If you google “definition covenant bible dictionary,” this is the result:  the conditional promises made to humanity by God, as revealed in Scripture. the agreement between God and the ancient Israelites, in which God promised to protect them if they kept His law and were faithful to Him.       This movie I think was… Continue reading Movie Review of the Covenant

This is the letter the mother of Father Alban Butler, the author of the classic Catholic books “Lives of the Saints” when she knew she was close to death, which she wrote to her children. It is taken from the introductory notes of Volume one of “Lives of the Saints” the 2018 edition published by… Continue reading The letter of a Good Catholic Mother to her Children on the Occasion of her Dying

         I thought the movie full of grace was excellent and of value to all Christians up until the last few minutes, which were not suitable for Catholics learning the faith, in that it showed the Virgin Mary being carried on a stretcher covered and presumably dead. Catholics believed not only in the virgin birth… Continue reading Movie Review of “Full of Grace,” about Mary, mother of God (Jesus Christ)

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?”