Power of God

PAINFUL POSITION WITH WHICH OUR REDEEMER WAS TORTURED, IN CAIFAS PRISON In an angle deep in this basement came out of the ground a school or tip of a cliff so hard, that they couldn’t break it. In this cloak, which was like a piece of spine, they tied and bound Christ our good with…

St. Sixtus I, 115 AD stated, “The Sacred Vessels are not to be handled by others than those consecrated to the Lord.” That would mean that only ordained priests and bishops should handle the Sacred Vessels or their contents.St. Basil the Great, 330-379 stated, “The right to receive Holy Communion in the hand is permitted…

MIRACLE OF THE MULE One of the reasons why Saint Anthony worked so hard to convert heretics was because he genuinely felt sorry for them. He saw that they were depriving themselves of the Church and the most precious gift to the Church, the Most Holy Eucharist. He truly believed that no one could long…

⚜ Did you know that the Holy Bible differs between Catholics and Protestants? The Catholic version of the Holy Bible contains 46 books in the Old Testament and 27 books in the New Testament, making a total of 73 books. The Protestant version contains 39 books in the Old Testament and 27 in the New…

WHEN YOU VISIT A PRIEST, PLEASE REMEMBER… That a priest isn’t married, nor will he have a family of his own. No wife, no children. His family is his parishioners. He is a spiritual father in faith to the community he serves. His future is in celebrating the Eucharist at mass every day, listening to…

There is Nothing Contrary to the Faith in the Divine Mercy chaplet. That does not mean it is not problematic. The chaplet over-emphasizes the Divine Mercy at the expense of the Divine Justice. The chaplet itself was plagiarized from the chaplet of the Holy Wounds, which is much older and is much better in terms…

⚜ The Traditional Mysteries of The Holy Rosary The 15 Decade Traditional Mysteries of the Rosary (Joyful, Sorrowful, and Glorious) is “Mary’s Psalter” and comprise of 150 Hail Mary’s, which corresponds to the 150 Psalms of David. If you count the 3 “introductory” Hail Mary’s prayed to ask for an increase in the virtues of…

⚜ HOLY HUMOR: Not so many years ago, in the short reign of Pope John XXIII, a short, round and elderly man, the Church enjoyed one of its funniest holy men. Here’s a few of my favorite PJ23 stories:

WHAT IS YOUR EPISTEMOLOGY (YOUR “THEORY OF KNOWLEDGE” OR YOUR “STANDARD OF TRUTH”)? In this reality, everyone has an epistemic ultimate commitment they hold to that governs how they interpret the world. The Muslims’ ultimate commitment is the Quran. The Rationalists’ ultimate commitment is reason. The Empiricists’ ultimate commitment is sense perception. The Protestants’ ultimate…

THE VIRGIN “HODEGETRIA” (“SHE WHO POINTS THE WAY”), A COPY OF THE DRAWING BY SAINT LUKE! The image below is from an original drawing believed to have been created by St. Luke. We know that Mary was the source of some of Luke’s Gospel, so he would have known her personally. The icon depicts the…