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Forgotten Customs of the Octave of Pentecost

Matthew Plese May 23, 2026

The Forgotten, Yet Ancient Vigil of Pentecost The Feast of Pentecost (i.e., White Sunday) is one of the principal feasts in the life of the Church. After Pentecost Sunday and its Octave, we will conclude Pascaltide and begin the Season after Pentecost. Consequently, the Vigil of Pentecost has been a day of required fasting and…

Matthew Plese May 23, 2026

Genie Shaw May 23, 2026

When it doubt, add fire.

Fr. John Zuhlsdorf May 22, 2026

Of all the treasures in the sacred liturgy of Holy Roman Catholic Church, Pentecost is surely among the richest, perhaps the richest, especially as it comes to us in the Vetus Ordo. Easter has its Vigil with the blessing of baptismal water, its octave, its addition to the Roman Canon. Pentecost, mirroring Easter as a…

T. S. Flanders May 22, 2026

A digital castle against the Antichrist Technocracy.

Robert Lazu Kmita, PhD May 21, 2026

Communism is a pseudo-religion.

Matt Gaspers May 21, 2026

When is criminal canonical schism committed?

St. Augustine May 21, 2026

"The ascension of the Lord is the seal of the Catholic Faith."

Fr. Romano Tommasi, SLD May 20, 2026

Leo and Trump is explained by Liberation Theology.

Pope St. Gregory the Great May 20, 2026

℣. Grant, Lord, a blessing.Benediction. May God the Father Omnipotent, be to us merciful and clement.℟. Amen. Reading 4From the Sermons of St. Gregory, Bishop of Nyssa.Discourse on the Lords Ascension.The very thought of this day’s Festival is great enough in itself, but the Prophet David hath much inflamed our joyful enthusiasm by the Psalms. This noble Prophet…