S A C R E D T R I D U U M
"The Sacred Banquet in which Christ is received, the memory of His Passion renewed, the mind is filled with grace, and a pledge of future glory is given." -- Saint Thomas
H A P P Y E A S T E R
He is not here, for he is risen...(
Matt 28:6
) - Alleluia !
IT IS A HOLY AND WHOLESOME THOUGHT TO PRAY FOR THE DEAD"
-- 2 Macabbes 12:46
Purgatory
The Bible teaches:
(1) that some sins are forgiven in the next world;
(2) that some souls are saved in the next world 'by fire';
(3) that it is useful and beneficial to pray for the dead;
(4) there will be degrees of punishment and reward... [read more]
"Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign. Behold a virgin shall conceive,
and bear a son, and his name shall be called Emmanuel "
Isaias 7:14 The Immaculate Conception
One of the most cherished memories of my life has been (and will
always be) that solemn moment in the beautiful Midnight Mass of
Christmas when the celebrant, deacon, and subdeacon knelt reverently
before the main altar while the choir sang softly,
'Et incarnatus est de Spiritu Sancto, ex Maria Virgine et homo factus est.''
... [read more]
Christmas (Saint Andrew's) Novena Christmas Novena
By Advent is meant the four weeks before Christmas, appointed by the
Church to prepare us for the worthy celebration of our Saviour's
birth. We should endeavour by prayer, the practice of virtues,
fasting, and a good confession, to ... [see Advent below]
6 Interesting Catholic Thanksgiving Facts
When you’re sitting down for that wonderful feast on Thursday, here
are 6 interesting Catholic Thanksgiving Facts you can share with your
family. Print them out and read them aloud over some pumpkin... [
read more]
The Miraculous Medal
...the feast of the lovely medal designed by the Mother of God
herself and given to a beautiful nun, Sister Catherine Laboure ...
[read more]
Help the Souls in Purgatory
Things you can do. Have Masses offered for them. Pray the Rosary and
... [read more]
Links for All Hallow's Eve, All Saints and All Souls
An indulgence, applicable only to the Souls in
Purgatory...
Our Love of Country is Premised on Love of Christ the King
One of the many consequences of the Protestant Revolt was the rise of
nationalism, which has burgeoned into a gigantic exercise in the
idolatry of the mythologies associated with a particular nation and/or
ethnicity. Nationalism and patriotism are not the same things. And it
is important for these two concepts to be distinguished in order to
understand ... [read more]
Michael's Story
What follows is a letter written by a young Marine to his mother
while he was hospitalized, after being wounded on a Korean
battlefield... [read more]
Saint Michael Prayer (original)
Dolours of the Blessed Virgin
St. John mentions that the Blessed Virgin, with other holy women and
with St. John, stood at the foot of the cross when the other
Apostles had fled. At that time the prophecy of Simeon, "a
sword will pierce thine own soul," was most perfectly
fulfilled: and very naturally the sorrows of Mary... [read more]
Devotion of the Seven Sorrows
St. Albert the Great said, "that as we are under great
obligation to Jesus for His Passion endured for our love, so also
are we under great obligation to Mary for the martyrdom which She
voluntarily suffered for our salvation in the death of Her
Son". He said ‘voluntarily suffered’ since it was
revealed...
[read more]
Prophetic Warning
Visions, Apparitions, Allocutions, Warnings and Church teachings
from Councils, Popes, Saints, Doctors and Fathers of the Church,
renowned theologians, holy clergy, great thinkers of the Catholic
Church and from modernists themselves regarding the fall of the
Catholic Church and faith... [read more]
Is America a Communist State: Communist Manifesto
When a large building is built, the construction company usually
starts with a set of blueprints. These are often called the "as
planned" blueprints. Since construction never goes exactly
according to plan, another set of blueprints is often drawn up after
the building is completed. These are called the "as built"
blueprints... [read more]
10 Plank of the Communist Manifesto... [read more]
45 Goals to setup a Communist Government... [read more]
Words of Popes, Saints and Theologians
I hear around me reformers who want to dismantle the Holy
Sanctuary, destroy the universal flame of the Church, to discard all
her adornments, and smite her with remorse for her historic past....
[read more]
How To Make A Visit
A visit to the Blessed Sacrament is really a talk with Jesus. No
two will have the same things to say to Him, and this is one reason
why ....
[read more]
Taxation Through the Ages ...taxation is a gigantic system of fraud, robbery, and
extortion. Most taxpayers receive nothing to justify the amounts they
are forced to pay. Yet it's the taxpayer, not the ruler, who is
treated as a criminal suspect and required to 'confess' his earnings
and holdings. The ruler isn't penalized for anything he does....
