Once Jesus did this, offered His blood on the heavenly altar for the remission of our sins and those He bore on His own body, then He could be touched. “For if the blood of bulls and goats and the ashes of a h
I am a practicing Catholic, baptized, an altar boy, married in the Catholic church and will be buried in it. But for me if asked, which would I save, Kansas City or Rome? There would be no question that it would be Kansas City. Catholicism is my religion. It is not my primary, u...
“There is, in the humblest churches of France, a poor lamp lit night and day, before the Holy Sacrament of the Altar. The thought crossed my mind, absurd perhaps, that that lamp is something like Napoleonʼs confidence.” Ten Years a Bohemian Ten Years a Bohemian by Émile Goudeau...
Butler even had a desire to be an altar boy, befeled at first by a long waiting list and later at the age of 11, but when the opportunity finally did arise, he didn't, accidentally oversleeping and missing his audition. So there's a slice of context for you before learning how Jesus...
An arrogant, high-powered attorney takes on the case of a poor altar boy found running away from the scene of the grisly murder of the bishop who has taken him in. The case gets a lot more complex when the accused reveals that there may or may not have been a 3rd person in the roo...
Today is also the “World Day of Prayer for the Church in China”. Yesterday was the Feast of a wonderful saint, and important for The Parish™, St. Giovanni Battista de Rossi (+1764). He was entombed beneath the altar of one of the side chapels for a long time, until a church ...
Today, when salt is cheap and comes neatly wrapped in tiny packages from fast-food restaurants, it’s hard to imagine that being the salt of the earth means anything more than adding a little bit of pizzazz to the world. When I was growing up in an Evangelical church, I always focused...
Patrick and I finish the circle of stones and wander out into the grass, seeking the heel stone, touching the tall obelisk to the east, then ambling back to the altar stone at the center. He is silent and still sleepy. I keep an eye peeled for snakes while I try to explain a myster...
An English motet of the 14th century in performance: two contemporary images The Scots were poor and unable to afford either altar cloths or albs, and it was said that only a Scots priest would consent to say Mass under those conditions. Maritimes: Catholic history: part III Francis was visi...
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