It’s Easter Sunday, 1st Class, with a 1st Class Octave, with the color of white. In this episode: The meditation: “Jesus appeared first to His Mother, Say the Saints,” today’s reflection from SSPX.org: “St. John Chrysostom’s Easter Homily,” the trailer for “A Legacy of Tradition: Fifty Years of Saint Thomas Aquinas Seminary”, and today’s thought from the Archbishop.
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It’s Holy Saturday, 1st class, with the colors of violet and white. In this episode: The meditation: “Forty Steps to Easter,” today’s reflection from SSPX.org: “St. Epiphanius of Cyprus on Holy Saturday,” and today’s thought from the Archbishop.
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It’s Good Friday, 1st class, with the color of black and violet. In this episode: The meditation: “Forty Steps to Easter,” today’s reflection from SSPX.org: “St. Cyril of Alexandria on Christ’s Sacrifice,” and today’s thought from the Archbishop.
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It’s Holy Thursday, also called Maundy Thursday, 1st class, with the color of violet for the Office, and White for the Mass. In this episode: The meditation: “Forty Steps to Easter,” an article from SSPX.org: “Cardinal Newman on Our Lord’s Mental Anguish,” a preview of the Sermon: “Our Lord Conquers Human Fears,” and today’s thought from the Archbishop.
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Today is Wednesday, April 16, 2025, Wednesday of Holy Week, 1st class, with the color of violet. In this episode: The meditations, “Holy Week and the Sufferings of Christ,” and “Forty Steps to Easter,” a preview of the Sermon: “Padre Pio’s Considerations on the Agony in the Garden,” and today’s thought from the Archbishop.
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Today is Tuesday, April 15, 2025, Tuesday of Holy Week, 1st class, with the color of violet. In this episode: The meditations: “The Fig Tree,” and “Forty Steps to Easter,” today’s news from the Church: “Fr. Davide Pagliarani’s Conference on “Semper Idem,” and today’s thought from the Archbishop.
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Today is Monday, April 14, 2025, Monday in Holy Week, 1st class, with the color of violet. In this episode: Our Lady of Victories, The meditation: “Forty Steps to Easter,” a preview of the Sermon: “Embracing the Cross,” and today’s thought from the Archbishop.
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Today in the Catholic Mass Series, we continue our discussion of the Mass’s visual and ceremonial aspects with a review of the history, symbolism, and function of priestly and episcopal vestments. Why does the priest put on special clothing to celebrate the Mass? Is it purely aesthetic and ceremonial, or is there a theological significance? And when did all this start? Did the Apostles and early Church Fathers wear the same things that you see your local priest wear on Sundays? What was the historic and symbolic development of the cassock, the chasuble, and more?
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Today is Sunday, April 13, 2025, Palm Sunday, 1st class, with the color of red and violet. In this episode: Hosanna Filio David: The Symbolism and Meaning Behind Palm Sunday’s Liturgy, The meditation: “Forty Steps to Easter,” and today’s thought from the Archbishop.
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Today is Saturday, April 12, 2025, Saturday in Passion Week, 3rd class, with the color of violet. In this episode: Mary and the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, The meditation: “Forty Steps to Easter,” and today’s thought from the Archbishop.
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