A Catholic Life

In today’s episode, on the 18th Sunday after Pentecost, I address the following:  1.      October as the Month of the Holy Rosary & the Required St. Joseph Prayer 2.      Upcoming Feastdays this Week I would like to thank CatechismClass.com for sponsoring this episode.  CatechismClass.com , the leader in online Catholic catechism classes, has everything from online K-12 programs, RCIA classes,...

In today’s episode, on the 17th Sunday after Pentecost, I address the following:  1.      Upcoming Feastdays this Week 2.      The 3 Unique Styles to Depict St. Jerome in Art 3.      The Customs and Traditions of Michaelmas This episode is sponsored by PrayLatin.com . PrayLatin.com offers Latin prayer cards to learn and share prayers in the sacred language. Learn your basic prayers in Latin conven...

In today’s episode, on the 16th Sunday after Pentecost, I address the following:  1.      The Upcoming Ember Fasts: Their History and Importance I would like to thank CatechismClass.com for sponsoring this episode.  CatechismClass.com , the leader in online Catholic catechism classes, has everything from online K-12 programs, RCIA classes, adult continuing education, marriage preparation, baptism...

In today’s episode, on the 15th Sunday after Pentecost, I address the following:  1.      When the Obligation for Attending Holy Mass Begins 2.      Indulgences for the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross 3.      Upcoming Feastdays this Week This episode is sponsored by PrayLatin.com . PrayLatin.com offers Latin prayer cards to learn and share prayers in the sacred language. Learn your basic...

In today’s episode, on the 14th Sunday after Pentecost, I address the following:  1.      Upcoming Feastdays this Week 2.      Customs for the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary 3.      The Magisterial Weight of Various Papal Documents I would like to thank Meaning of Catholic for sponsoring this episode. Meaning of Catholic has just launched its online store offering PDF copies of “The Definitiv...

In today’s episode, on the 13th Sunday after Pentecost, I address the following:  1.      Reminder of St. Michael’s Lent 2.      Upcoming Feastdays this Week This episode is sponsored by PrayLatin.com . PrayLatin.com offers Latin prayer cards to learn and share prayers in the sacred language. Learn your basic prayers in Latin conveniently on the go. Practice your pronunciation with easy-to-follow...

In today’s episode, on the 12th Sunday after Pentecost, I address the following:  1.      Upcoming Feastdays this Week 2.      The Controversy of Honoring Coptic “Saints” This episode is sponsored by CatechismClass.com .  CatechismClass.com , the leader in online Catholic catechism classes, has everything from online K-12 programs, RCIA classes, adult continuing education, marriage preparation, ba...

In today’s episode, on the 11th Sunday after Pentecost, I address the following:  1.     All Things Assumption: The Vigil of the Assumption , Assumption Day , Octave of the Assumption , and Customs for the Assumption 2.     Historical Proof of Early Christians Believing in the Assumption and in the Immaculate Conception 3.      Upcoming Feastdays this Week : St. Joachim, St. Hyacinth, and St. John...

 In today’s episode, on the 10th Sunday after Pentecost, I address the following:  Upcoming Feastdays this week, including the changing dates for St. John Vianney Saturday Fasting & the Binding Force of Custom Catholic Productivity I would like to thank CatechismClass.com for sponsoring this episode.  CatechismClass.com , the leader in online Catholic catechism classes, has everything from onl...

In today’s episode, on the 9th Sunday after Pentecost, I address the following:  1.        Upcoming Feastdays this Week 2.        The Often-Uncelebrated Feast of St. Peter’s Chains 3.      The Forgotten Feast of the Finding of St. Stephen’s Relics 4.      The Portiuncula Indulgence This episode is sponsored by PrayLatin.com . PrayLatin.com offers Latin prayer cards to learn and share prayers in th...

In today’s episode, on the 8th Sunday after Pentecost, I address the following:  1.      The Upcoming Assumption Fast 2.      Upcoming Feastdays this Week 3.      The Apparitions of St. James to Free Spain from Islamic Rule I would like to thank CatechismClass.com for sponsoring this episode.  CatechismClass.com , the leader in online Catholic catechism classes, has everything from online K-12 pro...

In today’s episode, on the 7th Sunday after Pentecost, I address the following:  1.      Should Civil Society Outlaw Sin? 2.      What Really Was the Spanish Inquisition? 3.      Upcoming Feastdays this Week This episode is sponsored by PrayLatin.com . PrayLatin.com offers Latin prayer cards to learn and share prayers in the sacred language. Learn your basic prayers without spending more time look...

In today’s episode, on the 6th Sunday after Pentecost, I address the following:  1.      Offering Up Fasting while in the state of grace for Priests 2.      Upcoming Feastdays this Week I would like to thank CatechismClass.com for sponsoring this episode.  CatechismClass.com , the leader in online Catholic catechism classes, has everything from online K-12 programs, RCIA classes, adult continuing...

