Podcast appearances and mentions of jesus parish

Canon Ross Bourgeois, ICKSP serves as Parochial Vicar at Most Precious Blood of Jesus Parish in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He also serves as Media Coordinator for the ICKSP American Province and is the host of "Lessons in Latin" heard on The Station of the Cross. Canon Bourgeois was ordained in 2019. DESCRIPTION: In Today's Show: Is there any symbolic significance of Jesus Christ falling three times while carrying the cross to Calvary? Is engaging in or offering acupuncture a sin? What is the Church's position on DNR (do not resuscitate)? Can I pray to holy people who are not canonized? If my parish priest has Eucharistic Ministers distribute communion, should I refrain from receiving? If the king ordered all children under two be murdered, how did John the Baptist survive? If you find rosaries that were lost, do they need to be blessed a second time? If the Catechism says not to spend money on animals that should instead go to humans, then what is OK to spend on pets? Visit the show page at thestationofthecross.com/askapriest to listen live, check out the weekly lineup, listen to podcasts of past episodes, watch live video, find show resources, sign up for our mailing list of upcoming shows, and submit your question for Father!

Canon Ross Bourgeois, ICKSP serves as Parochial Vicar at Most Precious Blood of Jesus Parish in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Canon Bourgeois was ordained in 2019.   In Today's Show:   Visit the show page at thestationofthecross.com/askapriest to listen live, check out the weekly lineup, listen to podcasts of past episodes, watch live video, find show resources, sign up for our mailing list of upcoming shows, and submit your question for Father!

Canon Ross Bourgeois, ICKSP serves as Parochial Vicar at Most Precious Blood of Jesus Parish in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Canon Bourgeois was ordained in 2019.   In Today's Show: Is there any symbolic significance of Jesus Christ falling three times while carrying the cross to Calvary? Is engaging in or offering acupuncture a sin? What is the Church's position on DNR (do not resuscitate)? Can I pray to holy people who are not canonized?  If my parish priest has Eucharistic Ministers distribute communion, should I refrain from receiving? If the king ordered all children under two be murdered, how did John the Baptist survive? If you find rosaries that were lost, do they need to be blessed a second time? If the Catechism says not to spend money on animals that should instead go to humans, then what is OK to spend on pets?  Visit the show page at thestationofthecross.com/askapriest to listen live, check out the weekly lineup, listen to podcasts of past episodes, watch live video, find show resources, sign up for our mailing list of upcoming shows, and submit your question for Father!

Canon Ross Bourgeois, ICKSP serves as Parochial Vicar at Most Precious Blood of Jesus Parish in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Canon Bourgeois was ordained in 2019.   In Today's Show:   Visit the show page at thestationofthecross.com/askapriest to listen live, check out the weekly lineup, listen to podcasts of past episodes, watch live video, find show resources, sign up for our mailing list of upcoming shows, and submit your question for Father!

A weekly program produced by the Catholic Diocese of Harrisburg, Pa.   “What is Advent and How Can We Find Hope This Season?”   SHOW DESCRIPTION:   Advent is a season of waiting, and God does some of His best work in our waiting seasons, but we have to have hope, and we have to trust in Him that the wait is worth it. To kick off this season of joyful anticipation, I'm excited to welcome Father Bill Forrey, pastor at Holy Name of Jesus Parish, to dive deeper into the meanings of Hope and the first week of Advent.  

Canon Ross Bourgeois, ICKSP serves as Parochial Vicar at Most Precious Blood of Jesus Parish in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Canon Bourgeois was ordained in 2019.   In Today's Show:   Visit the show page at thestationofthecross.com/askapriest to listen live, check out the weekly lineup, listen to podcasts of past episodes, watch live video, find show resources, sign up for our mailing list of upcoming shows, and submit your question for Father!

Canon Ross Bourgeois, ICKSP serves as Parochial Vicar at Most Precious Blood of Jesus Parish in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Canon Bourgeois was ordained in 2019.     In Today's Show: Why do you think that a good chunk of Catholics doesn't realize that Sunday is a Holy Day of Obligation? How are the names of churches and parishes chosen? Is all sin the result of demons or of human nature? Does Canon Bourgeois have any advice for someone discerning the priesthood when they visit, a priest community? Is it in the Bible that a woman cannot be a priest or a deacon? What would be a good morning/evening prayer routine to establish? How did the martyrs have the courage to deal with the pain before martyrdom, and how can I receive that courage? At what point does gluttony become a mortal sin? Can I confess all the sins that I have missed in my previous confession? How does one stand up to someone who swears? If I was married and divorced and then remarried, if my spouse from the first marriage died could I now have my second marriage sanctified in the Church?   Visit the show page at thestationofthecross.com/askapriest to listen live, check out the weekly lineup, listen to podcasts of past episodes, watch live video, find show resources, sign up for our mailing list of upcoming shows, and submit your question for Father!

Canon Ross Bourgeois, ICKSP serves as Parochial Vicar at Most Precious Blood of Jesus Parish in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Canon Bourgeois was ordained in 2019.     In Today's Show:     Visit the show page at thestationofthecross.com/askapriest to listen live, check out the weekly lineup, listen to podcasts of past episodes, watch live video, find show resources, sign up for our mailing list of upcoming shows, and submit your question for Father!

Canon Ross Bourgeois, ICKSP serves as Parochial Vicar at Most Precious Blood of Jesus Parish in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Canon Bourgeois was ordained in 2019.     In Today's Show: Does the ICKSP require you to be Catholic for a period of time before joining the seminary? Any advice to someone whose family is against them joining the priesthood? My priest in the confessional forgot the absolution. Question about the Catholic bible regarding Job. What are the rules between Catholic and Anglican priests on how they wear their collars? What does the Eastern Church think of the filioque? How to respond to the comment "All I need is Jesus and not the Church"? Why does the word "Confusion" have a different meaning in French? Are sick people allowed to eat meat on Friday? How can I better meditate on the mysteries of the rosary? What exactly is Papal infallibility?   Visit the show page at thestationofthecross.com/askapriest to listen live, check out the weekly lineup, listen to podcasts of past episodes, watch live video, find show resources, sign up for our mailing list of upcoming shows, and submit your question for Father!

Canon Ross Bourgeois, ICKSP serves as Parochial Vicar at Most Precious Blood of Jesus Parish in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Canon Bourgeois was ordained in 2019.     In Today's Show: Do they still give letters of introduction like they do in the Bible? Like in a ceremony?  In Matthew 16 Why does our Lord say 'Get behind me Satan' to Peter? I find this a little confusing, since Peter was one of his loyal followers. I think I committed the sin of blasphemy against the Holy Spirit and feel that there is no redemption for me. What can I do? If there was a natural disaster that is destroying a Church, is there a reason a priest would remove the entire tabernacle instead of consuming the entire host?  Is it a sin to receive communion if you are a Protestant? Do priests in the Latin Mass concelebrate? If a person makes confession without including how many times it happened or the details of the sin, is the absolution still valid? On the De Defectibus' matter of doubtful transubstantiation. Please elaborate on what mental prayer really is?   Visit the show page at thestationofthecross.com/askapriest to listen live, check out the weekly lineup, listen to podcasts of past episodes, watch live video, find show resources, sign up for our mailing list of upcoming shows, and submit your question for Father!

