Saints’ Days – Ordinary Time & the Sanctoral Cycle – Video

Liturgy and Sacraments Video #9. In addition to the special seasons of Advent and Lent, Christmas and Easter, there is in the current Roman Calendar "Ordinary Time" during which saints' days abound.  The cycle of memorials, feasts and Solemnities of the Lord, the Blessed Virgin...

John the Baptist pointed out Jesus as the spotless Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world. This title, so prominent in the Mass, illumines the meaning of Christ's passion, recalling the first Passover remembered every year during Holy Week and...

  December 9, 2025 Dear Friends in Christ, Having just celebrated Thanksgiving, I just want to give thanks. 2025 has been one of the most extraordinary years in the 44-year history of Crossroads Productions. And I especially want to thank those of you who responded to our Giving Tuesday...

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St. Patrick's Day has been celebrated on March 17 for fifteen hundred years since it is the day that Patrick, the missionary bishop who evangelized Ireland, passed from this world to eternity. This excerpt from his autobiographical work called the Confession makes clear that...

 Liturgy and Sacraments Video #11. Dr. Marcellino D'Ambrosio ("Dr. Italy") discusses the particular Hours in the Liturgy of the Hours, also known as the Divine Office. In this video we continue our conversation about the Liturgy of the Hours, going over the specific Hours in the...