From Pentecost to the first Sunday of Advent is the liturgical season called ordinary time. The description below is what I consider the most important part of the description taken from Wikipedia, specifically from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ordinary_Time. Ordinary Time (Latin: Tempus per annum) is the part of the liturgical year in the liturgy of the Roman Rite, which falls outside the two great seasons… Continue reading Ordinary Time in the Roman Catholic Rite

           The most recent flocknote from the Diocese of Tucson, which is my formal geographic diocese based on where live in southern Arizona, just informed me it is Laudato Si week.  Hopefully from my past posts you have deduce that I, like the Mr. Houck, who was raided by the FBI, arrested and recently acquitted… Continue reading Laudato Si Week

          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

        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

            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

         As I have discussed in other posts, there are a few good extensive catechisms, the best being The Catechism of the Council of Trent. Easter is the time of year we try to bring people into the catholic church, and a good handle on the faith is required. To start young children up to… Continue reading Concise Age-appropriate Catechism

       This is an excellent reference as to the church’s origins in the Jewish religion, and the fact that it is the Catholic religion that is the fulfillment of the Jewish religion, Jesus Christ being the prophesized messiah of the Jewish religion. No other great leader of a religion was predicted in the ancient scriptures… Continue reading Book Review of “What Is The Church?”

      As discussed in another blog, Lent is a 40 day season of prayer for practicing Orthodox and Roman Catholics (these 40 days do not include Sunday since, as Roman Catholics believe, that day belongs to Lord for his purposes, since all power on earth and in heaven was given to Him (Matthew 28:18) before… Continue reading Terms Referring to Lenten Customs

        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 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