Religious Liberty: May a religious parish challenge anti-discrimination laws that aim to protect transgender individuals? - Argued: Tue, 11 Jun 2024 12:41:4 EDT

Canon Ross Bourgeois, ICKSP serves as Parochial Vicar at Most Precious Blood of Jesus Parish in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Canon Bourgeois was ordained in 2019.     In Today's Show: I was wondering if there are any orders in which married men can join the TLM. For example, is there a vocation similar to the permanent diaconate? Is there any traditional equivalent to a Third Order Carmelite? Is it possible to start one? During High Mass and after consecration, after the servers and schola pray the Confiteor and the priest faces the right side and absolution is given and he makes the Sign of the Cross, why does the congregation then make the Sign of the Cross? Do you need to know French well to enter a vocation with the ICKSP? If you don't have the faculty of language, is there any way to make it? What happens to a plenary indulgence offered for a soul already in heaven? Clarifying details within Lumen Gentium Who is the author of the Psalms? Is a Catholic allowed to attend a service at an Orthodox church? What about receiving communion? Why does the Catholic Church believe that Catholics should confess individual sins to the priest, instead of simply expressing remorse for sinning?  Why would the Church require Catholics to recite a laundry list?  Isn't a penitent either absolved of their sins or they're not?   Visit the show page at thestationofthecross.com/askapriest to listen live, check out the weekly lineup, listen to podcasts of past episodes, watch live video, find show resources, sign up for our mailing list of upcoming shows, and submit your question for Father!

Recorded talk during our Holy Face Holy Hour on May 22, 2024. The purpose of this holy hour was to spiritually prepare to become the Holy Face of Jesus Parish. This talk contains catechesis on prayer and introduces a new chaplet. Those in attendance prayed the chaplet together before the Blessed Sacrament, marking the first time this chaplet was prayed publicly.

Canon Ross Bourgeois, ICKSP serves as Parochial Vicar at Most Precious Blood of Jesus Parish in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Canon Bourgeois was ordained in 2019.     In Today's Show: Altar servers kiss the hands of priests during the liturgy, which is very beautiful. I understand the Eastern Christians venerate the hands of priests, even when they meet them in secular settings. Can laity kiss the hands of Catholic priests, apart from First Mass blessings? If so, please explain the etiquette. Are the terms of the marriage contract identical in a mixed marriage? Can I read daily devotions that are not written by a Catholic? Could a priest say the Novus Ordo with a Douay-Rheims Lectionary? Is it correct for an altar server to go to the tabernacle and put away the consecrated hosts after communion? What is the difference between how a deacon Baptizes and how a priest Baptizes, since a Deacon cannot anoint? How might dual citizenship affect one's enrollment with the ICKSP? Would Canon Ross mind sharing what were a couple of his favorite saints and why they're his favorites? I went to confession, but after confession I got into an argument and said some hurtful things. It's going to be at least a week until my next confession; does asking God sincerely for forgiveness in your prayers give you some of God's grace back, or must you confess to get any connection back with God? Is saying hurtful things a mortal sin? Is it ok to refer to an Institute priest as Father? Does it happen often?   Visit the show page at thestationofthecross.com/askapriest to listen live, check out the weekly lineup, listen to podcasts of past episodes, watch live video, find show resources, sign up for our mailing list of upcoming shows, and submit your question for Father!

Fr. Patrick gave this talk on April 7, 2024 to the Confirmation Prep class at Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish.

4/2/24 - Join Jim as he welcomes Paul and Beth Zucarelli this Testimony Tuesday. Paul experienced eight cardiac arrests on Pentecost Sunday 2017 and lived. His remarkable return from death is attributed to his family's faith, along with intercessory prayer with Bishop Thomas Olmsted. Paul and his wife Beth are with us to share their story and message of faith and conversion.  Paul's Book https://faithunderstood.org/ If you want to hear more of Paul and Beth's miraculous story, and are in the Western New York area, be sure to come and listen at these locations: (Reception to follow at all locations listed)  Friday, April 12th at 7:00PM ET  Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary 4375 Harris Hill Rd. Williamsville, NY Saturday,  April 13th at 5:00PM ET Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish 5337 Genesee St. Bowmansville, NY Sunday, April 14th at 1:00PM ET St. Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows 5271 Clinton St. Elma, NY Sunday, April 14th at 7:00PM ET All Saints Parish 78 Church St. Lockport, NY Monday, April 15th at 7:00PM ET Church of the Annunciation 7580 Clinton St. Elma, NY Paul and Beth will also be speaking in the NY Finger Lakes region, June 7-10. Locations TBD.

Canon Ross Bourgeois, ICKSP serves as Parochial Vicar at Most Precious Blood of Jesus Parish in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Canon Bourgeois was ordained in 2019.     In Today's Show: In the Gospel of John 12:20-26, we read the story of the Greeks who approached the Apostle, Philip, with a request that they be allowed to see Jesus.  Philip mentions the request to Andrew, then they both inform Jesus that a group of Greeks are asking to see Him. Then we read, "And Jesus answered them, saying "The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified."  From there, Jesus goes on to predict His death and a few other matters. My question is: In regard to the request of the Greeks, was Jesus' answer a yes or a no? We know that the priest kisses the altar at the beginning of mass. Catholics also have this tradition of kissing relics and other sacred objects including statues, crosses and images. Personally, I feel a little uncomfortable kissing relics and such. Where did this tradition come from and what does it mean? I confessed a sin as venial but now I worry that it may have been mortal because I was aware of what I was doing. After confession, I typically receive Communion. If this sin was truly mortal and I didn't confess “properly” am I still living in a state of sin and receiving improperly? Can St. Patrick's Day be viewed as a "cheat day" during Lent? I am Protestant and have a lot of questions about the Catholic faith. Where can I turn for answers that I can trust that aren't tainted with modernist ideologies? Obviously it was important enough for Jesus to come back from the resurrection to teach the apostles how to baptize others, but how was the Christian baptism different from the one Jesus received? Discussing the readings of the first and fourth Fridays of Lent. Was there a particular reason these readings were chosen? What is their deeper connection to Our Lord and Holy Week? Why did they stop capitalizing “His/He/Me/Myself” when referring to Jesus and God in most Bibles and religious books?   Visit the show page at thestationofthecross.com/askapriest to listen live, check out the weekly lineup, listen to podcasts of past episodes, watch live video, find show resources, sign up for our mailing list of upcoming shows, and submit your question for Father!

Fr. Roger J. Landry Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish, Grand Rapids, Michigan “Extraordinary Help for a Holy Lent: The Eucharistic Revival and Jesus' Call to Pray, Fast and Give Alms” March 8, 2024 https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/catholicpreaching/3.8.24_Hungering_for_what_God_hungers.mp3 The post Hungering for What Jesus Hungers: Fasting for the Feast of Faith, Parish Mission at Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish, Grand Rapids, MI, March 8, 2024 appeared first on Catholic Preaching.

Fr. Roger J. Landry Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish, Grand Rapids, Michigan “Extraordinary Help for a Holy Lent: The Eucharistic Revival and Jesus' Call to Pray, Fast and Give Alms” Saturday of the Second Week of Lent Memorial of St. Frances of Rome March 9, 2024 Hos 6:1-6, Ps 51, Lk 18:9-14   To listen […] The post Giving God the Worship He Desires, Saturday of the Third Week of Lent, March 9, 2024 appeared first on Catholic Preaching.

