Episode 110: Easter Week Customs, Traditions, and Laws

This is Episode 16 of the A Catholic Life Podcast. In today’s episode, on Trinity Sunday, I address the following: 1. The Feast of the Most Holy Trinity and the Importance of Praying the Athanasian Creed 2. The Upcoming Apostles Fast 3. The Feasts of St. Francis Caracciolo, St. Boniface and St. Norbert This episode is sponsored by PrayLatin.com. PrayLatin.com offers Latin prayer cards to learn and share prayers in the sacred lang...

4 Kesä 202318min

In today’s episode, on Pentecost Sunday, I address the following: 1. The Ancient, Yet Forgotten Customs of the Octave of Pentecost 2. The Upcoming Feasts in Honor of Our Lady this Week, the End of the Marian Month 3. Can Popes Err? Part 1 & Part 2 I would like to thank Meaning of Catholic for sponsoring this episode. Meaning of Catholic has just launched its online store offering PDF copies of “The Definitive Guide to Catholic...

28 Touko 202317min

In today’s episode, on the Sunday within the Octave of the Ascension, I address the following: 1. The Octave of the Ascension 2. St. Gregory VII 3. St. Philip Neri 4. The Vigil of Pentecost as a Day of Fasting and Abstinence I would like to thank CatechismClass.com for sponsoring this episode. CatechismClass.com, the leader in online Catholic catechism classes, has everything from online K-12 programs, RCI...

21 Touko 202313min

In today’s episode, on the 5th Sunday after Easter, I would like to go over a few things: 1. The Minor Rogation Days 2. The Vigil of the Ascension 3. Ascension Thursday and Ascensiontide I would like to thank CatechismClass.com for sponsoring this episode. CatechismClass.com, the leader in online Catholic catechism classes, has everything from online K-12 programs, RCIA classes, adult continuing education, marriage preparation, ...

14 Touko 202321min

In today’s episode, on the 4th Sunday after Easter, I address the following: 1. The Forgotten May 8th Feast of the Apparition of St. Michael the Archangel 2. The Feastday for this Week in May 3. The Anniversary of the May 13th Apparition of our Lady of Fatima I would like to thank Meaning of Catholic for sponsoring this episode. Meaning of Catholic has just launched its online store offering PDF copies of “The Definitive Guide to Cath...

7 Touko 202315min

In today’s episode, on the 3rd Sunday after Easter, I address the following 1. How the 1962 Calendar Is Not Traditional in the First Week of May: Honoring the Forgotten Feasts of St. John, Ss. Philip and James, and the Finding of the Holy Cross. 2. Understanding the Forgotten Eastertide Feast of St. Joseph with its Octave, which preceded the Feast of St. Joseph the Worker 3. The Spirituality of May in Honor of the Most Blessed Vir...

30 Huhti 202318min

In today’s episode, on the 2nd Sunday after Easter (known as Good Shepherd Sunday), I would like to go over a few things: 1. Good Shepherd Sunday 2. The Feast St. Mark and the Major Rogation Day, including Rogation Day Processions, Prayers of Blessing for Rogation Day, and how come colonies kept St. Mark’s Day as a Holy Day of Obligation 3. Feastdays occurring this last week in April I would like to thank Meaning of Catholic for sponsor...

23 Huhti 202320min

In today’s episode, on Low Sunday, also known as Quasimodo Sunday, I would like to go over a few things: 1. Low Sunday – the Sunday of Many Names and How Sundays Are Given Latin Names in the Liturgy 2. Why Penance Is Not Wrong for Pascaltide 3. The Almost Election of Cardinal Rampolla I would like to thank CatechismClass.com for sponsoring this episode. CatechismClass.com, the leader in online Catholic catechism classes, has eve...

16 Huhti 202315min