Another excellent article that is worth your time. A follow-up post that continues the thought will be posted soon… https://catholicexchange.com/why-do-you-come-to-mass
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Why We Go (to mass)
An excellent article worth reading and contemplating… “So it is not enough to describe the Eucharist as the community meal. It cost the Lord his life, and only at this price can we enjoy the gift of the Resurrection.” https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/why-we-go
Why Do (Mass-going) Catholics Resent God?
Perhaps—just perhaps—if we emphasized worship as sacrifice and as remedy for sin, if we emphasized spiritual struggle and combat as essential preparations for eternity, if we taught people to pray so that they and their loved ones would not become food for the devil—that just might work. I have it Read More
You have to kneel during the Eucharistic Prayer
From the USCCB website: This is answered in the General Instruction of the Roman Missal (GIRM), number 43: In the Dioceses of the United States of America, they should kneel beginning after the singing or recitation of the Sanctus (Holy, Holy, Holy) until after the Amen of the Eucharistic Prayer, except when prevented on occasion Read More
Eucharistic Wonder
“From Mary we must learn to become men and women of the Eucharist and of the Church, and thus to present ourselves, in the words of Saint Paul, ‘holy and blameless’ before the Lord, even as He wished us to be from the beginning (cf. Col 1:22; Eph 1:4). Through Read More
No one in the world can change Truth
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Novena to the Holy Spirit
The original novena that the Apostles, the Blessed Virgin Mary, and other men and women prayed in the Upper Room after the Ascension of Jesus (Acts 1:14). Nine days later, on the feast of Pentecost, the Holy Spirit descended upon them, “Then there appeared to them tongues as of fire, Read More
No Terror at the Hour of Death
January 28, 1938. Today the Lord said to me, My daughter, write down these words: All those souls who will glorify My mercy and spread its worship, encouraging others to trust in My mercy, will not experience terror at the hour of death. My mercy will shield them in that final Read More
Spread the Honor of My Mercy
Souls who spread the honor of My mercy I shield through their entire lives as a tender mother her infant, and at the hour of death I will not be a Judge for them, but the Merciful Savior. At that last hour, a soul has nothing with which to defend Read More
The Precepts of the Church
From the Catechism of the Catholic Church “2041 The precepts of the Church are set in the context of a moral life bound to and nourished by liturgical life. the obligatory character of these positive laws decreed by the pastoral authorities is meant to guarantee to the faithful the indispensable Read More
Aid for Sorrowful Mysteries
If you’re like me and struggle at times with meditating on the mysteries of the Rosary, I have cobbled together (and maybe someone has done this before!) something that works for me, at least for the Fourth (Jesus Carries His Cross) and Fifth (The Crucifixion) Sorrowful Mysteries. I incorporate the Read More
Consecrate the World itself to God
(From Christifidelis Laici 14) The lay faithful are sharers in the priestly mission, for which Jesus offered himself on the cross and continues to be offered in the celebration of the Eucharist for the glory of God and the salvation of humanity. Incorporated in Jesus Christ, the baptized are united to him Read More
Kolbe – Demonstrations of Love
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Encourage Souls to Say the Chaplet
My daughter, encourage souls to say the chaplet which I have given to you. It pleases Me to grant everything they ask of Me by saying the chaplet. When hardened sinners say it, I will fill their souls with peace, and the hour of their death will be a happy Read More
Say Unceasingly the Chaplet
Once, as I was going down the hall to the kitchen, I heard these words in my soul: Say unceasingly the chaplet that I have taught you. Whoever will recite it will receive great mercy at the hour of death. Priests will recommend it to sinners as their last hope of Read More
Jesus Gives Faustina the Chaplet
Jesus gives St Faustina the Chaplet of Divine Mercy: This prayer will serve to appease My wrath. You will recite it for nine days, on the beads of the rosary, in the following manner: First of all, you will say one OUR FATHER and HAIL MARY and the I BELIEVE Read More
Is The Door Of Justice About To Opened?
Interesting video with some questions to ponder… Is The Door Of Justice About To Opened?
