Today, the Church celebrates the Immaculate Heart of Mary. The feasts, solemnities, and memorials of the Church year are not holidays the way the secular world understands the term—they are holy days, and they are holy in at least two senses.
First, they are holy because they are remembrances of the saving acts of God in the life of Christ and the saints. They are an opportunity for us to consecrate time, to set it apart as an offering of thanksgiving and praise to the Most Holy Trinity.
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