Does the Holy Spirit choose the Pope? Next week the conclave... in the Cave the Cardinals will ask the Holy Spirit who is going to be the next pope. Now, we know that age...
Does the Holy Spirit choose the Pope Thoughts from Fr Stefan
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Holy Spirit retreat
I just got back from my retreat at Priest-Field WV.... I was with 30 other priests from the diocese.. Holy Spirit and Confirmation.. I have alway though that we priest ought to...
confirmation Seal of the Holy Spirit
At your Confirmation you received the 'Seal of the Holy Spirit.' 'The Seal of the Living God.'....When you were baptized the Bishop said 'be sealed with the Holy Spirit.' When I...
Reflection on Today Gospel Woman caught in adultery
In the Gospel today we read.. “Teacher, this woman was caught in the act of adultery. 5 In the Law Moses commanded us to stone such women. Now what do you say?” 6 They were using...
Anointing Healing
When we pray in faith and anoint our loved one and they die. How God not answer our prayer. St Augustine says that God always answers our prayers. Even when He say not right now...
All Souls Day
On All Souls Day.. the Church encourages all priests to offer 3 masses. One for the Pope. One for the Souls in Purgatory.. One for a private intention. my private intention will...
Mary the oceans and the sacraments
Mary is Star of the Sea!! And Mary name Maria gives us the word Water.. As I was trying to sleep last night I was thinking of the 4 oceans and the Sacraments.. as each of the 7...
What are the Odds!!! What is tradition? The TLM mass.. Latin.. and Faith…
What are the odds… When I was in High School I took Latin because it was a dead language… you didn’t have to speak it.. I had a learning disability when it came to speaking...
Oil and Blessing
I am finishing a book ‘The Stripping of the Altars’ by Eamon Duffy. It details traditional religion in England 1400 to 1580. I am on the chapter ‘the attack on Traditional...
Fr Stefan thought on anointing of the sick
Fr Stefan thought on Anointing of the Sick Extreme Unction and the Council of Trent.. About a year ago I tried reading the Council of Trent.. Got a good way through it.. I was...