A liturgical solemnity commemorating the angel Gabriel announcing to Mary that she was to be the mother of the Son of God. It is the first Joyful Mystery of the Rosary.
These are often considered to be the three parts of the human soul.
What are a rational intellect, a free will, and the appetites/emotions.
When the Blessed Virgin Mary went to visit her cousin Elizabeth, parallelling the travels of the Old Testament Ark of the Covenant. Mary is shown to be the New Ark of the Covenant, and John, leaping in the womb of Elizabeth, becomes one of the first to recognize Christ. It is the second Joyful Mystery of the Rosary.
Petition (a prayer asking for our own needs), Intercession (a prayer asking for the needs of others
On Ash Wednesday and Good Friday adults between the ages of eighteen and fifty-nine are to eat only three meals a day without eating anything in between, and two of the meals combined cannot be larger than the third meal. This is a traditional form of penance.
A well-formed conscience uses the will to choose the good, or a poorly-formed conscience may use the will to choose wrongly and lead to sin.
The Spiritual Works of Mercy
What are Divine Motherhood, Perpetual Virginity, Immaculate Conception, and the Assumption.
This saint learned from a peasant in prayer that sometimes the best prayer is simply before the Blessed Sacrament… “I look at Him, and He looks at me.”
An artifact of the saints and their holy lives worthy of veneration, such as their bodies, something they owned, or other items closely associated with them.
The title given to Mary referring to her intercessory role as mediator, or go between, for us to her Son, Jesus Christ.
In this Council, St. Athanasius countered Arianism, where the heretic Arius claimed that Jesus was created, and only later adopted to be God.
A dogma of the Church that teaches that Mary was conceived without original sin due to the anticipated redemptive graces of her Son, Jesus Christ.
The prayer of praise proclaimed by Mary on her visit to Elizabeth; a Gospel canticle taken from Luke 1:46-55 and prayed during Evening Prayer of the Church.
The lowest type of praise. The Greek word for the honor and respect we give to the Saints and Angels
Adoration, honor, and glory given to God by a person or community through liturgical expression.
That part of church teaching which has been divinely revealed and which the Church has formally defined and declared to be believed as revealed.
The highest type of praise. The Greek word for the worship due to God alone.