Today is Friday, March 14, 2025, Ember Friday of Lent, 2nd class, with the color of violet. In this episode: The meditation: “Forty Steps to Easter,” a preview of this week’s episode of The Catholic Mass #28: What Songs are Allowed During the Mass?” today’s news from the Church: “Will Demos II Participate in the…
Read MoreToday is Thursday, March 13, 2025, Thursday of the First Week of Lent, 3rd class, with the color of violet. In this episode: The meditation: “Forty Steps to Easter,” a preview of the Sermon: “Perfection Happens in Stages,” today’s news from the Church: “A Bonus for Large Families,” and today’s thought from the Archbishop. Sources…
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Today is Wednesday, March 12, 2025, the Ember Wednesday of Lent, with commemoration of St. Gregory the Great, Pope, Confessor, and Doctor, 2nd class, with the color of violet. In this episode: The meditation: “Forty Steps to Easter,” a preview of the Sermon: “Don’t Play With Sin,” today’s news from the Church: “Lent is not Catholic Ramadan,” and today’s thought from the Archbishop.
Read MoreToday is Wednesday, March 12, 2025, the Ember Wednesday of Lent, with commemoration of St. Gregory the Great, Pope, Confessor, and Doctor, 2nd class, with the color of violet. In this episode: The meditation: “Forty Steps to Easter,” a preview of the Sermon: “Don’t Play With Sin,” today’s news from the Church: “Lent is not…
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Today is Tuesday, March 11, 2025, Tuesday of the 1st Week of Lent, 3rd class, with the color of Violet. In this episode: Two meditations today: “Forty Steps to Easter,” and “On the Wounds of Christ,” today’s news from the Church: “Preparing for the Post-Francis Era,” and today’s thought from the Archbishop.
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Today in the Catholic Mass Series, we begin a new section examining the externals that surround the Mass, like vestments, the church building, and starting today, sacred music. From antiquity, music has been a part of worship. In fact, even false religions recognize the importance of music in their respective devotions and rites. Today in the first of two episodes on music and the Mass, we explore the history of music in sacred worship, starting with Jewish ceremonies and the Psalms, leading up to the present day. We also start to examine the various kinds of music in a sung Mass.
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Today is Friday, March 7, 2025, Friday after Ash Wednesday, First Friday, with commemoration of St. Thomas Aquinas, a 3rd class feast, with the color of violet. In this episode: The meditation: “Forty Steps to Easter: Friday after Ash Wednesday,” a preview of this week’s episode of The Catholic Mass #27 Why Music Is Integral to the Sacrifice of the Mass: today’s news from the Church: “Dramatic Drop in Numbers of Priests and Faithful in Belgium,” and today’s thought from the Archbishop.
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Today is Thursday, March 6, 2025, The Thursday after Ash Wednesday, with commemoration of Sts. Perpetua and Felicity, 3rd class, with the color of violet. In this episode: The meditation: “Thursday after Ash Wednesday,” a preview of the Sermon: “Penance That Leads to God,” today’s news from the Church: “Neither Schismatic nor Excommunicated Pt. 2,” and today’s thought from the Archbishop.
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Today is Wednesday, March 5, 2025, Ash Wednesday, a 1st class feast, with the color of violet. In this episode: The meditation: “The Mystery of Lent,” a preview of the Sermon: “Why Do We Fast and Abstain?,” today’s news from the Church: “The Ukrainian Rift Separates the Vatican From the United States,” and today’s thought from the Archbishop.
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Today is Tuesday, March 4, 2025, The Feast of St. Casimir, Confessor, a 3rd class feast, with the color of white, with commemoration of St. Lucius I. In this episode: The meditation: “The Tremendous Value of Holy Mass,” news from the Church: “In England and Wales, Catholicism Is Raising Its Head,” and today’s thought from the Archbishop.
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