The Presentation. Christmas. Black History Month.
As tonight ends the Feast of the Presentation, traditionally before the coming of the reformed liturgy the Christmas season went all the way past Epiphany and ended on today, the Presentation. That is why I have kept the Madonna and Child as my social media pages’ profile images up until now from Christmas Day. The…
Christ has been presented at the temple! Indeed, He has been presented at the temple! And Classes begin again.
Happy Feast of the Presentation of our Lord! Today the seminary gather outside the chapel for the solemn prayers, blessing, and procession before Mass. The Lord was presented. We presented ourselves before the Lord at the Eucharist. Then we went to present the Lord in our various ministries (Wednesdays are the days we go and…
Happy Black History Month 2022!
Happy Black History Month from BLACKCATHOLIC! It is February, also celebrated in the US (and Canada, too) as Black History Month! BHM is dedicated to the celebration of African Americans, our history, our community, our leaders, culture, and achievements. It also celebrates how African American history is central in the history of the United States.…
“BLACKCATHOLIC Fervorinos 3: Christmas Happens in Real Life Again at Every Mass” Video Transcript
Here’s another late post of the transcript for one of my BLACKCATHOLIC Fervorinos videos. This one was posted last month on my social media extensions. Luckily, this is the last one, so I am all caught up! Praise God on that one. The following is an approximate transcript of my “BLACKCATHOLIC Fervorinos 3: Christmas Happens…
“BLACKCATHOLIC Fervorinos 2: It’s Time to Start Growing!” Video Transcript
I know this is loooong time coming but it never left my mind to post up the video transcript for BLACKCATHOLIC Fevorino 2: t’s Time to Start Growing!” video I did back in June of last year. I will link it on the video’s page on my Facebook extension. The following is an approximate transcript…
Epiphany, MLK Day, and The Colored Kingdom of God
Here’s something good from the Catholic tradition that fits this week’s celebration of the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King. Whether you celebrated it on Sunday or Thursday, this year the Church celebrated Epiphany as she does each year. Though we mostly think of Epiphany dealing with the visit of the Magi to…
A Chance Encounter
Yesterday during a break in the part of our program with interfaith chaplains, I met a Black Protestant military chaplain of who told me I was the first African American dude studying for the Catholic priesthood he’s ever met! Glad God arranged things to let this encounter happen.I don’t mind being a unicorn for the…
The Mission – ALL 2022
Saw this on social media. So powerful I became Catholic just to do it, yall. This is living the Gospel God intended for His Church: prayerfully invested and active in Eucharistic and sacramental communion ordered towards daily conversion of life. See this not as a checklist but rather some of the essential actions involved in…
A Small Word For the Brewing “Liturgy Wars” – There’s People To Love On the “Other Side”
I haven’t put much of my viewpoint visible out there on social media or my site during the two revving ups last year (July 16’s Motu Proprio and last month’s Responsa Ad Dubia) of the liturgical controversies that were no doubt already present in the Church beforehand. Though, if you look close enough to the…
Happy New Year 2022!
Just wishing you all a Happy New Year 2022 from BLACKCATHOLIC! Started the year off the best way I know how – with that Holy Mass for Solemnity of Mary, the Mother of God, the celebration the Church has every Jan. 1. God bless you each and every day of the year. Be thankful to…