The incense is a substance with high aroma, made from resins gotten from certain trees. When burnt over hot charcoal it produces a smoke that has a sweet fragrance. The word incense is gotten from the Latin word “Incendere” which means to burn. Incense is a noun which is name of the fragrant substance and […]
Video games are among the innovation that is growing rapidly, lots of people are getting engaged with it day after day and the game industry has generated a huge some of money making new video games one after the other. Many people have asked are video games good, do they cause more harm than good […]
Catholic from ancient times has doctrines and teaching which guide them and it’s among the most organised and unified denominations in the world. As time goes some of the doctrines has changed and the doctrine about cremation in catholic church is one of them. First what is Cremation ? Cremation is the process of burning […]
It’s a bright day, the crowds are cheering and everyone is rejoicing for it is a wedding day. Before the wedding there’s lot to prepare for like fixing of wedding date, decorations, the cake ,song, the wedding gowns and Suits, with many more. But today we will talk about the wedding song based on Catholic […]
In Catholic Church there’s requirement to be an exorcist(a person that cast out demons and evil spirits from a person that is believed to be possessed) The first requirement to be an exorcist is you must be a priest. Being a Priest doesn’t just qualify you to be an exorcist . There’s certain type of […]
Definition of Exorcism? Exorcism is a spiritual or religious practice of casting out demons and evil spirits from a person(also object) that is believed to be possessed . Depending on the spiritual beliefs of the Exorcist(a person that perform Exorcism), exorcism can be done by performing a ritual or by commanding the demon to depart […]
When a new Pope is elected in the Catholic Church one of things that will change is their name. For Example :Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger became Pope Benedict XVI. His predecessor, Pope John Paul II, was born Karol Jozef Wojtyla. And so on back through history. Such practice made people to wonder why do Popes change […]
What is Palm Sunday ? Palm Sunday also known as “Passion Sunday” is a Christian moveable feast that falls on the Sunday before Easter. “ According to Christians around the world: ” palm Sunday is a celebration of Jesus Christ’s triumphal entry into Jerusalem. Palm Sunday also marks the beginning of the holy week and the last Sunday before Easter […]
The word “triduum” comes from the Latin word triduum, which comes from tris(“three”) + dies (“day”). Basically, the Sacred Triduum is one great festival that reminds us of the passion of our Lord Jesus Christ and his resurrection , when the Lamb of God laid down his life in atonement for our sins. The single celebration of the Triduum […]
The word “vestment” is originated from Latin word which means clothing. Now, it is publicly used to refere to clothing worn my priest while performing their sacred duties Vestments are a sacramental. That means they are special and blessed by the Church to bring good thoughts and to increase devotion in those who see and […]
Eucharist, also called Holy Communion is a ceremony in remembrance of Jesus and his disciples in the last Supper his , at which (according to tradition) he gave them bread with the words, “This is my body,” and wine with the words, “This is my blood.” (Matthew 26:26–28; Mark 14:22–24; Luke 22:17–20; and I Corinthians 11:23–25). The earliest […]
The pope who is the head of the Catholic Church and the Bishop of Rome has different vestments for different occasions which we normally see him wear, which may have made us wonder what this vestments are ,what they mean ,why wearing each one at a particular events and the history behind it also with […]
Getting into the church, one of the things you will notice are the drawings on the walls and on the vessels and sacramental used in the church . These are the symbols used in the church which represents different sacred belief and doctrines in the church .Human beings depends on sight to grow more in […]
Lent is a period of 40 days which begins from ash Wednesday and ends in Easter , Lent is a season of reflection and fasting in commemoration of suffering of our Lord Jesus Christ and his resurrection on Easter Sunday Whereas Easter celebrates the resurrection of Jesus after his death on the cross, Lent recalls […]
Purgatory, the condition, process, or place of purification or temporary punishment in which, according to medieval Christian and Roman Catholic belief, the souls of those who die in a state of grace are made ready for heaven. Purgatory (Latin: purgatorium; from purgare, “to purge”) has come to refer as well to a wide range of historical and modern conceptions of postmortem suffering short of everlasting damnation. Roman Catholic […]
