19th Sunday After Pentecost
The entire story of Jews and Catholics meet: God marries His people in today's Gospel, Matthew 22.
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09, 2016
22
09, 2016
7 Priest-Myths Unveiled
Myth #1: A priest can give you permission to skip Sunday Mass if you had a very busy weekend (for example, a Saturday wedding.) Truth: Sunday Mass is part of the Third Commandment. A priest can not dispense you from God’s commandments. No sooner could a priest give a frisky married man a dispensation on the 6th commandment for his travels than he could give a person a dispensation for fulfilling a matter of Divine Law. I blogged recently on the different levels of authority here. If you are sick or having a baby or travelling (i.e Mass would be impossible) then there is no sin in missing Sunday Mass. [...]
20
09, 2016
Airplane Evangelization
https://vimeo.com/180519068
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09, 2016
18th Sunday After Pentecost
Sunday homily on the true power of good confession.
16
09, 2016
Sacred Heart in the Eucharist
One of the reasons I love the Traditional Latin Mass is because the Collect (the beginning prayer to God after the Introit and the Kyrie) usually links heaven and earth. For example, the collect of the votive Mass of St. Joseph reads: Oh God, who in Thine unspeakable Providence didst vouchsafe to choose blessed Joseph for Thy most holy Mother’s spouse, grant we beseech Thee, that we who revere him as our protector upon earth, may become worthy to have him for our intercessor in heaven. I have wondered for a few years why the old Mass always ties heaven to earth in the opening prayer. It has to be [...]
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09, 2016
Seven Sorrows of Mary
Kibeho, Rwanda, where Mary appeared in 1981 in a Vatican-approved apparition, preaching (among many things) the renewal of the ancient 7-sorrows Rosary.
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09, 2016
What if You Sell Your Soul to Satan?
https://vimeo.com/182714199
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09, 2016
17° Sunday After Pentecost
..."to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children."—Luke 1:17
9
09, 2016
On the Importance of Study
A talk I gave to a men's group in Louisiana last night.
7
09, 2016
Catholics and iPhones
Leisure: The Basis of Culture is a book written by Josef Pieper, a 20th century expert on St. Thomas Aquinas. In this book, Pieper demonstrates that a Christian civilization can not be sustained by technology and production as seen in Protestantized countries like Germany. On the southern and more Catholic side of Europe, we see how Italy and Spain close down business for afternoon siestas. Although Italy and Spain are less and less Catholic every year, they retain some aspects of what was once a Christian culture, namely, leisure. For Pieper, leisure is not laziness but an ability to enjoy the good things of life via contemplation and community. This includes God and family. [...]