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In the spirit of the celebration of Christ the king of the universe. I felt it is necessary to share this because a little girl asked me on Sunday why i used my hand to insert the sacred species in the monstrance and I have to use  a veil to carry the monstrance. Then she asked which is more important the golden monstrance or the blessed sacrament Fr. Chinaka Justin Mbaeri, OSJ raised this pertinent question which i will like to share with you. He asked "WHY DO PRIESTS/DEACONS VEIL THEIR HANDS WHEN CARRYING THE BLESSED SACRAMENT IN THE MONSTRANCE" Many Catholics don't really understand what we do and why we do that hence its ok if we share some of what we do in the Catholic church so that we can have a better understanding and perhaps do what we do with conviction that is rational Fr Justin said in his response I used to think like you even up to being a seminarian until I read a commentary (a brief booklet) on the "Caeremoniale Romarum" in my 2nd ye...

HOMILY PREACHED AT THE 5TH PRIESTLY ANNIVERSARY OF REV FRS CHRISTIAN UZIFOR AND MATHIAS OLUTAN BY REV FR LAWRENCE OGUNDIPE SDV PRIESTLY PERFECTION AS AWARENESS Dear brothers and sisters we have gathered this morning not for a funeral, not for a marriage we have gathered in thanksgiving to God for the gift of catholic priesthood in the lives of these holy men of God; Fr Christian and Fr Mathias. It a celebration of five years of Joy, of Pains, of success, of sorrows yes of priestly ordination, many souls have been baptized, and many have also been buried by their sacred hands. The beaut[piful hands of these priests have absolved many souls and saved them from damnation of hell oh thank you God thank you dear Fathers for accepting the call. A song came to mind while I was preparing this homily, thus count your blessings name them one by one……. Are you aware brothers and sisters that the Catholic priesthood is a vocation? Being a vocation, it is a sublime gift of God. It is also a ...

First of all what is Indulgence? The Catechism of the Catholic Church describes an indulgence as "a remission before God of the temporal punishment due to sins whose guilt has already been forgiven, which the faithful Christian who is duly disposed gains under certain prescribed conditions through the action of the Church which, as the minister of redemption, dispenses and applies with authority the treasury of the satisfactions of Christ and all of the saints. A plenary indulgence, applicable only to the souls in purgatory, is granted each and every day from Nov 1 to Nov 8, who devoutly visit a cemetery and there pray, if only mentally, for the departed. 1. on All Souls' Day (or, according to the judgment of the ordinary, on the Sunday preceding or following it, or on the solemnity of All Saints), devoutly visit a church or an oratory and recite an Our Father and the Creed. 2. A partial indulgence, applicable only to the souls in purgatory, is granted to the faithful w...