Catholic Exchange

Stop Intolerance — To the Truth

• Columnists Louie Verrecchio
• Thursday, October 27th, 2011
• Louie Verrecchio

I recognize how important it is for Catholics and Jews to join forces in combatting anti-Semitism, but I also know that apart from wielding the weapon of truth – yes, even when it’s inconvenient and difficult to face — we stand precious little chance of prevailing.

A Weapon of Mass Instruction – Part 3

• Columnists Louie Verrecchio
• Monday, October 24th, 2011
• Louie Verrecchio

When we assist at Holy Mass, we are invited to enter through, with and in Christ into our own Garden of Gethsemane to place our burdens, cares and concerns before our heavenly Father.

A Weapon of Mass Instruction – Part 2

• Columnists Louie Verrecchio
• Tuesday, October 18th, 2011
• Louie Verrecchio

Our every effort to participate in Holy Mass takes on greater efficacy when we humbly seek the assistance of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

A Weapon of Mass Instruction – Part 1

• Columnists Louie Verrecchio
• Tuesday, October 11th, 2011
• Louie Verrecchio

Contemplating and emulating the mysteries of the most holy rosary can reestablish order in our lives and in our worship, giving renewed meaning to our vocation as members of Christ’s Body by helping us to remain aware that our calling is not of this earth; rather, it is to serve one another in such way as to “magnify the Lord and to rejoice in God our Savior,” because apart from this – in spite of our greatest efforts to promote a just society – in truth, we can do nothing.

SSPX Rx

• Columnists Louie Verrecchio
• Saturday, September 3rd, 2011
• Louie Verrecchio

Those of us who so aspire to safeguard the sacred deposit of Christian doctrine, in spite of any mistakes we may have made along the way, are by no means the enemies of Holy Mother Church.

What If?

• Archives
• Monday, September 13th, 2010
• Louie Verrecchio

What if we took Holy Mass as the Council Fathers knew it and wrote about it – you know; Mass according to the 1962 Missal, or the Traditional Latin Mass as it’s sometimes called — and then applied the directives… Read More

The Blessed Virgin Mary: Gateway to Liturgical Renewal

• Louie Verrecchio
• Friday, August 13th, 2010
• Louie Verrecchio

After the Council closed, no small number of Catholics began treating Marian devotion as an outdated form of piety, one that is somehow out of step with the “spirit of Vatican II.” So pervasive had this mindset once become that… Read More

Lord, I Am Not Worthy

• Louie Verrecchio
• Saturday, July 24th, 2010
• Louie Verrecchio

I’d like to continue our examination of the forthcoming changes to the English translation of the Roman Missal, resuming at the Ecce Agnus Dei where the priest will elevate the Eucharist and say:

“Behold the Lamb of God, behold him… Read More

“And with Your Spirit” Revisited

• Louie Verrecchio
• Friday, July 16th, 2010
• Louie Verrecchio

Since I last wrote in this space about the exchange, The Lord be with you / And with your spirit, it occurred to me that it may be useful to reflect a little more deeply on its layers of meaning.… Read More

The Bold and the Beautiful

• Louie Verrecchio
• Saturday, June 26th, 2010
• Louie Verrecchio

We’ve all been there. All of us at one time or another has gone forth from Holy Mass “in peace to love and serve the Lord and one another” knowing in our minds as a matter of faith that we… Read More