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Paganism Dominates Coco's Mexican Feast Day - Part 3
Checking bad tendencies in Día de los Muertos
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The Catholic Origins of Día de los Muertos
How the All Souls Day customs developed in Mexico
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The Blessings & Symbolism of the Easter Egg - Part 5
Mysterious origins & rich diverse development in Christendom
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The Vigil of the Passion: Watching with Christ - Part 4
Altars of repose, Calvary chapels & penitents mark the night
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The Silence of the Bells on Holy Thursday - Part 3
Wooden clappers replace the bells in churches & processions
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The Glorious History of the Mandatum - Part 2
The Washing of the Feet ceremony on Holy Thursday
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Holy Thursday Bread & Greens - Part 1
The Triduum begins with a day of Purification
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| Lenten Customs & Practices
 Part 1 - Ash Wednesday: The Start of Penance
Penitential processions & the King's Cock Crower
Part 2 - How Lent Permeated Medieval Society
Nobles & peasants entered the season of penance & fasting
Part 3 - Counting down the Weeks of Lent
With effigies of old women, sardines & Jack-a-Lent
Part 4 - Fire: Symbol of the First Week of Lent
Burning away the last vestiges of sin & the disordered passions
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Christmas Greenery: Hope for Everlasting Life - Part 1
Forests & field provide the decorations of Christmas
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Trees of Paradise & Fruitful Grain - Part 2
Christmas customs that comes from the life of the peoples
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The Christmas Crèche & Mystery Plays - Part 3
Christ's Crib: the center of all the Christmas festivity
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The Christmas Eve Meal: Symbolic Courses - Part 4
Awaiting Our Lord's birth with joyful expectation
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The Holiest Night: Blessings for Animals & Land - Part 5
The grandeur of Christmas is felt even in the farmyards
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| The Wonders of Christmas Night - Part 6
The nearness of Heaven brings new marvels to the earth
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Passion Week & Our Lady of Sorrows Processions
Veiled statues & other pious traditions
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St. Joseph: the Harbinger of Spring - Part 1
Great bonfires & processions to honor the Spouse of Our Lady
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Catholic Charity & St. Joseph’s Tables - Part 2
Private altars & grand feasts to treat the poor
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Candles & Bonfires - The Lights of Christmas - Part 1
Glorious lights filled the world in the Christmas of old
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Bringing in the Yule Log - The Lights of Christmas - Part 2
Merry festivities & solemn blessings in times past
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The Boy Bishops of Holy Innocents Day
Catholic customs of the fourth day of Christmas
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The Third Day of Christmas: The Wine of St. John
The power of this blessed wine over evil
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Ringing the Bells for All Saints Day
Special breads & preparing for the visits of the Poor Souls
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Lammas Day Is August 1: Celebrating Harvests of Souls & Wheat
Honoring St. Peter in the Chains & making the harvest festival
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Rogation Day Processions, Prayers & Perambulations - Part 1
Days to ask God's blessings & appease His just anger for sin
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Celebrating Ascension Thursday - Part 2
Countryside outings, mountain picnics & bird-shaped bread
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Can the Head of a Household Give Blessings?
Yes, he can. Read the answer
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The Return of Light for Candlemas
The sun's triumph reflected in the customs
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Festivities & Processions for Candlemas
The 'Dance of the Devils' and other colorful traditions
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The Blessed Candles of Candlemas
Sacral processions & protection from storms & dangers
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The Medieval Spirit of Advent & the Rorate Mass
Preparing for the First and Second Coming of Christ
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Re-enactment of the Holy Family Search for an Inn
Austrian boys choir repeats an old Christmas tradition
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The Wheat & Cherry Branches of St. Barbara's Day
Customs to honor & gain the protection of this great Saint
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Catholic Traditions on All Souls Day
Candles, flowers & prayers at the tombs & special 'soul foods'
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Commemorating the Nativity of Our Lady
Grape harvest festivals & the winter seed blessing
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Processions, Shells & Oysters on the Feast of St. James the Apostle
Joyful festivities in Spain & the New World
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Celebrating the Feast of Ss. Peter & Paul
Grand processions, fireworks, fairs & fish feasts
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The Belgium Gilles: The Pride of the City
A Carnival parade with deep roots & bright colors
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Farewell to the Alleluia
A beloved prayer, a powerful battlecry
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The Blessed Candles of Candlemas
Sacral processions & protection from storms & dangers
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The Feast of St. Thomas: Lively & Manly Customs
Whipcracking, rifle shooting & the search for an inn
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The Golden Nights
Customs & traditions preparing for Our Lord's coming
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| All Hallows Eve: Joyful Anticipation
The ‘souling’ night with lanterns, bonfires, prayers & songs
