Light a Candle
Lighting a candle is part of what is known as popular piety, in other words, the devotion of the people.
Offer a Mass
The Church allows the faithful to associate themselves with the Mass through a particular intention entrusted to the celebrant, who has always been recognized as having the ability to join this particular intention to the general intention.
Liturgy in the Cathedral Church
The Cathedral Church, the Center of the Liturgical Life of the Diocese.
Liturgy and Music
Heir to a long and prestigious liturgical and musical tradition, the cathedral is committed to preserving, maintaining, and nurturing this treasure received through the centuries.
Here, music is one with the architecture to resound the glory of God. More than anywhere else, it must manifest the identity of the Church. It serves the experience of faith. The diocesan members of Paris, the regulars of the cathedral, and the millions of visitors, “that great multitude that no one could count” (Revelation 7:9), must be able to perceive that the One who is celebrated here is the God who is both transcendent and immanent, the God of glory and majesty (Roman Canon).
Prayer and Meditation at Notre-Dame
Throughout the centuries, pilgrims, faithful, and visitors, both famous and anonymous, have lifted their prayers to...