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• "The Feast of the Assumption"  Homily of August 15, 2003 by Fr. ...
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• "Do This In Memory of Me"  Holy Thursday Homily, March 28, 2002, by Fr. ...
• "Let's Face It"  Homily of March 24, 2002, by Fr. ...
• "Conceived by the Holy Spirit"  Homily of December 23, 2001, by Fr. ...
• The Feast of Corpus Christi  Homily of June 18, 2001, by Father Iomar Daniels   .
• "The Meaning of Holy Week"   Homily of April 8, 2001, by Father Brian Joyce   .
• Feast of the Holy Family  Homily of December 31, 2000, by Father Brian Timoney   .
• The Feast of Corpus Christi  Homily of June 25, 2000, by Fr. ...
• The Feast of Corpus Christi  Homily of June 24, 2000, by Fr. ...
• "Feast of the Ascension"  Homily of June 6, 2000, by Fr. ...
• "Receive the Holy Spirit"  Homily of April 30, 2000, by Fr. ...

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• Mary's Feast Days .
• As always, use discernment thru the Holy Spirit when reading any messages. ...
• The Most Holy and Blessed .
• The Holy Face of Jesus .
• Come Holy Ghost .

• The Holy Face of Manoppello.
• This is the case, for example regarding the Holy Face of Manoppello, which is the subject of a book published in the Italian language in the year 2000 by Father Heinrich Pfeiffer, S. ... entitled "Il Volto Santo di Manoppello" (The Holy Face of Manoppello). ...
• 16-23), "The Holy Face of Manoppello" (p. 24-31), "The Two Models for Christ in Art: the Shroud and the Holy Face of Manoppello"(p. ... Blandina is the author of the chapter, "The Cloth of the Holy Face of Manoppello and the Holy Shroud of Turin"(p. ... Pfeiffer writes of her "She has given the best description of the Holy Face of Manoppello". ...
• Cardinal Angelini is the founder, together with the Benedictine Reparation Sisters of the Holy Face of Our Lord Jesus Christ, of the International Institute for Research on the Holy Face of Christ. In the preface the Cardinal writes "I am convinced that this volume marks an important step in the history of iconography regarding the representation of the Holy Face of Jesus. ... Following the Cardinal’s words, is the Introduction to the book by the Rector of the Shrine where the Holy Face is preserved, Father Germano Di Pietro, O. ...
• The primitive little church has been enlarged, until the middle of the twentieth century when it became the Shrine of the Holy Face (Il Santuario del Volto Santo).
• In fact, what beckons so many pilgrims to this shrine is the face of a man impressed on both sides of a cloth which is almost transparent, as if on a photographic slide ". ... The expression on the face is gentle, with a hint of a smile. ...
• In the same way the human face that can be discerned on this material appears at one time with a very intense coloration in the design of the hair and of the other details - we are before an image that appears concise in a profound tonality of gold with flourishing features - and yet we are surprised to see instead a fabric which is white and almost as subtle and passing as a breath. ...
• The Holy Face or Cloth (Veil) of Manoppello can be determined, with historical certainty, to have been acquired by the Capuchin Friars by 1638. ...
• The "Relatione Historica" describes what can be called the "vulgate" of the acquisition of the Holy Face. ... Immediately unwrapping the parcel, there appeared the Holy Face, but the mysterious pilgrim had already disappeared and it was impossible to locate him. ...

• Feast of the Blessed Juan Diego (9 December). ...
• Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe (12 December). ...
• Feast of Saint Thomas the Apostle (21 December). ...
• Feast of Saint Anthony of Egypt (17 January). ...
• Feast of Saint Blase (3 February). ...
• Feast of Saint David (1 March). ...
• Feast of Saint Patrick (17 March). ...
• Feast of Saint Joseph, husband of Mary (19 March). ...
• Holy Thursday (20 April). ...
• Feast of Saint Athanasius (2 May). ...
• Feast of Saint Bernardine of Siena (20 May). ...
• Feast of Saint Anthony of Padua (13 June). ...
• Feast of Saint Mary Magdalene (22 July). ...
• Feast of Saint Alphonsus Liguouri (1 August). ...
• Feast of Saint Eusebius of Vercelli (2 August). ...
• Feast of Saint John Vianney, Curé of Ars (4 August). ...

