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
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.
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.
Spiritual Things in Material Things: 5 Quotes from St. John Chyrsostom on the Sacraments
Listers, the sacraments are an essential element to the birth, growth, and transformation of every Catholic believer. We are in some way affected by each of these sacraments every day of our lives. We are reborn in baptism, we are overshadowed by the Holy Spirit at confirmation, we are fed by our Lord in the...
12 Little-Known and Seldom Shared Catholic Quotes
“Like apes, we breed, sleep, and die. Yet like God we say, “I am.” We are ontological oxymorons.”
Peter Kreeft
Let It Be the Armor: 3 Meditations from Aquinas for After Holy Communion
Listers, the Eucharist is the source and summit of the Catholic life. However, articulating our gratitude and both intellectual and emotional response to the literal body, blood, soul, and divinity of the Second Person of the Trinity is a daunting if not impossible task for most of us. Thankfully, the gifted mind of the Catholic...
7 Blogs by Traditional Catholic Priests
Listers, we continue to bring you the best Catholic minds and resources on the internet. In response to our original 12 Catholic Blogs Worth Your Time list, we received an outpouring of reader recommendations for other Catholic blogs to be noted and shared. We then released 25 Reader Recommended Catholic Blogs and published a list of the Top 10...
Pre-Cana with St. John Chrysostom: 7 Tips to a Successful Marriage
Listers, next to converting to Catholicism, the second best choice of my life was marrying my husband. Before I converted and before I met my husband, I did not believe that marriage was a sacrament. Not recognizing this great mysterious gift as one of the major sources of grace caused me to think all sorts...
5 English Hymns Every Catholic Should Know
Triumph, all ye cherubim,
sing with us, ye seraphim,
heaven and earth resound the hymn:
Salve, salve, salve Regina!
