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Day 228: Blessings, Sacramentals and Popular Piety (2025)
Sacramentals are sacred signs that resemble the sacraments. Blessings of people, places, and objects are foremost among the various sacramentals foun…
7 months ago
Day 227: Summary of the Sacrament of Matrimony (2025)
This summary of the Catechism's teaching on the sacrament of Matrimony pulls together several beautiful themes regarding marriage and family. Fr. Mik…
7 months, 1 week ago
Day 226: The Supreme Gift of Marriage (2025)
“Children are the supreme gift of marriage,” says Vatican II. Marriage is directed by its very nature toward the procreation of children. Beyond this…
7 months, 1 week ago
Day 225: Total Fidelity in Marriage (2025)
“Love seeks to be definitive,” the Catechism tells us in this section on marital fidelity. The faithfulness of husband and wife in the sacrament of M…
7 months, 1 week ago
Day 224: The Grace of the Sacrament of Marriage (2025)
The grace of the Sacrament of Marriage provides husbands and wives the strength to love one another with supernatural, tender, and fruitful love. Fr.…
7 months, 1 week ago
Day 223: Differences in Religion in Marriage (2025)
Can a Catholic marry a baptized non-Catholic or a non-baptized person? Fr. Mike breaks down the Church’s teaching on mixed marriages and disparity of…
7 months, 1 week ago
Day 222: Matrimonial Consent (2025)
Matrimonial consent is an indispensable element of the Sacrament of Marriage. Fr. Mike explains why it is essential for those entering marriage to ex…
7 months, 1 week ago
Day 221: The Celebration of Marriage (2025)
What does a Catholic wedding look like? Today, we dive into the liturgical celebration of marriage and learn that the celebration must be valid, wort…
7 months, 1 week ago
Day 220: Marriage in the New Covenant (2025)
How is the meaning of marriage different in the New Covenant? The Catechism teaches us today that Christ elevates the gift of marriage to a sacrament…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
Day 219: Marriage in God’s Plan (2025)
Together, with Fr. Mike, we begin the section on the sacrament of holy Matrimony. We unpack two elements of the sacrament, namely marriage in the ord…
7 months, 2 weeks ago