[read more]
Saint Catherine Laboure
The sound of the evening Angelus bells floated across the fields and
vineyards of Burgundy. It was the second day of the month of May in
the year of Our Lord 1806.... [read more]
Loss Of Faith Caused By Neglect Of The Family Rosary
It seems to me that a principal cause of the loss of faith is the
dropping off in the practice of the family rosary. In Austria, after
World War II, there was a complete collapse of vocations. One year,
apparently, no one at all entered ...
[read more]
Devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary
Lucy relates that on June 13th, 1917, after speaking at length about
her Immaculate Heart, Our Lady of Fatima again stretched forth her
hands, throwing on the children the rays of that immense light in
which they saw themselves as if immersed in God . . . The Blessed
Virgin held in her right hand a Heart surrounded by thorns, which
pierced it from all sides. The seers understood that it was the
Immaculate Heart of Mary, afflicted by all the sins of the world,
which demanded penance and reparation... [read more]
First Friday Devotion
The First Friday of each month was designated by our Savior Himself as
a day to be consecrated to honoring His Sacred Heart…. As the
object of this devotion is to make our Savior Jesus Christ ardently
and perfectly loved, and to make reparation for the outrages offered
to Him... [read more]
The Basics of Devotion to the Sacred Heart
The most ancient special devotion of Christians is doubtless that of
the Sacred Heart of Jesus, the Son of God. The holy Sacraments and the
other objects of devotion did not yet exist, when the Blessed Virgin
Mary found her delight in worshiping the most Sweet Heart of her
Jesus... [read more]
Devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary
Lucy relates that on June 13th, 1917, after speaking at length about
her Immaculate Heart, Our Lady of Fatima again stretched forth her
hands, throwing on the children the rays of that immense light in
which they saw themselves as if immersed in God . . . The Blessed
Virgin held in her right hand a Heart surrounded by thorns, which
pierced it from all sides. The seers understood that it was the
Immaculate Heart of Mary, afflicted by all the sins of the world,
which demanded penance and reparation... [read more]
Dream of Saint John Bosco: To Hell and Back
Introduction: At the beginning of Holy Week in 1868, haunting dreams
began to trouble Don Bosco, and they went on for several miserable
nights.
These dreams so exhausted me, he stated, that in the morning I
felt more done in than if I had been working all night. They also
alarmed and upset me very much. The most frightful, but also
the most salutary of these dreams.... [read more]
Dreams and Visions of Saint John Bosco: HELL
Many of the dreams of St. John Bosco could more properly be called
visions, for God used this means to reveal His will for the Saint and
for the boys of the Oratory, as well as the future of the Salesian
Congregation. Not only did his dreams lead and direct the Saint, they
also gave him ... [read more]
Feast of the Holy Family Presence of God – I
beg the Blessed Virgin Mary to allow me to enter in spirit the
humble home at Nazareth, to contemplate Jesus’ most admirable
life there.... [read more]
The Wonders of the Holy Name
We have been hearing and have been repeating from childhood the Holy
Name of Jesus, but alas, many, very many, have no adequate idea of
the great wonders of this Holy Name... [read more]
The North American Martyrs
...The eight North American martyrs were six priests and two lay
brothers. They were heroic members of the Society of Jesus who were
martyred in North America to bring the Faith that is necessary for
salvation ... [read more]
Devotion to Mary Necessary
All the rich among the people, to make use of an expression of the
Holy Ghost, according to the explanation of Saint Bernard — all
the rich among the people shall supplicate Her face from age to age,
and particularly at the end of the world; that is to say the greatest
saints, the souls richest in graces and virtues, shall be the most
assiduous in praying to ...
[read more]
True Devotion to Mary
...One of the most zealous promoters of St. Louis Grignion de
Montfort's True Devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary and his
Total Consecration to Jesus through Mary which brings about
what is called a "Holy Slavery of Love"... [read more]
A Satanic Plot for a One World Government: the Illuminati
Behind the United States and its Constitution is a small group of men
whose sole objective is to enslave the whole world and humanity in
their satanic plot for a one world govenment. Now to give you a very
clear picture of this satanic plot, I will go back to its beginning,
back to... [read more]
Novena to the Holy Ghost (for Pentecost)
For Pentecost... [click here]
Divine Mercy Novena
From 1931 to 1938 Our Lord revealed the secrets of His great mercy
to St. Faustina. He designated the first Sunday after Easter as the
Feast of the Mercy of God. In preparation of this Feast, He asked
that a Novena be started on Good Friday, a Novena which asks
for prayers each of the nine days for a different group of souls in
order to immerse them in the sea of God's Mercy!... [read more]
Christ in the Voting Booth
...is an education in history, politics, and apathetic Catholicism,
a startling revelation as to what has gone so wrong in America. [read more]
The Gift of Tongues
Sacred Scripture seems to recount two different classifications of
the gift of tongues. The first is that special gift recorded in the
Acts on the day of the Pentecost where the Apostles would preach in
their own language and people from many different lands heard them
in their native speech. It would be as if.... [read more]
Polemic On the New Mass
And we charge you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,
that you withdraw yourselves from every brother walking disorderly,
and not according to the tradition which they ... [read more]
Modesty for Men
I know that there is a Catholic standard of modesty in dress for
women. But is there also a standard of dress for men?
