Tuesday, August 4, 2020 – Sooooo…turns out past self already did a Captain’s Log of the Eucharist. I guess that takes care of that! I am unsure if I missed any rundowns. Maybe Holy Days of Obligation? Huh…I will have to figure that one out and get back to y’all. Anyhoo, moving on to an Read More
Tag: Most Precious Blood of Jesus Christ
Day 137 – Captain’s Log: Basic (Horizontal) Primers on Church Architecture
Friday, July 31, 2020 – Nothing says “Happy Birthday” better than a house full of people praying the Rosary followed by a horde of kiddos running around, hopped up on cupcakes. It really was a spectacular day! I love my Catholic family. And yes, I know I am a day behind in saying that. Sorry. Read More
Day 133 – Captain’s Log: Some of the Basic Primers on the Mass
Monday, July 27, 2020 – Today is a run-down of the primer posts on the Mass. Well, I am going to divide them up into three posts: basics, Extraordinary Form, and Novus Ordo. Why? Well, remember that this basic primer went on for a couple of weeks… But, fear not, dear reader! Today will be Read More
Day 131 – Maintenance Mode
Saturday, July 25, 2020 – Today the blog will be doing the 5 billion updates that I have been putting off because I just don’t like taking the time to hit the update buttons on all the little apps and widgets and whatnots that make the darn-fangly thing run. Also, I will be fixing the Read More
Day 130 – Standard Break Day
Friday, July 24, 2020 – Now that we have finished our discussion of the Holy Days of Obligation and what each one celebrates. Today is the standard break day after a round of basic primer posts. With the world still nutty and my brain twerked from 130 days of hovering over my computer like a Read More
Day 119 – Mrs. Flusche’s Basic Primer on Holy Days (Part VI)
Monday, July 13, 2020 – Rolling along with some more random questions around Holy Days. I think that today will be mostly about the “what ifs.” Who observes the most Holy Days? Also, who observes the least Holy Days? Whoever goes to Church the most observes the most, and whoever shirks their responsibility needs to Read More
Day 118 – Mrs. Flusche’s Basic Primer on Holy Days (Part V)
Sunday, July 12, 2020 – I promised “fun facts” today. Really, it is just going to be a smattering of random questions (well, question…singular…for today) you probably never had about Holy Days of Obligation. We are going to start with the one question that has always made me “itchy:” the Good Friday issue! Why isn’t Read More
Day 117 – Mrs. Flusche’s Basic Primer on Holy Days (Part IV)
Saturday, July 11, 2020 – Today is going to be super easy, promise! Now that we have gotten the nutty flavor of history out of the way, I am going to focus on just the Holy Days of Obligation observed in the United States. To make it super easy, I am just going to post Read More
Day 116 – Mrs. Flusche’s Basic Primer on Holy Days (Part III)
Friday, July 10, 2020 – The last couple of days we have talked about Holy Days of Obligation. We covered the list and a basic primer on Canon Law. Today, let’s take a walk back in time and talk about how many there have been over time. Current Canon Law says Sundays + 10 Holy Read More
Day 114 – Mrs. Flusche’s Basic Primer on Holy Days (Part I)
Wednesday, July 8, 2020 – By special request, I am going to do a short series on the Holy Days of Obligation. I am still trying to think of the best way to divide up the information, but I will start with a very brief overview of what “Holy Day” means and a comprehensive list Read More