The Liturgy Question: Adding White Candle to Advent Wreath Question Hi Liturgist! A quick one, can/should the Advent candles be lit alongside the white Christmas during the Christmas season? Or …
Short Liturgy Notes: The Eucharistic Fast Before receiving the Eucharist, Catholics are required to abstain from eating or drinking at least one hour before Holy Communion (cf. Code of Canon …
The Liturgy Question: Procession on Corpus Christi or Christ the King Question Good morning Fr. Trust you’re well? When do we go on procession? Corpus Christi or Feast of Christ …
Short Liturgy Notes: Entering into Advent Advent begins with the Evening Prayer (Vespers) of the Saturday before the First Sunday of Advent. It is a season that initiates the new …
Signs of Advent: Advent Wreath * Meaning A very familiar sign of the season we are about to begin is the Advent wreath, which expresses the joy of the time …
Sundays of Advent and Feast celebrations The Sundays of Advent are celebrated with their own Masses and Readings, and in them, it is not possible to use any other form. …
Concerning celebrating All Souls on a Sunday When All Souls falls on a Sunday there are liturgical “adaptations” both to the liturgy of the Sunday and that of the Commemoration …
The Canonization Liturgy: Then and Now Introduction Next Sunday, 7th September 2025, Pope Leo XIV will canonize his first Saints since becoming Pope in the persons of Blessed Carlo Acutis …
The Liturgy in Brief: The Carrying of the Pope Before the arrival of our modern popemobile (pope’s open-top car), popes were carried in procession before and after liturgical celebrations in …
The Mass in Brief: The History of the Responsorial Psalm The part of the Liturgy of the Word that has always been present in the Mass since ancient times is …