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Two young men participate in the Olympic Mass on July 28, 2012. Credit: Mazur/catholicnews.org.uk. London, England, Jul 30, 2012 / 11:31 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Today marked the launch of a major Olympic event that you won’t find in the official Games brochure, 24-hour Eucharistic adoration. “We’re flying the flag for Christ if you like,” said Franciscan Father Francis Conway of St. Francis of Assisi Friary in Stratford, the Catholic Church closest to the Olympic village in London’s East End. “We will have Eucharistic adoration from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., when another East End parish will take over from...

Extra Ecclesiam Nulla Salus( Outside the Church there is no salvation ) "Sicut palmes non potest ferre fructum a semitipso nisi manserit in vite:sic nec vos, nisi in Me maseritis"( "As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abide in the vine,so neither can you, unless you abide in Me" ) - Blessed Apostle Saint John 15:4 † Traditional True Mass Propers : Dominica VIII. Post Pentecosten ~ Eighth Sunday after Pentecost † Anno Dómini 22 July 2012 † Statio ad S. Petrum ~ Station at Saint Peter's † Commemorating The Feast of † Blessed Disciple Saint...

Extra Ecclesiam Nulla Salus( Outside the Church there is no salvation ) "Sicut palmes non potest ferre fructum a semitipso nisi manserit in vite:sic nec vos, nisi in Me maseritis"( "As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abide in the vine,so neither can you, unless you abide in Me" ) - Blessed Apostle Saint John 15:4 † Traditional True Mass Propers : Dominica VI. Post Pentecosten ~ Sixth Sunday after Pentecost † Anno Dómini 8 July 2012 † Statio ad S. Petrum ~ Station at Saint Peter's † Commemorating The Feast of † Saint Elizabeth, Queen...

It was Father Vincent Miceli who warned that, "Once the liturgy is humanized, Christ the Center and Object of it becomes the humanist par excellence, the liberator, the revolutionary, the Marxist ushering in the millenium; he ceases to be the Divine Redeemer. We must be alerted to those who plan, by convincing us to abandon our sacred forms, at length to seduce us into denying our Christian faith altogether. The Churhc is attacked by these Sons of Satan, in and outside her fold, because she is a living form, the sacrament - sign and instrument - of communion with God...

Featured Term (selected at random):ELEVATION OF THE HOST Raising of the consecrated Host for the faithful's adoration at Mass, before the consecration of the chalice, which is elevated separately for adoration immediately afterward. This separate elevation is to profess the Real Presence of Christ's Body already before the consecration of the chalice. All items in this dictionary are from Fr. John Hardon's Modern Catholic Dictionary, © Eternal Life. Used with permission.

Extra Ecclesiam Nulla Salus Traditional True Mass Propers :† Dominica IV Post Pentecostes - Fourth Sunday after Pentecost † Anno Dómini 24 June 2012 † Statio ad S. Petrum ~ Station at Saint Peter's † † Commemorating† † The Nativity of Saint John The baptist † Color : Albus/White VestmentsI Classis ~ Double of the First Class Observance De ventre matris meæ vocávit me Dóminus nómine meo: et pósuit os meum ut gládium acútum: sub teguménto manus suæ protexit me, et pósuit me quasi sagíttam eléctam.... ( From the womb of my mother the Lord hath called me by...

Extra Ecclesiam Nulla Salus Traditional True Holy Mass Propers † Traditional True Mass Propers : Dominica III Post PentecostesSunday Within the Octave ofthe Feast of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus ( Third Sunday after Pentecost ) † Anno Dómini 17 June 2012 † Statio ad S. Petrum ~ Station at Saint Peter's † † Commemorating The Feast Of † † Saint Teresa, Queen of Leon † Color : Albus/White Vestments II Classis ~ Second Class Observance Respice in me, et miserere mei, Domine: quoniam unicus, et pauper sum ego: vide humilitatem meam, et laborem meum: et dimitte omnia...

I love this video. You go there, you see history, Our Lord's and St. Thomas Aquinas. Please take a moment and listen to Father Barron explain. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDVLBUK5FGw

With Eyes Wide Open Encountering the Lord in Adoration Which of the following people actually encountered Jesus when they came to their church and sat before the Blessed Sacrament in adoration? The young boy who stopped in on his way home from school just to say, “Hi,” to Jesus. The man who slipped into the back of the church and repented over and over again for the way he had sinned against the Lord. The teenager who said the Our Father, the Hail Mary, and the Glory Be three times. The woman who said four rosaries, one for each...

Pope Benedict leads Corpus Christi procession in Rome on June 7, 2012. Rome, Italy, Jun 7, 2012 / 05:35 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Benedict XVI says the Second Vatican Council did not reject Eucharistic adoration outside of Mass, including the Corpus Christi procession that he led this evening in Rome. “One unilateral interpretation of the Second Vatican Council has penalized this dimension, restricting in practice the Eucharist to the moment of celebration,” the Pope said during his homily for the Feast of Corpus Christi on June 7. “In this case, the accentuation placed on the celebration of the Eucharist acted...

Today, many throughout the Catholic Church celebrate a uniquely Catholic feast day: the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, better known by the Latin title "Corpus Christi." Though originally and traditionally celebrated on "the Thursday following Trinity Sunday," in parts of the Church where it is not kept as a Holy Day of Obligation (like here in the U.S.), the feast is transferred to the following Sunday. But in many parts of the world, Corpus Christi is celebrated today. In fact, in many European nations, today is a public holiday. Tonight, Pope Benedict will preside over the Corpus Christi...

