Welcome to the traditional Catholic Daily Devotional.

Today is Sunday, April 6th, 2025, Passion Sunday, first class with the color of violet.

In this episode, the liturgical meaning of Passion Sunday.

The meditation, 40 steps to Easter.

Today's news from the church, the contradictions and inconsistencies of Cardinal

Fernandez, and today's thought from Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre. But first the call act of today's

Mass. Look graciously upon thy household, Almighty God we beseech thee, that by thy grace we may be

governed in body, and by thy protection, safeguarded in mind.

Why are statues in churches veiled starting this Sunday? Why is this day of the Lord referred to as

Passion Sunday, and how does it serve as the gateway into Passion Tide? There's nothing better to

grasp the spirit of the church than to turn to the

liturgical texts. This is most true of Passion Tide and Holy Week. The church's year of grace of

Dr. Pius Parche offers a few points of interest. As the church enters the period of mourning

the divine bridegroom, she puts on the widow's garments. The commemoration of Christ's suffering is

expressed in various ways. The last remaining traces of joy are eliminated, the Gloria

Potry of the introid, the lavabo and the breviary responses, the omission of Psalm 42 at the foot

of the altar, like in the Raquium masses. The prayers and the readings relate the theme

of suffering to that of baptism, a favorite contrast, the pagan Ninevites, catechumans, do penance,

while the Jews plan to kill Jesus. Jeremiah, a type of Christ, lament over the Jews who

leave their Lord the fountain of living water. One of the most striking changes in Passion Tide is that the crosses and statues are draped

as an outward sign of the church's inward sorrow.

It is not difficult to understand why the wailing garments are placed over the statues,

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