Category · 4 posts

Catholicism

1. The Catholic Mass According to Fr. MikeApril 18, 2026

   Father Mike Schmitz, born in 1974 to a large Catholic family in a Chicago suburb, was ordained a Catholic priest in 2003. He serves in the Diocese of Duluth MN and has become well known through his presence on social media and YouTube videos. Like all ordained Catholic priests, Fr. Mike has a clear understanding…

2. Prayer, Vocal and InteriorMarch 3, 2026

   A song of my youth is I Say A Little Prayer for You. I don’t remember giving it a lot of thought in 1968. I guess I was too busy. More recently I have wondered about differences between praying and saying a prayer with some suspicion of the value of the latter. It seemed to…

3. CHANGE?!?!December 31, 2025

   For at least two years now I have been spending some serious morning time on the daily Mass readings for the Catholic Church. Those readings usually include related passages from the Old Testament, the Psalms, and the New Testament. They are available for reading and listening at the USCCB website and for reading only at…

4. The Roman Catholic ChurchOctober 9, 2025

   Two things make the Roman Catholic Church unique, its age and its seven sacraments. This little post uses magisterium.com to answer some key questions about the sacraments. There are hot links to open key sources.