Sea of Christmas Flowers
There was a sea of poinsettias sitting on the table ready to go up to decorate the church today.
Christmas Party After Party
The past week was filled with a lot of Christmas gatherings of seminarians, vocation staff, and the bishop. One of them was the annual V.I.P (Vocations In Progress) Dinner organized by the Serra Club of Nashville. Every year the dinner mostly celebrates the seminarians in formation and the postulates/novices/first vows of the Nashville Dominican Sisters…
From the Preface on the Immaculate Conception
“For you preserved the Most Blessed Virgin Maryfrom all stain of original sin,so that in her, endowed with the rich fullness of your grace,you might prepare a worthy Mother for your Sonand signify the beginning of the Church,his beautiful Bride without spot or wrinkle. She, the most pure Virgin, was to bring forth a Son,the…
Happy Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception! Hail Our Spotless Lady!
From the Collect (opening prayer) of today’s Mass: “O God, who by the Immaculate Conception of he Blessed Virgin prepared a worthy dwelling for your Son, grant, we pray, that, as you preserved her from every stain by virtue of the Death of your Son, which you foresaw, so, through her intercession, we, too, may…
The Christ is Coming. Make His pathways straight. Start with your heart. #Advent
Original image: Ethiopian icon of the Annunciation. Found here. Presumed in Public Domain.
Happy Thanksgiving! Thank God for the Memory of Our Departed Ones and Pray for Them!
First off I wish you all a Happy Thanksgiving! I truly hope it is a restful and peaceful one. Let us give thanks to God for all the good things we can rejoice in Him about and even the challenging things that we offer up to Him in His Son so that we can obtain…
Happy Feast of Christ the King from BLACKCATHOLIC!
Crown Him Ya’ll! Original image: Ethiopian icon of Christ. Presumably Public Domain
Prayers for Your Beloved Departed
Today I have prayed and will pray for all of your faithfully departed loved ones today through my Morning Offering prayer and the Liturgy of the Hours (Divine Office). You may know that your pastor/deacon has the obligation to pray the Office for the good of the Church everyday, and I as a seminarian try…
Indulgence Opportunity – November 1st to 8th!
Saw this on my twitter (@_BLACKCATHOLIC) timeline. Get in on this y’all and get them sins lifted! Pass the word! With usual plenary indulgence conditions:1. Confession2. Received received Eucharist3. Pray for intentions of the pope4. Disattachment from all sins Lacking one of these, then the indulgence is partial.