Read Part 1. So, here we were in a very small community, churchless and friendless. The only person I had known in this town had…
5th Sunday of Easter First Reading Acts 9:26-31 [26] And when he was come into Jerusalem, he essayed to join himself to the disciples; and…
OR, How Sola Scriptura led me to Rome. Eight years ago, I was received into the Catholic Church, and the Easter Season seems like the…
“If, today, you hear his voice, harden not your hearts.” For those unfamiliar with the Liturgy of the Hours (or Divine Office), this is a…
CHAPTER VII. The Second Purification, from all Sinful Affections. ALL the children of Israel went forth from the land of Egypt, but not all went…
4th Sunday of Easter First Reading Acts 2:14a, 36-41 [14] But Peter standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and spoke to them:…
I made a plenary indulgence, and now I am more pitiful. Boy, it sure didn’t take me long! The trouble is that, after having achieved…
CHAPTER VI. The First Purification, namely, from Mortal Sin. THE first purification to be made is from sin;–the means whereby to make it, the sacrament…
3rd Sunday of Easter First Reading Acts 2:14, 22-33 [14] But Peter standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and spoke to them:…
I know it is Easter, but I have a few last words for the Lent that is past. I’ve been Catholic for 8 years this…
