Ash Wednesday is not a holy day of obligation, but there is Mass at 7am (ending at 7:45am), and 5:30pm (incense).
Ash Wednesday is a day of mandatory abstinence from meat (ages 14 and up) and fasting of one meal and two small snacks (ages 18 to 60).
During Lent, confessions are Wednesday, Thursday, Friday from 4:30-7pm (with a break on Fridays at 5:30pm for Stations) and Saturdays 4:30-5:30pm.
Stations of the Cross are Fridays at 5:30pm.
We discuss the Popes from the great St Gregory VII through just before the Western Schism (Urban IV). From 1073 to 1389. We then consider a bit of the history of the College of Cardinals and Papal Conclaves, and especially the current rules of how a new Pope is elected.
We discuss the Popes from Charlemagne and the beginning of the Holy Roman Empire (Pope Leo III) to just after the year 1000 (Pope Benedict IX). This class discusses by far the most exciting and scandalous time in the history of the papacy!
We consider the movement from the Creed to the Offertory, and especially how this is a moment of great opportunity to enter more deeply into the Mass. Reflecting on the Preface and the Sanctus, we take a moment also to consider music at Mass and the importance of chanting the parts of the Mass.
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In this second of four sermons on the Mass, we consider the Liturgy of the Word and espeicially the spiritual and mystical significance of the Gospel. We note that the Creed is the hinge of the Mass, between the Mass of the Catechumens and the Mass of the Faithful - the Liturgy of the Word and the Liturgy of the Eucharist.
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