Church decorations: Dungeons and Lord’s Tombs

Dungeon is where Blessed Sacrament is held between Last Supper liturgy on Holy Thursday and Lord’s Passion on Good Friday. Lord’s Tomb is where the Blessed Sacrament is exposed in the monstrance through Good Friday night and Holy Saturday until Resurrection Procession. These two are the most spectacular decorations in our churches during [...]

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Holy Week at St. Stanislaus Kostka Church, Brooklyn

On Palm Sunday we have started the Holy Week. Those special days in the Year when we reflect on the pass over from living in the land of sin to live in the promised land of salvation. Traditional celebrations during these days help us meditate, reflect, bow down and kneel in front of [...]

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Nabożeństwo GORZKIE ŻALE ~ BITTER LAMENTATIONS devotion

“GORZKIE ŻALE” (Bitter or Lenten Lamentations) is traditional Polish devotion during the Lent. It originates in early 18th century in the Holy Cross Church in Warsaw, Poland. Primarily it was a collection of popular songs and melodies used by people in villages around Warsaw to reflect on Passion of Christ. In 1707 Fr. [...]

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18th World Day of the Sick – Message of Pope Benedict XVI

On February 11 Church commemorates in liturgy Our Lady of Lourdes.  Since 1992 it is also worldwide observed as World Day of Sick (initiated by late  John Paul II).  This year, it is also the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Apostolic Letter Salvifici Doloris of the John Paul II to bishops, priests, religious families [...]

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