There is nothing quite like getting together with a bunch of O-Come All Ye faithful Joy to the World filled singers and belting out carols on a Christmasy Silent Night. Before Santa creeped in and began to secularize Christmas, most songs belted out at the yuletide season were focused on a baby born Away in a Manger in the Little Town of Bethlehem while Herald Angels Sing. Not that there is nothing wrong with songs about Santa and Snow, but... Read more
It’s that time of the year when several major holidays have been celebrated within a two month span of time. This gives time for some American workers to take time off from their jobs so they can spend their hard earned dollars on commercial products for the occasion. It’s also a chance to watch some specially themed movies or holidays specials, read a holiday themed book or listen to some holiday themed music. I listed some Halloween And Other... Read more
Here we are once again at another new year. Well for us Catholics the new year started with the first Sunday of Advent. For most everyone else January 1 kicks off the new year. So what is going to happen in the coming year? Events are planned, anniversaries will be celebrated and the unexpected is hiding in the shadows waiting to show itself to the world. We really don’t know what will happen next year exactly ,but we do know... Read more
4, Great indeed is Our trust in Mary. The resplendent glory of her merits, far exceeding all the choirs of angels, elevates her to the very steps of the throne of God. Her foot has crushed the head of Satan. Set up between Christ and His Church,[ Mary, ever lovable and full of grace, always has delivered the Christian people from their greatest calamities and from the snares and assaults of all their enemies, ever rescuing them from ruin. 5.... Read more
You know how advent calendars have lots of chocolates? Do you know how do you lift a very heavy Advent calendar? With a candy crane! This was the joke that started out the homily at the 5:00 PM mass on the evening vigil for the first Sunday of Advent. Kristin and I had just returned from seeing my family for our late Thanksgiving family get together. The homily that followed was really worth listening to, so I tracked the deacon... Read more
Sunday December 1, 2024 FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT Day 335: Run the Race — The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube Day 335: Jesus Teaches Us to Pray — The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz) – YouTube Daily Defense Podcast With Jimmy Akin Solo Magisterio | Catholic Answers Podcasts Here’s What Happen Last Week and Year in Life. 1934 – Sergei Kirov is assassinated, paving way for the repressive Great Purge, and Vinnytsia massacre by General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet... Read more
Inasmuch as the great Father has given us this year an abundant harvest of Indian corn, wheat, beans, squashes, and garden vegetables, and has made the forests to abound with game and the sea with fish and clams, and inasmuch as He has protected us from the ravages of savages, has spared us from pestilence and disease, has granted us freedom to worship God according to the dictates of our conscience; now, I, your magistrate, do proclaim that all ye... Read more
For your spiritual edification here is a selection from the public domain work Miracles (1928) by Father Ronald A Knox The Possibility of Miracles There is a significant story to be found in one of the less familiar by-ways of Old Testament history. When Israel had been oppressed for seven years under the tyrannous yoke of the Midianites, God would raise up a deliverer for His people; and His choice fell upon Gedeon (sometimes spelt Gideon), a hero of little... Read more
1889 is the crossroads where the descendants, living persons and ancestors of previous, current and future influencers meet on the chronological timeline of earth’s history. We don’t have recordings of people singing for much of the centuries the earth has traveled around the sun. Sure we have plenty of writings for people to read, but their was the problem of translations of books, illiteracy, and rare copies of works. Making a book was not always easy to do and cost... Read more
Praying to Mary in the Rosary How can we best access the intercessory power of the Queen Mother? By the meditative recitation of the Rosary. The woman whom we pray to in the Rosary is same woman who bore and took care of the divine son in his incarnated human body and soul. Before invoking on writing this paper I took my Rosary beads and prayed the sorrowful mysteries (along with the 5th Glorious mystery) to help obtain the... Read more
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