Category Search: Holy Week
Tenebrae & Holy Week • What is "holiness"? • Is everyone called to sanctity? • Is Christ King?
Tenebrae - The Office of "Darknesses". The spirit of Holy Week expressed in its ancient ceremonies. The 1955 modernists' revised rites of Holy Week. When did Satan realize Christ defeated Him? What is "holiness"? Is everyone called to sanctity? Sanctity in married life? Controversy erupts among "conservatives" - Is…
The Office of Tenebrae
Tenebræ is the name given to the service of Matins and Lauds belonging to the last three days of Holy Week.
The Office of these three days was treated as a sort of funeral service, or dirge, commemorating the death of Jesus Christ. It is natural also that, since…
Tuesday in Holy Week
Today, again, our Saviour sets out in the morning for Jerusalem. His intention is to repair to the temple, and continue His yesterday's teachings. It is evident that His mission on earth is fast drawing to its close. He says to His disciples: "You know that after two days shall…
Monday in Holy Week
Mary Magdalene is a prominent figure in the Passion and Resurrection of her divine Master. She is the type of a soul that has been purified by grace, and then admitted to the enjoyment of God's choicest favors. It is important that we should study her in each of the…
Palm Sunday
Blessed Palm Sunday!
This is the glorious mystery which ushers in the great week, the week of dolours. Holy Church would have us give this momentary consolation to our heart, and hail our Jesus as our King. She has so arranged the service of today, that it should express…
IVF • "Artificial embryos" • St. Joseph's name in the Canon? • The "restored" rites of Holy Week
Caution: some topics may not be appropriate for children.
IVF-conceived embryos are human beings: Alabama State Supreme Court - a truly Catholic decision! Trump decries the ruling, Republicans move to negate it. Do "artificial embryos" have souls? Resisting an abortion? Irish vote firmly to protect family and motherhood in…
Catholics must "oppose" a faithless "pope." Francis rejects title "vicar of Christ," builds own Synodal Church, a Tower of Babble. Apostasy from Faith causes loss of authority. Hamsa Hand...
This episode was livestreamed on 04 April 2023.
Nashville school shooting kills six. Did devils know identity of Christ? First Christians believed Christ truly in Blessed Sacrament. Are schismat...
This episode was livestreamed on 28 March 2023.
New Notre Dame: Catholic Restoration or Modernist Reformation?
This episode of What Catholics Believe covers the following: • The Notre Dame Cathedral Fire. What does it say about the condition of the Church today? • Do the sins of calumny and detraction apply to Russiagate and the Mueller Report? • Preview of upcoming episode…
