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Liturgy and Sacraments Video #9. In addition to the great seasons of Advent and Lent, Christmas and Easter, there is in the current Roman Calendar "Ordinary Time" during which saints' days abound.   The Catholic Church, in addition to a seasonal calendar, has a family calendar of...

Liturgy and Sacraments Video #6. Dr. Italy that explains how the roots of the Church's liturgical year and cycle of feasts are to be found in the celebrations of ancient Israel as shown in the Old Testament Scriptures. To understand the liturgical cycle of the Catholic...

Liturgy and Sacraments Video #2. Dr. Italy explains that ritual and liturgy are required by the very nature of human beings for whom symbols and gestures are indispensable forms of communication. Many Christian believers since the 16th century Protestant Reformation have rejected rituals altogether as religion...

Liturgy and Sacraments Video #1. Dr. Italy begins his course on Liturgy and Sacraments by pointing out the inseparable unity between Liturgy, Theology and Spirituality. This is the first session in Theology 552, Liturgy & Sacraments for the Catholic Distance University. In this first video of...

Liturgy and Sacraments Video #5. Dr. Italy explains the fascinating relationship between liturgy and Tradition. The liturgy of the Catholic Church arises from Scripture and is itself full of scripture readings and scriptural prayers.  But it also arises from Tradition, the lived faith-experience of the Church...