When the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to the English Carmelite, St. Simon Stock, she carried the Carmelite scapular in her hand and told him: "This shall be the privilege for you and for all the ...

Generally speaking, the use of sacramentals is one of the most misunderstood practices in the Catholic Church. They have been a part of the Church’s life from the very beginning, but are commonly ...

Sacramentals--all the stuff and thing-ness of Catholicism--are at once an obstacle and an opportunity for evangelizing. They're an obstacle, because people see superstition in our statues, gestures, ...

We, along with other faith traditions, are called "People of the Book." I am a person of books. A lot of new reads and some rereads keep me moving along. Every now and again while reading anew, I find ...

Q. 1052. {292} What is a sacramental? A. A sacramental is anything set apart or blessed by the Church to excite good thoughts and to increase devotion, and through these movements of the heart to ...

In Photo: A Palm Sunday photo of the blessing of palms, a sacramental in Christianity. MOTHER Church helps man earn grace to attain salvation-instituted sacramentals, which are tremendous sources of ...

For many people, it is difficult to understand why millions of devotees spend long hours risking their lives and limbs participating in the annual rituals associated with the Feast of the Black ...

Want to ward off nightmares or strange occurrences at home? Go back to the basic sacramentals, like wearing a scapular or using holy water and exorcised oil and salt. A Rome-based theologian and ...