Why Sunday is our Sabbath
Tell me about Sunday. I know the early Christians celebrated it because Christ was resurrected on a Sunday. Is that the only reason?
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What Happens at Mass? A Joy in Being Saved
If people really understood that participating at Mass is witnessing Christ’s suffering, death and resurrection, then maybe they would stop taking pictures, talking, making comments and acting as if it were some kind of show, Pope Francis said.
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Pope: Before Mass is Not Idle Chit Chat Time
Mass is the highest form of prayer and not an appropriate moment for small talk, Pope Francis said.
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Sunday Mass: Days of Obligation With No Priest?
If I cannot attend Sunday Mass at my own parish but only a Communion service, does this fulfil the Sunday obligation? Must I attend Mass at another parish?
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Pope: Stop taking Smartphone Snapshots during Mass
The Mass is not a show, but a beautiful, transformative encounter with the true loving presence of Christ, Pope Francis said
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Mass Translations: Bishops Can Now Approve Them
A document released by Pope Francis that gives bishops’ conferences greater power in introducing liturgical texts will have no immediate impact on the current English missal but will facilitate the approval of translations into South Africa’s other languages, according to the bishop responsible for liturgy in Southern Africa.
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Mass to Honour Care of Creation
Staff at Khanya House in Pretoria, headquarters of the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference, celebrated World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation with a Mass.
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Parable of the Unmerciful Servant Homily by Fr John Allen Green OFM
24th Sunday: Matthew 18:21-35 – Parable of the Unmerciful Servant Then Peter came up and said to him, “Lord, how
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1.1 Million at Papal Mass in Bogota
More than 1.1 million people gathered in the park for Mass in Bogota’s Simon Bolivar Park. Many of them were soaked in a rainstorm before the pope arrived, but as Mass began, bits of blue sky began to appear.
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