COUNT THE LEAVES IF YOU CAN

This meditation is about the long ages of eternity, and our need to always remember our last end, and the possibility of losing our souls in hell for all eternity. St. Jerome said, “One should think often on hell, in order to avoid going there hereafter.” St. Faustina said she was taken by God to …

Have mercy on me, O God, for man has trodden me underfoot.

”Have mercy on me, O God, for man has trodden me underfoot.” from the Book of Psalms 55:2. The Douay Rheims version, drbo.org. Please say this prayer often for those who take Communion in the hand, and never look in their hands for Sacred Particles. The Church teaches that if the Particle from the Host …

The Hail Mary of a Protestant(A true story)

A little six-year-old Protestant boy had often heard his Catholic companions reciting the prayer “Hail Mary.” He liked it so much that he copied it, memorized it and would recite it every day. “Look, Mommy, what a beautiful prayer,” he said to his mother one day. “Never again say it,” answered the mother. “It is …

EXTRAORDINARY MINISTERS – ARE THEY LICIT?

    EXTRAORDINARY MINISTERS – ARE THEY LICIT?      This is an important question. Every Weekend in some parishes one will see an army of Extraordinary ministers walk up on the altar to distribute Holy Communion with the pastor. I am going to be blunt, No, they are not licit except in cases of real necessity. Unless …

AH TRULY, YOU ARE THE WOLF I SAW IN MY DREAM

FR. DE LA TOUR WRITES TO MOTHERS The following article is taken from Fr. Herve’de la Tour’s Letter to the Members of St. Monica’s League, published in New Zealand, May 22, 1998. Mothers, your situation is a difficult one and you need encouragement in order not to lose hope. Some of you get discouraged because …