2017 – ARTE SACRO Blog | Liturgical Vestiments and Metals

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Why is Christmas so important to evangelize families?

7 minutes Christmas is the celebration of the birth of the baby Jesus, but not just that. Christmas is the celebration of families. With the birth of Jesus came the most important family in the history of mankind for Christianity: the Holy Family. God wanted Jesus when he came into this world to have a family. Jesus also wanted it. For this reason, for years he lived with the Blessed Virgin and with St. Joseph as he grew in grace and wisdom (Lk 2,52). Continue→

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4 Practical Tips on Involving the Community in Advent and Evangelization

9 minutes With Advent, a new liturgical year for the Church begins. In the four weeks leading up to Christmas, we prepare for the coming of the Child God, and more than ever, the community must be ready to evangelize. But, what can be done so that the community grows in evangelization during this period? Tip 1: Explain the meaning of the Advent Crown to people and invite them to do it in their homes More than a mere Christmas ornament, the Advent Crown Continue→

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Why you need to spend more time organizing the liturgy of your parish

15 minutes Although the main function of the Liturgy is not to evangelize, if we are facing a Eucharistic Celebration lived with zeal and reverence and, from the liturgical, organized and harmonious point of view, it is very clear that all this will favor the experience of the first announcement for those who are approaching faith and personal experience with God. “The Church evangelizes and is evangelized with the beauty of the Liturgy, which is also a celebration of the evangelizing activity and the Continue→

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The fundamental questions about Liturgy that you should know how to answer

18 minutes ”You do not just hear about Liturgy, but live and experience the Liturgy!” In general, the concept may be so present and latent in your everyday life that words may be lacking to actually name what it represents. In many parishes, there are service teams whose primary mission is to look after and care for the liturgical life. Priests, laypeople and religious spend years dedicating efforts and commitment to the study of the Liturgy, because of the richness of details, meaning and Continue→

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Priestly Vocation: What is your path?

1 minute In this episode, Bishop Jorge Carlos gives a beautiful testimony about the discovery and the path to the priestly vocation. In this itinerary, it was essential the support of the family that made him feel free to seek the will of God. “Do not be afraid! Because God’s plans are wonderful not only to you, but to many people through your life! “ Watch the video: Dom Jorge Carlos Patrón Wong is Secretary of the Congregation for the Clergy (responsible for the Continue→

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Priestly Vocation: Perseverance in following Jesus even facing difficulties

1 minute It is precisely when facing battles, challenges and graces that we are called to persevere and not to be discouraged even with adversity. In this video, Frei Jaime Spengler, Archbishop of Porto Alegre, speaks about the decision to remain faithful to the call that God makes to us and to respond with love and creativity to the dynamism of life. Watch the video: Fr. Jaime Spengler, OFM is Metropolitan Archbishop of Porto Alegre and President of the Pastoral Episcopal Commission for the Continue→

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Priestly Vocation: What Is Liturgy?

1 minute “Let people not see me, but see Him.” This is how Father Alexandre Nunes, in this 4th episode of the Priestly Vocation Series, defines his experience with God, as a priest, within the Liturgy. Check out the video. Father Alexandre Nunes, on November 5, 1983, in São Paulo. He was ordained on December 13, 2014 in Rome, and belongs to the Congregation of the Legionaries of Christ. He is a trainer at the Pontifical International College of Mary Mater Ecclesiae in Rome Continue→

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Priestly Vocation: Communication

1 minute Just as in the life of every Christian, God communicates with us and makes us instruments in each other’s lives. With the priest, especially for the mission entrusted to him, communication with God is fundamental for people to have an experience of faith and love. In this video, get to know the testimony of Father Arnaldo Rodrigues. ”Our greatest communication relationship is primarily with God. “ Check out the video! Father Arnaldo Rodrigues was born on March 7, 1977 and was ordained Continue→

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Priestly Vocation: And then suddenly you hear a song

1 minute Saint John Paul II, when he wrote the Letter to Artists, he related the beauty expressed in art and the Superior Good, which is God. ”How many times did God use beautiful songs to talk to us?” In the life of the seminarist John Paul, it was also like this. And with you, did God speak that way? Watch the video João Paulo Garcia is a seminarian in Rome and is completing his Philosophy course at the Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum. He Continue→

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Priestly Vocation: We Love the Poor not the Poverty

2 minutes The priest is a friend of the poor. He is like a shepherd and, as Pope John Paul says, he must “smell the sheep”. ”A priest is someone who is not indifferent to the needs of people and, in the heartbeat of Christ, gives his life for the Church, for humanity and for those who experience material, moral and spiritual poverty.” Watch the video: Father Renato dos Santos, SDB (Salesians of Don Bosco) was born on October 12, 1961, in Rio do Continue→