...Absolutely there is, for exactly the same principle.....
[read more]
Love Mary
She is loveable, faithful, constant. She will never let herself be
outdone in love .... [read more]
The Rapid Decline of Civility
...the loss of civility is an omen of the impending collapse of
civilization... [read more]
The Sacrament of Baptism
Unless, says our Lord, a man be born again of water and the Holy
Ghost, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God; and, speaking of the
Church, the Apostle says, cleansing it by the laver of water in the
word of life. Thus it follows that Baptism may be rightly and
accurately defined: The Sacrament of regeneration by water... [read more]
Promulgation of the Novus Ordo Missae
...We shall become aware, perhaps with some feeling of annoyance, that
the ceremonies at the altar are no longer being carried out..... We
shall notice that pious persons are disturbed most, because they have
their own respectable way of hearing Mass, and they will feel shaken
.... [read more]
The Sacrament of Confirmation
If ever there was a time demanding the diligence of pastors in
explaining the Sacrament of Confirmation, in these days certainly it
requires special attention, when there are found in the holy Church of
God many by whom this Sacrament is altogether omitted .... [read more]
Catechism: On Suffering
Whether we will or not, we must suffer. There are some who suffer like
the good thief, and others like the bad thief. They both suffered
equally. But one knew how to make his sufferings meritorious, he...
[read more]
Manner of Making Mental Prayer
We must observe that Saint Alphonsus makes the practice of mental
prayer simple, clear, easy, and not less fruitful. Owing to the
method which he teaches, this exercise, indispensable to him who
wishes to sanctify himself, is really put within the reach of all.
He wishes that every one should ....
[read more]
Election of a New Pope
As regards my opinions concerning the present state of the church
with relation to the election of the new Pope, what opinion of any
weight could a miserable, ignorant, and unspiritual person like
myself possibly give? There is need for prayer and...
[read more]
[Novena - Election of a Pope]
Help the Souls in Purgatory
Things you can do. Have Masses offered for them. Pray the Rosary and
... [read more]
Purgatory
The Bible teaches: (1) that some sins are forgiven in the next world;
(2) that some souls are saved in the next world 'by fire'; (3) that it
is useful and beneficial to pray for the dead; (4) there will be
degrees of punishment and reward... [read more]
Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath-day?
Why did Christ put this question? Because the Jews, particularly
the Pharisees, were so very superstitious in keeping the Sabbath,
they would not recognize Jesus as the Messiah, while He healed on
the Sabbath, which was really...
[read more]
Commentary on Matthew 13
...The third class are those who have faith and hold fast to it,
but who do not live up to it, being quite absorbed in the things
of this world. They give themselves up to the concupiscence of the
eyes, the concupiscence of the flesh, and the pride of life, and
bring forth no fruits worthy of faith. They have faith, but...
[read more]
Lukewarm Souls
In speaking to you today, my dear brethren, of the dreadful state
of the lukewarm soul, my purpose is not to paint for you a
terrifying and despairing picture of the soul which is living in
mortal sin without even having the wish to escape from this
condition. That poor unfortunate creature can.....
[read more]
One of the Four Sins That Cry to Heaven for Vengence
Some argue that neither the Bible nor Tradition condemns the
practice of sodomy. Passages such as Leviticus 18:22-30, Romans
1:26-27, 1 Corinthians 6:9, and Jude 7 serve as ample proof from
Scripture. Below is ample proof from Tradition. The Fathers are
especially harsh against....
[read more]
US Bows to ICC
Conservatives, alarmed over the erosion of American sovereignty,
suffered another setback this week. The New York Times describes the
defeat....
[read more]
Lecture on Divini Illius Magistri
Dr. Tom Droleskey will be speaking on
Divini Illius Magistri, July 12th....
