Stay updated with breaking news from Octave day. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
Pope Francis says Mass for the Octave Day of Christmas, Jan. 1, 2015. / Bohumil Petrik/CNA.Denver Newsroom, Dec 29, 2021 / 17:00 pm (CNA).It s that time of the year again when many people commit to working out every single day of the new year. New Year s resolutions are a 4000-year-old tradition according to History.com, with the ancient Babylonians said to have been the first people to make such resolutions. According to the same report, a similar tradition was established in Rome in 46 B.C., when Julius Caesar established January 1 as the start of a new year to honor the two-headed god Janus. Both traditions are rooted in the worship of pagan gods and were often focused on offering sacrifices and promising good conduct for the coming year in hopes of being in the gods good graces.In today s society, New Year s resolutions rarely focus on making promises to God, (pagan) gods, or others. In fact, the top three categories of resolutions are health, self improvement, and money, . ....
Ashfield ST. JOHN’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH, Main and South streets. 413-628-4402. Saturday, Dec. 24: Family Christmas service at 4 p.m. Festal Eucharist at 10 p.m. Hymn singing from 9:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 1: Christmas Lessons and Carols service with Holy. ....
Free eBooks catholicculture.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from catholicculture.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Library : January 2022 - Overview for the Month catholicculture.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from catholicculture.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Apr 7, 2021 | liturgy | Easter is a season of 50 days. We are very good at Lent being 40 days (or so); we are less good at Easter being 50 days. Penance. Reflecting. Those, we can manage for a season. Celebrating. Partying for a season. Not so much. Ask someone, “What is the Sunday after Easter?” and they might say the Second Sunday of Easter, Low Sunday; Station at St. Pancras; Thomas Sunday, Dominica in Albis [Depositis/Deponendis], Quasimodo, Divine Mercy, or the Octave Day of Easter. But those are titles for the Sunday after Easter Day. after Easter is… [OK – you read the answer above]. ....