Catholic Me - Mass Reflection, Spirituality & Much More

Catholic Me - The Indulgences Of November 1-8

How to gain the plenary indulgences for the Holy Souls November 1-8

Catholic Me - All Saints And All Souls Day

The meaning of All Saints and All Souls and how they open the month.

Catholic Me - What The Church Officially Teaches About Purgatory

The Cathechism's teaching on Purgatory and why we pray for the dead. 

Catholic Me - Why November Belongs To The Holy Souls

Why the Church dedicates November to the Holy Souls and the Communion of Saints

Catholic Me - The Deeper Meaning - The 3 Last Things And The Saints

These days point to death, judgement, heaven, hell, and The Communion of Saints.

Catholic Me - Practical Ways To Keep Halloween Catholic

Focus on Mass, prayers for the dead, and saint centered fun while avoiding occult themes. 

Catholic Me - What The Church Actually Teaches About Halloween

No official ban exists, but the Catechism rejects superstition and the occult. 

Catholic Me - The Pagan Origins Claim For Halloween

All Saints Day arose independently in the Church; the "stolen from Samhain" story is overstated. 

Catholic Me - What Halloween Actually Means

Halloween is All Hallows Eve, the vigil of All Saints Day honoring all the saints in Heaven. 

Catholic Me - The Month Of The Rosary - Part 5 - How To Live This Month

Practical, low pressure ways to take up the Church's invitation during the month of the Rosary - whether that's one decade a day or praying for specific intentions with y

Catholic Me - The Month Of The Rosary - Part 4 - The Mysteries Matter

Why the Joyful, Sorrowful, Glorious, and Luminous mysteries are the heart of the Rosary, and how spending time with them helps us see our own lives in light of the Gospel

Catholic Me - The Month Of The Rosary - Part 3 - What the Rosary actually is

A plain explanation of the Rosary as a meditative prayer on the life of Jesus, how the beads and the Hail Mary's work together, and why the Church has always recommended

Catholic Me - The Month Of The Rosary - Part 2 - What happened at Lepanto?

The real historical background behind the feast - how Pope Pius V called for the Rosary before The Battle of Lepanto in 1571, and why the Church still connects that victo

Catholic Me - The Month Of The Rosary - Part 1 - Why October?

A quick look at why the Church sets October aside as the month of the Rosary, starting with the feast of Our Lady of The Rosary on October 7th and the simple invitation t

Catholic Me - Part 5 - Sunday Mass Obligation

Deliberately missing Mass without a serious reason meet the Church's standard for grave matter. Mortal sin needs grave matter, full knowledge, and deliberate consent. 

Catholic Me - Part 4 - Sunday Mass Obligation

Illness, care of infants, and other serious obstacles excuse; the pastor can dispense in advance. If you missed without a serious reason, name it in confession and return

Catholic Me - Part 3 - Sunday Mass Obligation

Sunday is the day of the Resurrection, called The Lord's Day from the beginning. The Didache already tell Christians to gather, break bread, and give thanks on that day. 

Catholic Me - Part 2 - Sunday Mass Obligation

There is no single verse that says "missing Sunday Mass is a mortal sin". The third Commandment requires a holy day of worship; Christians keep it on Sunday because of th

Catholic Me - Part 1 - Sunday Mass Obligation

The Catechism (2181) says those who deliberatley miss Mass on a day of obligation commit a grave sin. Private prayer does not replace the Eucharist, the way back is confe

Catholic Me - Part 5 - Mass For The Dead

Request a Mass by name: a customary stipend supports the Priest and is not a price on grace. St. Ambrose's line still holds: love them in life, and do not abandon them in