From my altar to your home, Merry Christmas!
I will remember you and your loved ones at Mass on Christmas!
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Tota Pulchra
Tota pulchra es, Maria. Et macula originalis non est in Te. Tu gloria Ierusalem. Tu laetitia Israel. Tu honorificentia populi nostri. Tu advocata peccatorum. O Maria, O Maria. Virgo prudentissima. Mater clementissima. Ora pro nobis. Intercede pro nobis. Ad Dominum … Continue reading →
Solemn Mass – Feast of the Immaculate Conception
Holy Ghost Church in Tiverton, RI will host a Solemn Mass in the Traditional Roman Rite December 8th – 5:00 pm The Rev’d Father Jay A. Finelli Celebrant The Rev’d Father Thomas Kocik Deacon The Rev’d Father Neil Roy Subdeacon … Continue reading →
Why the Communion Paten?
Something that has almost universally disappeared over the years is the Communion Paten or plate. I do not even remember the use of the Communion Paten at my 1st Communion in May of 1969. Change had already come to St. … Continue reading →
The alienating cassock!
When we were seminarians, we guarded our love for traditional clerical attire, lest we were ridiculed at rigid traditionalist nutcases and expelled from formation. Wearing the cassock or expressing any solid Catholic devotional life was considered a very serious sin, … Continue reading →
All Souls Masses
Here are just a couple of pics from one of my three All Souls Masses. The first was at 7 am this morning in the Ordinary Form and the 2nd & 3rd were Low Mass in the Extraordinary Form. The … Continue reading →
A message for our times
The Apparition of Akita, Japan. Little known is the apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary to a Religious Sister, and a statue that shed many tears for over six years, in a remote village of north western Japan. In 1973, … Continue reading →
“There will be a great darkness over the whole earth.”
Are we living in the “great darkness” that Jesus told St. Faustina about? Many people think of the light in the sky, the sun will be extinguished. But, I think of the prevalence of sin and evil as a great … Continue reading →
98th Anniversary of the Miracle of Fatima
Today is the 98th Anniversary of the Miracle of the sun at Fatima, Portugal. This was how our Lady completed her apparitions. It is claimed that some 100,000 people were present for this event. During the night before and during … Continue reading →
The death of a pope
Today is the 57th anniversary of the death of Pope Pius XII. He was a truly extraordinary and holy man. Santo subito! I found this interesting video about the end of his life.
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