In today’s episode, on the 5th Sunday after Pentecost, I address the following:  1.      Why and How to Practice the Presence of God 2.      The Octave of Ss. Peter and Paul and the Commemoration of All Holy Popes 3.      The Feasts of St. Anthony Mary Zaccaria and Ss Cyril and Methodius This episode is sponsored by PrayLatin.com . PrayLatin.com offers Latin prayer cards to learn and share prayers...

In today’s episode, on the 4TH Sunday after Pentecost, I address the following:  1.      The Bula de Cruzada (the Crusade Bulls on Fasting in the Spanish World) 2.      The Fast of the Vigil of Ss. Peter and Paul on June 28th 3.      The Forgotten History of How Ss. Peter and Paul, on June 29th, Ceased Being an American Holy Day of Obligation This episode is sponsored by Ordinary Dad Life .  Ordin...

In today’s episode, on the 3rd Sunday after Pentecost (Sunday within the Octave of the Sacred Heart), I address the following:  1.      The Vigil of St. John the Baptist Customs 2.      The Nativity of St. John the Baptist, who was born without original sin 3.      Other Feastdays Coming This Week, including St. Aloysius, Patron of Catholic Youth This episode is sponsored by PrayLatin.com . PrayLa...

In today’s episode, on the 2nd Sunday after Pentecost, I address the following:  1.      The Feast of Corpus Christi with its Octave 2.      St. Anthony of Lisboa 3.      The Feast of the Sacred Heart with its Octave I would like to thank CatechismClass.com for sponsoring this episode.  CatechismClass.com , the leader in online Catholic catechism classes, has everything from online K-12 programs,...

This is Episode 16 of the A Catholic Life Podcast. In today’s episode, on Trinity Sunday, I address the following:  1.      The Feast of the Most Holy Trinity and the Importance of Praying the Athanasian Creed 2.      The Upcoming Apostles Fast 3.      The Feasts of St. Francis Caracciolo, St. Boniface and St. Norbert This episode is sponsored by PrayLatin.com . PrayLatin.com offers Latin prayer c...

In today’s episode, on Pentecost Sunday, I address the following:  1.      The Ancient, Yet Forgotten Customs of the Octave of Pentecost 2.      The Upcoming Feasts in Honor of Our Lady this Week, the End of the Marian Month 3.      Can Popes Err? Part 1 & Part 2 I would like to thank Meaning of Catholic for sponsoring this episode. Meaning of Catholic has just launched its online store offeri...

In today’s episode, on the Sunday within the Octave of the Ascension, I address the following:  1.      The Octave of the Ascension 2.      St. Gregory VII 3.      St. Philip Neri 4.      The Vigil of Pentecost as a Day of Fasting and Abstinence I would like to thank CatechismClass.com for sponsoring this episode.  CatechismClass.com , the leader in online Catholic catechism classes, has everythin...

In today’s episode, on the 5th Sunday after Easter, I would like to go over a few things: 1.      The Minor Rogation Days 2.      The Vigil of the Ascension 3.      Ascension Thursday and Ascensiontide I would like to thank CatechismClass.com for sponsoring this episode.  CatechismClass.com , the leader in online Catholic catechism classes, has everything from online K-12 programs, RCIA classes, a...

In today’s episode, on the 4th Sunday after Easter, I address the following: 1.      The Forgotten May 8th Feast of the Apparition of St. Michael the Archangel 2.      The Feastday for this Week in May 3.      The Anniversary of the May 13th Apparition of our Lady of Fatima I would like to thank Meaning of Catholic for sponsoring this episode. Meaning of Catholic has just launched its online store...

In today’s episode, on the 3rd Sunday after Easter, I address the following 1.     How the 1962 Calendar Is Not Traditional in the First Week of May: Honoring the Forgotten Feasts of St. John, Ss. Philip and James, and the Finding of the Holy Cross .  2.      Understanding the Forgotten Eastertide Feast of St. Joseph with its Octave, which preceded the Feast of St. Joseph the Worker 3.      The Sp...

In today’s episode, on the 2nd Sunday after Easter (known as Good Shepherd Sunday), I would like to go over a few things: 1.      Good Shepherd Sunday 2.      The Feast St. Mark and the Major Rogation Day, including Rogation Day Processions , Prayers of Blessing for Rogation Day , and how come colonies kept St. Mark’s Day as a Holy Day of Obligation 3.      Feastdays occurring this last week in Ap...

In today’s episode, on Low Sunday, also known as Quasimodo Sunday, I would like to go over a few things: 1.      Low Sunday – the Sunday of Many Names and How Sundays Are Given Latin Names in the Liturgy 2.      Why Penance Is Not Wrong for Pascaltide 3.      The Almost Election of Cardinal Rampolla I would like to thank CatechismClass.com for sponsoring this episode.  CatechismClass.com , the lea...