Atmosphere of Permissiveness
Many Christians, as they lose their supernatural outlook, and hence the real influence of grace on their lives, seem to think that the ideal proposed by Christ needs to be modified and adapted if ordinary people of our day and age are to be able to live it….They allow themselves Read More
Divine Mercy Novena – Day Nine
How to pray the Chaplet of Divine Mercy Today bring to Me SOULS WHO HAVE BECOME LUKEWARM, and immerse them in the abyss of My mercy. These souls wound My Heart most painfully. My soul suffered the most dreadful loathing in the Garden of Olives because of lukewarm souls. They were Read More
Divine Mercy Novena – Day Eight
How to pray the Chaplet of Divine Mercy Today bring to Me THE SOULS WHO ARE DETAINED IN PURGATORY, and immerse them in the abyss of My mercy. Let the torrents of My Blood cool down their scorching flames. All these souls are greatly loved by Me. They are making Read More
Divine Mercy Novena – Day Seven
How to pray the Chaplet of Divine Mercy Today bring to Me THE SOULS WHO ESPECIALLY VENERATE AND GLORIFY MY MERCY, and immerse them in My mercy. These souls sorrowed most over my Passion and entered most deeply into My spirit. They are living images of My Compassionate Heart. These souls Read More
Divine Mercy Novena – Day Six
How to pray the Chaplet of Divine Mercy Today bring to Me THE MEEK AND HUMBLE SOULS AND THE SOULS OF LITTLE CHILDREN, and immerse them in My mercy. These souls most closely resemble My Heart. They strengthened Me during My bitter agony. I saw them as earthly Angels, who Read More
Divine Mercy Novena – Day Five
How to pray the Chaplet of Divine Mercy Today bring to Me THE SOULS OF THOSE WHO HAVE SEPARATED THEMSELVES FROM MY CHURCH, and immerse them in the ocean of My mercy. During My bitter Passion they tore at My Body and Heart, that is, My Church. As they return to Read More
Wisdom from Cardinal Sarah
“Dear friends, we must burn with love for our faith. We must not dilute it with worldly compromises. We must not falsify it or corrupt it. It is a matter of the salvation of souls, ours and those of our brothers!” – Robert Cardinal Sarah
Divine Mercy Novena – Day Four
How to pray the Chaplet of Divine Mercy Today bring to Me THOSE WHO DO NOT BELIEVE IN GOD AND THOSE WHO DO NOT YET KNOW ME. I was thinking also of them during My bitter Passion, and their future zeal comforted My Heart. Immerse them in the ocean of My Read More
Divine Mercy Novena – Day Three
How to pray the Chaplet of Divine Mercy Today bring to Me ALL DEVOUT AND FAITHFUL SOULS, and immerse them in the ocean of My mercy. The souls brought Me consolation on the Way of the Cross. They were that drop of consolation in the midst of an ocean of bitterness. Read More
Divine Mercy Novena – Day Two
Today bring to Me THE SOULS OF PRIESTS AND RELIGIOUS, and immerse them in My unfathomable mercy. It was they who gave Me strength to endure My bitter Passion. Through them as through channels My mercy flows out upon mankind. Most Merciful Jesus, from whom comes all that is good, Read More
Divine Mercy Novena – Day One
How to Pray the Chaplet of Divine Mercy The Lord told me to say this chaplet for nine days before the Feast of Mercy. It is to begin on Good Friday. By this novena, I will grant every possible grace to souls. (Diary, 796) Jesus is commanding me to make a Read More
“It says exactly what needs to be said”
This is an excellent video, not only Father Kirby’s homily, but also Bishop Strickland’s reaction. It is well worth your time, especially the time with Kirby and Strickland.
Holy Thursday, The Lord’s Last Supper
He loved his own in the world and he loved them to the end. Christ himself wished to give to that gathering such a fullness of meaning, such a richness of memories, such an emotion of words and feelings, such new actions and precepts, that we will never cease to Read More
Spy Wednesday
Today, Wednesday of Holy Week, is also known as “Spy Wednesday”. The name is derived from today’s Gospel, “One of the Twelve, who was called Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests and said, ‘What are you willing to give me if I hand him over to you?’ They paid Read More
Solemnity of Saint Joseph, husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Today is the Solemnity of Saint Joseph, husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The beautiful Litany of Saint Joseph is found below. Litany of Saint Joseph Lord, have mercy. R: Lord, have mercy.Christ, have mercy. R: Christ, have mercy.Lord, have mercy. R: Lord, have mercy.Christ, hear us. R: Christ, hear us.Christ, graciously hear us. R: Read More
A Catechism to Save Biden’s Soul
This article from Crisis Magazine demonstrates why Bishops need to be shepherds. Click here. (You may need to click on the title to open the post and access the link) Spread the Word!
