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Our Traditional Catholic Planner 2022 - 2023 for Women
Introducing our new range of Traditional Catholic Planner 2022 - 2023! These planners are marked with feasts based on the Traditional Catholic calendar. Our planners aim to help women organize the chaos at home and in the mind while keeping their spiritual life alive. They are designed for different types of women: 2022- 2023 Traditional Catholic Planner for Women 2022- 2023 Traditional Catholic Planner for Moms 2022- 2023 Traditional Catholic Planner for Homeschoolers 2022- 2023 Traditional Catholic Planner for Teachers 2022 - 2023 Traditional Catholic Planner for Women Buy here... Read more...
What is the difference between Holy Ghost and Holy Spirit?
What is the difference between Holy Ghost and Holy Spirit?
  Ever wonder what is the difference between Holy Ghost and Holy Spirit?   Let me start this post with the Glory Be Father prayer to give honor to the... Read more...
What does the Bible say about perfection, especially for motherhood?
Have you ever wondered "What does the Bible say about perfection?" And in what context can it be applied to motherhood? What does the word "perfection" mean to mothers? Perfectly clean homes, perfect meals, perfect routines? Of course, there is nothing wrong with aiming to have all these qualities in your home and family. Let's look at another point of view. When it comes to perfection, the standards of the world suggests another plethora of ideas. Luxury, wealth, recognition, fame, etcetera. According to the Bible, Jesus Himself said: "Be you therefore... Read more...
How to Deal with Teenagers by Fr. Michael Pfliegler
(from) A HANDBOOK OF PASTORAL THEOLOGY Characteristic Attitudes of puberty 1. The naivete of childhood comes to an end. Up to this time the child was an undeveloped human being without an individual personality. His responses and attitudes were dictated by the group to which he belonged. He accepted ideas and beliefs unquestioningly. Now he is able to reason out a question, to accept or reject a given position. All at once the child notices the difference (or even the sharp contrast) between the religious lessons in school and the... Read more...
Ember Days in 2022 according to the Traditional Catholic calendar
Last year, we wrote about what Ember days mean in the Catholic Church. In this post, we will list the Ember days in the year 2022. What are the Ember Days in 2022? Date Feast 2021 ADVENT Dec 15, 2021 Ember Day (Winter Wednesday) - Wednesday following St. Lucy's feast (Dec 13) Dec 17, 2021 Ember Day (Winter Friday) Dec 18, 2021 Ember Day (Winter Saturday 2022 LENT Mar 9, 2022 Ember Day (Spring Wednesday) - Wednesday following the first Sunday in Lent Mar 11, 2022 Ember Day (Spring Friday)... Read more...
5 ways to use Blessed Salt for Powerful Protection
5 ways to use Blessed Salt for Powerful Protection
There are many ways on how to use blessed salt at home. Blessed salt is one of the sacramentals you can use at your homes for protection and healing. Sacramentals... Read more...
2021-2022 Traditional Catholic Planners for Moms: Plan your spiritual life and family meals in ONE beautiful planner
Finally, our Traditional Catholic Planners for Moms for the year 2021-2022 are now available. It comes in four cover designs with floral elements. Consisting of 200+ pages, it is very light and compact. We offer a size of 8 x 10 so you can have a generous space for writing. A little history of our Traditional Catholic Planners As a little background, I came up with this planner a year ago when the pandemic started. I was actually looking for a Traditional Catholic calendar with feasts and Saints dates based... Read more...
Saints Quotes and Bible Verses about trusting God
Here are some beautiful quotes and bible verses about trusting God during your "dark night of the soul" as what St. John of Cross called it. No one has not experienced difficulties in life not even the great ones, even our Lord Jesus Christ lived in poverty and sufferings on earth. We live in a truly unique era, don't we? An era that attacks the health of the mind and spirit. It has swept the waves of society like wildfire. Who better to call unto than those who have surpassed... Read more...
20+ Bible Verses and Saints Quotes about Fathers
The father is the leader of the family, the priest of each domestic church. With fatherhood is given the power from Heaven to bless or curse his children. Here are Bible Verses about fatherhood and quotations from saints about fatherhood. [convertkit form=2004577] Bible Verses About Fatherhood And you, fathers, provoke not your children to anger; but bring them up in the discipline and correction of the Lord. [Ephesians 6:4] I will be to him a father, and he shall be to me a son: and if he commit any iniquity,... Read more...
2021 Traditional Catholic Calendar feasts
Below is a list of the Traditional Catholic liturgical feasts for 2021 according to the 1962 missal. You can also download a PDF of this list from our blog. Download the pdf here Traditional Catholic Calendar 2021 2020: Nov 29             1st Sunday of Advent Dec 25             Birth of our Lord Jesus Christ 2021: Jan 1                CircumcisionJan 3                Holy Name of Jesus Jan 6                EpiphanyJan 10              1st Sunday after Epiphany, Feast of the Holy Family Jan 13              Baptism of our LordJan 17              2nd Sunday after Epiphany Jan 31              SeptuagesimaFeb 7              ... Read more...
What are Rogation days?
Rogation Days are four days in the Church's liturgical calendar: Major Rogation: April 25 Minor Rogations: the Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday before Ascension Thursday Explanation of Rogation Days from the 1962 Missal From the 1962 Missal: Earthquakes and other calamities afflicted the diocese of Vienne in Dauphiny (France) in the 5th century, and St. Mamertus, whonwas bishop of that diocese instituted a penitential procession with public supplications on the Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday before Ascension Day. In 816, Pope Leo III introduced it into Rome, and soon after it became a... Read more...
What are Ember Days?
Ember days indicate the start of each season in the Catholic Church's liturgical year. The Church seasons are Advent, Lent, Pentecost, and Ordinary Time. Coincidentally (or perhaps as Church history dictates), each season also aligns with the natural seasons particularly in the US climate. Ember days are traditionally a day of fasting and abstinence, at least in the US only a partial abstinence is observed. Abstinence means avoiding eating meat, while fasting means eating only one-full meal. It is still being practiced by traditional Catholics. Ember Days occur on the... Read more...