Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee; blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.
This alternative prayer is used saying the Rosary, and focuses our minds on the somber reality of the Passion. It is a traditional custom, especially among many Filipino Catholics, to replace the “Glory Be” prayer during Holy Week with a more somber prayer. The”Glory Be” prayer is usually said after praying each decade of the Rosary. This has been the custom for many centuries and is the most common way to pray the Rosary. However, during Holy Week, and in some places starting from the 5th Sunday of Lent, the following prayer will be prayed in its place. The prayer highlights the Passion and death of Jesus and is meant to help Catholics meditate more on the suffering of Jesus. V. Christ became obedient for us unto death. R. Even to death on a cross. These two verses are straight from St. Paul’s letter to the Philippians, “he humbled himself, becoming obedient to death, even death on a cross” (Philippians 2:8). This tradition is popular in the Philippines, and among Filipino...
Padre Pio was once asked what was the problem with clapping at Mass? He replied: "At Calvary, there were also who applauded the death of Christ's death: the soldiers and the demons." "Jesus Christ, our Lord and God, when He was about to offer Himself once on the altar of the Cross to God the Father, making intercession by means of His death, so that He might gain there an eternal redemption, since His priesthood was not to be extinguished by death, at the last Supper, 'on the night that he was handed over', left to His beloved Spouse the Church a visible sacrifice, such as the nature of man requires, by which the bloody sacrifice achieved once upon the Cross might be represented and its memory endure until the end of the age, and its saving power be applied to the remission of those sins which are daily committed by us."
Ang Halloween ay isang Old English word na ang ibig sabihin ay All Hallows Eve O Gabi ng mga Banal. Ipinagdiriwang ang Holloween tuwing Ika-31 ng Oktubre at mag tatapos ito sa Ika-2 ng Nobyembre. Nagmula ang Selebrasyong ito sa buong Europa. Ang tradisyon ay nag sinula sa Ancient Celtic Festival of Samhain, kung saan nag susuot ng costume at nag sisinfi ng kandila ipang itaboy ang mga masasamang espiritu. Ngunit noong Ika Walong Siglo itinalaga ni Papa Gregorio III ang Ika-1 ng Nobyembre upang parangalan ang mga Santo. Hindi nag tagal ay isinama na din ang Araw ng mga Kaluluwa sa kasunod nitong Araw (Nobyembre 2). Noong Mayo 13, 609 A.D. inialay ni Pope Boniface IV ang Pantheon sa Roma bilang parangal sa lahat ng mga martir na Kristiyano, at ang kapistahan ng Katoliko ng All Martyrs Day ay itinatag sa simbahan ng Kanluran. Kalaunan ay pinalawak ni Pope Gregory III ang pagdiriwang upang isama ang lahat ng mga santo gayundin ang lahat ng mga martir, at inilipat ang pag...