• Come, my beloved, the season calls us to keep the feast. Again, 'the Sun of Righteousness1 , causing His divine beams to rise upon us, proclaims beforehand the time of the feast, in which, obeying Him, we ought to celebrate it, lest when the time has passed by, gladness likewise may pass us by. ... Thus the `Wisdom of God4 ,' our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, not out of season, but in season, `passed upon holy souls, fashioning the friends of God and the prophets5 ;' so that although very many were praying for Him, and saying, `O that the salvation of God were come out of Sion6 !'-the Spouse also, as it is written in the Song of Songs, was praying and saying, `O that Thou wert my sister's son, that sucked the breasts of my mother7 !' that Thou wert like the children of men, and wouldest take upon Thee human passions for our sake!-nevertheless, the God of all, the Maker of times and seasons, Who knows our affairs better than we do, while, as a good physician, He exhorts to obedience in season-the only one in which we may be healed-so also does He send Him not unseasonably, but seasonably, saying, `In an acceptable time have I heard Thee, and in the day of salvation I have helped Thee8. ...
• ' At set seasons also He called the children of Israel to the Levitical feasts by Moses, saying, `Three times in a year ye shall keep a feast to Me10 ' (one of which, my beloved, is that now at hand), the trumpets of the priests sounding and urging its observance; as the holy Psalmist commanded, saying, `Blow with the trumpet in the new moon, on the solemn day of your feast11. ...
• Sometimes the call is made to fasting, and sometimes to a feast. Hear again the same Apostle blowing the trumpet, and proclaiming, `Christ our Passover is sacrificed; therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness20. ' If thou wouldest listen to a trumpet much greater than all these, hear our Saviour saying; `In that last and great clay of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto Me and drink21. ' For it became the Saviour not simply to call us to a feast, but to `the great feast;' if only we will be prepared to hear, and to conform to the proclamation of every trumpet.
• For not all those who call upon God, hallow God, since there are some who defile Him; yet not Him-that is impossible-but their own mind concerning Him; for He is holy, and has pleasure in the saints23. ... ' That we may be able to shew what kind of persons we should be when we fast, and of what character the fast should be, listen again to God commanding Moses, and saying, as it is written in Leviticus27 , `And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, In the tenth day of this seventh month, there shall be a day of atonement; a convocation, and a holy day shall it be to you; and ye shall humble your souls, and offer whole burnt-offerings unto the Lord. ...
• For thus the Holy Ghost, describing sinners and their food, referred to the devil when He said, `I have given him to be meat to the people of Aethiopia31. ... For not only does such a fast as this obtain pardon for souls, but being kept holy, it prepares the saints, and raises them above the earth.
• The great and holy Elijah, when fasting, was thought worthy of divine visions, and at last was taken up like Him who ascended into heaven. ... For the angels are no otherwise sustained than by beholding at all times the face of the Father, and of the Saviour who is in heaven. ...
• Wherefore, my beloved, having our souls nourished with divine food, with the Word, and according to the will of God, and fasting bodily in things external, let us keep this great and saving feast as becomes us. ...
• For they shall no more go to that which is old; it is finished; it is taken away: He is gone up who breathed upon the face, and delivered thee from affliction36. ... But if thou wouldest hear the true matter, and be kept from Jewish fables, behold our Saviour who went up, and `breathed upon the face, and said to His disciples, Receive ye the Holy Ghost37. ...

• In the responsorial psalm today, we pray, "Lord, this is the people that longs to see your face". ... We long to see the face of God. ...
• We are celebrating the feast of St. ...
• Today is the feast of the Conversion of St. ...
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• Now greet their monarch, and behold his face.
• Uneasy they all eyed his troubled face,.
• At every feast, and break his bread beside.
• And then transformed, it turned its face to mine;.
• I rooted stood, in terror, for its face.
• The King each face soon read:.
• While Samas' holy altar brightly gleams:.
• Where Hea's holy face shines bright on every shore,.
• As Hea's face, and heaving breast divine!.

• January 25th—Feast of the Conversion of St. ...
• January 25th, the Feast of the Conversion of St. ...
• In preparation for the feast of St. ...
• They will come face-to-face with extraordinary power from God.
• Blessed are they who, like Paul, face thousands of difficulties for the purpose of announcing the Gospel (2 Cor. ...
• Holy Week Vocational Discernment Retreat 2002.
• January 25th—Feast of the Conversion of St. ...
• Holy Week and Easter 2001.

