What this self-centred viewpoint meant in my own life was I only appeared saintly on the surface as I mothered nine little people. Despite the fact I honestly longed to live in constant communion with the Holy Spirit, I was focused more on myself than on Christ. The truth is, even whe...
This means that they may not take fleshmeat, meat gravy, or meat soup at all on days of complete abstinence, which are all Fridays (except on holydays of obligation), Ash Wednesday, Holy Saturday (until noon), and the Vigils of the Immaculate Conception and Christmas. By the decree of ...
The novena consists of five decades of the Rosary (one set of mysteries) each day for twenty-seven consecutive days in petition; then immediately five decades each day for an additional twenty-seven consecutive days in thanksgiving,regardless of whether or not the request has been granted yet.(...
Daniel Edwards, carrying a large ice chest, attempted to break into the cathedral of Holy Family Cathedral School in Tulsa, Oklahoma, while students were outside taking school pictures, the school told the DCNF. Edwards then threw a flaming object into the side of the building and used a sw...
I’ve discovered some AWESOME books…some are probably familiar if you’ve ever jumped into Catholic spiritual reading, but some are a little obscure, written by holy men and women, not yet declared saints…a couple of them are still walking around in our time! read more...for Equipping ...
In 1875, the professors of the theological faculty at Athens formed a society called the “Brotherhood of the Friends of Christ” (Adelphotes ton philochriston) for this purpose. Other socie Ies o t e same kind are the “Society of St. Paul”, “The Holy Union” (o ieros Sundesmos)...
In the Council of Vaison (529) the priests of Gaul are commanded to take boys into their household and teach them to read “the Psalms, and the Holy Scriptures and to instruct them in the Law of God“. From these sprang the parochial schools of medieval and modern times. As the ...
In this episode of the Inspiration Daily Sunday Read on the Catholic Lifer Every Day podcast, Christine Hanus explores the concept of holiness and what it means to“Be. Holy, as God is Holy.” Drawing from today’s First Reading and Gospel, Christine reflects on the importance of striving ...
Here’s what happens during the Holy Mass Just as many Catholics know, the Second Vatican Council referred to the liturgy as the “source and summit of the… Read More » Articles Emmanuella ObikezeJune 23, 2019 0183 This is why Thomas Aquinas believed that the Eucharist is Jesus Christ ...
Martin Luther rejected many parts of Holy Scripture, and both added to and subtracted from the Holy Word of GOD in a vain attempt to make it conform to his teaching. Apostates in criticizing the Word of GOD are in fact setting themselves up as critics of GOD Himself. Martin Luther is ...