Forgotten Truths To Set Faith Afire!

 

(Image Source: Wikimedia Commons )   I will remember the four last things: death, judgment, heaven or hell, and remembering them as I ought, I shall never sin.  Father Winfrid Herbst, S.D.S. 

( Image Source )   Of all the devotions to Mary, the rosary is the best.   In fact, as a means of holiness, apart from the Mass and the sacraments, there is nothing more powerful than the rosary…That is because the rosary keeps before me the great truths of the Catholic religion.   Father Winfrid Herbst, S.D.S.

(Image Source: Wikimedia Commons ) Man was created to praise, reverence and serve God our Lord, and by this means to save his soul.   Father Winfrid Herbst, S.D.S.

[ Sadly, many Catholics no longer know which of the following vestments our priests are required to wear while celebrating the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass and what each vestment symbolizes. The following synopsis of this information will aid us in better understanding Who is present at and What is really happening at the Mass.] (Image Source: Wikimedia Commons) The vestments worn by the priest have the following symbolic meanings: the amice symbolizes the linen cloth that the soldiers put over our Lord’s head to blindfold him before they struck him; the alb is the garment which Herod clothed our Lord; the cincture is the cord that bound our Lord to the pillar when he was being scourged; the maniple represents the rope whereby our Lord was led and the chains which bound His Sacred hands; the stole is the cords with  which Jesus was tied and because it is worn over the shoulders, a reminder of the cross which our Lord carried; and the chasuble is the purple cloak ...