Reading Genesis 3 this evening, I feel that there is a relationship between the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil and the Eucharist. The fruit of the tree…...
Category: Sacraments
Prayers before and after Mass
St. Thomas Aquinas provides these prayers before and after Mass. These are my daily Mass prayers and I have enjoyed them: Prayer Before Mass Almighty and ever-living God, I draw near to…...
Before Frequent Confession…
Going to Confession frequently only makes sense if I’m making an Examination of Conscience each night. If the latter habit is established, the former will follow and be most effective. The goal…...
The Eucharist and the End Times
Many speculate about what the “end times” will look like. They read the daily headlines and try to align current events with lines from the book of Revelation, or words of the…...
DeSales on Confession
Our Saviour has bequeathed the Sacrament of Penitence and Confession to His Church,in order that therein we may be cleansed from all our sins, however and whenever we may have been soiled…...
Duties of a Wife
“And the parents taking their daughter kissed her, and let her go: Admonishing her to honour her father and mother-in-law, to love her husband, to take care of the family, to govern…...