Servants of Christ: A Catholic Blog

Eternal Father, I offer Thee the Foremost Precious Blood of Thy Divine Son, Jesus, in union with the Masses said throughout the planet today, for all the holy souls in Purgatory, for sinners everywhere, for sinners within the Universal Church, those in my very own home, and within my family. Prayer of St. Gertrude     St. Gertrude the Great was a mystic born in 1256. She received many visions from the Lord, and used prayer to communicate with Him. The Lord promised her that when every time this prayer was said devoutly, 1000 souls would be freed from Purgatory.      If you have any questions, please leave them in the comments. Thank you for reading and God bless.     

      Today is Ash Wednesday, the start of Lent. On this day, ashes are placed on the forehead while the words "You are but dust, and to dust you will return," or "Repent and believe in the gospel." The faithful are required to fast if between the ages of 18 and 60. They also abstain from meat. But why is this? What is so special about Ash Wednesday?     To start, Ash Wednesday is the beginning of Lent, the period preparing for the death and resurrection of Christ. Lent is about 40 days long because of the time Jesus spent fasting in the desert while preparing for his public ministry. Already we come across fasting.     Why do we use ashes today? Ashes are a sign of repentance. Take the book of Jonah, for example. And the men of Nineveh believed in God: and they proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth from the greatest to the least. And the word came to the king of Nineveh; and he rose up out of his throne, and cast away his robe from him, and was clot...

      While I personally find Father David Michael Moses hilarious, his skits will teach you a thing or two.     Even though he's a funny guy, Father David still tells plenty of interesting and helpful things to the Catholic.     This last video is one of my favorites of his:     Well, I'll stop bombarding you with videos now. I just wanted to get something out there because I hadn't posted in a while. Please leave a comment and God bless!