Yes, it is truely unbelievable! Do you know that there is nothing as
organizied as the catholic church. Yes i may not be a catholic, or i
may, but this post is absolutely devoid of sentiments.
Having meticulously studied the catholic church, especially during
this Easter, i have no left option than to make the above conclusion!
*Every of their actions /ritual has a heavenly significance.
*The correspondence of their biblical readings to the celebration at
hand is superb.
*Their is universal uniformity (about 7billion people doing same thing
at same time)
*The Easter vigil (night mass) has 3 divisions- THE EXULTET, LITURGY
OF THE WORD, RENEWAL OF BAPTISMAL VOWS/LITANY OF THE SAINTS, AND
LITURGY OF THE EUCHARIST. all these have their various biblical
relevance.
*The fire usually prepared in front of the church is blessed, and
serves as the only source of light to the congregation, each holding a
stick of candle.its significance cannot be discussed here.
*A Paschal candle ( a vary big candle) is lit, with some inscriptions
and the priest makes some invocations as the inscriptions are made.
*Easter lasts for aperiod of 50days, and this paschal candle remains
in the alter throughout this period.
*Lent, a period of 40days before Easter, starts on Ash Wednesday and
ends on holy saturday night.
*note: Ash wednesday, commemorates the fact that we all are from dust,
and unto dusts we all shall go,and all catholics do have ashes on
their forehead.
*note: the ashes came from burnt palms which were used in celebrating
palm sunday (the sunday before Easter Sunday).
We shall stop here for now.
What marvels me most is the order in which these things are followed
by 7billion people, worldwide, yearly, simultaneously and accurately.
Kudos to the brains behind these perfect orderliness and glory be to
the HOLY SPIRIT that influenced it.
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