Happy Black Catholic History Month 2022!
And with the start of November we enter into that glorious month celebrated as Black Catholic History Month! My apostolate annually celebrates this good month to share even more so the history of Black Catholics in both American history and in world history. Happy 32th Anniversary to Black Catholic History Month; it began in 1990.…
¿Por Qué No Los Dos? Roman Liturgies For ALL Roman Catholics
TLM and NO. ¿Por Qué No Los Dos? Why not both? The following was originally a thread a tweets inspired by this particular tweet: I have attended both the Traditional Latin Mass and the Novus Ordo since 2016 and have always been super down with both. I encourage all Latin Catholics to expose themselves to…
Our Lady of Sorrows
Let us join by the side of Our Lady of Sorrows below the cross on this day. Great quote from today’s Office of Readings: “The martyrdom of the Virgin is set forth both in the prophecy of Simeon and in the actual story of our Lord’s passion. The holy old man said of the infant…
St. Peter Claver Made Himself An African Slave
“Although I am free in regard to all,I have made myself a slave to allso as to win over as many as possible.I have become all things to all, to save at least some.All this I do for the sake of the Gospel,so that I too may have a share in it.” – 1 Cor…
The Nativity of Mary: A “Joyful Prelude” to Our Salvation. Happy Birthday Mama Mary!
“This is the highest, all-embracing benefit that Christ has bestowed on us. This is the revelation of the mystery, this is the emptying out of the divine nature, the union of God and man, and the deification of the manhood that was assumed. This radiant and manifest coming of God to men most certainly needed…
A Brief Comment on the Church in Africa
In light of the recent consistory and election of new cardinals, of which two were from Africa, the page below has some good figures of the number of cardinals from Africa and, in particular, Nigeria. 27 African cardinals in total, the 3rd largest bloc of cardinals of all the regions of the world. One of…
My First Act of Public Preaching!
This past Saturday evening I performed my official first act of public preaching! I was invited to the Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in my diocese this weekend for their parish novena leading up to the Solemnity of the Assumption. Their novena ended yesterday and it involved a sermon on a…
Same church. Same cassock. Same beard. Different summer.
Been 3 years and now back at the same parish where I spent my first ever seminarian summer assignment, Our Lady of the Lake in Hendersonville, TN in my diocese. This time 3 weeks instead of 2 months but I will be back for Christmas and Holy Week next year. (Left: 2019/Right: Now) And way…
9 Years Ago This Day I “Crossed the Tiber”
“You are Peter, and upon this Rock I will build My Church” 9 years ago this day I “crossed the Tiber” and converted to the Catholic Church to be in union with Rome. This year I literally crossed the Tiber River and saw the universal seat of unity upon which Christ built His Church in…