Wednesday, July 15, 2020 – Today’s Holy Day of Obligation throwdown is going to be an easy one, at least I hope it is easy. We will be discussing December 25th: Solemnity of the Nativity of the Lord (Christmas)! In case nobody has told you: YES, you should always go to Mass on Christmas (December Read More
Tag: Holy Days of Obligation
Day 120 – HDO Throwdown: Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Tuesday, July 14, 2020 – For the next ten days we are going to cover each of the Holy Days of Obligation. Today’s Holy Day throwdown is: December 8th: Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary! Most people assume this day is about Christ’s conception. WRONG! It is about the Blessed Virgin Read More
Day 119 – Mrs. Flusche’s Basic Primer on Holy Days (Part VI)
Monday, July 13, 2020 – Rolling along with some more random questions around Holy Days. I think that today will be mostly about the “what ifs.” Who observes the most Holy Days? Also, who observes the least Holy Days? Whoever goes to Church the most observes the most, and whoever shirks their responsibility needs to Read More
Day 118 – Mrs. Flusche’s Basic Primer on Holy Days (Part V)
Sunday, July 12, 2020 – I promised “fun facts” today. Really, it is just going to be a smattering of random questions (well, question…singular…for today) you probably never had about Holy Days of Obligation. We are going to start with the one question that has always made me “itchy:” the Good Friday issue! Why isn’t Read More
Day 117 – Mrs. Flusche’s Basic Primer on Holy Days (Part IV)
Saturday, July 11, 2020 – Today is going to be super easy, promise! Now that we have gotten the nutty flavor of history out of the way, I am going to focus on just the Holy Days of Obligation observed in the United States. To make it super easy, I am just going to post Read More
Day 116 – Mrs. Flusche’s Basic Primer on Holy Days (Part III)
Friday, July 10, 2020 – The last couple of days we have talked about Holy Days of Obligation. We covered the list and a basic primer on Canon Law. Today, let’s take a walk back in time and talk about how many there have been over time. Current Canon Law says Sundays + 10 Holy Read More
Day 115 – Mrs. Flusche’s Basic Primer on Holy Days (Part II)
Thursday, July 9, 2020 – Okie dokie, so yesterday we started talking about Holy Days of Obligation, and it got a little nutty right out of the gate because the USCCB list doesn’t quite line up with the Canon Law list. I mean, it does, but what gives with the “missing dates” for us!? So Read More
Day 114 – Mrs. Flusche’s Basic Primer on Holy Days (Part I)
Wednesday, July 8, 2020 – By special request, I am going to do a short series on the Holy Days of Obligation. I am still trying to think of the best way to divide up the information, but I will start with a very brief overview of what “Holy Day” means and a comprehensive list Read More
