The rosary is one of the most common Catholic devotions today. It is known throughout the world, and it could perhaps even be claimed to be the most popular Catholic prayers today! That being said, the rosary is so common that it enters one of those complexes where it is so well known that it is not always fully explored. For example, do you know the history of the rosary? Did you know that St. Dominic is accredited with receiving the Holy Rosary from the Blessed Virgin Mary in 1208 in...

An indulgence is attached to the work: A DIOCESAN SYNOD For Who: Anyone For When: During a Synod For Where: The Church where a Synod is Celebrated Partial or Plenary: Plenary As written in the Manuel of Indulgences, under Grant 31: 31 A DIOCESAN SYNOD A plenary indulgence is granted a single time to the faithful who, during a diocesan synod, devoutly visit the church in which the synod is celebrated and there recite an Our Father and the Creed. - So, a PLENARY Indulgence is granted to...

Every year, as we draw close to Divine Mercy Sunday, I see this debate: Which is greater, the Promise of Divine Mercy Sunday or the Plenary Indulgence. The Promise of Divine Mercy started in the 1930’s with Christ’s relationship with a specific religious nun named Sister Maria Faustina. For a little less than a decade, this sister received a serious of visions that especially emphasis Christ’s desire for man to rely on His Divine Mercy. This is a passage that Sister Faustina wrote in her...