What is a Vigil in the Catholic Church?
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A Vigil is a Mass that his held the day before the event that it is celebrating.  (Easter Vigil is held on the Saturday before Easter, Christmas Vigil is held the day before Christmas, etc)\n\nA Sister has died, so a Vigil Mmass will be held for her the day before her funeral.  The funeral being the celebration of her life.\n\nIn all ways, it is a Holy Mass.  It may be longer (and generally is, but doesn't have to be) than a usual Sunday Mass
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Jesus said, "Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you." (Matt. 28:18-20)\n\nThe Catholic Church has been telling the world governments what it believes is right and wrong since the ancient Romans stopped persecuting it and long before anyone heard of the freedom of speech. The Catholic Church protested about the blood sports in the Roman Colosseum and they were stopped. \n\nI don't think the Church is going to (or should) stop now.\n\nWith love in Christ.
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All Catholic Churches celebrate the Easter Vigil Mass on Holy Saturday night. The Catholic Churches in Reno, Nevada are:\nSt Thomas Aquinas Cathedral\nOur Lady of the Snows\nOur Lady of Wisdom\nSaint Albert the Great\nSaint Rose of Lima\nSaint Therese - Church of the Little Flower
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No idea whatsover. Good point! The key word there is PROTEST. \nCatholic means universal. The Church is spread throughout the entire world and is UNITED.\nProtestant means protest.\nProtestants all claim to use the Bible alone, yet they all teach radically different things.\n\nSomehow, I don't think this is what Jesus wanted when he prayed for us to be ONE.
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The phrase is actually: "Ejus in obitu nostro prasentia muniamur." and means:\n"May we be strengthened in his presence at the hour of our death"\n\nThis is a medal of St Benedict, more information at the site below.\nHTH\nPaul.
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(This is a short letter, since I am unsure of the details)\n\nIt has been a time for mourning for the past [insert time span here] since the church caught on fire. Our church has done a magnificent job in spreading the word of God yet now, as a crisis arose, there is not enough funds and prayers to keep the church alive. It will be an honor to recieve your help in this plea. Thank you very much for your help. - [insert parish here]
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I am Catholic.  There are many organizations at school and other places where people of all faiths get together to pray, have fun, and serve others.\n\nI hope that you are able to do this in your town.  If not, take the first step and invite the Catholics to participate in some community service project or celebration.  It is a great time of the year to start.
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At my house we have a crucifix [pretty decent sized] and a statue of Mary hanging from the wall in our living room..  She sits on this thing my grandpa got us from Vietnam.  There are little branches that come out of the base, and we have rosarys hang from there.  The base makes the rosaries have an easier access when we go and get them to use.
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It denotes a member of the Blessed Virgin Mary order.
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The Holy See is the State of the Vatican City and is the smallest sovereign state in the world. It's subjects practice Catholisism.
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Our Lady of Guadalupe, we turn to you who are the protectress of unborn children and ask that you intercede for us, so that we may more firmly resolve to join you in protecting all human life. Let our prayers be united to your perpetual motherly intercession on behalf of those whose lives are threatened, be they in the womb of their mother, on the bed of infirmity, or in the latter years of their life. May our prayers also be coupled with peaceful action which witnesses to the goodness and dignity of all human life, so that our firmness of purpose may give courage to those who are fearful and bring light to those who are blinded by sin. Encourage those who will be involved in the March for Life; help them to walk closely with God and to give voice to the cry of the oppressed, in order to remind our nation of its commitment to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness for all people. O Virgin Mother of God, present our petitions to your Son and ask him to bless us with abundant life.
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During Christmas  we celebrate "Simbang Gabi" or Night masses - which are held for 9 nights before Christmas. It culminates in a Dawn mass to welcome the birth of Jesus.\n\nWe love having statues of Mary in her different roles, i.e. Mary the Immaculate, The Black Virgin, The Virgin of Guadalupe, The Virgin of the Sea, Mary the Mother, Mary Queen of Heaven, etc. Mostly she is venerated as guardian/patroness in every Roman Catholic Church.
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A procession is (for lack of a better word) a parade held for a religious purpose.  There are many different processions:  The enterence procession, the gospel procession, the procession at the prepatation of the altar and gifts, the communion procession, and the recessional procession are examples.  Processions are sometimes used during feast day celebrations to honor a particular saint.  The procession of palms on Palm Sunday and the prcession with the newly lighted Easter candle at the Easter Vigil are two more examples of processions.\n\nThe 14 songs (I think):\n\n1.  Enterence hymn\n2.  Kyrie Eleison (Lord have mercy)\n3.  Gloria\n4.  Responsorial Psalm\n5.  Alleluia or Gospel Acclamation\n6.  Offeritory hymn\n7.  Holy Holy Holy\n8.  Memorial Acclamation\n9.  Doxology and Great Amen\n10.  Lord's Prayer\n11.  Lamb of God\n12.  Communion hymn\n13.  Concluding hymn\n\nOops looks like I missed one.  Sorry I tried.\n\nGod bless, \nStanbo
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Catholics have been praying 24-7 for centuries.\n\nThis is called the Liturgy of the Hours. \n\nPeople pray at certain times of the day. The prayer never stops with people in every time zone in the world \n\nHere are a couple of websites about the Liturgy of the Hours:\n\nhttp://www.universalis.com/-800/today.htm\nhttp://www.ebreviary.com/\nhttp://www.ewtn.com/expert/answers/breviary.htm\nhttp://www.ewtn.com/library/CURIA/CDWGILH.HTM\n\nWith love in Christ.
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Catholics are simply asking Mary, who is with God, to take care of us.  FYI, you can ask anyone who has passed on to go to God for you. It doesn't mean you are worshipping Grandma Jenny or Uncle Abe.  After all, you can ask your mom to ask your dad for a favor, but you know that your dad is the one doing the favor -- allowance, borrow the car, whatever.
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The Swiss Guards are Catholics- it's a requirement.\n\nThey have guarded the Vatican for something like 500 years- a regiment was sent from Switzerland, and many of them died defending the Pope when the Vatican was attacked.  To honor them, the Pope instituted them as the official guards of the Vatican.\n\nThey are celebrating the 500th anniversary this year....you should be able to Google it and get some neat tidbits.