The burning of incense dates back to the dawn of recorded history and shows up in the practices of many religious groups. It remains an element in worship in many churches today, including Trinity Church Wall Street.
The long, penitential season of Lent, which began this year on Ash Wednesday February 26, will continue for forty-six days. So there is still plenty of time for you to do what is necessary to make it a “Holy Lent.”
Ash Wednesday, along with Good Friday, is one of the two most solemn days of the Christian calendar, the day the Church starts the penitential season of Lent. Ash Wednesday symbolizes two seemingly contradictory realities: mortality and resurrection.
December 1 launches the new Church year with the First Sunday of Advent and the start of the exploration of the Gospel According to Matthew. This video offers a description of this season of preparation for Christmas, which can be considered either contemplative or cosmic.
Priests from Trinity Church Wall Street blessed animals in early October to celebrate the feast of St. Francis of Assisi, and to kick off a three-week...
Holy Week is the most intense seven-day period of the church calendar and includes liturgies that are offered only once a year. In this fourth segment...