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Honoring St. Michael on His Feastday
'Gloves, geese and ginger,' and many processions
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The Special Blessings on the Feast of the Assumption
Let us restore these innocent customs of the past
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Bonfires on the Eve of St. John the Baptist
Customs that marked this great feastday
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How Our Forefathers Celebrated Pentecost
Catholic Whitsun festivals and customs throughout Europe
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‘Lady Day’ Gives Us a Rich & Sacral Legacy
The Annunciation Feastday celebrated with joy & sacrality
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The Authentic St. Patrick's Day: Joyful Ways of the Past
Mass, festivities, folk dancing in every village
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The Carnival: Charming Customs, Admiration for Royalty
Each region with its own festivities & ways of feasting before Lent
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The ‘Biddy Boys’ & Woven Crosses of St. Brigid’s Day
Traditional Irish customs for her February 1 Feastday
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The Feast of St. Lucy Inspires Charming Customs
Processions and crowns of light in Italy and Sweden
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Restoring the Feast of St. Nicholas
St. Nicholas and his companion mete out rewards & punishments
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Martinstag Celebration in Germany
With its
procession, St Martin's Day lanterns, procession and goose
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Polish All Souls Day: Cemeteries Become Seas of Lights
A friend recalls the Catholic customs of her youth
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The Victim Is the Priest, Not the Baby
An elderly priest slaps a wailing child at a baptism
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| Can One Pray the Rosary During Mass?
Yes, this is a time-honored custom that has the approval of Popes
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| Unease Stalks German Christmas Markets
Islamic terrorism threatens the old custom of an entire people
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| The Angelus: a Meditation on Christmas
Its three points condense the whole Christmas story
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| Remembering the Often-Forgotten Indulgences
What they are and the conditions required to earn them
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| The Sabbatine Privilege & the 30 Gregorian Masses
Is wearing the brown scapular enough to merit the privilege?
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| ‘Call Me Jorge’
Pope Francis disregards papal titles & protocol
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The Children’s Greeting
Lessons for today in a 19th century German painting
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| The Holy Viaticum in Bourgogne
A village priest brings Our Lord to a sick person for the last time
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| My Encounter with Alphonsus de Liguori
A new perspective for life after reading Preparation for Death
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| The Sudden & Unprovided Death
St. Francis de Sales distinguishes different ways to die well
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| Preparing Soul and Body for Christmas
The authentic joys a Catholic should have & what should he avoid
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| Visiting the Holy House of Loreto
St. Therese of Lisieux reports special favors received from Heaven
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| Why Saturday Is Dedicated to Our Lady
Only she was faithful to the promise of the Ressurrection on Holy Saturday
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| The Luminous Mysteries: Novelty Clashes with Tradition
Adding a new set of mysteries opposes Our Lady's expressed wish
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| How and When to Use the Veil in Modern Times
The ideal situation and practical solutions
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| The Rosary: A Weapon against Progressivism
Examples of how it destroyed heresies in the past should inspire us today
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| The Thirty Gregorian Masses
The efficacy of this centuries-old practice initiated by Pope St. Gregory the Great
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| Praying the Fifteen Decades of the Rosary
Our Lady asked for the full Rosary and linked to it special graces
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| Don't Forget Sacramentals - Aids to the Spiritual Life
What are these special ways the Church created to benefit the faithful?
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| How to Address Priests: Titles, Abbreviations, and Signs of Respect
The correct treatment for members of the Hierachy, clergy and religious persons
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| St. Pius X on Priestly Dignity and Propriety
Photos illustrating the contrast between past and present priestly behavior
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| First Communion
Progressivism is destroying the sacrality of a soul's first encounter with Our Lord
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| Restoration: Let's Begin with the Veil
History, significance and propriety of the veil for women at Mass
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| A Study of the Veil in Christian Tradition
Introduction
A scholarly study based on Greek and Latin texts of Saints
Part 1: The Veil in the Apostolic Age
St. Paul ordered women to wear veils inside the church
Part 2: The Veil and the Church Fathers - St. John Chrysostom
A woman should be ashamed not to be covered with a veil in church
Part 3: St. Ambrose and St. Augustine on the Veil
Lust and vanity are avoided if a woman covers her hair and neck
Part 4: St. Thomas Aquinas and His Teaching on the Veil
Not wearing a veil is not a sin, but its use is highly recommended
Part 5: The Veil in St. Thomas' Commentary on the Corinthians
By covering her head, a woman affirms her submission to man
Part 6: What Does Canon Law Say about the Veil?
While the Code of 1917 called for the veil, the Conciliar Code ignores it
Conclusion
How and When to Use the Veil in Modern Times
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