Facebook Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn Print Friendly Is it okay to miss Mass if you’re traveling?It’s a question that touches both conscience and convenience, and one that almost every Catholic has faced at some point. Whether you’re exploring a remote national park, attending a family reunion, or just trying to catch a flight home on Sunday […]

Facebook Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn Print Friendly With Christmas on a Monday this year, you’ll need to get creative about when you go to Mass. Here are some options to get you thinking about how to spend this Holy Day! Christmas Mass Strategy Image Created By: Christify Artworks | Project Catholic

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Facebook Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn Print Friendly I tease that I grew up as a “Metho-byterian-ist of God” – I was baptized United Methodist, sang in a Presbyterian traveling youth choir, went to Wednesday night Bible study with my Baptist friends, and often visited an Assemblies of God church with a guy I dated. As crazy […]

Facebook Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn Print Friendly Nothing could better obstruct the confrontation of man with God than the notion that we “go unto the altar of God” as we would go to a pleasant, relaxing social gathering.

Facebook Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn Print Friendly But our opinion is in accordance with the Eucharist, and the Eucharist in turn establishes our opinion. For we offer to Him His own, announcing consistently the fellowship and union of the flesh and Spirit. For as the bread, which is produced from the earth, when it receives the […]

Facebook Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn Print Friendly Prayer For Those Preparing For First Communion O Jesus, You have loved us with such exceedingly great love as to give us the ineffable gift of the Holy Eucharist, inflame us with a burning zeal to promote Your glory by praying for (your child’s name) to prepare worthily to […]

Facebook Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn Print Friendly Their sounds, their wiggles, and their questions are signs of life in every parish family.Do not worry if they get fussy or distracted. You are doing holy work by bringing them close to Jesus. During the “Ecce Agnus Dei,” the priest lifts the Host and says, “Behold the Lamb […]

Facebook Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn Print Friendly The Symbols Of The Holy Spirit The 7 Gifts Of The Holy Spirit 1. Wisdom – “But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and sincere.” James 3:17 2. Understanding – “Understanding is the reward of […]

Facebook Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn Print Friendly But Sunday is the day on which we all hold our common assembly, because it is the first day on which God, having wrought a change in the darkness and matter, made the world; and Jesus Christ our Savior on the same day rose from the dead. St. Justin […]

Facebook Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn Print Friendly This series of four essays addresses as battle domains the four tenets of the prevailing cosmological thinking of our time: Moralistic Therapeutic Deist Universalism. Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3 each designate a means that we must employ daily to allow God to stop these prevailing tenets.  “Where […]

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Facebook Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn Print Friendly Father Rob Adams answers why go to Catholic Mass? Going to Catholic Mass can be a spiritual experience that benefits your life in many ways. In this video, we’re going to explore some of the hidden benefits of Catholic Mass. From reconnecting with your spiritual side to gaining strength […]

Facebook Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn Print Friendly The Litany Of The Most Precious Blood Of Jesus The Litany Of The Most Precious Blood Lord, have mercy on us.Christ, have mercy on us.Lord, have mercy on us.Christ, hear us.Christ, graciously hear us. God, the Father of Heaven, have mercy on us. God the Son, Redeemer of the world, have mercy […]

Facebook Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn Print Friendly The Eucharist is the bread that gives strength… It is at once the most eloquent proof of His love and the most powerful means of fostering His love in us. He gives Himself every day so that our hearts as burning coals may set afire the hearts of the […]

Facebook Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn Print Friendly When you see the Lord immolated and lying upon the altar, and the priest bent over that sacrifice praying, and all the people empurpled by that precious blood, can you think that you are still among men and on earth? Or are you not lifted up to heaven? St. […]

Facebook Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn Print Friendly How great is the power of Prayer! One could call it a Queen who has at each instant free access to the King and who is able to obtain whatever she asks. To be heard it is not necessary to read from a book some beautiful formula composed for […]

Facebook Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn Print Friendly I met Andy on a recent Mariam pilgrimage to Spain, France, and Portugal. He had a pleasant personality and a terrific sense of humor. I became more and more aware from talking with him that he was fighting some serious health issues. Over breakfast one morning that our group […]

Facebook Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn Print Friendly In that same night, then, when men were thinking of preparing torments and death for Jesus, our beloved Redeemer thought of leaving them himself in the Blessed Sacrament; giving us thereby to understand that his love was so great that, instead of being cooled by so many injuries, it […]

Facebook Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn Print Friendly One of the great mysteries of life is understanding the motivations our own hearts. I can look at the sky, see the moon, and if it catches my fancy, look up all sorts of facts about it. I can know how big the moon is, what it’s made of, […]

Facebook Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn Print Friendly Are you supposed to hold hands in Mass during the Our Father? Fr. George Elliott explains how this practice started in the Protestant churches and came about with Catholics. For protestants, it is a way to express their union as a community. As Catholics, we do not have to […]

Facebook Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn Print Friendly It would be easier for the world to survive without the sun than to do without Holy Mass.

Facebook Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn Print Friendly Feast days are always a cause for celebration in the Church, and June has no shortage of them. Here is a nifty calendar to help you keep track of all the opportunities to celebrate!      

Facebook Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn Print Friendly What Happens At A Catholic Mass? Man should tremble, the world should vibrate, all heaven should be deeply moved when the Son of God appears on the altar in the hands of the priest. – St. Francis of Assisi

Facebook Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn Print Friendly Should Pro-Choice Catholics Be Denied Communion People who are pro-choice must form their own conscience regarding reception of Holy Eucharist. Public pro-choice politicians should not receive communion. Pro-choice and receiving Communion, public sin versus private sin, a minister’s responsibility in offering Holy Communion. Supporting abortion and receiving communion, being […]