Ringing the handheld Sanctus bells during the consecration and elevation of the Host and chalice at Mass is a familiar sound ...

This Calendar is arranged in such a way as to give fitting prominence to the celebration on appropriate days of the work of salvation ... be directed towards the restored Solemnity of Mary, the holy ...

The very start of Mary's life, her conception by her parents, was considered a holy ... the day before. The Roman rite does something similar on January 1, the final day of the Christmas Octave, ...

When a holy day of obligation falls on a Sunday and so is transferred to another day, the Catholic faithful are encouraged to ...

"Sunday is the day on which the paschal mystery is celebrated in light of the apostolic tradition and is to be observed as the foremost holy day of obligation ... of Mary the Mother of God ...

January 1 Solemnity of Mary of God – Christian. The liturgical feast of ... celebrates the birth date of Mary, mother of Jesus. September 14 Holy Cross Day – Christian A Christian day of recognition ...

There is something about the mother-child bond that holds even after death. This fact makes it easier to consider all the ...

marked by the document’s final chapter and Pope Paul VI’s declaration of Mary to be ‘Mother of the Church.’ Fresco of the Assumption of Virgin Mary in the Church Chiesa di Sant Antonio by C.

Now it may be true that the Bible does not dogmatically teach Mary as the Mother of God; however, inspired by the Holy Spirit, Elizabeth refers to Mary as "the mother of my Lord": And it came ...