An Open Letter to Our Spiritual Fathers
This is from Crisis Magazine and I am fully aligned with the comments made in this article. Click here to read it. It pulls no punches.(You may need to click on the title to open the post and access the link) Spread the Word!
To My Brother Bishops: Let Us Be Shepherds
This video was released on February 29, 2024 by Bishop Strickland, Bishop Emeritus of Tyler Texas. Click the title to open the post
Prayer Of The Nine-Month Novena To Our Lady Of Guadalupe
To be prayed daily throughout the nine-month novena from March 12 to December 12, 2024. O Virgin Mother of God, we fly to your protection and beg your intercession against the darkness and sin which ever more envelop the world and menace the Church. Your Son, Our Lord Jesus Christ, Read More
The Correct Posture during the Our Father
I’m sure everyone has seen people holding hands during the Our Father, some raise their hands (orans posture), or some have their hands folded. Are all three allowed? Is one preferred? Does it even matter? There two resources below that will give you an answer to the question! Archbishop Pettipas Read More
Matthew 25: 31-46
At the end of our lives we will not be judged by how many diplomas we have received, how much money we have made or how many great things we have done. We will be judged by: I was hungry and you gave me to eat. I was naked and Read More
Difficult Moments
In difficult moments, I will fix my gaze upon the silent Heart of Jesus, stretched upon the Cross, and from the exploding flames of His merciful Heart, will flow down upon me power and strength to keep fighting (Diary of Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska, 906)
Novena with Cardinal Burke
From Cardinal Burke: My friend, Our Lord has not called us to fear. No matter the darkness of our age, men and women of faith are not without the truth and love of Christ, nor the faithful care of His mother.It was during an age much like our own when Read More
The Adversary
Satan exists. Scripture speaks about him from Genesis to Revelation. The devil works towards our eternal damnation, “the whole of man’s history has been the story of dour combat with the powers of evil, stretching, so Our Lord tells us, from the very dawn of history up to the last Read More
Every Friday Is Still A Day of Penance
Way back in 1966 the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) terminated the traditional law of abstinence (abstaining from meat) binding under pain of sin for Fridays. However, if one chooses to eat meat on Friday, they should perform some other act of penance. The USCCB published the Pastoral Read More
Eucharistic Miracles
According to a 2019 Pew Research report, only about 1/3 of American Catholics believe in the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist. The Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate (CARA) puts that number closer to 67%. Given that the Holy Eucharist is the Source and Summit of our Read More
Stations of the Cross
The link below will take you to the Stations of the Cross video from Thomas Aquinas College. “The video features “The Franciscan Way of the Cross” as read by TAC students and graduates, accompanied by the music of Chrysostomos, a student choir. It also portrays beautiful photography of the Via Dolorosa on the Read More
History of the Message and Devotion to Divine Mercy
The Message of the Divine Mercy that Sr. Faustina received from the Lord was not only directed toward her personal growth in faith but also toward the good of the people. With the command of our Lord to paint an image according to the pattern that Sr. Faustina had seen, Read More
How did we get the Holy Rosary?
There are two major theories on the origin of the Rosary. The traditional theory attributes the origin to St. Dominic in the 13th century. The Catholic Encyclopedia says that “the Feast of the Holy Rosary informs us that, when the Albigensian heresy was devastating the country of Toulouse, St. Dominic earnestly besought the Read More
Soft Launch of The Four Last Things
What is the purpose of this website? I know the topic isn’t very cheerful, but it is something we will all have to face one day, and we all need to be prepared to meet it. I hope to accomplish this by three approaches: A. By leaning on my four Read More