Episode 10: Good Shepherd Sunday
In today’s episode, on the 2nd Sunday after Easter (known as Good Shepherd Sunday), I would like to go over a few things: 1. Good Shepherd Sunday 2. The Feast St. Mark and the Major Rogation Day, including Rogation Day Processions, Prayers of Blessing for Rogation Day, and how come colonies kept St. Mark’s Day as a Holy Day of Obligation 3. Feastdays occurring this last week in April I would like to thank Meaning of Catholic for sponsor...
23 Apr 202320min
Episode 9: Low Sunday
In today’s episode, on Low Sunday, also known as Quasimodo Sunday, I would like to go over a few things: 1. Low Sunday – the Sunday of Many Names and How Sundays Are Given Latin Names in the Liturgy 2. Why Penance Is Not Wrong for Pascaltide 3. The Almost Election of Cardinal Rampolla I would like to thank CatechismClass.com for sponsoring this episode. CatechismClass.com, the leader in online Catholic catechism classes, has eve...
16 Apr 202315min
Episode 8: Easter Sunday
In today’s episode, on Easter Sunday, the most glorious all feastdays, I address the following: Customs for Easter Week: Food, Activities, Greetings, and MoreThe Agnus Dei SacramentalThe Easter Duty: What it is and when it may be fulfilledThere is no incompatibility between abstinence and Pascaltide. Observe Friday Abstinence and even Saturday abstinence in Eastertide.I would like to thank CatechismClass.com for sponsoring this episode. CatechismClass.com, the leader in online Catholic ...
9 Apr 202320min
Episode 7: Palm Sunday
In today’s episode, on this Palm Sunday, I address the following:1. The Strictness of the Holy Week Fast: Passion Fast & Xerophagiae 2. Traditions for Holy Week: Indulgences, Forgotten Customs, & Suggestions for a Holy WeekPlease spare a minute to pray for JoeSixPack, the author of Cantankerous Catholic, who has unexpectedly died. Requiescat in pace!
2 Apr 202319min
Episode 6: Passion Sunday
In today’s episode, on this Fifth Sunday of Lent (Passion Sunday), I address the following: 1.Passion Sunday: Veiling of Images & the Custom of Changing the Rosary 2.The Worship Owed to the Cross: Is it Latria or Dulia? 3.Feasts of St. John Damascene and St. John of Capistrano I would like to thank CatechismClass.com for sponsoring this episode. CatechismClass.com, the leader in online Catholic catechism classes, has everything from online K-12 programs, RCIA classes, adult continui...
26 Mars 202317min
Episode 5: Fourth Sunday of Lent
In today’s episode, on this Fourth Sunday of Lent (Laetare Sunday), I address the following: 1. Laetare Sunday and the custom of the Papal Golden Rose 2. The Transferred Feast of St. Joseph vs. the forgotten former Eastertide Feast of St. Joseph 3. The Votive Feast of the Precious Blood (Friday after the Fourth Sunday in Lent) 4. The History of American Anti-Catholicism of the Late 1800s and early 1900s To start thoug...
19 Mars 202317min
Episode 4: Third Sunday of Lent
In today’s episode, on this Third Sunday of Lent, I address the following: 1. There is No Salvation in Judaism 2. Can I Eat Meat on St. Patrick's Day on a Friday in Lent? 3. Who is Exempt From the Law of Fasting or Abstinence? 4. The Feast of the Five Holy Wounds I would like to thank CatechismClass.com for sponsoring this episode. CatechismClass.com, the leader in online Catholic catechism classes, has everythi...
12 Mars 202318min
Episode 3: Second Sunday of Lent
In today’s episode, on this Second Sunday of Lent, I address the following: 1. Proving that our Lord Jesus Christ was a real person 2. The Feastdays of this week, with an emphasis on St. Thomas Aquinas and St. John of God 3. The Holy Shroud (Friday after the Second Sunday in Lent. This was kept in Turin, Italy) To start, though, I’m happy to announce that Meaning of Catholic has launched its online shop, and PDFs of my book on the Roman...
5 Mars 202314min