A few years back someone visited St. George parish. He told me he appreciated the liturgy of the Mass, and asked some questions about it....

It seems lately like almost every day I hear or read about something related to the Synod on Synodality (Synod of Synods, Synod of...

Every aspect of the Mass reveals something about God, and something about us. We are told through the entire Mass of Who God is: Judge,...

I read something about guardian angels a number of years ago. It was speculative (of course), but it spoke of the attitude they had when...

Once St. Teresa was overwhelmed with God’s Goodness and asked Our Lord, “How can I thank you?” He replied, “Attend one Mass.”

"If we knew the value of the Mass, we would die of joy." St. John Vianney said those words. Do you believe them? What you do will show...

Although it is possible to become superstitious about Mass attendance (which the Church properly condemns), today it is more likely that...

I appeal to you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God,...

What are your worst habits? What are your best habits? Habits are neither good nor bad, but the fact that we can create a habit is a...

Taking a cue from yesterday's post, I want to comment just a bit more on the idea that the Mass is always going on in Heaven. There is a...

How do you come to Mass? I do not mean, do you drive or walk. I mean what is your attitude? The way in which we approach the celebration...

"Evil preaches tolerance until it is dominant, then it tries to silence the good" Archbishop Charles Chaput

One of the primary reasons why so many Catholics today are so resistant to anything other than a Novus Ordo Mass (which usually presumes...

A protestant once said to me, "What I don't like about Catholics is that you put so much emphasis on the Mass, and yet do not seem to...

This is wonderfully done. It is not for little kids (at least in my humble opinion) so parents, I encourage you to watch it yourselves...

G.K. Chesterton once said that tradition is the "democracy of the dead". What he meant by that should be obvious, but to be absolutely...

"Do not lose your inner peace for anything whatsoever, not even if your whole world seems upset. If you find that you have wandered away...

Pope Benedict XVI once wrote an article (I do not have the original source available) describing the true cause of all of the recent...

“I am a Catholic man and a priest. In that Faith have I lived and in that Faith I intend to die." St. Edmund Campion (martyred December...

What is "backwardism"? That is the term used in a pejorative manner recently by a certain high ranking Catholic clergyman (actually, the...