Catechesis

Returning to Reconciliation

November 14, 2022November 9, 2022 Articles, Catechesis, The Inner Life

How long has it been since you’ve cleaned your windows? Are they crystal clear and easy to see through because they’ve just recently been wiped down? Are they caked in dirt and grime, making it difficult to see what’s on the other side? Or are they somewhere in between, not pristine but not filthy? Keeping […]

How Does One Become a Saint?

October 31, 2022October 27, 2022 Articles, Catechesis

Tomorrow, we will celebrate All Saints Day, a feast day in honor of all the souls departed who have made it to heaven, whether they have been formally canonized by the Church or not. In the Catholic Church, we do not have a process for determining if anybody has been condemned to hell, but we […]

Moses and The Finger of God

October 20, 2022October 18, 2022 Articles, Catechesis, The Faith Explained

“Thereupon the LORD spoke to Moses: Speak to Aaron: Stretch out your staff and strike the dust of the earth, and it will turn into gnats throughout the land of Egypt. They did so. Aaron stretched out his hand with his staff and struck the dust of the earth, and gnats came upon human being […]

The God Who ‘Is’ and ‘Will Be’

October 14, 2022October 12, 2022 Articles, Catechesis, The Faith Explained

“Then God spoke to Moses, and said to him: I am the LORD. As God the Almighty I appeared to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, but by my name, LORD, I did not make myself known to them. I also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land in which […]

What’s in a Divine Name?

October 11, 2022October 6, 2022 Articles, Catechesis, The Faith Explained

“‘But,’ said Moses to God, ‘if I go to the Israelites and say to them, ‘The God of your ancestors has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is his name?’ what do I tell them?’ God replied to Moses: I am who I am. Then he added: This is what you will […]

Initiation: Baptism and Confirmation

September 16, 2022September 14, 2022 Articles, Catechesis, The Inner Life

As we approach the season of autumn, the first day being September 22nd, we’re going to begin to see many things change. The leaves will begin to change colors, the temperature will drop and the air become crisper, people will begin to layer up with sweaters and jackets, and baseball will be replaced by football. […]

The Liturgy of the Word: Listening to Christ

September 13, 2022September 13, 2022 Articles, Catechesis

As we continue our walk with Jesus through the Mass, we move from His baptism in the river Jordan to His preaching. We experience this in the next part of the Mass, the Liturgy of the Word. Here we usually read first from the Old Testament prophets. Each week Jesus listened to and read these […]

Why Do Babies Need to Be Baptized?

September 11, 2022September 9, 2022 Articles, Catechesis, The Patrick Madrid Show

Recently on The Patrick Madrid Show, listener Esther called in to the show to ask Patrick two questions. Her first question was why do we baptize people using the Trinitarian formula instead of just in Jesus’ name? And her second question was why do babies need to be baptized if it is a form of […]

Mass: The Re-Presentation of Christ’s Life

September 7, 2022September 1, 2022 Articles, Catechesis

Let us continue to deepen our Eucharistic Amazement and Revival, as the U.S. bishops are encouraging us to do, by deepening our understanding of the Mass and its parts. The Holy Mass is a sacrament of Christ’s love for us, of his “greater love no man has than to lay down his life for his […]

Where do animals go when they die?

September 3, 2022July 13, 2023 Articles, Catechesis, The Patrick Madrid Show

Chances are, at some point in your life, you had a pet or an animal companion and maybe you still do. It could be anything from a dog or cat to a bird or a goat. But in youth, animals can be a great boon, providing companionship, a form of responsibility, and a partner in […]

7 Tips for a Good Confession

August 27, 2022August 26, 2022 Articles, Catechesis, The Patrick Madrid Show

“It’s been said that sin is the shipwreck of the soul. If the sin is serious, it is a fatal shipwreck. Confession is the only plank to which you can safely cling if you want to be brought back to the harbor of God’s grace.” (Canons Regular of St. John Cantius) Recently on The Patrick […]

Reconciling with the Gospel Truth

August 24, 2022August 24, 2022 Articles, Catechesis, The Cale Clarke Show

There is a video out there, by Cale Clarke’s own admission, of him visiting Caesarea Philippi and proclaiming to his audience that that is the location where Jesus spoke to St. Peter and said, “You are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of the netherworld shall not prevail […]

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