Worth Watching: 9 Videos that Warm the Catholic Soul
Nine videos that will encourage you to share your Catholic faith.
The Golden Calf & Our Catholic Mass: 3 Reason Man Cannot Invent the Liturgy
"[Liturgy] cannot spring from imagination, our own creativity - then it would remain just a cry in the dark or mere self affirmation." - Cardinal Ratzinger
Disapproving Joe Biden: 5 Memes from Pope Francis’ Inaugural Mass
A few comment on Vice President Joe Biden's mood at His Holiness Pope Francis' papal inaugural mass.
8 Notable Videos from His Eminence Cardinal Burke
“Our observance of liturgical law is a fundamental expression of love of Christ and of the Church.” - Cardinal Burke, Divine Love Made Flesh
The 2 Books by Cardinal Ratzinger that Will Change Your Life
“Politics is the realm of reason – not of a merely technological, calculating reason, but of moral reason, since the goal of the state, and hence the ultimate goal of all politics, has a moral nature, namely, peace and justice.”
6 Books by Pope Benedict XVI Every Catholic Should Read
Listers with the announcement of Pope Benedict XVI’s resignation, we wanted to share with you part of his lasting legacy as a theologian and teacher. In the history of the popes, it is hard to find anyone as easy to read and understand. His writings are, moreover, a beautiful blend of timeless and timely teaching, and...
Catholic Countdown: The Top 20 Lists of 2012
The last year was a great one for SPL and the community of listers. From must-know Latin hymns to short stories all Catholics should read, SPL catalogued the best in Catholic thought.
Pontifical Mass: 10 Beautiful Photos of Bishop Schneider at St. James Cathedral-Basilica
Athanasius Schneider (born Anton Schneider on 7 April 1961) is a Roman Catholic bishop who is the auxiliary bishop of Astana, Kazakhstan and titular bishop of Celerina. He is a member of the Canons Regular of the Holy Cross of Coimbra.
EUCHARIST: 46 Basic Questions on the Source and Summit of the Catholic Life
When we say the Sacrament which contains the Body and Blood, we mean the Sacrament which is the Body and Blood, for after the Consecration there is no other substance present in the Eucharist.
21 Questions on Why the Holy Eucharist Was Given to Humanity
The Holy Eucharist remits venial sins by disposing us to perform acts of love and contrition. It preserves us from mortal sin by exciting us to greater fervor and strengthening us against temptation.
Do This in Memory of Me: 7 Questions on the Eucharist and Consecration
Christ gave His priests the power to change bread and wine into His body and blood when He said to the Apostles, "Do this in commemoration of Me."
Transubstantiation: 10 Questions on the Substance of the Holy Eucharist
"Jesus Christ is whole and entire both under the form of bread and under the form of wine."
This Is My Body: 10 Questions to Help Explain the Holy Eucharist
The word Eucharist strictly means pleasing, and this Sacrament is so called because it renders us most pleasing to God by the grace it imparts, and it gives us the best means of thanking Him for all His blessings.
