The Hidden Christian Meaning of the Easter Lily, an 'Icon of the Resurrection'
Did you know there's an incredible, and even supernatural, meaning behind the Easter Lily? Here's the ancient Christian symbolism behind this beautiful flower!
Did you know there's an incredible, and even supernatural, meaning behind the Easter Lily? Here's the ancient Christian symbolism behind this beautiful flower!
Upon returning home from work, this Catholic dad came home to a sweet surprise: his daughter dressed as the Virgin Mary and later, as St. Philomena!
“Jesus says on this one day, you can be forgiven not only of all sin, but also of all punishment. It is wiped clean..."
"When I read the Bible, and I look at all of the amazing things that were done for us..."
"I felt something I had never felt in any Protestant church: the True Presence of Our Lord. It was like a switch was flipped in my brain..."
Have you ever noticed that in certain parts of the Gospels, the authors leave some of Jesus’ words untranslated and then explain their meaning?
What a cool way to publicly commemorate the great holy day of Easter! 🙌
Most people know the meaning of Good Friday, the day when we remember that Jesus died on the cross for our sins. The same is true of Easter Sunday, when we remember that he rose from the dead in triumph over death. But what about Holy Saturday. What does this...
Have you ever heard of the Silent Mysteries of the Rosary? These beautiful meditations will silently guide you through Christ's death and burial.
"By this Novena (of Chaplets), I will grant every possible grace to souls." Diary, 796
Which one is your favorite?
"Let me kiss the wounds in Your hands, dear Lord. With sorrow deep and true, and may every movement of my hands be an act of love for You!"
Have you ever visited seven churches on Holy Thursday?
How often do we exchange moments with Christ for worldly desires? As we remember Judas' betrayal of Jesus, let us reflect on ways we can turn back to Jesus when we deny him.
Holy Week is an opportunity to pause, reflect on Jesus, and walk with Him as a family. To help you live this time more deeply, the Catholic app Theo offers seven simple prayers to pray together each day. Sometimes we don’t know what to say to God, especially when...
I first met Jesus at the age of fifteen. As a teenager, I “accepted Christ” and began to live as best a Christian life as I could muster. And it was great. I was happy as an Evangelical Protestant. I hadn’t rejected Catholicism, I didn’t know much about...
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If you don’t count the fictional Mary Poppins’ “supercalifragilisticexpialidocious,” everyone knows what the longest word in the English language is: antidisestablishmentarianism! Actually, as you might expect with these sorts of things, there’s some dispute over whether it really is the longest English word. Suffice it to say, it...
Esquire Magazine – not a publication ChurchPOP would normally recommend reading – published a fascinating article on August 24th titled “What Happened When I Dressed Like a Priest: An investigation into the power of the uniform.” The author decided to do an experiment to test the power of various uniforms. He bought...
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These are 22 ideas for Catholic sitcoms and reality shows which we’ve awesome-sauced from their original articles (linked below). Some are mildly modified, with a dash of ideas from the comments, and ground up to make the CatholicViral special blend. “Catholics are a riot. We drink, we laugh, we...