Social Media Ideas for Fr. Robert Altier

Sunday Sermon Notes… ON STEROIDS. Wherein Fr. Z posts a must listen sermon from his old friend Fr. A

In the swampy Hell Hole that was St. Paul Seminary in the 1980s Fr. Z and Fr. Robert Altier were classified as the Alpha and Omega. He endured persecution … to his present point, n...

Fr. Altman at Sheen Beatification: “The Laity Must Save the Church Now”

Father James Altman delivered a forceful address at the gathering celebrating Bishop Fulton Sheen’s beatification, urging Catholics to defend traditional Church teaching and take r...

Fourteenth Sunday After Pentecost.

From Gal 5 and Mt. 6.

Your Sunday Sermon Notes – 14th Sunday after Pentecost (N.O.: 22nd Ordinary)

My Mass intention today is for my benefactors, those of you who donate regularly, ad hoc, or send things. Too many people today are without good, strong preaching, to the detriment...

Your Sunday Sermon Notes – 15th Sunday after Pentecost (N.O.: 23rd Ordinary)

My Mass intention today is for my benefactors, those of you who donate regularly, ad hoc, or send things. Too many people today are without good, strong preaching, to the detriment...

Your Sunday Sermon Notes – 19th Sunday after Pentecost (N.O.: 27th Ordinary)

My Sunday Mass intention today is for my benefactors, those of you who donate regularly, ad hoc, or send things. Too many people today are without good, strong preaching, to the de...

Your Sunday Sermon Notes – 18th Sunday after Pentecost (N.O.: 26th Ordinary)

My Sunday Mass intention today is for my benefactors, those of you who donate regularly, ad hoc, or send things. Too many people today are without good, strong preaching, to the de...

Your Sunday Sermon Notes – 17th Sunday after Pentecost (N.O.: 25th Ordinary)

My Sunday Mass intention today is for my benefactors, those of you who donate regularly, ad hoc, or send things. Too many people today are without good, strong preaching, to the de...

The Priest Who Told Inconvenient Truths

Fr. Drew, You heard my confession so kindly on March 5th. I drove to Missouri with a longing in my heart to go to church, and when I found you, it was like a miracle happened. Than...

ROME 26/10– Day 03: Still rocky

Since today is the Transitus of St. Francis and tomorrow is his feast day (he is co-patron here, so Sunday Mass will be in white), here is an image from an altar painting at The Pa...

Your Sunday Sermon Notes – 16th Sunday after Pentecost (N.O.: 24th Ordinary)

My Mass intention today is for my benefactors, those of you who donate regularly, ad hoc, or send things. Too many people today are without good, strong preaching, to the detriment...

WDTPRS – 18th Sunday after Pentecost: Who says mercy has to be gentle?

The Collect for Sunday Mass this week in the Extraordinary Form wound up in the Ordinary Form Missale Romanum as the Collect for Saturday in the 4th Week of Lent. Go figure. It had...

Love God—Not His Benefits

Bishop Robert Barron, Word on Fire Friends for this Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time, we hear a story from Jesus that tends to bother everybody: the parable of the laborers in...

First, Last, and Fair: Sunday Reflection

Fr. Ripperger

Fr. Ripperger is a world-renowned exorcist and traditional Catholic priest known for his teachings on the spiritual life and the Catholic faith. Listen to his sermons and talks on...

“We therefore are the bowels of the Church…”. We’re…. WHAT, again?

In the Gospel reading on this 15th Sunday after Pentecost, Jesus, coming from Capernaum, approaches Nain (a small town near Nazareth) accompanied by His disciples and a large crowd...

The Church Identity Crisis | “Is the Altar Still Teaching Us That Jesus Christ Is Lord?” – Bishop Strickland

Bishop Joseph Strickland warns of growing confusion about the Catholic Church’s identity, teaching, and public witness. Sacred spaces should direct people toward Christ—not become...

11 October: Maternity of Mary. A tale of an antiphon, image, and a little street chapel.

It is the 20th Sunday after Pentecost in the Vetus Ordo calendar.  It is also the Feast of the Maternity of Mary established by Pope Pius XI for the universal Church in 1931, comme...

WDTPRS – 21st Sunday after Pentecost: My strengths support yours.  My sins weaken us all.

Let’s have a look at the Collect for the upcoming Sunday in the TLM – 1962 Missale Romanum. This Collect has been in use at least since the time of the Liber Sacramentorum Gellonen...

Sunday Reflections, 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A, 11 October 2026

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The Peace of Christ

Bishop Robert Barron, Word on Fire Friends, in our second reading this Sunday, Paul tells the church of Philippi, "Have no anxiety at all." It's hard to imagine that Paul—who was....

A four letter word

Diane Montagna posted on her Substack (I have one now also) a piece by distinguished liturgist Fr. Alcuin Reid who commented on Leo XIV’s General Audience on Wednesday 26 August. I...

The Hubris of Man, the Humility of God

Bishop Robert Barron, Word on Fire Friends, our second reading, a passage from the second chapter of Paul to the Philippians, is one of the master texts in the New Testament. It's...

Sunday Reflections, 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A, 6 September 2026

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