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This week on The Catholic Mass Series, we finish our discussion at the Theology of the Mass with an episode about the reception of the Holy Eucharist. In the contemporary Church, the practice of receiving Holy Communion has changed. Why? What did the reception of the Eucharist look like throughout history? Did faithful in the early Church receive Our Lord on the tongue, and kneeling? Why did this...

This week on The Catholic Mass Series, we look at mysteries and the nature of the Blessed Sacrament. There is a lot that we cannot comprehend fully about the Eucharist, but examining this great mystery of the Church, we can deepen our devotion to the Blessed Sacrament and the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. In this episode, examine questions concerning Our Lord’s real presence in the Eucharist. Then w...

This week, as we approach Christmas, we examine the three ways in which our Lord is present at every Mass. This will help to deepen our faith as we understand how He is present not just in a poetic or imaginary way, but in a real - yet sacramental and mysterious – manner. We see how he is present as both the high priest and victim. Finally, we consider how He comes to us sacramentally through the...

Last week’s episode covered the fundamental nature of the Mass while answering Protestant objections. Today, we consider the question of the Mass's nature, including its relationship to the Holy Eucharist. What does it mean to refer to the Eucharist as a “sacrament” and how does this relate to the sacrificial nature of the Mass itself? Moreover, in recent decades, a greater emphasis has been place...

Today, we continue exploring the Theology of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass by focusing on its fundamental purpose and addressing key errors about it. We examine the parallels between minimizing Protestant hostility toward the Mass and efforts to justify the New Mass. Additionally, we consider historical objections to the Mass, such as the claim that faith and personal contact with Our Lord are su...

Today, we start a new section of The Catholic Mass Series. We have been looking at the history of the Mass, from the Old Testament, to the Last Supper, on to the Liturgical Movement. And now we move onto exploring the rubrics and theology of the Mass. In this episode, we begin by asking some basic questions, ”Why is the sacrifice important? Why are victim, priest, and the offering so difficult to...

Today, we bring our third and final episode on the “Liturgical Movement.” Last time we saw how World War II impacted the Roman Liturgy and its reform. Today, we delve into how the French and German clergy, emboldened by the lack of censures for their Modernist ideas, pushed for more radical changes that broke from the original spirit of the Liturgical Reform. We also explore what led these liturgi...

Today, in our second episode on the Liturgical Movement we focus on origins of the movement and we examine how it went awry. We also focus on the inter-war period and see how it corrupted the liturgy and the indirect of modernism had a detrimental effect on the war we worship. We still have not recovered from it today. See all the episodes, and download resources:  https://sspxpodcast.com/mass We’...

Today we start a series of three episodes, all looking at the period from the Council of Trent up to the Second Vatican Council. Specifically, we focus on what’s called “The Liturgical Movement.” This was a movement for the restoration of the Liturgy; renewing its discipline; and broadening the education of both the faithful and the clergy about the Mass itself. In the beginnings of the movement,...

Today we’ll trace the development of both the Divine Office and the Mass over 1,000 years, beginning with St. Gregory the Great in the 6th century and concluding with the reforms of the Council of Trent. We'll discuss how St. Gregory helped shape the liturgical framework and preserved unity while allowing local traditions to thrive. Moving forward, we’ll trace how these traditions evolved, influen...

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Last episode, we saw what Christ intended to leave us in the Mass – how He is both priest and victim, God and man. In this episode, we’ll investigate what happened after the Last Supper – after Our Lord Ascended into Heaven. Did the Mass celebrated by the first bishops look like the Tridentine Latin Mass we have today? How did the early Eucharist ceremonies develop, and how did various regions inf...

We have examined the Old Testament sacrifices, and how they all pre-figure the Mass. But instead of offering lambs, in the New Testament we offer bread and wine. Instead of the priest and victim being separate beings, today, they are one. Why? Why did God wish to have a sacrifice done this way? Why did Christ institute the Mass at the Last Supper, before His Sacrifice? We will look at the Last Sup...

