The Meaning of Catholic

The Meaning of Catholic
  • 4.7 (113)
  • Christianity
  • Updated Semiweekly

The Meaning of Catholic is a collaborative lay apostolate dedicated to uniting Catholics against the enemies of holy Church through the domestic church, catechetics, and the public promotion of truth and charity. meaningofcatholic.com Join the Guild to support our work and access the online community, free books, and exclusive content: meaningofcatholic.com/register meaningofcath.substack.com

  1. 1h ago

    Mary’s Triumph at Vatican II, Lepanto, and Ephesus

    XIX Week after Pentecost XXVII Week Tempus per Annum (aka “Ordinary Time”) MONDAY October 5th · St. Faustina Kowalska “Apostle of Divine Mercy” TUESDAY October 6th · St. Thomas the Apostle (Greek) · St. Bruno, Father of the Carthusian Order – patron of those who suffer from demonic possession · Bl. Marie-Rose Durocher (1811-1849) – Canadian founder of Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary for the Christian education of young girls. WEDNESDAY October 7th · Our Lady of Victory, of the Rosary THURSDAY October 8th · St. Bridget of Sweden – received a revelation of promises for devotion to Our Lady’s Sorrows FRIDAY October 9th · St. James Alpheus (“the Lesser”), Apostle (Greek) · St. Dionysius the Areopagite (Latin) - “Christian Plato” SATURDAY October 10th · St. Francis Borgia “Priest and Confessor. He was Superior General of the Society of Jesus, and is memorable for his mortification, gift of prayer, abandonment of the world and his refusal of ecclesiastical dignities” (Roman Martyrology). SUNDAY October 11th · Divine Maternity of Our Lady (Council of Ephesus) · Opening of Vatican II · Pope St. John XXIII This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit meaningofcath.substack.com/subscribe

  2. 2d ago

    Sheen Series 02 - “I Resolved to Know Nothing”

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit meaningofcath.substack.com Works Cited:

  3. 3d ago

    JQ036 - Traditionalism & Jewishness with Mr. G. Lazar

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit meaningofcath.substack.com On the Traditional Movement and the Jewish question, see “L’Affair Williamson,” in E. Michael Jones, The Jewish Revolutionary Spirit, 2nd ed. (South Bend, IN: Fidelity Press, 2019), ch. 2. For 36+ hours of content on the Jewish Question, contact us: editor [at] meaningofcatholic.com. Mr. Lazar’s recent articles discussed:

    JQ036 - Traditionalism & Jewishness with Mr. G. Lazar

  4. 5d ago

    Mary’s Hidden Sorrow: Widowhood

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit meaningofcath.substack.com

    Mary’s Hidden Sorrow: Widowhood

  5. Sep 28

    Former Holy Day of Obligation, Doctors of the Church + an “Equal-to-the-Apostles” and More

    Above: Holy New Martyr Blessed Nykyta Budka XVIII week after Pentecost XXVI Week Tempus Per Annum (aka “Ordinary Time”) MONDAY September 28 · St. Wenceslaus – Martyr, Duke & Patron of Bohemia · St. Lawrence Ruiz, Martyr – Filipino husband & father with Companions, martyred in Japan (1633-1637) · St. Chariton the Confessor · Bl. Nykyta Budka (1877 – October 1, 1949 in Karaganda, USSR) was an Austro-Hungarian-born priest of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church who lived and worked in Austria-Hungary, Canada, Poland, and the Soviet Union. In Canada, he is noted as the first bishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Church in Canada, and was the first Eastern Catholic bishop with full jurisdiction ever appointed in the New World. Budka returned to Europe in 1927 and eventually came under the authority of the Soviet Union. He resisted their encroachments against the Ukrainian Church, however, and was worked to death at a gulag in 1949. His cause for canonization was opened after his death and he was beatified as a martyr in 2001 by Pope John Paul II, with feast day fixed for today. TUESDAY September 29 (2:50) · Michaelmas (St. Michael & all Angels) * Originally Holy Day of Obligation * Eat Poultry * Beat a Satan Pinata · Sr. Maria Shved, shot by Soviets in Ukraine in 1982 (Robert Royal, Catholic Martyrs of the Twentieth Century, 83-84) WEDNESDAY September 30 (8:27) · St. Gregory the Illuminator, Equal to the Apostles (257-331) (Greek) * Converted Armenia to the Faith, first Christian Nation · St. Jerome, Doctor of the Church (Latin) * Dialogued with Jews to learn Hebrew THURSDAY October 1 (9:32) · Protection of the Theotokos * Great Slavic feast of the Theotokos – reason for Miracle of the Sun on October 13 * When the Theotokos saved the Greeks from Pagan Russians – and the Slavic Christians only celebrate this to this day · St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face, Doctor of the Church * Birthday into eternal life was St. Jerome’s feast day * October 3 in TLM, October 1 in 1969 Missal FRIDAY October 2nd (11:45) · The Holy Guardian Angels SATURDAY October 3rd (12:43) · St. Dionysius the Areopagite (Greek) - “Christian Plato” * Latin feast: October 9 · Jesús Emilio Jaramillo Monsalve (16 February 1916 – 2 October 1989) was a Colombian Roman Catholic prelate who was a professed member of the Xaverian Missionaries of Yarumal and served as the Bishop of Arauca from 1984 until his assassination. Jaramillo was a staunch opponent of the E.L.N. and spoke out against their atrocities in the midst of conflict and a drug war. But this led to him being marked for death and he was killed not long after being kidnapped and tortured. Beatified by Pope Francis in 2017, and given feast day October 3. SUNDAY October 4th (14:02) · “At Assisi in Umbria, the birthday of St Francis, Deacon and Confessor; he was the Founder of three Orders, namely the Friars Minor, the Poor CIares and the Brothers and Sisters of Penance. St Bonaventure wrote his Life, rich in sanctity and miracles” (Roman Martyrology). · Papal Encylicals on St. Francis * Leo XIII — Auspicato Concessum * Pius XI — Rite Expiatis * “It seems necessary for Us to affirm that there has never been anyone in whom the image of Jesus Christ and the evangelical manner of life shone forth more lifelike and strikingly than in St. Francis.” · The Franciscan School of Thought as a Scholastic method This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit meaningofcath.substack.com/subscribe

