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The term Holy See comes from the Latin Sancta Sedes, meaning “Holy Chair,” and originates from the enthronement ceremony of the Bishop of Rome, the Pope. Strictly speaking, the cathedra , i.e. the chair or throne, represents the position and authority of the Holy Father or a bishop, and the place where he resides in the territory of his ...
The term Holy See comes from the Latin sancta sedes, meaning “holy chair,” and originates from the enthronement ceremony of the bishop of Rome, the pope. Strictly speaking, the cathedra, i.e., the chair or throne, represents the position and authority of the Holy Father or a bishop, and the place where he resides in the territory of his ...
At the same time, it enables the person to see through created things to the God who created them. Therefore, instead of seeing created things as obstacles to union with God, the soul views them as instruments for union with God. As such, a person sees how to use created things rightly and even in a holy way.
Since that time, the Church has taken stringent measures to insure the proper preservation and veneration of relics. The Code of Canon Law (#1190) absolutely forbids the selling of sacred relics, and they cannot be “validly alienated or perpetually transferred” without permission of the Holy See. Moreover, any relic today would have proper ...
Yes, we must pray that the Holy Spirit will set our hearts on fire with the love of the Holy Trinity so that each of us, who has been baptized and confirmed, can fully live the Gospel message and carry on the mission of the church in accord with our particular vocation. The next article will focus on the gift fear of the Lord.
RCIA 3: The Holy Trinity & God, the Father and Creator RCIA 4: The Creation Story, The Fall, the Preparation for the Savior RCIA 5: Jesus Christ: Son of God, Savior, Messiah, Lord and His Birth & Public Ministry RCIA 6: The Passion, Death, and Resurrection of Jesus RCIA 7: The Holy Spirit and the Early Church RCIA 8: The Catholic Church
Having reflected on the gifts of fear of the Lord and of piety, we move onto the gift of knowledge. . Remember the foundation: The gift of fear of the Lord moves a person to have a profound reverence for God; to remember his creatureliness and dependency upon God; to have a vibrant sense of adoration and reverence for God; and to have a sense of horror
The Holy Father has visited the Shroud both in 1978 and most recently in June, 1998. His predecessors have also viewed the Shroud favorably. Pope Pius XII stated, “A precious treasure, the Holy Shroud, which displays, both to move and comfort us, the image of the lifeless body and tortured face of Christ.”
A very important symbolic act performed by each pilgrim has been to pass through the Holy Door. Christ identified Himself as “the door.” In his bull Incarnationis Mysterium proclaiming this Holy Year, Pope John Paul II stated that the Holy Door “…evokes the passage from sin to grace which every Christian is called to accomplish. Jesus ...
As Catholics, we firmly believe in the incarnation of our Lord: Mary conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit. (Confer Luke 1:26-38 and Matthew 1:18-25.) Through her, Jesus Christ– second person of the Holy Trinity, one-in-being (consubstantial) with the Father, and true God from true God– entered this world taking on human flesh and a ...