The Beatitudes
The Beatitudes are eight special promises Jesus made on a mountain, telling us that the people the world forgets or ignores are actually the ones God loves and rewards most.
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The Ten Commandments
God gave ten special rules to Moses on a mountain, and these rules tell us how to love God and how to love other people.
Read the explanation →If the Sabbath Is Saturday, Why Do Catholics Worship on Sunday?
The Catholic Church worships on Sunday because Sunday is the day Jesus rose from the dead, making it the most important day in all of human history.
Read the explanation →Does Jesus Want Us to Pray Repetitiously?
Jesus himself prayed the same words three times in a row in the Garden of Gethsemane, demonstrating by his own example that repeating a prayer is not sinful.
Read the explanation →Holy Water
Holy water is regular water that a priest has blessed with a special prayer, asking God to make it a sign of His grace and protection.
Read the explanation →The Rosary
The Rosary is a prayer where Catholics count beads while thinking about the life of Jesus and Mary.
Read the explanation →The Glory Be
The Glory Be is a short prayer that gives praise and honor to the Holy Trinity: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
Read the explanation →The Hail Mary
The Hail Mary is a prayer addressed to Mary, the mother of Jesus, asking for her intercession with God.
Read the explanation →The Lord’s Prayer
The Lord’s Prayer is the prayer that Jesus Christ Himself taught His disciples when they asked Him how to pray, making it the most important prayer in all of Christianity.
Read the explanation →The Sign of the Cross
The Sign of the Cross is a simple gesture Catholics make by touching their forehead, chest, left shoulder, and right shoulder while saying the names of the three Persons of God.
Read the explanation →Is the Hail Mary Prayer Biblical?
The “Hail Mary” is the illuminative word ever spoken to a human being and it is through it that the Light (Jesus Christ) came into the midst of men to overcome darkness.
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