Hi everyone, this is Father Rocky in the beautiful new Chapel of the Proclamation in Lincolnshire, Illinois, the headquarters of Relevant Radio.    The past few weeks I’ve been unpacking some of the secrets and treasures of the Liturgy, composed by the great St. Thomas Aquinas. Today I want to tell you about another beautiful hymn […]Read more

Hi, this is Fr. Rocky in the beautiful new Chapel of the Proclamation at our headquarters in Lincolnshire, Illinois. And today I have another story about the Holy Eucharist in our ongoing Eucharistic Encounters. Today I want to share with you another hidden gem in the Church’s Liturgy, composed by St. Thomas Aquinas in 1264 […]Read more

 Hi, this is Fr. Rocky in the Chapel of the Proclamation in Lincolnshire, Illinois. It took us three years to build this chapel, and we have Mass here every day. Today we continue our series of Eucharistic Encounters with another hidden gem from the Mass. They shouldn’t be secrets, but not enough people know […]Read more

We’re here today in the Chapel of the Proclamation, and I’m so happy I can share with you what I’ve learned to appreciate about the Eucharist to prepare you for the Eucharistic Congress.   Today I want to tell you about some hidden gems in the Liturgy that St. Thomas Aquinas composed in the 13th century. […]Read more

Hi, this is Fr. Rocky in the beautiful new Chapel of the Proclamation in Lincolnshire, Illinois – our headquarters. I sure hope you can come see it someday – it’s truly beautiful and took us three years to build. It’s a part of our effort to embrace the Eucharistic Revival. Today I’m sharing with you […]Read more

If you had to bring Holy Communion to a dying person, and you were told by the priest to do it with maximum reverence, what would that look like?  I read this story in a little booklet by an auxiliary bishop in Kazakhstan named Athanasius Schneider. That’s a German name, and many Germans were deported […]Read more

If you were a priest and you could choose your servers at Mass, who would you choose?  Imagine if you were a priest and you could choose your servers at Mass.  Who would you choose? I chose a boy who plays shortstop on his baseball team. Let me explain. It was June 26th, 1995, and […]Read more

 Have you ever heard of Christmas in July? How about the feast of Corpus Christi in July? This story is true – you can’t make this stuff up. I spent 15 summers on service projects down in Mexico in the Highlands of central Michoacán. The people who live there are very Catholic, of the […]Read more

 Have you ever been to the little town of San Martín? It’s in the Highlands of Michoacan and only about 70 families live there.   The little town of San Martín is in the Highlands of central Michoacan. I was down there for 15 summers between 1994 and 2009 in five-to-six-week service projects with young […]Read more

 It was Good Friday afternoon, and the old priest wouldn’t let me open the confessional door.   Hi everyone. This is Father Rocky at the Cathedral of Saint Francis Xavier in Green Bay, WI with another lesson about the Holy Eucharist in our ongoing Eucharistic Encounters as we all prepare for the National Eucharistic Congress […]Read more

Pop quiz: Do you remember who said, “Why wasn’t that sold and the money given to the poor?” Hi everyone, this is Father Rocky with another story about the Holy Eucharist as we all prepare for the National Eucharistic Congress in Indianapolis July 17th through the 21st, 2024. Who said, “Why wasn’t that sold and […]Read more

Did you ever wonder why there are so many beautiful Catholic churches right next to the expressways in our big cities in America?   If you live in a big city, not too far from an expressway, you know what I mean… There are all these beautiful Catholic churches right next to the Expressway. Why is […]Read more