When the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to the English Carmelite, St. Simon Stock, she carried the Carmelite scapular in her hand and told him: "This shall be the privilege for you and for all the ...

Sacramentals--all the stuff and thing-ness of Catholicism--are at once an obstacle and an opportunity for evangelizing. They're an obstacle, because people see superstition in our statues, gestures, ...

Generally speaking, the use of sacramentals is one of the most misunderstood practices in the Catholic Church. They have been a part of the Church’s life from the very beginning, but are commonly ...

Edited by Thomas B. Roberts. Inner Traditions/Park Street, $18.95 trade paperback (320p) ISBN 978-1-59477-439-3 “Psychoactive” and “sacramentals” aren’t generally joined words, but for a group of ...

Q. 1052. {292} What is a sacramental? A. A sacramental is anything set apart or blessed by the Church to excite good thoughts and to increase devotion, and through these movements of the heart to ...

We, along with other faith traditions, are called "People of the Book." I am a person of books. A lot of new reads and some rereads keep me moving along. Every now and again while reading anew, I find ...

In Photo: A Palm Sunday photo of the blessing of palms, a sacramental in Christianity. MOTHER Church helps man earn grace to attain salvation-instituted sacramentals, which are tremendous sources of ...

For many people, it is difficult to understand why millions of devotees spend long hours risking their lives and limbs participating in the annual rituals associated with the Feast of the Black ...

One of the country's leading exorcists reminded Catholic priests to perform the blessing of sacramentals, or religious objects, properly to avoid "demonic infestation." Father Michell Joe Zerrudo, ...

Want to ward off nightmares or strange occurrences at home? Go back to the basic sacramentals, like wearing a scapular or using holy water and exorcised oil and salt. A Rome-based theologian and ...

The New England Quarterly, founded in 1928, is best described by its subtitle, A Historical Review of New England Life and Letters. Through major essays, memoranda and edited documents, ...