The Roman Sacristan

Don't forget to start your Divine Mercy Novena on Friday. And of course, please remember that you can obtain a plenary indulgence on Fri...

"The Last Supper" by Carl Heirich Bloch Collect (Opening Prayer) Official Latin from the 1969 & 2002 Roman Missals Orémus. S...

Please pray for the earthquake victims in Italy. There was a strong earthquake just north of the city of L'Aquila which has done a lot ...

"Ecce Homo" by Antonio Ciseri Opening Exhortation Official Latin from the 1969 & 2002 Roman Missals Fratres caríssimi, Postqua...

I just got back into the country after being gone for three months, and I am heartbroken that the country is not flowing with milk and honey...

Blogging will be light for the next few months as I begin some intense vocational discernment for 2009. So I'd humbly ask you to please...

I just saw from a few days back in one of the Holy Father's addresses to some youth in Angola and thought I would publish an excerpt: Af...

Collect (Opening Prayer) Official Latin from the 1969 & 2002 Roman Missals Orémus. Quaésumus, Dómine Deus noster, ut in illa caritáte,...

Statue of Saint Benedict in the piazza in Norcia, (aka Nursia) Italy From the Dialogues of Saint Gregory the Great, Book II: "CHAPTER T...

Collect (Opening Prayer) Official Latin from the 1969 & 2002 Roman Missals Orémus. Deus, qui per Verbum tuum humáni géneris reconcilia...

Collect (Opening Prayer) Official Latin from the 1969 & 2002 Roman Missals Orémus. Deus, ómnium misericordiárum et totíus bonitátis au...

"The Transfiguration" by Lorenzo Lotto Collect (Opening Prayer) Official Latin from the 1969 & 2002 Roman Missals Orémus. De...

"The Three Temptations of Christ" by Sandro Botticelli Collect (Opening Prayer) Official Latin from the 1969 & 2002 Roman Mis...

Reposting: "Christ on the Cross" by Jacques-Louis David I would note that we can obtain a plenary indulgences for ourselves. Howe...

Repost from last year. "Christ in the Desert" by Ivan Kranskoi Browsing through the Catholic Encyclopedia , I found a few articles...

aka 7th Sunday of Ordinary Time Collect (Opening Prayer) Official Latin from the 1969 & 2002 Roman Missals Orémus. Præsta, quaésumus, ...

Just a quick post on two articles I just saw that reinforce the idea of liturgy "by the books" The first is from Father Angelo of ...

aka 6th Sunday of Ordinary Time "The Sermon on the Mount" by Carl Heinrich Bloch Collect (Opening Prayer) Official Latin from the...

aka 5th Sunday of Ordinary Time "The Miraculous Draught of Fishes" by Raphael Collect (Opening Prayer) Official Latin from the 19...

A history lesson for Black History Month. RS