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What Eucharistic miracle inspired the Feast of Corpus Christi?


What is the liturgical year?


What is the difference between a solemnity, a feast, and a memorial?


What are the origins of All Saints Day and All Souls Day? Are these linked with paganism and Halloween?


What are the Holy Days of Obligation?


Is Thanksgiving was a civil holiday or a religious holiday?


What is the origin of the Holy Name of Jesus, January 3?


Do you have any good suggestions for how as a family we can prepare for Christmas?


How does the Church’s liturgical calendar work?


What is the Triduum and when does it begin?


What are the origins of Lent? Did the Church always have this time before Easter?


What are the origins of Ash Wednesday and the use of ashes?


What are the “O Antiphons” recited in Advent as part of the Liturgy of the Hours?


How did the celebration of Advent come about?


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