• Holy Week.
• Holy and Great Monday.
• Holy and Great Tuesday.
• Holy and Great Wednesday.
• Holy and Great Thursday.
• Holy and Great Friday.
• Holy and Great Saturday.
• — the Holy Fire in Jerusalem:.
• AS WE APPROACH the solemn days of Holy Week, we bring to mind how our Lord Jesus Christ was betrayed and seized, tortured and crucified, died and was buried, and arose from the dead. The services of Holy Week beginning with Lazarus Saturday, show us in symbols, readings and chants the account of our Savior's love and sacrifice "unto death, even the death of the cross" for our sake (Phil. ...
• Then we shall follow Jesus to the "upper chamber" where He and His disciples partook of His Mystical Supper, that is, the first celebration of the Eucharist of His Most Holy Body and Blood, and then to the Garden of Gethsemane. ...
• "For what reason, O Lord, wast Thou also terrified at death? Didst Thou, being seized with fear, draw back from suffering? And yet didst Thou not teach the holy apostles to make no account of the terrors of death, saying, Fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul (Matt. ... Unto Thee the blessed David spake concerning us, Thou wilt send forth Thy Spirit, and they shall be created; and Thou shalt renew the face of the earth (Psalm 103:32). ... These things Thou Thyself hast announced to us of old by the holy prophets. ...
• , the explanation of each daily feast) says the following:.
• THIS DAY CELEBRATES Christ's triumphal entry into the holy city of Jerusalem. ...

• Feast Days.
• The Holy Face.
• • Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit.
• • What are the Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit?.
• • Receive Holy Communion.

• The Feast of Trumpets (Rosh Ha Shannah).
• The reason we study the feast is that there are spiritual blessings that are symbolized in the feast. ...
• The word Feast is “Chag” which means not only feast but also to go in a circle, to dance. ...
• In John 4:45  it says, “However when He came into Galilee, the Galileans also welcomed Him and took Him to their hearts eagerly; for they had seen everything that He did in Jerusalem during the feast, for they too had attended the  feast”. ...
• Passover is a three in one feast, but all called Passover. ...   Then there is Pentecost, which only has one day, but it is one feast. ...
• Tabernacles is another three in one feast with Trumpets, Atonement, and Tabernacles.   But the Feast is called Tabernacles or Sukkot. ...
• Each Feast should be viewed and taught in three ways:.
• We experience this feast as we separate ourselves from all sin (Sanctification). ...
• Let’s stop there and go on to Feast of Trumpets. ...
• Rosh Ha Shannah is a lunar Feast. ...
•  At time to study the Word of G-d and seek His face. ...
• This feast is known by many names. One is the Feast of the Open Book. ...
• This Feast is not celebrated in Egypt, nor is it celebrated in the wilderness. ...

• And so Simon Peter also came, following him, and entered the tomb; and he saw the linen wrappings lying there, and the face-cloth which had been on His head, not lying with the linen wrappings, but rolled up in a place by itself.
• Notice that as well as the burial linen, John describes a smaller “face-cloth”. ...
• There are numerous ancient church paintings and even images on coins that depict the face of Jesus on a cloth being displayed in ancient Edessa. ...
• The Cloth of Edessa, when publicly displayed, only ever showed the face of Jesus. ... When folded into four, only the face of Christ is visible on the top section, and Wilson reasons that this was how the Edessa Cloth / Turin Shroud was presented.
• Remarkably, the Greek Orthodox church still celebrates August 16 as the “Feast of the Holy Face”. ...
• Most educated people in the West have heard of the Shroud of Turin, but the Sudarium, or face-cloth of Jesus is almost unknown exept in academic circles. The cloth, measuring 84cm x 53cm, was believed in ancient christian tradition to have been used to cover and clean the face of Jesus. ...
• The gospel of John indicates that the face-cloth was neatly rolled up, but the linen sheet was not. This makes sense if, as tradition holds, the face cloth was used to cover Christ's face before his burial. ...

• Holy Face .
• The basilica chamber is divided into a weekday hall with great mosaics and stained glass windows, and a feast day hall whose great central presbytery gleams with polychromatic granite, a white marble altar and ambo. ...

• The Feast of the Holy Family .
•   The liturgy directs our attention to the Holy Family as the model of all family life. ...
•   Families that have made the decision to live a Christian family life do so in the face of numerous challenges pressed upon them by a decadent culture ever more spinning out of control. ...
•   On one side of the poster was a large traditional painting of the Holy Family. ...
•   Television programs are presented to the family on special days like Sundays and feast days. ...
• In conclusion, the Church shows us that the Holy Family is the model of family life. ...   Finally, here are some powerful words from our Holy Father, Pope John Paul II. ...

