He will commence the year-long event by opening the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica on Christmas Eve. The Jubilee is a holy year set aside for prayer, forgiveness, and pilgrimage. The theme is ...

It is blessed each year on Christmas eve or Christmas day ... After a time of silence, all join in prayers of intercession and in the Lord's Prayer. Then the leader invites: Pray now for God's ...

Generally the tree is not decorated until late Christmas Eve as Advent is still a season of penance, if not as filled with sorrow as Lent is. However, some families find the preparation for Mass ...

He entered as the choir began Christmas Eve Mass. Families from ... as it is a Jubilee year. In the Catholic Church it is a special time of grace, prayer, and renewal, marked by pilgrimages ...

shed for the world cocktail sticks = four seasons nuts and fruit = the good things the earth provides Many Roman Catholic and Anglican Christians attend this service on Christmas Eve so that they ...