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Father Gerald Dennis Gill

Ash Wednesday Masses

Ash Wednesday Charts a Course for All of Lent

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For many people, Ash Wednesday stands alone at the beginning of Lent with the imposition of blessed ashes. The relationship of this day to all of Lent and to Easter receives little reflection. However, Ash Wednesday has a definite purpose for charting the course for the Christian observance of Lent, a time of intense “purification Read More
POPE MORNING MASS

Praying the Greatest Prayer: The Holy Mass

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Catholics often say that the Mass is the greatest prayer that we can offer. This is true for many reasons, and especially so because it is Christ’s prayer, Christ’s saving sacrifice offered to the heavenly Father for his glory and for our salvation. At every Mass, Christ unites us to himself in the offering of Read More
Paschal candle and holy water

Celebrating the Triduum in a Parish with Multiple Churches

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The Universal Norms on the Liturgical Year and the Calendar (UNLYC) that form part of the preface material to the Roman Missal give a clear indication of the liturgical pastoral significance of the Paschal Triduum. “Since Christ accomplished his work of human redemption and of the perfect glorification of God principally through his Paschal Mystery, Read More