Sub Tuum Praesidium! – One of the oldest prayers to our Blessed Mother
Did you know this is one of the oldest prayers to our Blessed Mother? The oldest known version of this prayer is found on an Egyptian papyrus from the 3rd century for Coptic liturgy. A partial indulgence for granted for saying this prayer, yall. So take a brief second right now to knock out some…
Blessing of Throats at the Seminary
Happy feast day of St. Blaise! Today we had the blessing of the throats after Mass. Did you get your throat blessed today? St. Blaise pray for us! Painting of St. Blaise presumably in Public Domain.
Presentation of the Lord – Pics from the Seminary
We celebrated the Presentation of the Lord yesterday with the blessing of candles and procession before Mass. Here are some pics from it. Most of the pics below are not my own but were used with permission of Corey Bruns, a fellow seminarian who is studying with me at St. Meinrad for the Diocese of…
Make February the Month of Love, God’s Love – February’s Dedication: The Holy Family
The month of February is here. Because of Valentine’s Day many of you might see this month as the month of love, but don’t forget to think about God’s love while you’re at it! Especially do this in light of God loving us with that John 3:16 type of love and sending His only Son…
Send off January the Right Way: Litany to the Holy Name
As we end this month off let us remember that each month is dedicated to a Catholic devotion attached to it for the faithful to concentrate on as the days pass by. January is dedicated to the Holy Name of Jesus. Here is a link to the dedications of all the other months. Consider taking…
Chalices for Days
Today I will share with you all the second fun thing we got to do during J-Term. In the my post yesterday I talked about what my seminary’s J-Term is and shared with you pictures of all the cool relics I got to see. Now I want to share pictures of another great thing my…
Relics on Relics on Relics on . . .
I don’t know if other seminaries out there do something similar to mine, but at my seminary (Saint Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology ran by the Benedictine Monks at Saint Meinrad Archabbey) we have this part of the year called “J-Term,” which covers most of January (hence “J”-Term), and it starts when we come…
Merry Christmas 2019 from BLACKCATHOLIC!
15 When the angels had gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds began saying to one another, “Let us go straight to Bethlehem then, and see this thing that has happened which the Lord has made known to us.” 16 So they came in a hurry and found their way to Mary and Joseph, and the baby as He…