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Full Text of Bishop Morlino’s Homily Calling for Communion on Tongue While Kneeling
Below is the full text of Bishop Robert C. Morlino’s Homily at the Chrism Mass, Tuesday, April 11, 2017: What a wonderful day to be together, preparing to celebrate the
The Lord Descends into Hell
A reading from an ancient homily for Holy Saturday Something strange is happening—there is a great silence on earth today, a great silence and stillness. The whole earth keeps silence
A Vocation Prayer that Brought 30 First Masses in 30 Years
My good friend, Fr. John Zuhlsdorf (Fr. Z), alerted me to a prayer that was said at the beginning of every homily in his home parish. Fr. Z writes
Bishop Morlino Calls for all to Receive Communion on Tongue While Kneeling
For I have learnt for a fact that nothing so effectively obtains, retains and regains grace, as that we should always be found not high-minded before God, but filled with
Fr. Z’s Excellent Take on the Place of the Novus Ordo in Our Times
Excellent, excellent excellent take on our current climate, in regards to the Novus Ordo and the Traditional Latin Mass (of course it is, because it comes from Fr. Z
On My Bucket List – Sing Biebl’s Ave Maria with a Bunch of Guys in a Bar
I know this doesn’t sound like a former All-State football player’s M.O., but since I was a child, I sang in choirs. More recently, I have been singing with our
Authentic Love Wills This *Greatest* Good for the Other
In the “Three Ages of the Interior Life,” Fr. Réginald Marie Garrigou-Lagrange writes: As soon as a man seriously seeks truth and goodness, this intimate conversation with himself tends to become conversation
The Older Rite of Exorcism and Blessing for Providing Holy Water
RITE FOR PROVIDING HOLY WATER P: Our help is in the name of the Lord. All: Who made heaven and earth. The exorcism of salt follows: God’s creature, salt, I
Cardinal Sarah on Devastation to the Liturgy, Paths to Authentic Reform
The Vatican’s liturgy chief speaks of disaster and schism as the consequences of placing man and not God at the center of worship; praises Summorum Pontificum on its 10th anniversary.
An Amazing Miracle Story with the Words, “This Will Not End in Death”
Through social media, many may recall when we all witnessed an incredible supernatural miracle in and around Holy Week of 2014. It was three years ago, on this Saturday before