Fr. Roger J. Landry Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish, Grand Rapids, Michigan “Extraordinary Help for a Holy Lent: The Eucharistic Revival and Jesus' Call to Pray, Fast and Give Alms” March 9, 2024 https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/catholicpreaching/3.9.24_Adoration_1.mp3 The post Going into the Desert: Adoring God Alone, Parish Mission at Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish, Grand Rapids, MI, March 9, 2024 appeared first on Catholic Preaching.

Fr. Roger J. Landry Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish, Grand Rapids, Michigan “Extraordinary Help for a Holy Lent: The Eucharistic Revival and Jesus' Call to Pray, Fast and Give Alms” March 9, 2024 https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/catholicpreaching/3.9.24_Eucharistic-Driven_Charity.mp3 The post Eucharistic-Driven Almsgiving, Parish Mission at Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish, Grand Rapids, MI, March 9, 2024 appeared first on Catholic Preaching.

Fr. Roger J. Landry Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish, Grand Rapids, Michigan “Extraordinary Help for a Holy Lent: The Eucharistic Revival and Jesus' Call to Pray, Fast and Give Alms” March 9, 2024 https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/catholicpreaching/3.9.24_Eucharistic_Apostolate_Grand_Rapids_1.mp3 The post God Appealing through Us: Ambassadors of the Eucharistic Christ, Parish Mission at Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish, Grand Rapids, MI, March 9, 2024 appeared first on Catholic Preaching.

Canon Ross Bourgeois, ICKSP serves as Parochial Vicar at Most Precious Blood of Jesus Parish in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Canon Bourgeois was ordained in 2019.     In Today's Show: Does Fulton J. Sheen have a place in your spirituality? Books such as Calvary and the Mass and The Priest is Not His Own. Your comments, please. What is a sin against the Holy Spirit and how do I know if I've committed one? Is it morally OK to draw caricatures or create scenes/parodies using public figures such as politicians? For example, cutting out a presidential statement to create a humorous song? Could you please explain the symbolic meaning or historical origin of the formations of the ministers in a solemn mass in the Roman Rite? Why do they stand at times directly behind one another in a straight line, and at other times diagonally? I have seen that in the Dominican Rite, the ministers stand directly to the right of one another for the orations, and am not sure of the reasoning for that either. Could you please remind me of the technical term for the part of certain collects where we "remind" God of various events in the history of our salvation in order that He might do them once more for us now, and what this second part of the collect would also be called? Are those who suffer from mental illness held accountable for their sins in the same way that any other person would be, or are they given a benefit of doubt? I recently attended a discussion about the feast of Divine Mercy. During the discussion, we were told that all sins are remitted with no temporal punishment. In other words, you would go straight to heaven. However, if you go to confession every two weeks, would all sins be remitted? Can a priest have a pet, and if so, does Canon Bourgeois have one?   Visit the show page at thestationofthecross.com/askapriest to listen live, check out the weekly lineup, listen to podcasts of past episodes, watch live video, find show resources, sign up for our mailing list of upcoming shows, and submit your question for Father!

Canon Ross Bourgeois, ICKSP serves as Parochial Vicar at Most Precious Blood of Jesus Parish in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Canon Bourgeois was ordained in 2019.     In Today's Show: If you had to give a regular Catholic layman a concrete spiritual daily routine that would give them the greatest chance of living a life for God, staying away from mortal sin and ultimately dying in friendship with God, while also taking into account their busy schedule, what would you prescribe them? Also, which sacramentals would you prescribe them? Is it immoral to use artificial intelligence to create media such as films and other forms of art? My parish has an LED candle for the sanctuary candle. I was horrified when I first noticed this. Do you have any thoughts on this? Guidance on the carnivore diet during Lent How did you decide to pursue a vocation with the ICKSP? Where and how did you first discover the order? How do I know if my prayer routine is adequate? I have an Evangelical friend who converted some fallen-away Catholics. Is it better that they are somewhat closer to Jesus by becoming Evangelical rather than wallowing in sin, or should they remain Catholic but non-practicing? What are the benefits of praying for the Poor Souls in a graveyard? Does that have any effect? As someone who is looking at becoming a Catholic, can I receive the ashes on Ash Wednesday? What is the meaning of Matthew 5:22-24? How do we get more young people to Mass?   Visit the show page at thestationofthecross.com/askapriest to listen live, check out the weekly lineup, listen to podcasts of past episodes, watch live video, find show resources, sign up for our mailing list of upcoming shows, and submit your question for Father!

Canon Ross Bourgeois, ICKSP serves as Parochial Vicar at Most Precious Blood of Jesus Parish in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Canon Bourgeois was ordained in 2019.     In Today's Show: Can any priest dispense private vows made in rash judgement?  What reparations should I do for my child who cheated in school? My son asked me after seeing something on the internet regarding recent wars, diseases, and unrest if they are signs of the end times. How to respond? Question about the practice of reliquaries on the altar, also what reliquaries does Canon have? Question for Canon. What copy of the 1961 Breviary does the ICKSP Canons use? What is Canon's opinion on the Chosen TV show? Should Catholics watch? When we use the term “Lord” in our prayers, are we referring to God the Father or to Jesus or both? Why did the church shorten the Christmas season from the 40 days? If a layman is going to receive the Eucharist twice in a day do they have to fast twice? Hi, what is the church's position on the role of the third temple being built & destroyed in the tribulation?   Visit the show page at thestationofthecross.com/askapriest to listen live, check out the weekly lineup, listen to podcasts of past episodes, watch live video, find show resources, sign up for our mailing list of upcoming shows, and submit your question for Father!

Canon Ross Bourgeois, ICKSP serves as Parochial Vicar at Most Precious Blood of Jesus Parish in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Canon Bourgeois was ordained in 2019.     In Today's Show: Is it modest for women to wear pants? My Protestant friend will be going under anesthesia. What can I recommend in case something were to go wrong and she didn't wake up? My husband is not a practicing Catholic, so we disagree on a lot of things pertaining to life and death. His younger brother, who was baptized in the Catholic Church, passed away several years ago and unfortunately was cremated and his ashes were placed in various places, including a tin box which now resides in our bedroom closet. For years, I have tried talking him into giving him a proper burial and he refuses. What should I do besides pray and wait for his conversion of heart? Can you please explain the tradition behind the blessing of Epiphany water? What is the church's stance if two people with a history of mental illness want to get married? Is it valid if they agree to marriage during a time when they are not in crisis? If we have endured suffering in the past, but out of negligence or distraction failed to offer it up at the time, or it occurred before we were living a Catholic life, is it meritorious to offer them up? Are any animals in heaven? What formula should a lay person, such as a father, use when giving a blessing? For example, a dad giving a night blessing to his kids and wife. Should he say "I bless you" or "May God bless you?" How do we properly offer up our sufferings? Did New Testament authors other than John know about and understand the Divinity of Christ?   Visit the show page at thestationofthecross.com/askapriest to listen live, check out the weekly lineup, listen to podcasts of past episodes, watch live video, find show resources, sign up for our mailing list of upcoming shows, and submit your question for Father!

