Kris Dmytrenko highlighted The New Mass App on today’s edition of “Perspectives” on Salt and Light TV. Here’s the clip – after talking about a different app for the Tridentine Mass, the mention of The New Mass App begins at the 4:05 mark:
Today is the feast day of St Bartholomew, whom scholars commonly view as being none other than the apostle Nathaniel. Tradition states that following the Ascension, Bartholomew/Nathaniel preached the Gospel in India, and was eventually martyred, being skinned alive. That’s why the saint is portrayed in art as holding his own skin. Here’s John’s account […]
The famous “Church Whisperer”, Rocco Palmo, has verified that the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) have finalized their launch date for the new Mass. The new English translation will be effective in America on the first Sunday of Advent, 2011, just over one year from now. That isn’t much time for the massive educational […]
It is fashionable among New Testament scholars to date the composition of the Gospels in this way: Mark circa 70 AD, Matthew sometime later in the 70s, Luke in the 80s, and John approx. 90 AD (with Jesus’ Resurrection circa 33 AD). Even if they were written this late, they are still the equivalent of […]
Q. I’m going to try once more to show that St Paul says that we don’t really need to obey the Ten Commandments. In Galatians he writes, “Brothers and sisters: We know that a person is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ; even we have believed in Christ […]
Q. What’s the other problem with my original question? Do you have an issue with my quoting of St Paul? He did say, after all, “you are not under law, but under grace” (Romans 6). That is sacred scripture, after all! To me, it clearly says that the 10 Commandments aren’t necessarily obligatory for Catholics. […]
Q. Do we, as Catholics, still have to obey the Ten Commandments? After all, we’re not living in the Old Covenant age, but under the New Covenant of Jesus Christ. Even Saint Paul says, “you are not under law, but under grace” (Romans 6:14). And we know that Jesus will forgive us, even if we […]
This Saturday I attended Mass at a different parish, where a priest I didn’t know made an arresting illustration in his homily. He spoke about Archbishop Oscar Romero, who did much to champion the cause of the poor in El Salvador before being assassinated in 1980. Romero was shot while he was elevating the chalice, […]
This is the feast day of St Mary Magdalene, dubbed “Apostle to the Apostles” because of her witness to the doubting (at the time) disciples of the Resurrection of Jesus. Today’s Gospel reading from John 20 reminds us of the initial encounter the Magdalene had with the risen Lord. This very account (along with the […]
In today’s Gospel (Matt 13:1-9), Jesus, because of the massive crowds pressing in on him, has to get into a boat and push off into the water. That’s the only way he’s going to get them to listen – they are forced to stand on the seashore and hear the message of the Kingdom of […]