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1 day ago · The Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus falls on the Friday after the Corpus Christi octave, which in 2023 is on June 16. This year, the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, alongside the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, is asking parishes across the country to pray the Litany of the Sacred Heart of Jesus on June 16 at Mass or during a Holy Hour with the exposition of the Blessed Sacrament as an ...
3 days ago · The Solemnity of the Sacred Heart is celebrated throughout the world on the Friday following the Feast of Corpus Christi. Kathy Schiffer, June 19, 2020. Every year, 19 days after Pentecost, the Catholic Church celebrates the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. But where did that tradition originate?
2 days ago · Hinduism, major world religion originating on the Indian subcontinent and comprising several and varied systems of philosophy, belief, and ritual. Although the name Hinduism is relatively new, having been coined by British writers in the first decades of the 19th century, it refers to a rich cumulative tradition of texts and practices, some of ...
19 hours ago · An interesting problem arises for Pieper when a tradition has both sacred and secular elements–or, more precisely, when people employ a variety of secular traditions in order to preserve, uphold, and transmit the sacred tradition. In responding to the problem, Pieper offers an allegory–the allegory of the black bread (p.40):
2 days ago · Qur’an, the sacred scripture of Islam. According to Islamic belief, it is a literal transcript of God’s speech, revealed to Muhammad through Gabriel to be recited to his community. It consists of 114 chapters of varying length, called surahs, and includes allusions to narratives familiar to Judaism and Christianity.
4 days ago · We who are Catholics are called to education ourselves in the true faith of the Church, a faith which is transmitted through Sacred Scripture, Sacred Tradition, those fonts of Divine Revelation, God’s own self-communication, and interpreted through the Magisterium, the teaching authority of the Church herself.
3 days ago · The Holy Scriptures and Sacred Tradition: The Bible is revered alongside Sacred Tradition, which includes the teachings of the Church Fathers, ecumenical councils, and the liturgical life of the Church. Holy Tradition includes the scriptures but is not restricted only to them.