This week in the United States, we celebrate Thanksgiving. It's a holiday in which we're invited to cultivate a disposition of gratitude. What are we thankful for? Who are we thankful for? How can we be gifts to others? Gratitude is a foundational disposition in Ignatian spirituality. Ignatius wanted us to know that our God is a giver of good gifts, a God who delights in us for the gift that we already are—and for the giftedness we have yet to share with the world. From that place, that spiritual sense of self, we go out to do God's good work. Today's guest is Jesuit priest Mark Thibodeaux. He's the pastor of Holy Name of Jesus Parish in New Orleans and a prolific writer on all things Ignatian. He's something of an expert on that foundational Ignatian prayer of gratitude: the examen. Fr. Thibodeaux has been praying the examen for a long time, and today we talk about how and why the examen is such a versatile prayer. There are examens to ferret out racism and examens to combat climate change and examens to help us better understand the mission of our Jesuit institutions. But at the end of the day, the examen is about gratitude. Without it, everything goes south. So, today, we talk about prayer, spirituality and gratitude. Check out our compilation of examen prayers: https://www.jesuits.org/spirituality/the-ignatian-examen/ Get a copy of Fr. Mark's book, "Reimagining the Ignatian Examen:" https://store.loyolapress.com/reimagining-the-ignatian-examen

Canon Ross Bourgeois, ICKSP serves as Parochial Vicar at Most Precious Blood of Jesus Parish in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Canon Bourgeois was ordained in 2019.     In Today's Show: Could you please explain how the misconception that is The Rapture became commonly accepted, even among Catholics? Protestants claim that since Jesus and His disciples lived in poverty, the Catholic church should not have any funds and that we shouldn't build large cathedrals with acquired money. How should we respond to those types of claims? How to dispose of sinful things like tarot cards - do we burn them? Also, how to dispose of sacramentals? How do I know when to abstain from receiving the Eucharist? Is being late to Mass something I must confess? When does it not cover my Sunday obligation? How should the Church view greeters before mass? Is it proper to have them? My father is not Catholic. When God calls him home, would it be appropriate to have a Catholic funeral for him, or should I request a private Requiem Mass for the repose of his soul? How do you obtain first fervor if it was once lost due to sin? How does one build a life of prayer when starting from scratch? When and where did the practice of putting the host in the monstrance, and then having adoration, begin? Indulgences and cemetery visits   Visit the show page at thestationofthecross.com/askapriest to listen live, check out the weekly lineup, listen to podcasts of past episodes, watch live video, find show resources, sign up for our mailing list of upcoming shows, and submit your question for Father!

Canon Ross Bourgeois, ICKSP serves as Parochial Vicar at Most Precious Blood of Jesus Parish in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Canon Bourgeois was ordained in 2019.   In Today's Show: Will you please speak on the topic of indulgences? In particular, what are they and what are they not? Also, the conditions necessary to obtain them, particularly during the first eight days of November. Could you please talk about the Holy Souls Novena? Is there a preferred, or traditional, time to pray this, such as before All Souls Day, or beginning on that day, or after? What are your interactions with Diocesan Priests that celebrate the Novus Ordo like? Do they come to you for advice? Do they steer clear of you due to your traditional formation? What is the symbolic/spiritual significance of the action of the Priest during the Latin Mass when he opens, elevates, and then closes his hands at the Gloria, the Te Igitur, and other parts of the Mass? When we receive the Eucharist, I know that we are united to those around the world who are members of the Body of Christ and also with those who have gone before us in death who are in heaven and purgatory, but can we say that we are also united with those not yet born who will become members of the Body of Christ in the future? Do you think that I am missing anything by not receiving the Precious Blood when it is offered? Is receiving under both species like having Communion twice? Does a guardian angel of a serious mortal sinner still stay around and protect and guide him/her, or is he so offended that he leaves him? Partial and plenary indulgences I read a story where a child with a disability who couldn't swallow the host was given the host with yogurt. Is that allowed? Visit the show page at thestationofthecross.com/askapriest to listen live, check out the weekly lineup, listen to podcasts of past episodes, watch live video, find show resources, sign up for our mailing list of upcoming shows, and submit your question for Father!

Canon Ross Bourgeois, ICKSP serves as Parochial Vicar at Most Precious Blood of Jesus Parish in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Canon Bourgeois was ordained in 2019.   In Today's Show: Do you have any counsel for someone who struggles with scrupulosity? Discerning the priesthood with the Institute...when does one need to know the language of French fluently? Catholics shouldn't attend Protestant services. Does that include weddings and funerals? How does the Institute differ from other priestly communities in daily duties and daily life? Catholics and Orthodox attending each other's liturgies: what's allowed? And what would it take for the Orthodox to reunite with the Church? Regarding ICKSP seminary tuition and application: What is the tuition like? Does the seminary accept scholarships? What is the application process like? What does it say about how many people will be saved in the book of Revelation?  ​Is it okay to pray the Rosary during Mass? Is going to get lunch with friends or family on a Sunday considered a sin? ​Could you recommend a Catholic book for Advent? The Sermons of St. Francis de Sales: For Advent and Christmas (TAN Books) Online Version Visit the show page at thestationofthecross.com/askapriest to listen live, check out the weekly lineup, listen to podcasts of past episodes, watch live video, find show resources, sign up for our mailing list of upcoming shows, and submit your question for Father!

Canon Ross Bourgeois, ICKSP serves as Parochial Vicar at Most Precious Blood of Jesus Parish in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Canon Bourgeois was ordained in 2019.     In Today's Show: What is the "day-in-the life" like for you and the other Canons of the ICKSP? What is the correct procedure when waiting for Confessions? Should one wait for the priest to enter the confessional first, or should one go into the confessional before the priest? What is an act of perfect contrition and how do I make one? What should someone who is sexually attracted to the same sex do? Are they welcome in traditional parishes and how should they live their life? Since the soul is not reunited with the body until after the final judgment, can it be said to experience pain (in purgatory or hell) or joy (in Heaven) physically, or only spiritually? If a person commits a deliberate venial sin knowing it can be forgiven easily, could that then become a grave sin of presumption? As a Catholic photographer, should I photograph a non-Catholic wedding? In Matthew's gospel, it says that Jesus fasted for 40 days in the desert. Since Jesus was obviously without sin, why did He fast? Why does a non-Catholic divorced person need an annulment to marry a Catholic person who is free to marry? Can you briefly touch back on why ICKSP priests are called Canons, and can you tell me if any other orders use that name for their priests?   Visit the show page at thestationofthecross.com/askapriest to listen live, check out the weekly lineup, listen to podcasts of past episodes, watch live video, find show resources, sign up for our mailing list of upcoming shows, and submit your question for Father!

Canon Ross Bourgeois, ICKSP serves as Parochial Vicar at Most Precious Blood of Jesus Parish in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Canon Bourgeois was ordained in 2019.     In Today's Show: When a Protestant decides to embrace Catholicism, are they considered a revert or a convert? If a first class feast in the 1962 calendar falls on a Friday, but it is not a solemnity in the most recent calendar, are we bound to abstain from meat and/or do Friday penance? How do we know if sickness is being allowed by God or coming from the evil one? Is it sinful that we let our kids watch a show knowing that the characters/actors will probably take God's name in vain? I was wondering if my sacrament of Confirmation could be “annulled” the same way a marriage could be annulled if it was found to be not validly received. And if so, should I pursue receiving the sacrament again? When we say in the Creed that Jesus was “begotten, not made”, what does that actually mean? Some Protestants recite the Creed almost word-for-word the same as ours – including the phrase, “I believe in one, holy, catholic and apostolic church”, saying “catholic” perhaps with a small “c”. What is up with that? Does the Church take a position on circumcision as a religious matter, as opposed to whatever opinions may currently prevail in the medical community? Are priests allowed to own property, invest in stocks and otherwise do with their money all the same things that a lay person would be allowed to do? Also, if a priest were to come into a very large inheritance or in some other way become financially wealthy, how would that be viewed by the church? How can I avoid sloth while battling a serious illness? Why is The Blessed Sacrament not utilized in instances of demonic possession? Is it ever morally legitimate for Catholic companies to acquire trademarks for Catholic terms such as "Sacred Heart" to protect their businesses? If I believe what the Catholic Church teaches, can I join a parish? Could this be an acceptable way to get a closer look if I don't receive Communion? If I decide to convert, how long would it take for me to officially become a Catholic? Was there a time in the Catholic Church when it was prohibited, or at least discouraged, for laity to read the bible?   Visit the show page at thestationofthecross.com/askapriest to listen live, check out the weekly lineup, listen to podcasts of past episodes, watch live video, find show resources, sign up for our mailing list of upcoming shows, and submit your question for Father!

