Servants of Christ: A Catholic Blog

      Today is Easter Sunday. The Lord has been raised from the dead today, and the temple has been rebuilt. This is the greatest feast in the world's history, as it marks the completion of Christ's mission to save us from our sins. This is the reason that He became man; to die for us, to rise and to save us. This is the basis of Christianity.     Christ is risen from the dead. He did not just seem to be present; He was there with his disciples on the road to Emmaus; He was there with them in the upper room; He was there with the holy women on Easter Morning. This is the truth which Christians have been dying for for thousands of years. The refusal to deny Christ and his Resurrection cost His apostles and their followers their lives. They died horrible deaths, from crucifixion to beheading to having the skin ripped from their bodies, to protect this most important part of the Faith.     This is the second chance that Christ gave us; the chance to be wi...

      Today is Holy Thursday, the first day of the Triduum. The Triduum is not technically part of Lent, but its own Liturgical season, which surprised me when I first figured it out. Here I will do a short analysis of each day of the Triduum.     Holy Thursday: This is the day when we celebrate Christ instituting the Eucharist. There is Mass today (Mass of the Lord's Supper) and afterwards a procession to the Altar of Repose and Adoration. The Mass of the Lord's Supper is the last Mass before the Easter Vigil.     Good Friday: This is the day when Our Lord was crucified and laid in the tomb. There is no Mass, but a service where Communion is received, even though there is no consecration. Good Friday is one of two mandatory Lenten fast days for those over 18 years old (Ash Wednesday is the other).     Holy Saturday: There is no Mass for Holy Saturday, but Morning Prayer. This is the second day of Our Lord in the tomb. The Easter Vigil Mass i...

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!

     Catholics (as well as Orthodoxies and some Anglicans) believe that Jesus is present in the Eucharist under the appearances of bread and wine. This can be very hard to believe, and many Catholics don't. This is unfortunate, because of how beautiful a gift that it is.     Our Lord, on Holy Thursday, consecrated the Holy Eucharist when He said: 'This is My body, which will be given for you. Do this in memory of me.' And He did the same with the cup after supper, saying, 'This cup is the new covenant in My blood, which will be poured out for you.' (Lk 22:19-20)     I understand that this saying is sometimes taken as a metaphor. After all, Jesus said that he was a door in John 10:1. However, In John chapter 6, when Jesus says he is the Bread of Life (Jn 6:48-51), the Jews quarrel ' How can this man give us his flesh to eat?'  (Jn 6:52) After reinforcing this statement, Jesus's followers leave him, saying 'This is a hard saying. Who can accept it?...

   Merry Christmas! I hope you all had the opportunity to receive that gift of Christ in the Eucharist today.     Though all the festivities for the holiday are nice, it is important to remember that it is ultimately about Jesus.     I was at Christmas Mass earlier today, and the priest's homily really spoke to me. He said that whether or not you are a good gift giver doesn't matter so long as you give some of yourself with the gift. He quoted this from Pope Benedict. He went on to say that God gave humanity all he could in giving us His Son, and asked us a simple question: Do we accept His gift?    This was so interesting to me because he said something so short and simple, but it is extremely important. We need to accept the Lord in order to be saved. He gave everything for us. Will we accept his Christmas gift?