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Lent, followed by Easter.

So sorry about that and hope you find a good solution. Holy Days of obligation vary according to which Diocese you live in, which does make it confusing at times. In my Diocese, January 1 is on a Monday this year and is NOT a day of obligation this year. I remember years ago thinking January...

Thank you for your calm, clear headed response and the articles. No, I’m not leaving because there really isn’t anywhere else to go. Prayer is very important for all of us at all times. I pray every day, including my routine morning and evening prayers, the rosary and other devotions, along...

This has me feeling sad, confused and sick to my stomach. What do we Catholics do now? Of course we pray pray pray but . . . Is this a sign that the Catholic Church has gone apostate or never was the true Church? It appears that the EO and other ancient eastern churches are the only ones that...

I think we can and have asked Benedict on occasion to pray for us and for the Church. That said, I really don’t know what the Church teaches, so I looked it up. It’s difficult to find a straight yes or no answer. However, this article from the Catholic Stand says yes, we can...

Praying for his speedy recovery.

I think this is Lutheran satire video is funny:

This is way above my level of understanding and I’m not competent to really answer but I’ll try. I’ve recently begun a book by Aidan Nichols O.P. titled The Singing-Masters, Church Fathers from Greek East and Latin West. He writes chapters about each father and describes who, what, when and...

This is similar to books by Eastern Orthodox Father Stephen de Young’s “Religion of the Apostles” (written for non scholars and I believe he’s now writing a scholarly version) and the late Christian Old Testament scholar Dr. Michael Heiser’s “Unseen Realm” (and other books of his). Also, you...

Matt Fradd at Pints with Aquinas is having Calvin Robinson on his show either at the end of April or in early May. It should be interesting.

It appears so . . .

Hail Mary, full of grace, blessed art Thou amongst women and blessed is the fruit of Thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen

Blessed Stanley Rother, pray for us!

It sounds like a very interesting program. The podcast is available on my Apple podcasts channel and I subscribed but am not sure I’ll listen. When the movie The Exorcist came out we all went to see it. It scared me silly and I don’t think I ever recovered. Isn’t Father Mark Goring also a...

Today (February 11) is the Feast Day of Our Lady of Lourdes and the 31st World Day of the Sick. Many Churches are having special healing Masses today for the World Day of the Sick. Our parish will have 2 Healing Masses with anointing of oil, one today and one tomorrow. I’ll be attending the...

Is the SSPX an order for priests only? Is a Third Order in the SSPX preliminary to becoming a priest? I believe the SSPX is not in communion with the Catholic Church? The Eastern Rite is Catholic and perhaps you can continue going there? Otherwise, I’‘m saddened to learn you are leaving the...

You’re most likely right. I was curious about Uriel based on some things I’d read about him and the Eastern churches venerating him. I know that I’d be very uncomfortable asking his intercession. I’m an old lady and when I was a little girl, the Bible our family had was a black leather bound...

Whatever are you talking about?! Asking (also called praying - intercession) to saints and angels who are alive in heaven with God to intercede and pray for us here on earth is NOT idolatry! If you ask me to pray for you, is that idolatry?

Thank you! I actually own a copy of the Douay-Rheims Bible but don’t read it much. I don’t think Uriel was ever believed to be a pagan god although some may believe he’s a fallen angel. However, the Eastern Orthodox are Christians and they‘d never pray to a devil/demon . . . Do Eastern...