Co-Hosts Judy Dezagottis & Father Bill Weary -  Discussions regarding: recent weekend Cursillo Retreat that Fr. Weary attended & Cursillo Ministry itself; several Masses Bsp. Senior is celebrating throughout the Deaneries in the Diocese of Harrisburg, his first Mass at Holy Name of Jesus Parish last week & meeting with the priests; FDA decision to sell progestin-only Opill birth control pill over-the-counter & dangers of the Pill; Natural Family Planning as alternative & accepted by the Catholic Church with future meeting with Father & new Director of Family Life; 8/4 is Memorial of St. John Vianney, patron saint of priests; 7/25 is Feast of St. James, the Camino, Our Lady of the Pillar, Basilica of Santiago de Compostela in Spain, "The Way" Movie; World Day for Grandparents & the Elderly & bridging the gap between old & young; 8/5 is Dedication of the Basilica of St. Mary Major; "Sound of Freedom" still tops at the box office.

Fr. Roger J. Landry Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish, Grand Rapids, Michigan Friday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time, Year I Memorial of St. Joseph Cafasso June 23, 2023 2 Cor 11:18.21-30, Ps 34, Mt 6:19-23   To listen to an audio recording of today's homily, please click below:  https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/catholicpreaching/6.23.23_Homily_1.mp3   The following points […] The post Keeping the Eyes of Our Heart Focused on the True and Everlasting Treasure, Eleventh Friday (I), June 23, 2023 appeared first on Catholic Preaching.

DescriptionLet's be honest, the Great Commission of Matthew 28 won't commission itself. While it stands in graphic relief in the New Testament as the hinge between Jesus' time on earth and the era of the Church, it must be encountered and announced to be unleashed. Because if you look around the Church today - it doesn't appear to be an obvious self-evident truth, that we must preach the gospel to all nations. We have to be reminded, exhorted, and given a living example to follow. Fr. Josh Johnson preaches and lives, lives and preaches the great commission. He is a bright reminder that we've been given a task to get after. And in his case - this task is taken up one set of parish boundaries at a time. What a great convo - we get into this topic about reaching everyone - not just Catholics - within the Parish Boundaries, we talk about the difference btw personal prayer and work prayer, and finally we dig into the challenges and necessity of preaching on issues of justice in the midst of the divisions of our time. After powerfully encountering Jesus in the Eucharist as a teenager, Fr. Josh Johnson dedicated his life to becoming a wholehearted disciple of Jesus Christ. Ordained for the Diocese of Baton Rouge in 2014, he has since become a highly sought after conference speaker, podcaster and author. A man who loves God's people (and this became so evident in our conversation) he serves his local Church with joy as Vocations Director for the Diocese, and pastor of Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish, in Baton Rouge. 2021 article from Angelus News on the “Holy Six”FORMED documentary on the “Holy Six” with Fr. Josh Johnson Link to Ascension Podcast: “Ask Fr. Josh”Connect with Fr. Josh at his parish website.And on Instagram or Twitter @frjoshjohnsonLinksFor more information about the Better Preach Podcast visit: www.ryanohara.org/betterpreachBetter Preach Podcast is now on YouTube. Here's a link to the channel. Better Preach is a proud member of Spoke Street, a Catholic Podcast Network that amplifies the voice of the Creator through fostering content that invites. Check out Ryan's FREE course on “sharing your faith as a Catholic.”Follow Ryan on Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, or Facebook Join the Better Preach email list. I made this podcast with help from Riverside FM. Want to try it out for your podcast? Here's a link to get you started.

This parish mission on the healing power of God was delivered at St. Benedict Catholic Church in Richmond, VA by Fr. Anthony Ferguson on March 15-16 2023.

If Jesus needed affirmation of his sonship from God the Father, how much more do we need it? Unpack that and more as you listen to the second of 3 talks given by Fr. Patrick Schultz, Parochial Vicar at Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish. If you would like to watch the talk, use the link below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0iSggNJHHg

What does it mean to a great man? Unpack that and more as you listen to the first of 3 talks given by Fr. Patrick Schultz, Parochial Vicar at Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish. If you'd like to watch the talk - use the link below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esm6C_riYr8

Love waits for us in our pain. The Father delights in us and he desires that we receive deeply from his heart. Unpack that and more as you listen to the second of 3 talks given by Fr. Patrick Schultz, Parochial Vicar at Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish. If you would like to watch the talk, use the link below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RD567LACQLI

