In order for a sacrament to be valid two things are required: valid matter and intention. The Church interprets valid intention widely. For valid intention, the person simply needs to intend what the Church intends. The Catechism of the Catholic Church: This is the meaning of the Church’s...
There are the important exorcisms of the elements of the Holy Water (salt, water – in the case of Easter water the oils are consecrated by a bishop). The prayers say what is going on, the Church’s intention in blessing regular Holy Water. “God’s creature, salt, I cast out the ...
The purple outlined area is Bronzeville, predominantly black. The outlined green area is West Town. You can see a disproportionately high number of juvenile homes under surveillance near the right border of the West Town census tract, which is Noble Square, a predominantly Polish Catholic Neighborho...
(quoting St. Augustine), “Every action done so as to cling to God in communion of holiness, and thus achieve blessedness, is a true sacrifice” (2099). Soeverygood action can be offered to God if it is done with the right intention: to grow closer to him and, ultimately, be ...
Here is what the powerhouse mom to a newborn had to say about her Catholic upbringing: “Having a Catholic… pic.twitter.com/dcQ4b3La86 — CatholicVote (@CatholicVote) January 28, 2025 And… the OBVIOUS… but it MUST be said. EXCLUSIVE: Cardinal Burke decried “persecution” of Latin ...
and taken to heaven. This is a very common Catholic prayer. It is said often – at regular Sunday Masses, at the vigil (wake) of a deceased person and also at the funeral Mass. In addition, Catholics often voice this intention in private and group prayer sessions outside of Mass. ...
That is one of the many acronyms for the word phat. Actually, phatmass was founded with the intention of it standing for “Pleomorphic Hyalinizing Angiectatic Tumor”, but found that too morbid, so changed it to mean “Plenty o’ Hips and Thighs”. Luckily, one of our founding phorum fat...
) A following; a body of adherents; as, the Roman Catholic obedience, or the whole body of persons who submit to the authority of the pope. Obedience (n.) A cell (or offshoot of a larger monastery) governed by a prior. Obedience (n.) One of the three monastic vows. Obedience (n...
The reason of the motion of the balance in a wheel watch is by the motion of the next wheel. This reason did the ancient fathers render, why the church was called "catholic." Virtue and vice are not arbitrary things; but there is a natural and eternal reason for that goodness and virt...
There is more to say. About how they tried to give my Protestant dog a Catholic sendoff, about how people can be so insensitive when commenting on the loss of a pet, and about how grateful I am for the love and support…I’ll save those for the next installment. This is enough for...