[read more]
New Age Infiltration
Every now and then artists step back from their paintings and study
them from a distance. This gives a feel for the picture as a whole
and shows what to do next. Well, I've been studying the New Age for
about twelve years, assembling a picture....
[read more]
Venerable Anne Catherine Emmerich
Anne Catherine Emmerich was told by Our Lord that her gift of
seeing the past, present, and future in mystic vision was greater
than that possessed by anyone else in history. Born at Flamske in
Westphalia, Germany, on September 8, 1774, she became a nun of the
Augustinian Order at Dulmen. She had the use of reason from her
birth and could ....
[read more]
Mothers
THE most important person on earth is a mother. She cannot claim
the honor of having built Notre Dame Cathedral. She need not. She
has built something more magnificent than any cathedral - a dwelling
for an immortal soul, the tiny perfection of her baby's body. The
angels have not been blessed with such a grace. They cannot share in
God's creative miracle to bring new saints to Heaven. Only a human
mother can. Mothers are closer to God the Creator than any other
creature; God joins forces with mothers in performing this act of
creation. What on God's good earth is more glorious than this: to be
a mother?
--Joseph Cardinal Mindszenty.
Letter of Saint Athanasius
'May God console you! ... What saddens you ... is the fact that
others have occupied the churches by violence, while during this
time you are on the outside. It is a fact that they have the
premises -- but you have the Apostolic Faith. They can occupy our
churches, but....
[read more]
The Importance of Salvation
The business of eternal salvation is to us the most important of
all affairs; but it is also the most neglected by Christians. They
are diligent, and lose no time in seeking to gain a lawsuit, or a
situation of emolument. How many measures taken to attain these
objects? How many means adopted? They neither eat nor sleep. And
what efforts do they make to secure their eternal salvation?....
[read more]
Ignorance: A Sin?
...ignorance has never been considered an excuse. Since God's law
is written in the hearts of ALL men, and since God is always
spouting out His graces for men to know truth, they are without
excuse.... [read more]
The Pieta This booklet on prayer is an effort to apply the scientific method
to the Truths of our Roman Catholic Faith; to obtain more grace to
better serve God, drawing particularly on that gigantic source of
.... [read more]
Dreams and Visions of Saint John Bosco: HELL
Many of the dreams of St. John Bosco could more properly be called
visions, for God used this means to reveal His will for the Saint and
for the boys of the Oratory, as well as the future of the Salesian
Congregation. Not only did his dreams lead and direct the Saint, they
also gave him ... [read more]
On Priestly Dignity and Propriety
...He who on the altar almost ceases to be mortal and takes on a
divine form, remains always the same, even when he comes down from the
holy hill ... [read more]
The Lost Chapter of Genesis
Adam was hanging around the garden of Eden feeling very lonely. So,
God asked him, 'Man, what is ... [read more]
Catechism: On Impurity
That we may understand how horrible and detestable is this sin, which
the demons make us commit, but which they do not commit themselves, we
must consider what a Christian is. A Christian, created in the image
of God, redeemed by the Blood of... [read more]
The Global School Board
They have devised a new 'Global Ethic' to replace the Gospel of Jesus
Christ, a new 'Sixteen Principles' to replace the Ten Commandments.
They call it the Earth Charter..... [read more]
Church Militant: Spiritual Warfare in Modern Times
The body of faithful which comprises the Catholic Church is divided
into three parts: the Church Triumphant (souls in heaven), the Church
Suffering (souls in purgatory) and the Church Militant .... [read more]
Television
A child came to confession one day and accused himself of having
serious temptations against the angelical virtue... However, the
priest sought the cause of such a misfortune: 'So, do you have
television at home?" [read more]
Church Militant or Church Milktoast?
For decades, the homosexual network has been burgeoning throughout
the country; Ovitz is just one example of its formidable power in
Hollywood. ...the homosexual rebellion against God and Western
Christian Civilization will attempt to destroy all who oppose it.
[read more]
Fifteen Prayers of Saint Bridget
These prayers were revealed by Our Lord to Saint Bridget in the
Church of St. Paul at Rome... Parents and teachers who will read
them to young infants for at least one year will assure their being
preserved for life from any grave accident which would involve the
loss of one of their five senses. [read more]
War: Hidden Agenda
In his declaration of war against Germany and Austria-Hungary,
President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed his public agenda-----that WW I
would be "the war to end all wars"! His hidden agenda was
three-fold... [read more]
Why the Douay-Rheims Bible?
The Douay-Rheims Bible is a scrupulously faithful translation into
English of the Latin Vulgate Bible which Saint Jerome (342-420)
translated into Latin from the original languages. The Vulgate
quickly became the Bible universally used... [read more]
