Practices of Popular Piety
The Directory on Popular Piety and the Liturgy devotes separate chapters to consideration of practices associated with the liturgical year, veneration of the Mother of God, veneration of the other saints and the beatified, praying for the dead, and shrines and pilgrimages.
Under the heading "The language of popular piety", it speaks of gestures, texts and formulae, song and music, sacred music, sacred places and sacred times.
For an overview of some practices that form part of Catholic popular piety, see Catholic devotions.
Read more about this topic: Special Devotions For Months
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