On the Giving and Receiving of Holy Communion: Some norms to recall.By: Msgr. Charles Pope Recently here in the Archdiocese of Washington there was an issue regarding the denial of Holy Communion to a certain individual, which caused no little debate among the faithful. I am NOT going to reopen that case here, and ask all readers to please recall that, no matter what you may think, you do not have all the facts, and I do not wish to rehearse the (partial) specifics of the whole affair.That said, a number of us priests asked for a review of...

Extra Ecclesiam Nulla Salus Traditional True Holy Mass Propers † In Festo Sanctissimae Trinitatis ~ Feast of the Most Holy Trinity † Anno Dómini 3 June 2012 Commemorating The Feast Of † Saint Clotilda, Queen of France † Color: Albus/White Vestments I Classis ~ First Class Observance "Benedícta sit sancta Trínitas, atque indivisa únitas: confitébimur ei, qua fecit nobíscum misericórdiam suam" ( Blessed be the Holy Trinity and undivided Unity: we will give glory to Him, because He hath shown His mercy to us.... ) ".... ergo docéte omnes gentes: baptizántes eos in nómine Patris, et Fílii, et Spíritus...

Extra Ecclesiam Nulla Salus Traditional True Holy Mass Propers † Dominica Pentecostes ~ Pentecost Sunday (Whit Sunday † Anno Dómini 27 May 2012 Commemorating The Feast Of † Saint Bede the Venerable, Doctor of His Church † Color: Sanguineus/Red Vestments II Classis ~ Second Class Semi-Double Observance Spíritus Dómini replévit orbem terrárum, allelúja ( "....The Spirit of the Lord hath filled the whole world, alleluia...." ) Et sermónem quem audístis, non est Meus: sed ejus qui misit Me, Patris. Hæc locútus sum vobis, apud vos manens. Paráclitus autem Spíritus Sanctus, quern mittet Pater in nómine Meo, ille vos docébit...

May 22, 2012   Tuesday of the Seventh Week of Easter   Reading 1 Acts 20:17-27 From Miletus Paul had the presbytersof the Church at Ephesus summoned.When they came to him, he addressed them,"You know how I lived among youthe whole time from the day I first came to the province of Asia.I served the Lord with all humilityand with the tears and trials that came to mebecause of the plots of the Jews,and I did not at all shrink from telling youwhat was for your benefit,or from teaching you in public or in your homes.I earnestly bore witness for...

Featured Term (selected at random):HOLY COMMUNION The Eucharist is the sacrament that preserves the souls' union with God and fosters that union by making a person more holy especially in the practice of the supernatural virtue of charity. As a sacrament of the living, to obtain the graces intended, a person must be in the state of God's friendship when receiving, otherwise the reception becomes a sacrilege (I Corinthians 11:27-29). The union of the communicant with Christ in the Eucharist is effective in the moral order. Though physically present in the communicant, Christ is not physically united with him. Only...

May 19, 2012 Saturday of the Sixth Week of Easter   Reading 1 Acts 18:23-28 After staying in Antioch some time,Paul left and traveled in orderly sequencethrough the Galatian country and Phrygia,bringing strength to all the disciples. A Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria,an eloquent speaker, arrived in Ephesus.He was an authority on the Scriptures.He had been instructed in the Way of the Lord and,with ardent spirit, spoke and taught accurately about Jesus,although he knew only the baptism of John.He began to speak boldly in the synagogue;but when Priscilla and Aquila heard him,they took him asideand explained to him...

May 18, 2012   Friday of the Sixth Week of Easter  Reading 1 Acts 18:9-18 One night while Paul was in Corinth, the Lord said to him in a vision,"Do not be afraid.Go on speaking, and do not be silent, for I am with you.No one will attack and harm you,for I have many people in this city."He settled there for a year and a halfand taught the word of God among them. But when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia,the Jews rose up together against Pauland brought him to the tribunal, saying,"This man is inducing people to worship God contrary...

Extra Ecclesiam Nulla Salus Traditional True Holy Mass Propers † Dominica Quinta Post Pascha ~ Fifth Sunday After Easter † Anno Dómini 13 May 2012 Commemorating † The Ascension of Our Lord, Christ Jesus † † The Presence of The Blessed Virgin Mary at Fátima, Portugal † † Our Lady of the Most Blessed Sacrament † Color : Albus/White Vestments II Classis ~ Second Class Semi-Double Observance Vocem jucunditátis annuntiáte, et audiátur, allelúja: annuntiáte usque ad extrémum terræ: liberávit, Dóminus pópulum suum. Allelúja, allelúja.... ( Declare it with the voice of joy, and make it known, alleluia: declare it...

May 16, 2012   Wednesday of the Sixth Week of Easter Reading 1 Acts 17:15, 22-18:1 After Paul's escorts had taken him to Athens,they came away with instructions for Silas and Timothyto join him as soon as possible. Then Paul stood up at the Areopagus and said:"You Athenians, I see that in every respectyou are very religious.For as I walked around looking carefully at your shrines,I even discovered an altar inscribed, 'To an Unknown God.'What therefore you unknowingly worship, I proclaim to you.The God who made the world and all that is in it,the Lord of heaven and earth,does not dwell...