Sunday, November 1, 2020

1 November 2023 – All Saints – Holy Day of Obligation: We are all in this together.

Omnípotens sempitérne Deus, qui nos ómnium Sanctórum tuórum mérita sub una tribuísti celebritáte venerári: quaésumus; ut desiderátam nobis tuæ propitiatiónis abundántiam, multiplicátis intercessóribus, largiáris.

While some bishop might obliterate the obligation by transferring it to a Sunday (what’s the point of that?), as All Saints falls on a Wednesday this year, it is a Holy Day of Obligation. The Church can determine our obligations in regard to Mass attendance. It is a Commandment of the Church that we are to fulfill our obligation on…

Also posted: Nov 1, 2019

DIEBUS SALTEM DOMINICIS – 22nd Sunday after Pentecost

A while ago, I ran into a claim that in the near future devotion to the Holy Face of Jesus would be more and more important. Think about how our ecclesial shepherds have, through neglect and even expressions of contempt, downplayed and eroded the pious devotional practices of the faithful. Hence, I am inclined to think that any good, traditional…

WDTPRS – All Saints: “Lift up your countenance to heaven, then.”