• Medieval & Renaissance Theme Wedding FAQ: Questions about the Feast.

• The Holy Bible: King James Version. ...
• Ye know that after two days is the feast of the passover, Ex. ...
• But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar among the people.
• ¶ Now the first day of the feast of unleavened bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare for thee to eat the passover?.
• And he went a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless, not as I will, but as thou wilt.
• Then did they spit in his face, and buffeted him; and others smote him with the palms of their hands, Is. ...

• The Truth of God in the Face of Christ.
• The love of the Father for his creation is shown in face of his eternal and only- begotten Son, through whom he created all things, who took human flesh (John 1: 14) and willingly accepted to die at the hands of sinners for the salvation of the world.
• The body, which is the temple of the Holy Spirit, belongs only to the living God and is on loan until He claims it back. This is why there is a connection between keeping one's body pure and holy, and devotion to true religion (I Timothy 3: 14 - 4: 15).
• In the Foreword to The Sayings of the Desert Fathers, Benedicta Ward writes about the importance of attitude in coming to terms with the saints, early hermits and the holy men and women. ...
• "'Come', my heart says, 'seek his face. ' Your face, Lord, do I seek. Do not hide your face from me" (Psalms 27: 8-9).
• Part of the neo-Gnostic idea is a religious "search for meaning" altogether separated from the Holy Scriptures and the apostolic tradition. ...
• This is why some saints have two feast-days: the main feast-day and the feast of the translation of their relics (e. ... The word "probably" is used because on the feast day of the saint (July 22nd), certain monasteries (on Mount Athos) celebrate her feast by processing her relics.

• Holy Baptism.
• Holy Baptism is full initiation by water and the Holy Spirit into Christ's Body the Church. ...
• Holy Baptism is appropriately administered within the Eucharist as the chief service on a Sunday or other feast. ...
• At Baptism, the bishop officiates at the Presentation and Examination of Candidates; says the Thanksgiving over the Water; consecrates the Chrism; reads the prayer, "Heavenly Father, we thank you that by water and the Holy Spirit;" and officiates at what follows. ...
• Each candidate for Holy Baptism is to be sponsored by one or more baptized persons. ...
• Holy Baptism.
• Blessed be God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
• At the principal service on a Sunday or other feast, the Collect and Lessons are properly those of the Day. ...
• The Holy Gospel of Our Lord Jesus Christ according to     . ...
• The Candidate(s) for Holy Baptism will now be presented. ...
•     He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary. ...
• Do you believe in God the Holy Spirit? .
• I believe in the Holy Spirit, .
•     the holy catholic Church, .
• Fill them with your holy and life-giving Spirit. ...
• Keep them in the faith and communion of your holy Church. ...

• Face to Faith .
• The feast of St Stephen, the first to give his life willingly, and the feast of the Holy Innocents, the children of Bethlehem, slaughtered on the orders of Herod, which were celebrated on December 26 and 28 respectively, predate the celebration of Christmas. ...

• The first trial I had to face was the fact that just because I was Spirit-filled did not mean that a seriously flawed marriage could be sanctified. ...
• It was not until nine months later, on the feast of Pentecost, that I made a trip to the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception to thank Our Lady for rescuing me. ...   His loving presence showed me that my body, mind and soul were a holy temple which had been violated in a profound way by my renunciation of my faith and of Jesus Christ. ...
• I believe that we are now being called to witness in whatever way we can in these extraordinary times, not in flashy ways but by sharing our own stories, grief, sufferings and joys in the Lord and by preaching Jesus Christ, and Him crucified, as Saint Paul also did in the face of the Gnostic heretics of his day. ...