Pope Benedict XVI / Joseph Ratzinger passed away on December 31 at the age of 95 years old. His writing and teaching have been a major influence on my thinking. So in honor of his memory and gratitude for his example, this week's episode is a talk I gave on Pope Benedict XVI on Five Crises of Culture and the Intellectual sources of Secularism and the New Evangelization. I go through five intellectual themes/crises that Benedict identifies in the West “where the roots of Christianity are deep but who have experienced a serious crisis of faith due to secularization." Truth and the Dictatorship of Relativism Reason Progress Freedom Beauty I examine how he describes and explains the challenges of our age; how he addresses each of them on their own terms, and the proposes a Gospel response. One element of the crisis of faith is grounded in intellectual sources. We think, and too often live, like secularists and adopt often without thinking a secular framework. But secularism is not neutral. As Benedict argues, “We must develop and adult faith.” An "adult" faith is not a faith that follows the trends of fashion and the latest novelty; a mature adult faith is deeply rooted in friendship with Christ. It is this friendship that opens us up to all that is good and gives us a criterion by which to distinguish the true from the false, and deceit from truth. We must develop this adult faith; we must guide the flock of Christ to this faith. And it is this faith - only faith - that creates unity and is fulfilled in love.” In this talk I provide a lot of quotes and references. You can find show notes, links, and outline of the talk at www.themoralimagination.com Resources See the outline / handout of the talk below. Also see Amazon links to books I refer to in the talk below. I also provide Amazon link to the encyclicals, but you can get all the encyclicals for free at vatican.va There a lot of books listed and if you are unsure where to start I would suggest you begin with the following: Books: Jesus of Nazareth Vol 1, Milestones, and Last Testament Collection of more complex essays: Values in a Time of Upheaval Encyclicals Spe Salvi and Deus Caritas Est Short Readings: Here are some links Homily before the Conclave — “Dictatorship of Relativsm” Regensberg Address — on the crisis of reason in the west Cardinal Ratzinger on Europe's Crisis of Culture at Subiaco   Benedict XVI Paris Lecture Meeting with Representatives from the World of Culture   Additional Links mentioned in talk Roger Scruton: Beauty and Desecration   Roger Scruton: Kitsch and the Modern Predicament  I Grateful to Authenticum and Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish for the invitation to speak and for recording and providing me with the audio of this lecture. You can learn more about the Authenticum Lecture Series  OUTLINE/HANDOUT Benedict XVI—Five Crises of Culture and the Intellectual sources of Secularism and the New Evangelization Michael Matheson Miller The New Evangelization Re-Propose the Gospel "to those regions awaiting the first evangelization AND to those regions where the roots of Christianity are deep but who have experienced a serious crisis of faith due to secularization." Benedict XVI    Theme:  Think Like Christians Focus on Intellectual roots of secularization and the crisis of faith and the work of Benedict XVI We must not approach the social and political order in a purely secular manner.  Benedict is I think a model for new evangelization because he takes the situation of our current time on its own terms and then addresses it in light of reason and the Gospel. Paul VI: Evangelii Nuntiandi  "The conditions of the society in which we live oblige all of us therefore to revise methods, to seek by every means to study how we can bring the Christian message to modern man. For it is only in the Christian message that modern man can find the answer to his questions and the energy for his commitment of human solidarity."   John Paul II: Redemptoris Missio   “I wish to invite the Church to renew her missionary commitment.”  “…it is the primary service which the Church can render to every individual and to all humanity in the modern world, a world which has experienced marvelous achievements but which seems to have lost its sense of ultimate realities and of existence itself. "Christ the Redeemer," I wrote in my first encyclical, "fully reveals man to himself.... The person who wishes to understand himself thoroughly...must...draw near to Christ.... [The] Redemption that took place through the cross has definitively restored to man his dignity and given back meaning to his life in the world."   Benedict XVI “Throughout the centuries, the Church has never ceased to proclaim the salvific mystery of the death and Resurrection of Jesus Christ, but today that same message needs renewed vigor to convince contemporary man, who is often distracted and insensitive… “For this reason, the new evangelization must try to find ways of making the proclamation of salvation more effective; a proclamation without which personal existence remains contradictory and deprived of what is essential. Even for those who remain tied to their Christian roots, but who live the difficult relationship with modernity, it is important to realize that being Christian is not a type of clothing to wear in private or on special occasions, but is something living and all-encompassing, able to contain all that is good in modern life.”  BXVI to Participants in the Plenary Assembly of the Pontifical Council for Promoting the New Evangelization   “We…have this mission: to encounter our contemporaries so as to make His love known to them. Not so much by teaching, never by judging, but by being travelling companions. Like the deacon Philip, who – the Acts of the Apostles tell us – stood up, set out, ran towards the Ethiopian people and, as a friend, sat down beside them, entering into dialogue with the man who had a great desire for God in the midst of many doubts”  —Pope Francis: International Meeting  for Academic Centers and  Schools of New Evangelization   Five Crises of Culture and Key Themes in the Thought of Bendict XVI    1.     Truth and the Dictatorship of Relativism “How many winds of doctrine have we known in recent decades, how many ideological currents, how many ways of thinking. The small boat of the thought of many Christians has often been tossed about by these waves - flung from one extreme to another: from Marxism to liberalism, even to libertinism; from collectivism to radical individualism; from atheism to a vague religious mysticism; from agnosticism to syncretism and so forth. Every day new sects spring up, and what St Paul says about human deception and the trickery that strives to entice people into error (cf. Eph 4: 14) comes true. “Today, having a clear faith based on the Creed of the Church is often labeled as fundamentalism. Whereas relativism, that is, letting oneself be "tossed here and there, carried about by every wind of doctrine", seems the only attitude that can cope with modern times. We are building a dictatorship of relativism that does not recognize anything as definitive and whose ultimate goal consists solely of one's own ego and desires.”   Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, Mass Pro Eligendo Romano Pontifice After fall of Soviet Union relativism did not die but combined with desire for gratification to form a potent mix.  (CF to Augusto Del Noce on the shift from Christian Bourgeois to Pure Bourgeois) Is Relativism Coherent? Denial of Truth is self-refuting Truth exists and is knowable But this does not mean we know it Relativism can be nothing other than a dictatorship Relativism leads to ideology St. Thomas Aquinas: Truth is conforming the mind to reality Josef Pieper: Seeing the World as it is and acting accordingly Gospel Response - In the homily where he speaks the Dictatorship of Relativism Benedict does not stop at intellectual refutation.  He responds with the person of Jesus.  He says: “We, however, have a different goal: the Son of God, the true man. He is the measure of true humanism. An "adult" faith is not a faith that follows the trends of fashion and the latest novelty; a mature adult faith is deeply rooted in friendship with Christ. It is this friendship that opens us up to all that is good and gives us a criterion by which to distinguish the true from the false, and deceipt from truth. We must develop this adult faith; we must guide the flock of Christ to this faith. And it is this faith - only faith - that creates unity and is fulfilled in love.”             Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, Mass Pro Eligendo Romano Pontifice 2. Reason Regensburg Address Crisis of Reason—which is a crisis of politics which is a crisis of humanity We have limited reason to the empirical This is incoherent on its own terms because one cannot verify this claim empirically Must expand reason beyond the empirical otherwise it is not rational The problem goes beyond incoherence.  It leads to what C.S. Lewis has called “the abolition of man.”  Empiricist rationality takes all the fundamental human experiences – love, beauty, goodness, hope, mercy, forgiveness, compassion, and justice and relegates them outside the realm of reason. Love and justice then are no longer rational but pure emotion or chemical reactions.   But this is false. In contrast we have what Lewis calls “reasonable emotions,” what Karol Wojtyla (St. John Paul II) calls “spiritual emotions” and what Dietrich von Hildebrand calls “intelligible spiritual affectivity.” Love is not simply raw emotion or chemical reaction. It includes that because we are embodied persons, but it also is reasonable. This is why the tradition defines love as an “act of the will” that “seeks the good of the other.”   “Critical Thinking” Exercise    (Thanks to Professor Mark Roberts for this insight) __JS Bach was born in 1685 __JS Bach wrote beautiful music __Pope Pius XII was the Bishop of Rome __Pope Pius XII was a good Pope __Bell Bottoms were popular in the 1970s __Bell Bottoms are cool __ ____________________________________ __ Murder is Bad… And here we see the problems arise. First, the opposite of a fact is not an opinion. The opposite of a fact is a false proposition. Opinions are justified belief. Opinions could be classified as good or bad depending upon how reasonable they are. Opinions are true or false if they align with a true proposition. Second, as C.S. Lewis explains in The Abolition of Man, this type of exercise deforms our intellects and our moral sensibilities. He writes: It is not a theory they put into his mind, but an assumption, which ten years hence, its origin forgotten and its presence unconscious, will condition him to take one side in a controversy which he has never recognized as a controversy at all.”  “We make men without chests and expect from them virtue and enterprise. We laugh at honor and are shocked to find traitors in our midst.” “In a sort of ghastly simplicity we remove the organ and demand the function. We make men without chests and expect of them virtue and enterprise. We laugh at honour and are shocked to find traitors in our midst. We castrate and bid the geldings be fruitful.”   Limiting reason to the empirical has disastrous impact on politics and justice. The end of politics is (or should be) justice – but justice is not empirical.  As Ratzinger explains: “Politics is the realm of Reason, not of a merely technological, calculating reason, but of moral reason, since the goal of the state, and hence, the ultimate goal of politics, has a moral nature, namely peace and justice.” Limiting reason to the empirical relegates all questions about truth, beauty, goodness, justice, and morality to the realm of subjective opinion and emotion (Regensburg Address) Return to Plato's Thrasymachus: Justice is merely the right of the stronger: Power equals truth—or in our situation it is power, efficiency or consensus equals truth. “…the majority cannot be an ultimate principle since there are values that no majority is entitled to annul. It can never be right to kill innocent persons, and no power can make this legitimate.  Here too, what is ultimately at stake is the defense of reason.  Reason—that is moral reason—is above the majority.”  “Political Visions and Political Praxis”    Gospel Response: Faith purifies and heals reason. Reason must be expanded and additionally purified by Faith and the Church's teaching Faith can contribute to correct politics. It can “illuminate and heal” reason.   In the last century…it was the testimony of the martyrs that limited the excess of power, thus making a decisive contribution to the convalescence of reason” Joseph Ratzinger: To Change or to Preserve? Political Visions and Political Praxis   “Reason only becomes truly human when it is open to the saving forces of faith and if it looks beyond itself.”   Spe Salvi 23 Progress and Eschatology Myth of Progress—the kingdom of heaven on earth. o   Progress is good – we are called to complete creation. But we cannot be saved by progress o   The problem is a “faith in progress” and a kingdom of man, not the kingdom of God. o   Progress will lead, through new vision of reason, to total freedom. o   Eric Voegelin: “Immanentization of the Eschaton” Trying to create heaven on earth o   Real error is found in misunderstanding of nature of man. o   Politics built on false concept of progress are illusory and ultimately deny human freedom and man himself o   Progress unhinged from morality and the truth about man is dangerous. o   No longer about what I ought to do, but simply what I can do o   Modern concepts of Progress derive from limitation of reason and “new correlation between science and praxis.”    “Now this “redemption”, the restoration of the lost “Paradise” is no longer expected from faith, but from the newly discovered link between science and praxis. It is not that faith is simply denied; rather it is displaced onto another level—that of purely private and other-worldly affairs—and at the same time it becomes somehow irrelevant for the world. This programmatic vision has determined the trajectory of modern times and it also shapes the present-day crisis of faith which is essentially a crisis of Christian hope. Thus hope too, in Bacon, acquires a new form. Now it is called: faith in progress. For Bacon, it is clear that the recent spate of discoveries and inventions is just the beginning; through the interplay of science and praxis, totally new discoveries will follow, a totally new world will emerge, the kingdom of man[16]. He even put forward a vision of foreseeable inventions—including the aeroplane and the submarine. As the ideology of progress developed further, joy at visible advances in human potential remained a continuing confirmation of faith in progress as such.”  Benedict XVI, Spe Salvi paragraph 17                                                             Response: Hope Tempers and Orders Progress   Reflect on the Last Things 1.     Politics is the realm of reason—and it is concerned with the present, not the future. 2.     But man is not merely oriented to the present—man is destined for eternal life with God—beyond politics. 3.     As Christians we must keep the last things in our view. Death, Judgment, Heaven and Hell are real and death escapes no man.    True Hope: In place of the myth of progress which enslaves we need a true understanding of Christian Hope--True hope can only be found in God  Spe Salvi # 27   A Proper Eschatology helps us avoid Utopianism o   “A definitely ideal society presupposes the end of freedom” o   The only person who could actually do this is God—and even he doesn't do that:  God takes us seriously   cf Light of the World   “Within this human history of ours the absolutely ideal situation will never exist and a perfected ordering of freedom will never be achieved… the myth of the liberated world of the future in which everything is different and everything will be good is false We can only ever construct relative social orders which can only ever be relatively right and just.  Yet this very same closest possible approach to true right and justice is what we must strive to attain. Everything else, every eschatological  promise within history fails to liberate us, rather it disappoints and therefore enslaves us.    Joseph Ratzinger: Truth and Tolerance     “The right state of human affairs, the moral well-being of the world can never be guaranteed simply through structure alone, however good they may be.  What this means that every generation has the task of engaging anew in the arduous search for the right to order human affairs; this task is never simply completed.” Spe Salvi Politics has a place but as Christians we must remember that Politics is not the answer to our problems.    4.    Freedom  Truth and Tolerance: Freedom is the dominant theme of modernity. o   “Everybody wants to talk about freedom, but no one wants to talk about truth” o   If we can question truth – we should be able to question freedom Dominant idea: Nominalist concept of freedom severed from reason and truth.   “Diabolical Freedom” “An irrational will is not a free will” Freedom must be re-united to reason and oriented to truth   Response: Freedom is for Love The purpose and end of freedom is love – to seek the good of the other in self-donation Logos and Love Christian Hope leads us to Love in the person of Christ—Logos and Agape The purpose of Politics is peace and justice—and allowing the space for individuals and families to live out their freedom and responsibilities.  Man is not redeemed by science or progress. Man is redeemed by love.  Two themes have always accompanied me in my life…the theme of Christ and the living, present God, the God who loves us and heals us through suffering, and on the other hand, the theme of love…the key to Christianity.  Light of the World    “Love—caritas—will always prove necessary, even in the most just society. There is no ordering of the State so just that it can eliminate the need for a service of love. Whoever wants to eliminate love is preparing to eliminate man as such. There will always be suffering which cries out for consolation and help. There will always be loneliness. There will always be situations of material need where help in the form of concrete love of neighbour is indispensable” Deus Caritas Est 5.    Beauty  When Beauty is reduced merely to the subjective—merely in the eye of the beholder this undermines objective beauty.  This has profound effect on morality, politics, and liturgy.  It also takes the sublime insight that each person is unique and un-repeatable and has unique insight into a piece of art or a beautiful landscape and takes this sublime truth and turns it into the banal that everybody has his own opinion. Beauty is separated from reason and truth and reduced to subjective opinion and expression The crisis of beauty has led to the proliferation of ugliness, crassness, obscenity, pornography, violence, and disregard for children, women, and life itself.  In response Benedict offers a Catholic understanding of beauty instantiated in the liturgy and sacraments. “The only really effective apologia for Christianity comes down to two arguments, namely, the saints the Church has produced and the art which as grown in her womb. Better witness is born to the Lord by the splendor of holiness and art…than by clever excuses which apologetics has come up with to justify the dark sides which, sadly, are so frequent in the Church's human history.  If the Church is to continue to transform and humanize the world, how can she dispense with the beauty in her liturgies, that beauty which is so closely linked with the radiance of the resurrection?  No. Christians must not be too satisfied.  They must make their Church into a place where beauty—and hence truth—is at home.  Without this the world will become the first circle of Hell.”  Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger     Truth         -         Jesus Christ Reason             -          Faith Progress           -          Hope Freedom           -         Love Beauty              - Worship and Liturgy 

