The Forgotten Customs of Saint Days (Part 3)
Los gigantes y cabezudos are great papier-mâché giants with large heads.
Forgotten Customs of St. Anne
St. Joachim later returned to Jerusalem and embraced Anne at the city gate.
Forgotten Customs of St. John the Baptist
The Nativity of St John, like that of Our Lord, was celebrated by three Masses.
Forgotten Customs of St. Joseph
"I never knew any one who was particularly devout to him, that did not continually advance more and more in virtue."
How to Live More Liturgically this New Year
Traditionalists can go deeper each and every year.
Forgotten Customs of Ember Days
Autumn or Michaelmas Ember Days: Give thanks for the grapes that make wine for the Precious Blood of Christ.
Forgotten Customs of Saint Days – part 2
Do you celebrate your and your family members’ name days? If not, when can you start?
Forgotten Customs of Saints Days – Part 1
Who are the patron saints for your Diocese? Do you know if your Diocese has secondary patrons in addition to your primary patron?
The Forgotten Customs of the Sacred Heart
I fear everything from my own wickedness and frailty, but I hope for all things from Thy goodness and bounty.
Forgotten Customs of Saints Peter and Paul
The Apostles began the rudiments of the Christian warfare with holy fasts, that, having to fight against spiritual wickednesses, they might take the armour of abstinence, wherewith to slay the incentives to vice.
Forgotten Customs of Ascensiontide
Ascensiontide As the Forgotten End of Pascaltide The total length of Paschaltide from Easter Sunday to the end of Whitsuntide is fifty-six days inclusive. In this way, Holy Mother Church shows us the joy of Easter has eclipsed the time of penance of Lent. Ascentiontide lasts for 10 days and is part of the Pascal…