Author: My Catholic Country
“But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed. We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to our own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all.” – Isaiah 53:5-6 We sometimes feel all alone, overwhelmed by life’s challenges, sufferings and injustice. But, the truth is that we are never alone. The Lord is always with us. Some may find that difficult to accept, but it is true nonetheless. He told us…
A Prayer of Praise for the Righteousness of Jesus This Holy MondayBy Emma Danzey“And Jesus entered the temple and drove out all who sold and bought in the temple, and he overturned the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those who sold pigeons. He said to them, ‘It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer,’ but you make it a den of robbers’” – Matthew 21:12-13We know a lot about Palm Sunday and Good Friday, but what is Holy Monday? Heather Adams from Bible Study Tools shares that on Holy Monday, Jesus went back…
Mother Angelica, foundress of the Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN), the Register and CNA’s parent company, once offered helpful advice for Holy Week. In a program broadcast in March 1994 before Easter, Mother Angelica offered five ways to be well prepared when the Easter Triduum begins. Her Holy Week recommendations continue to be wise and practical to this day: 1. Repent and change your life. At the beginning of her reflections, Mother Angelica mentioned Marian apparitions and said that they all have in common the call to “repentance, a metanoia, a change of life.” When the Blessed Virgin’s message is…
Holy Week and Divine Mercy Sunday, present everyone with particular plenary indulgences that everyone has the opportunity to receive. Here’s how to gain them for yourselves, your loved ones in purgatory, and possibly even for some forgotten soul there. The plenary indulgences that we can receive on every day of Holy Week actually are of two kinds. Certain ones are specific to Holy Week itself. Certain ones we can actually gain anytime, including the Easter Octave. They’re listed in the Norms and Grants in the official Manual of Indulgences, fourth edition (English edition 2006) the latest and most up-to-date edition…
(OSV News) — Mientras la Corte Suprema se prepara para abordar dos casos sobre el acceso a píldoras comúnmente utilizadas para abortos tempranos, los obispos católicos de EE.UU. han emitido un llamado a la oración a nivel nacional para poner fin al aborto y proteger a mujeres y los niños no nacidos. La invitación fue emitida el 14 de marzo por el arzobispo Timothy P. Broglio de la Arquidiócesis de los Servicios Militares de los Estados Unidos, presidente de la Conferencia de Obispos Católicos de los Estados Unidos, y el obispo Michael F. Burbidge de Arlington, Virginia, presidente del Comité…
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Only Jesus can deliver humanity from hatred and violence, Pope Francis said on Palm Sunday. “Jesus entered Jerusalem as a humble and peaceful king,” he said in brief remarks after celebrating Palm Sunday Mass in St. Peter’s Square. He prayed that the faithful would open their hearts to the Lord because he alone “can deliver us from animosity, hatred, violence, because he is mercy and the forgiveness of sins.” On a sunny and windy day, about 60,000 people attended the Mass March 24, which began with a solemn procession of hundreds of people carrying green palm…
Palm Sunday is the day we remember and honor Jesus’ entrance into Jerusalem before his crucifixion. The Passion narrative is read, and the faithful participate throughout the reading. When is Palm Sunday 2024? Palm Sunday is on March 31, 2024. What is the meaning of Palm Sunday? Palm Sunday is the day we remember and honor Jesus’ entrance into Jerusalem before his crucifixion. As Jesus entered the city on a donkey, people gathered and laid palm branches and their cloaks across Jesus’ path, shouting: “Hosanna to the Son of David!” It is also significant because it fulfilled Old Testament prophecies.…
(OSV News) — A permanent deacon in the Diocese of Lafayette, Louisiana, whose then-teenage son was molested by the priest he once served alongside, is now excommunicated after leaving his ministry, because he formally left the Catholic Church, according to the recent decree written by his bishop. “I’m very surprised — I assumed at some point that they would possibly laicize me, but excommunication … that thought never crossed my mind,” Deacon Scott Peyton, who was ordained in 2012 and had served until December 2023, told OSV News. He provided OSV News a digital copy of the March 13 letter…
During his address, the Pope emphasized the media’s mission of service to the public good. Pope Francis on Saturday spoke on the important role public broadcasting plays in the transmission of information, serving the common good, and as an instrument to fight the spread of “fake news.” “Your work is intended above all to be a response to the needs of the citizens, in a spirit of universal openness, with action capable of extending throughout the territory without becoming localist, respecting and promoting the dignity of each person,” the Pope said in a Saturday morning address to the managers, journalists…
“May the Lord receive them in his peace and comfort their families. May he convert the hearts of those who plan, organize, and carry out these inhuman actions, which offend God, who commanded, ‘You shall not kill,’” the pope said. After offering prayers for the victims in Moscow, Pope Francis made a long appeal for peace in Ukraine, asking people to pray in particular for those in Ukraine who do not have electricity. “Let us pray for all our brothers and sisters who are suffering because of war,” the pope said. “In a special way, I am thinking of martyred…