Fr. Roger J. Landry Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish, Manhattan Memorial of St. John XXIII Votive Mass of the Holy Eucharist Sixtieth Anniversary of the Second Vatican Council October 11, 2022 1 Cor 11:23-26, Ps 116, Jn 6:51-58   To listen to an audio recording of today’s homily, please click below:  https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/catholicpreaching/10.11.22_Eucharistic_Procession_Homily_1.mp3   The following text […] The post The Eucharistic Harrowing of Hell’s Kitchen, Votive Mass of the Holy Eucharist, October 11, 2022 appeared first on Catholic Preaching.

Fr. George Sears, Administrator of Holy Name of Jesus Parish in Manhattan and Director of Vocations for the Archdiocese of New York, shares his story!

Celebrating the jubilee of 60 years as a Jesuit for Father Stephen Rowntree and celebrating the return of Father Eddie Gros to Holy Name of Jesus Parish. 2021 0815 HNJ Sunday 10:30AM Mass - Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Vigil - Holy Name of Jesus Church Live Stream from the campus of Loyola University in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Father John Riley gives a homily during a Mass at the Basilica for the Fifth Sunday of Lent. It was recorded on March 21, 2021. Father Riley is Parochial Vicar at Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish in Winchester and serves at San Damiano Diocesan Retreat Center in White Post. Founded in 1795, the Basilica of Saint Mary in Old Town Alexandria is the first Catholic parish established in Virginia. Pope Francis named the church a minor basilica on December 6, 2017 due to its important role in the growth of the Catholic Church in North America.

This Rosary is dedicated to all of the intentions of the parishioners of Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish.

Fr. Bjorn Lundberg, Pastor of Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish, Winchester, VA, joins Dominican Fr. Thomas Petri in discussing Holy Week liturgies and the unique challenge of serving the faithful without being able to celebrate Mass publicly. Fr. Petri also answers the question: Did God cause the coronavirus?

Welcome to the first episode of the Rosary Podcast presented by the Altar Rosary Sodality at the Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish in McCartyville, Ohio. This month's intentions are for our parish to continue to support each other in growing with faith and a closer relationship with Jesus and Mary, our Mother. Also, in loving memory of Eileen Buscher and your special intention. The Rosary is led by Joan Buehler and Judy Buehler, accompanied by the members of the Altar Rosary Sodality. To offer an intention or make a donation to support the Altar Rosary Sodality, please call (937) 394-3823 or email Pam at dberning@watchtv.net Thanks!

Ron and Ed interview for a second time Father Robert A. Sirico, the president and co-founder of the Acton Institute and the pastor of Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish, both in Grand Rapids, MI. A regular writer and commentator on religious, political, economic, and social issues, Rev. Sirico's contributions have been carried by the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, the Washington Times, CNN, ABC, CBS, NPR, and the BBC, among others. In his recent book Defending the Free Market: The Moral Case for a Free Economy, Rev. Sirico shows how a free economy is not only the best way to meet society's material needs but also the surest protection of human dignity against government encroachment.

Ron and Ed interview for a second time Father Robert A. Sirico, the president and co-founder of the Acton Institute and the pastor of Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish, both in Grand Rapids, MI. A regular writer and commentator on religious, political, economic, and social issues, Rev. Sirico's contributions have been carried by the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, the Washington Times, CNN, ABC, CBS, NPR, and the BBC, among others. In his recent book Defending the Free Market: The Moral Case for a Free Economy, Rev. Sirico shows how a free economy is not only the best way to meet society's material needs but also the surest protection of human dignity against government encroachment.

Ron and Ed interview for a second time Father Robert A. Sirico, the president and co-founder of the Acton Institute and the pastor of Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish, both in Grand Rapids, MI. A regular writer and commentator on religious, political, economic, and social issues, Rev. Sirico's contributions have been carried by the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, the Washington Times, CNN, ABC, CBS, NPR, and the BBC, among others. In his recent book Defending the Free Market: The Moral Case for a Free Economy, Rev. Sirico shows how a free economy is not only the best way to meet society's material needs but also the surest protection of human dignity against government encroachment.

Ron and Ed interview Father Robert A. Sirico, the president and co-founder of the Acton Institute and the pastor of Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish, both in Grand Rapids, MI. A regular writer and commentator on religious, political, economic, and social issues, Rev. Sirico's contributions have been carried by the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, the Washington Times, CNN, ABC, CBS, NPR, and the BBC, among others. In his recent book Defending the Free Market: The Moral Case for a Free Economy, Rev. Sirico shows how a free economy is not only the best way to meet society's material needs but also the surest protection of human dignity against government encroachment.

Ron and Ed interview Father Robert A. Sirico, the president and co-founder of the Acton Institute and the pastor of Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish, both in Grand Rapids, MI. A regular writer and commentator on religious, political, economic, and social issues, Rev. Sirico's contributions have been carried by the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, the Washington Times, CNN, ABC, CBS, NPR, and the BBC, among others. In his recent book Defending the Free Market: The Moral Case for a Free Economy, Rev. Sirico shows how a free economy is not only the best way to meet society's material needs but also the surest protection of human dignity against government encroachment.

Ron and Ed interview Father Robert A. Sirico, the president and co-founder of the Acton Institute and the pastor of Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish, both in Grand Rapids, MI. A regular writer and commentator on religious, political, economic, and social issues, Rev. Sirico's contributions have been carried by the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, the Washington Times, CNN, ABC, CBS, NPR, and the BBC, among others. In his recent book Defending the Free Market: The Moral Case for a Free Economy, Rev. Sirico shows how a free economy is not only the best way to meet society's material needs but also the surest protection of human dignity against government encroachment.

Happy Holy Week from The Larry Kudlow Show! Today on the show, Larry talks with Senator Jim DeMint, author of NEW BOOK: "Falling in Love with America Again." Also on the show is Michael Rubin, author of NEW BOOK: "Dancing with the Devil: The Perils of Engaging Rogue Regimes." Father Robert Sirico, pastor of Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish in Grand Rapids, Michigan and author: "Defending the Free Market: The Moral Case for a Free Economy." Also on the show is Rich Karlgaard, author of NEW BOOK: "The Soft Edge: Where Great Companies Find Lasting Success" and Michael Farr, AUTHOR: "Restoring Our American Dream: The Best Investment." Robert Heller, former Federal Reserve Governor under President Reagan is on the show. Lastly, the great Money/Politics Panel with James Pethokoukis, John McIntyre, and Steve Moore! All this and much more on The Larry Kudlow Show!

Happy Holy Week from The Larry Kudlow Show! Today on the show, Larry talks with Senator Jim DeMint, author of NEW BOOK: "Falling in Love with America Again." Also on the show is Michael Rubin, author of NEW BOOK: "Dancing with the Devil: The Perils of Engaging Rogue Regimes." Father Robert Sirico, pastor of Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish in Grand Rapids, Michigan and author: "Defending the Free Market: The Moral Case for a Free Economy." Also on the show is Rich Karlgaard, author of NEW BOOK: "The Soft Edge: Where Great Companies Find Lasting Success" and Michael Farr, AUTHOR: "Restoring Our American Dream: The Best Investment." Robert Heller, former Federal Reserve Governor under President Reagan is on the show. Lastly, the great Money/Politics Panel with James Pethokoukis, John McIntyre, and Steve Moore! All this and much more on The Larry Kudlow Show!

Happy Holy Week from The Larry Kudlow Show! Today on the show, Larry talks with Senator Jim DeMint, author of NEW BOOK: "Falling in Love with America Again." Also on the show is Michael Rubin, author of NEW BOOK: "Dancing with the Devil: The Perils of Engaging Rogue Regimes." Father Robert Sirico, pastor of Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish in Grand Rapids, Michigan and author: "Defending the Free Market: The Moral Case for a Free Economy." Also on the show is Rich Karlgaard, author of NEW BOOK: "The Soft Edge: Where Great Companies Find Lasting Success" and Michael Farr, AUTHOR: "Restoring Our American Dream: The Best Investment." Robert Heller, former Federal Reserve Governor under President Reagan is on the show. Lastly, the great Money/Politics Panel with James Pethokoukis, John McIntyre, and Steve Moore! All this and much more on The Larry Kudlow Show!