  6. Sep 25

    Sheen Series 01 - Against the “Heresy of Good Works”

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit meaningofcath.substack.com * Patrons of Meaning of Catholic * Our Lady of Victory, uniting Catholics against the enemies of Holy Church * Mary, Queen of the Home, the heart of the lay apostolate * St. Joseph Terror of Demons, against effeminacy and truly toxic masculinity, aka “Neo-Puritanism” * St. Anthony of the Desert, model of the lay apostolate on behalf of the clergy * St. Teresa Benedicta,…

  7. Sep 21

    St. Padre Pio, Fulton Sheen Beatification, Holy Days of Opportunity

    XVII Week after Pentecost XXV Week Tempus Per Annum (Ordinary Time) 9/21 MONDAY · St. Matthew (Latin feast) * “In Ethiopia, the birthday of St Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist, who suffered martyrdom while preaching in that region. The Gospel written by this saint in the Hebrew tongue was found by his own revelation, together with the body of blessed Barnabas the Apostle, in the time of the Emperor Zeno” (Roman Martyrology) * Collect mentions “untold mercy” (Roman Rite of Paul VI) * Patron of Bankers and accountants 9/22 - TUESDAY (3:17) · St. Thomas Villanova 9/23 (Ember Wed – 1962) (3:26) · Conception of St. John the Baptist (Byzantine) · St. Padre Pio - modern Stigmatist & Wonderworker * “Almighty ever-living God, who, by a singular grace, gave the Priest Saint Pius a share in the Cross of your Son and, by means of his ministry, renewed the wonders of your mercy, grant that through his intercession we may be united constantly to the sufferings of Christ, and so brought happily to the glory of the resurrection” (Roman Rite of Paul VI) · St. Linus (2nd Pope) Aleksei Evgrafovich Zerchaninov (1848 – 23 September 1933). Working on Old Believer schism, he became Catholic in 1898 and was jailed by the Czarist government, later involved in establishing the Russian Catholic Church of the Byzantine rite (formally organised during Fatima in May of 1917). Arrested multiple times and persecuted by the Soviets, he kept the Faith and died in exile on September 23, 1933. 9/24 - THURSDAY - Beatification of Fulton Sheen in St. Louis, Missouri, USA (6:24) · Our Lady of Ransom 9/25 (Ember Fri – 1962) (8:07) · Bl. Herman the Cripple, Author of Salve Regina 9/26 (Ember Sat – 1962) (9:20) · North American (Canadian) Martyrs St. Isaac Jogues & Comps. (1962) · Cosmas & Damian (1969) · Passing of St. John the Apostle (Byzantine) 9/27 SUNDAY · St. Vincent de Paul (1969) · Cosmas & Damian (1962) This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit meaningofcath.substack.com/subscribe

  8. Sep 15

    In Honour of Mary’s Sorrows

    Art in thumbnail: Hans Memling - The Man of Sorrows in the arms of the Virgin High Calling program for vocational discernment at the Avila Institute Contemplating the Seven Sorrows of Mary A Chaplet with St. Alphonsus Liguori This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit meaningofcath.substack.com/subscribe

See All (692)

4.7
out of 5
113 Ratings

About

The Meaning of Catholic is a collaborative lay apostolate dedicated to uniting Catholics against the enemies of holy Church through the domestic church, catechetics, and the public promotion of truth and charity. meaningofcatholic.com Join the Guild to support our work and access the online community, free books, and exclusive content: meaningofcatholic.com/register meaningofcath.substack.com

Information

  • Creator
    The Meaning of Catholic
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2026
  • Episodes
    692
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © The Meaning of Catholic
  • Show Website
    The Meaning of Catholic

You Might Also Like