Laetare Sunday 2024
We celebrate the midpoint of the season of Lent by looking forward to the glory to come. The way we pray is the way we believe, which is why Catholic worship has been so attacked by the enemy. A golden rose would be blessed and anointed on this day by the pope and presented to a favored Catholic monarch. Our mother on Earth is the Holy Catholic Church, who leads us to the heavenly Jerusalem. The Gospel text is the great impetus for joy at this Mass. We know that even when God tests us our future is secure if we pray. Catholics are surrounded by the miraculous, and we must never allow ourselves to take it for granted.
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