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Movie review of the movie “The Boys in The Boat”

      This is a 2 hour and 3 Minute movie about the rise of the American team that went up against Hitlers team in the Olympics. Its rated PG-13 for smoking, alcohol use, language including using God’s name in vain. (see https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1856080/parentalguide for more info). There is no nudity shown but some implied.  This is… Continue reading Movie review of the movie “The Boys in The Boat”

Liturgical Calendar on Line

          The best choice to know where in your missal to go to for a particular day, Sundays and holy days in particular, is to buy a liturgical calendar for the Tridentine Mass at your local bookstore.  You can also order one from a vendor such as Angelus Press, which is where I get mine… Continue reading Liturgical Calendar on Line

Sermon of St. Leo the Great, around Christmas, on the feast of the Nativity concerning the Joy of Christmas from the Site New Advent

           This is a quote from the site New Advent URL: https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/360321.htm. It is a very informative site which includes the Catholic Encyclopedia, writings from the Church Fathers, the Summa, the Bible and more. Here is the quote:         Our Saviour, dearly-beloved, was born today: let us be glad. For there is no proper place… Continue reading Sermon of St. Leo the Great, around Christmas, on the feast of the Nativity concerning the Joy of Christmas from the Site New Advent

Part one of A Book Review of Wisdom shall enter and Its Argument for the Existence of God

       This is a review of the book Wisdom shall enter by Leo Trese, Imprimatur 1957, published by the Fides Publishers Association Chicago in the USA and by Geoffrey Chapman, Ltd. In London. It is an apologetics book on the Catholic faith which I think is apropos for the start of the church year, indeed… Continue reading Part one of A Book Review of Wisdom shall enter and Its Argument for the Existence of God

Forgiveness and a book review of David Augsburger’s “The Freedom of Forgiveness: Seventy times Seven”

         Its emphasis on forgiveness is something that I think separates Christianity from other religions. This, along with tolerance and love, ensures that Christianity won’t destroy itself through constant destructive “inquisition” type campaigns against other Christian sects (Mark 9:39) and accusing them of not being true to “the faith” and killing them for their “heresy”… Continue reading Forgiveness and a book review of David Augsburger’s “The Freedom of Forgiveness: Seventy times Seven”

A Deeper Look at “What is the Church?” Book Review with its Partial Answer to this Question and the Question of Authority, its Limits, as well as the Question of Holiness in a Church Composed of Sinners.

      In an earlier blog I did a book review on “What is the Church” by Andre De Bovis, which is actually Volume 48 of the Twentieth Century Encyclopedia of Catholicism, copyright 1961 by Hawthorn Books, Inc. New York, which was basically the information on the dust cover.  That book discusses among other things the… Continue reading A Deeper Look at “What is the Church?” Book Review with its Partial Answer to this Question and the Question of Authority, its Limits, as well as the Question of Holiness in a Church Composed of Sinners.

 A Review of the First Week of Advent material which includes Catechism Concerning the Last Judgement on the SSPX Asia Website and a Review of the site in general

   The following excerpt on the Epistle and Gospel of the first Sunday of Advent with explanation can be found at the  URL https://www.sspxasia.com/Documents/The_Church_Year/first-Sunday-of-advent.htm . It is from Rev. Fr. Leonard Goffin’s “The Church’s Year” and posted on this website with permission from Sarto, publishers of the book form of the church’s year.  It is… Continue reading  A Review of the First Week of Advent material which includes Catechism Concerning the Last Judgement on the SSPX Asia Website and a Review of the site in general