As tradition has it in the Holy Land, on Wednesday 1st July, the Feast of the Most Precious Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ was celebrated at the Basilica of the Agony in Gethsemane, just outside the walls of Jerusalem. The celebration started with the scattering of red rose petals on the stone under the altar of the Basilica. It was the Custos of the Holy Land, Fr. Francesco Patton, who presided the Eucharist and introduced the celebration with this […]
For the Universal Catholic Church, 2 November is a day of union and spiritual communion with the deceased. In Jerusalem too this day has a particular resonance for the local Catholics and there are a number of traditions linked with this day. Counted amongst the holy days of obligation thanks to the liturgical reform started by Vatican Council II, this very old celebration was officially recognized as a feast day in the distant 14th century with the name of "Anniversarium Omnium Animarum". […]