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• Holy Week in the Eastern Orthodox Church .
• A Daily Account of the Solemn Services During Holy Week in the Eastern Orthodox Church.
• Approach to Holy Week.
• Holy Week in the Eastern Orthodox Church institutes the sanctity of the whole calendar year of the Church. ... Easter is considered the "Feast of Feasts".
• With this preparation we are invited to enter the sanctuary of Holy Week, not as spectators, but as participants in the commemoration and enactment of the divine Acts that changed the world. ...
• His disciples and Apostles were the witnesses of the appearances of the Risen Lord; they were the recipients of the Holy Spirit, Who changed completely their attitude of fear, Who made the Apostles into piercing heralds and ambassadors of the New Message of salvation in the name of Christ, the Savior. ...
• Daily Observances of Holy Week.
• Holy Week begins with the phrase: "Six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany", John 12:1. ...
• Six days before the Passover a feast was given for Christ in Bethany of Judea where Christ had stopped on His way to Jerusalem. ...
• Palm Sunday celebrates the glorious and brilliant feast of the Entrance of Jesus into Jerusalem. ...
• Monday of Holy Week (sung by anticipation now on Palm Sunday Evening) commemorates the blessed and noble Joseph and the fig tree which was cursed and withered by the Lord. ...
• Great Holy and Monday Morning.
• Tuesday of Holy Week (sung by anticipation now Monday evening) commemorates the parable of the Ten Virgins, Mtt. ...

• Exaltation of the Holy Cross - icon of the church feast (jpg, 299x411; 25,6 kb) .
• The face of Christ on the holy scarf (Mandylion or Acheiropoietos) (jpg, 595x267; 28,7 kb) .
• Basil the Great, John Chrysostom and Gregory the Theologian - three holy hierarchs (jpg, 481x392; 25,9 kb) .
• Feast of the Nativity of the Theotokos (Mother of God) in the monastery of Basilian brothers in Trebisov (jpg, 300x485; 23,4 kb) .
• Exaltation of the Holy Cross in the monastery of Basilian brothers in Trebisov (jpg, 302x481; 24,8 kb) .
• Holy Trinity (after Andrej Rublov) (jpg, 417x477; 28,5 kb) .
• Holy Trinity (after Andrej Rublov) (jpg, 363x485; 31,7 kb) .
• Mother of God (Theotokos) - the face (jpg, 377x500; 22,4 kb) .

• However, by Canon Law these relics and Archbishop Oscar Romero himself should not be venerated by public cult until such time as the Archbishop is canonised (Canon 1187) and, in loving obediance to Papal decree, the pageholder does not wish to prejudge Holy Mother Church in this matter or in any other matter. Final authority in all matters of religion, including those relating to miracles and canonisations, rests with the Holy See, to whose judgement the current writer willingly submits. ...
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• Francis to cross the Strait of Messina (used in the Blessing of the Sea and Seafarers on 2 April, the saint's feast day), the crucifix before which St. ...
• Januarius' Feast Day (19 September) and during the Octave, and 16 December, as well as at spontaneous times (Cruz 1984: 181-186);.
• Patricia, which is said to have flown from her bones and is said to liquify on her Feast Day of 25 August as well as at spontaneous times throughout the year (Cruz 1984: 188-189).
• Pantaleon, which tends to liquify around the Saint's Feast Day of 27 July (Cruz 1984: 186-188).
• The chapel of the former papal palace, near the Basilica of Our Saviour (the Lateran Basilica) preserves la Scala Sancta, the Holy Stairs, the stairs taken from Pontius Pilate's palace which Jesus walked up during His Passion (Cruz 1984: 32).
• Basilica of the Holy Apostles (Santi Apostoli).
• Chuch of the Holy Cross in Jerusalem (Church of Santa Croce in Jerusalem).
• Preserves the Veil of Veronica (or Seraphia), used to wipe the face of Our Lord on His way to the crucifixion and on which is a miraculous portrait of the Holy Face, enshrined in the pier facing the high altar before which stands a statue of Veronica (Cruz 1984: 55-57);.
• Preserves a portion of the Veil of Veronica (or Seraphia), used to wipe the face of Our Lord on His way to the crucifixion and on which is a miraculous portrait of the Holy Face, enshrined in the pier facing the high altar before which stands a statue of Veronica (Cruz 1984: 57).
• Charles Borromeo, the face being covered by a silver mask and the body clothed in gem-studded vestments (Cruz 1984: 229-230).
• Chapel of the Holy Arms.
• Royal Chapel of the Holy Shroud, next to the Cathedral of St. ...
• Preserves 223 Hosts miraculously preserved in a fresh state since their theft and recovery in August 1730, displayed on the 17th of each month and carried in procession each year on the Feast of Corpus Christi (Cruz 1984: 9, 15-19).

• Holy Communion.
• Feast of Christ the King.
• The Holy Face.

• FEAST of MERCY.
• Holy Father Announces to Universal Church The Feast of Mercy Read more. ...

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