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Category Archives: Our Catholic Identity
Friday Abstinence, the Octave of Easter and You
Each year during the Octave of Easter – and of Christmas – there is a Friday. Fridays are days of penance, usually observed by abstinence from meat. So, can one eat meat on Friday in the Octave of Easter? The … Read More
Stop talking about schism! Wherein Fr. Z rants.
The upcoming Synod of Bishops in October is probably going to be a knock-down, drag-out over a few issues. The Germans are set on achieving a progressive agenda and have hinted at doing their own thing if the Synod doesn’t … Read More
Posted in Liberals, Our Catholic Identity, Synod, Wherein Fr. Z Rants
Tagged schism, Synod of Bishops
31 Comments
31 Comments
ACTION ITEM! Support Our Lady of Hope Clinic!
I have an ACTION ITEM for you good readers. You have been generous to causes I have mentioned in the past. Sometimes people have a hard time finding causes to support. This is one of them that I admire. I have … Read More
Reasons why more men don’t go to Mass
I have to share this video from You Tube I was sent by email as reason #756 for Summorum Pontificum. This is: Easter Vigil Liturgy of St Patrick Catholic Church, Seattle, [NB] 2010. The seven readings from the old testament are … Read More
Double (anti-Christian) standard in Colorado
Remember my post about when homosexualists come to destroy your Christian business? HERE Now there is this! At Town Hall I saw that someone is fought back. Colorado Double Standard: Bakers Should Not Be Forced to Make Anti-Gay Cakes Bill Jack … Read More
ASK FATHER: Non-seminarian Lectors and Acolytes
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Can laymen who are not in the seminary, upon request, receive the orders of lector and acolyte? My parish likes having me read, they say I am good at it, but I am not sure that … Read More
Five Cardinals Book™ in a new language!
I received the great news that the Five Cardinals Book™ is now out in POLISH. HERE It isn’t just out in Polish, it received an endorsement from the Polish Bishops Conference. That is quite a step. That means that the … Read More
Posted in One Man & One Woman, Our Catholic Identity
Tagged divorce and remarriage, Five Cardinals Book, marriage
10 Comments
10 Comments
ASK FATHER: Miscarried babies and heaven
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Does a miscarriage baby go to heaven if not baptized? One of God’s greatest attributes is His mercy. We read in the letter of James 2:13, that mercy triumphs over judgment. Mercy is a reflection of … Read More
INTERNET PRAYER: ILOCO
A long time ago, I wrote a prayer for people to use before they got online and used the internet. Originally composed in Latin, it has been translated into many languages (sometimes more than once). My page with all the … Read More
Posted in Just Too Cool, Our Catholic Identity
Tagged Ilocano, Iloco, Internet Prayer, The Philippines
6 Comments
6 Comments
Good Friday, Fasting, Abstaining, and You
Two days of the year Catholics are asked both to fast and to abstain from meat. According to the 1983 Code of Canon Law for the Latin Church, Latin Church Catholics are bound to observe fasting and abstinence on Ash … Read More
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