The Origin of the Ecclesiastical Year
From the 1935 book, Catholic Liturgics, by Richard Stapper, S.T.D. (Spring-Summer, 2006) The ecclesiastical year originated in the annual observance of certain days in memory of Christ; these commemorative occurrences have a relation to one another and represent anew the historical progress and the supernatural benefits of the work of redemption. The divinely-instituted feasts of […]
Flowers and their meanings: Beauty in Our Catholic Altars
(Originally titled “Beautifying God’s House” by Barbara Day and Helen Abbenzeller) (Spring, 2007) Flowers for the Altar A biographer of the French priest Blessed Peter Favre once stated that when Adam and Eve were punished for their fall, God did not allow three things to change: the stars, flowers and the eyes of a child. […]
