Pentecost

          Using the Microsoft search engine in Bing, searching on “Bible pentecost” we find the first reference to Pentecost in the religion of the Living God, in the Old Testament. “Pentecost is found in Old Testament Scripture as a Jewish holiday. Pentecost was a Jewish festival that happened during the Feast of First Fruits.  Happening… Continue reading Pentecost

Numbering of the Psalms In Most Catholic Bibles verses the Protestant Bibles with a book review of a Layman’s Guide to Latin Mass Terms by Paul Byrne

        An excellent book on terms referring to the Latin Mass and background on the saint’s mentioned in the Latin Mass is “A Layman’s Guide to Latin Mass Terms: an A-Z Guide to Terms Concepts & Biographies of the Saints in the Mass” by Paul Byrne.  If you plan to attend the Traditional Latin Mass,… Continue reading Numbering of the Psalms In Most Catholic Bibles verses the Protestant Bibles with a book review of a Layman’s Guide to Latin Mass Terms by Paul Byrne

The Ascension

            This coming Thursday is Ascension Thursday.  In this Easter season there are 4 big events for Catholics 1) Holy Thursday/Good Friday which was the linking of the first consecration of the Eucharist with the bloody sacrifice of the passion of Christ, the consecration unbloodied remembrance/sacrifice (the same as Calvary  but as might be thought… Continue reading The Ascension

Movie Review: His only Son

        This was decent movie. It was entertaining and not totally unlike the Bible narrative. But what was not in the movie, and I understand artistic license, was when God communicated with Abraham in the Bible he mostly used angels, He did not come himself to speak to Abraham. When God did communicate directly with… Continue reading Movie Review: His only Son

Easter

          Easter celebrates the most significant event in the Catholic religion. Easter is the “punchline” of 1 Peter 3:15 (New International Version, NIV of the Bible), “Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope which you have. But do this with gentleness and respect.”… Continue reading Easter

Anti-Catholicism in America is not New

         A book I picked up and have skimmed over is call “The Persistent Prejudice: Anti-Catholicism in America” by Michael Schwartz.  This book is one you can see that the anti-Catholic prejudice Josh Hawley was fighting against in the You Tube video I cited last blog is not new.         Arguably the biggest recorded lynching… Continue reading Anti-Catholicism in America is not New

A Bishop Martyred Some Time in the Twenty first Century?

The following is why Every Orthodox Follower of the Traditional Catholic Religion and Eventually Everyone Following a Strict Christian Bible Based Philosophy in the United States should be Worried.       Cardinal Francis George is famously quoted as saying: I expect to die in bed, my successor will die in prison and his successor will die… Continue reading A Bishop Martyred Some Time in the Twenty first Century?