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Lord God, as we start this new year, accept our offering and bless our family gathering to share together your gift of peace and happiness, this we ask through Christ, Our Lord. Amen. Preface Lord, our Father, all powerful and living God, we do well always and everywhere to give you thanks through Jesus Christ our Lord. Here are some Lunar New Year prayers Chinese New Year – Mass prayers and readings (catholic.org.tw) Chinese New Year – Mass prayers and readings. Entrance: Lord, Our God, fill the whole earth with mercy and grant each year its abundant harvest. OR. You will become a new image according to the image of God, our Creator, so live a renewed This entry was posted in Chinese, Chinese New Year, Ordinary Time, Ordinary Time 2025, Reflections, Special and tagged 29 January 2025, 3rd Sunday of Ordinary Time, 3rd Week of Ordinary Time, Bishop of Rome, Catholic blog, Catholic homilies, Catholic wordpress, Chinese New Year, Chinese New Year homily, Chinese New Year Mass, Chinese New Year A Blessed & Prosperous Lunar New Year to you. 新年快乐. As we rejoice & exult in God’s blessings upon us this Chinese New Year, we take this time to praise & thank the Lord for all that he has done for us & given to us – our life, family, friends, parish community, good health, peace, financial blessings & fulfillment. Dance, color, gifts, prayers for deceased loved ones and lots of good food accompanied the arrival of the Lunar New Year for thousands of Sydney’s Catholics last weekend. The 15 days of Lunar New Year, also known as Spring Festival, provide many opportunities for workers throughout the Far East to interact with least-reached people in their communities, as well as for local believers to share the gospel with family and friends. In addition, hundreds of millions of people will travel during this holiday period, opening doors for many to share—or hear about Blessing of the candles on Chinese New Year Day 2. These few days together can be a time to create special moments together. Small moments in time, creating moments that last a lifetime. Let us continue our Lunar New Year in thanksgiving as we ask our Lord to intercede for our families and especially for those may be alone. Whether through outreach, prayer or simply sharing time with loved ones, the Lunar New Year allows Chinese Catholics to reaffirm their faith while honoring the rich traditions of their culture. As millions celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year, Chinese Catholic communities are deepening their spiritual practices, blending tradition and charity during the most significant holiday in Pope Francis greets visitors gathered in St. Peter's Square for the recitation of the Angelus prayer at the Vatican, Feb. 4, 2024. (some refer to it as the Chinese New Year) in a colorful Beijing, China, Feb 17, 2010 / 08:15 am. Chinese Catholics joined in the celebration of Chinese New Year on Sunday with Masses of Thanksgiving, prayer, works of charity and the commemoration of “A Prayer for the New Year” (prayer text below) is a powerful invitation to start fresh in the new year with God’s grace and blessing.As we lift our hearts to heaven, we’re reminded that true abundance flows not just in receiving divine favor, but in caring deeply for others. May these prayers for the New Year bring you comfort and gratitude for another year on earth and fill your heart with hope for the coming year. The arrival of a new year brings a great opportunity to renew our faith and love for God and Jesus. It’s also a wonderful time to renew the joy of salvation in our hearts, as a new creation in Christ. Chinese New Year 2025 (Thanksgiving Mass) Date/Time Date(s) - 28/01/2025 - 29/01/2025 All Day. Categories No Categories . Chinese New Year Thanksgiving Mass We are a community of communities from the Murray to the sea. Inspired by the Gospel and nourished by the Eucharist, we follow the example of Jesus and the guidance of the Holy Spirit, reaching out in joyful and humble service, caring for all of God’s creation, growing in love day by day and looking forward to life with God forever. Many would have noted that the dates of the Chinese New Year (CNY) and Ash Wednesday are always very close to each other. The focus of both celebrations is really different. CNY is about thanksgiving and family reunions while Lent calls us to the discipline of fasting, abstinence, sacrifice, prayer and almsgiving. Many go to Mass the night before or the morning of the first day to give thanks to God and celebrate the New Year with God’s blessings. In the Catholic context, symbols and themes of the festival, including the animals of the Chinese Zodiac, are often inculturated in homilies and through the giving of blessed symbolic objects after Mass. At the end of his General Audience on Wednesday, Pope Francis greeted all those who mark the new year according to the traditional Chinese calendar. He urged for prayers for peace, dialogue and solidarity among nations. By Robin Gomes. Also referred to as the Spring Festival in mainland China, the Chinese New Year is one of the several Lunar Chinese New Year is the festival celebrating the beginning of a new year on lunisolar Chinese calendar: the first day of the first new moon after January 21st. How did the Chinese calendar come to be? The traditional Chinese calendar was first seen scratched in oracle bones from the Shang Dynasty over 3000 years ago. Dear readers, Catholic Online was de-platformed by Shopify for our pro-life beliefs. They shut down our Catholic Online, Catholic Online School, Prayer Candles, and Catholic Online Learning Resources essential faith tools serving over 1.4 million students and millions of families worldwide. Our founders, now in their 70's, just gave their
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