• Fourth Week of Advent (Year B)

• • Faith Celebrated
  • Pillars of Faith
• 7 years ago
• The Gospel of the 4th Sunday of Advent proposes to us the account of the Annunciation (Lk 1:26-38), the mystery to which we return every day in reciting the Angelus. The prayer makes us relive the dec... [read more]
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• Third Week of Advent (Year B)

• • Faith Celebrated
  • Pillars of Faith
• 7 years ago
• What does "the Lord is at hand" mean?  In what sense must we understand this "closeness" of God? The Church, illuminated by the Holy Spirit, already at that time understood increasingly better that Go... [read more]
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• Second Week of Advent (Year B)

• • Faith Celebrated
  • Pillars of Faith
• 7 years ago
• A message full of hope resounds in the liturgy of Advent, inviting us to raise our gaze to the ultimate horizon but at the same time to recognise the signs of the God-with-us in the present.  In the S... [read more]
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• First Week of Advent (Year B)

• • Faith Celebrated
  • Pillars of Faith
• 7 years ago
• In Advent, Christians relive a dual impulse of the spirit: on the one hand, they raise their eyes towards the final destination of their pilgrimage through history, which is the glorious return of the... [read more]
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• Sacramentals and Popular Devotions (CCC 1667–1679)

• Forms of Popular Piety  Sacramentals are sacred signs instituted by the Church that mediate spiritual effects such as blessings, protection and peace through the Church. They bear resemblance to th... [read more]

• The Sacrament of Marriage (CCC 1601–1666)

• Marriage is a Sacrament at the Service of Communion  Sacred Scripture begins with the creation and the original unity of man and woman. In the last book of the Bible, we read of the ‘wedding feast ... [read more]

• Holy Orders (CCC 1536–1600)

• The Sacrament of Holy Orders is at the service of the Communion of the Church To serve God, the Church and the faithful through the ministerial priesthood is a vocation, an invitation from the Lord t... [read more]

• Anointing the Sick and the Dying (CCC 1499–1532)

• The Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick is the Second of the Sacraments of  Healing  In his earthly ministry Jesus healed the whole person, body, mind, spirit and soul. In the Gospels, we see Jesus ... [read more]

• Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation: God Is Rich in Mercy (CCC 1420-1498)

• In this Sacrament of Healing we are Reconciled to God and the Church  Through the Sacraments of Christian Initiation, we receive the new life of Christ. But the weakness of our human nature and our... [read more]

• The Eucharist: Source and Summit of the Christian Life (CCC 1322-1419)

• The Holy Eucharist completes Christian Initiation  The Sacrament of the Eucharist, the ‘summary of our faith’, completes sacramental initiation. We believe that the Eucharist is the ‘source and summi... [read more]

• Confirmation: Consecrated for Mission (CCC 1285-1321)

• Confirmation is the Second Sacrament of Initiation  The Holy Spirit, the third person of the Trinity, is the living presence of God in our lives promised by Jesus. The Holy Spirit strengthens our C... [read more]

• Baptism: Becoming a Christian (CCC 1210-1284)

• Baptism is the First of the Sacraments of Initiation  From the first moments of Christianity, new members were received into the Christian community through sacramental rites of initiation. The cat... [read more]