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.
Happy Feast of All Saints!
I’ve once heard a simple but profound way of describing the Church that fits today’s Feast – “The Catholic Church: Here comes everybody!” May the Saints of every race and tongue in Heaven cry out with the faithful of every race and tongue on Earth, “Holy, Holy, Holy LORD God of Host! Heaven and Earth…
The Triduum of Death
I was today years old when I found out about this. Enjoy the above screenshot from my FB page.
From a follower: Video on St. Maurice, the first Black Saint!
A follower messaged me this video about a Black Catholic Saint whose feast day is today! According to the video (History Channel) St. Maurice is venerated as the first Black saint! He was the leader of the Roman Theban Legion in the 3rd century, and he and his legion refused to worship false Roman gods…
Sunday’s Gospel: Whoever does not carry his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple.
Happy Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time!From The Gospel for this Sunday: “Great crowds were traveling with Jesus, and he turned and addressed them, “If anyone comes to me without hating his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple. Whoever does not carry his…
ARTICLE SHARE: When we receive Jesus in the Eucharist where does He go? [Aleteia]
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If this: “In the most blessed sacrament of the Eucharist ‘the body and blood, together with the soul and divinity, of our Lord Jesus Christ and, therefore, the whole Christ is truly, really, and substantially contained’” (CCC 1374). is true, then sometimes you gotta wonder: When we receive Jesus in the Eucharist where does He go? How…
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Old Portable Stations of the Cross With Sliding Scenes
Here was another summer find: Whenever I’m home in Nashville I frequent Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary for the Traditional Latin Mass. This church is the second oldest standing Catholic one in the diocese; it was built in 1859. So, you know its got some cool Catholic stuff hanging around from…
Cool Priest Home Call/Sick Kit I Found
From this summer: Here’s a really neat sick kit that I saw at the most fabulous St. Mary’s Bookstore located back home in Nashville. Sweet ain’t it? St. Mary’s Bookstore is what I like to call “Nashville’s Catholic Nirvana.” It’s a really awesome Catholic bookstore that, while it has great Catholic book selections, has a…