This week on the SSPX Podcast, we’ll pause the Catholic Mass series for an episode of Questions with Father an a recent document that was released from the Vatican. The document is commonly known as “The Bishop of Rome” document, and is titled, “To Find a Way of Exercising Primacy.” In it, the Holy Father makes some curious remarks about ecumenism, referring to himself, for instance, as “the grave...

The Old Testament is foreign to modern people in many ways. And one of the most striking examples of a “weird” practice has to do with the very specific, and often very messy practices surrounding ritual sacrifice. Last episode, we saw how sacrifice is required by God. But we’ll continue with this conversation, and look at the specific sacrifices in the Old Testament in different occasions. There...

When did mankind begin to make sacrifices to God? What did they look like? As we have seen already in this series, the concept of making a sacrifice, or of putting something aside for the worship of God, is nothing new and it is not exclusive to the Judeo-Christian tradition. Man understands that he has duties to his creator. So today we will look back at our ancestors, specifically the practices...

Welcome to our fifth episode in The Catholic Mass series. Here, our goal is to continue an overview which will touch on themes that will be more fully developed later in the series. Today we’ll answer the question, what do we mean by the traditional Latin Mass, or as Archbishop Lefebvre called it, the Mass of All Time. In this episode, we’ll also give a brief survey of the Mass in order to provide...

Today, we explore why it is so important that we have a liturgy at all. What do we mean when we say “Liturgy”? What is the reason for people gathering together to perform a religious ceremony? Is it something that we do are inclined to do naturally, or is it something that God has directed us to do? See all the episodes, and download resources: https://sspxpodcast.com/mass We'd love your feedback...

Last week we discussed what we gain from the Mass – the four ends. Today, we explore why it is so important that we have a liturgy at all. What do we mean when we say “Liturgy”? What is the reason for people gathering together to perform a religious ceremony? Is it something that we do are inclined to do naturally, or is it something that God has directed us to do? See all the episodes, and downlo...

Welcome to the second of our introductory episodes in The Catholic Mass series. Last time we saw what the Sacrifice of the Mass is – today we’ll look at the next logical question – why? Why is it that Catholics, especially today, still put such an emphasis on this ancient and… well, strange practice? And what’s the point of religion in today’s world? There’s a real lack of the practice of religion...

Welcome to the first episode of The Catholic Mass here on the SSPX Podcast. We’re excited to get started on this – what will probably be about a year long series – examining the theology, the history, rubrics, the changes in the Mass, and so much more. But why spend so much time on one topic? As Fr. Paul Robinson will tell us in this first episode, because the Mass is the center of our Faith, and...

During the next year [50 episodes/weeks], join us as we explore the history, theology, and spirituality of the Mass. More than an academic exercise, this series is designed to deepen your knowledge of the Church’s liturgy in order to draw you closer to Our Lord at Mass.  Whether you are new to Catholic Tradition or have been attending the traditional Latin Mass for years, this series offers a...

On this week’s episode of the SSPX Podcast, we will be answering a fairly common listener question – and one we tackled very briefly in one of our earliest episodes years ago – What should Catholics think about organ donation? Fr. Ian Palko is back to discuss this topic which, like many others we’ve talked about recently, doesn’t have an easy, clear-cut answer. It seems, on the surface, like a gre...

On this week’s episode of the SSPX Podcast, we welcome again Fr. Shane Pezzutti to discuss what the Church professes concerning the Blessed Virgin Mary. It is a point of Catholic dogma that Our Lady’s virginity was perpetual, yet some Christians question this position based not only on conjecture, but ostensibly on the Bible. In this episode, we examine the question and explain, on the basis of Sc...

This week on the SSPX Podcast, we’re happy to welcome back Fr. Shane Pezzutti who will guide us through some recent listener questions regarding the Blessed Virgin Mary. Today we’ll look at the concept of her Immaculate Conception. Namely, how could it be that Mary was sinless? Do we have proof? Wasn’t Jesus the only one without sin and that this is precisely the reason God sent him to save us? Ma...