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- Discerning Altar Boy on Your Sunday Sermon Notes – Feast of Christ the King (N.O.: 30th Ordinary): “NO. Pastor preached on setting a good example, riffing on Saint Josemaria and the Epistle to the Thessalonians. Challenge people…”
- on Summorum Pontificum Pilgrimage 2026… *sigh*… Vatican Bars Annual TLM Pilgrimage from ENTERING St. Peter’s Basilica: “The ironic thing – if Pope Leo was so worried that allowing another Latin Mass in St. Peter’s would be…”
- on Summorum Pontificum Pilgrimage 2026… *sigh*… Vatican Bars Annual TLM Pilgrimage from ENTERING St. Peter’s Basilica: “There was great hope by many of us on the trad side that Pope Leo would either undo or scale…”
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Tag Archives: Purgatory
1-8 November: Indulgences for Praying for the Dead – HOW TO!
While one of the corporal works of mercy is to bury the dead, one of the spiritual works of mercy is the pray for the dead. November is dedicated in a special way to this important work, the first 8 … Read More
ASK FATHER: Can we pray to the Poor Souls in Purgatory to intercede for us?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: On a recent podcast a priest said that asking a specific person in Purgatory to pray for you/us is necromancy. Thoughts? My first reaction is that Father seems not to understand the difference between conjuring spirits … Read More
2 November – All Souls, Octave, Indulgences, and YOU! – **IMPORTANT UPDATE about availability of the indulgences**
UPDATE 3 Nov ’22: A priest wrote to tell me that I was wrong about the period for the plenary indulgence during the “octave”. He said he was sure that the period was extended for the entire month of November. … Read More
#GoodFriday and You: Prayers for Holy Souls in Purgatory and Plenary Indulgences
Something which would enormously help every aspect of the life of the Church in the modern world is a revival of classic devotions and the return to a style of prayer which, to our ears, seems quite formal and, at … Read More
ASK FATHER: St. Gertrude’s Prayer and releasing 1000 souls from Purgatory
From a reader…. QUAERITUR: I’m presenting an argument, I know that “St. Gertrude’s Prayer doesn’t release 1000 souls, although she was very saintly like so I don’t deny that her fervor in prayer released many souls, HOWEVER, I am uneasy … Read More
All Souls Day and you readers, living and dead
It is All Souls. We pray in special way for the dead today and during this octave, and indeed during this month. Do you know of any of the regular readers or commentators of this blog who have passed away? Let’s … Read More
ASK FATHER: Gregorian Masses
From a priest… QUAERITUR: I was in Fatima earlier this month and in the office to request Masses be offered for pilgrim’s intentions, I noticed a sign that said the stipend for a standard Mass stipend is 10 Euros but … Read More
Your Sunday Sermon Notes
Was there a good point you gleaned from the sermon you heard as you fulfilled your Sunday obligation? Let us know. Meanwhile… for the 6th Sunday after Pentecost… whether there are good points in it or not…
Posted in Four Last Things, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000
Tagged indulgences, Poor Souls, Purgatory
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Gain Plenary Indulgences on 31 Dec and 1 Jan
We should develop the good habit of gaining indulgences. Holy Church provides many opportunities to gain these spiritual gifts from the treasure of the merits of Christ and the saints. Keep in mind that in addition to the work to … Read More
Discerning Altar Boy on Your Sunday Sermon Notes – Feast of Christ the King (N.O.: 30th Ordinary): “NO. Pastor preached on setting a good example, riffing on Saint Josemaria and the Epistle to the Thessalonians. Challenge people…”
