child. As long as I can remember this enormous wooden cross has hung there overlooking the congregation as if Christ himself was keeping watch. Directly beneath the cross is an altar holding a Holy Bible‚ candles‚ a prayer
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depict‚ one of the most complex and important concepts expressed in Christian art and ideology is the idea of the holy trinity. Artistic representations of the three persons of the holy trinity helped people make better sense of the divine mystery of Christ by expressing a complicated theological idea through the use of tangible and concrete visual symbols. Attempts to depict the holy trinity pose valuable questions about how to represent a concept that has long been considered impossible to entirely
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