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Father Anthony's notes
May God's love surround you always and fill your heart with endless joy.



It is Eden all over again
Heresy preys upon the human weakness to pride and disordered curiosity.

Fr. Anthony Brooks
Feb 203 min read


The poison fruit
Another element of modernism that we find often is a relativism in regard to the Faith.

Fr. Anthony Brooks
Feb 143 min read


Beautiful looking apples sometimes have worms
The heresy of Modernism can find its first fruitful seeds going back to the French Revolution which began in 1789.

Fr. Anthony Brooks
Jan 313 min read


Modernism - the roots of the rotten tree
The heresy of modernism is difficult to define in simple terms; however, we will try our best.

Fr. Anthony Brooks
Jan 232 min read


A rougher drive than Michigan’s wonderful roads…
As we may remember, heresy is generally divided into a few categories.

Fr. Anthony Brooks
Jan 183 min read


Christmas season
By celebrating the Nativity followed by the feast of the Holy Family and the solemnity of Mary the Mother of God, we now find ourselves celebrating the Epiphany of the Lord.

Fr. Anthony Brooks
Jan 42 min read
First Saturday Devotions
Oct. 12, 2025 Part of the Fátima message is that God is asking us to make reparation for the sins of the world. The Angel in 1916 taught the children prayers of reparation and asked them to do penance. The Blessed Virgin also called for prayers and acts of reparation, and, on July 13, 1917, she promised that she would return to request a special kind of reparation. She did this in 1925, appearing to Lucia, now a novice in a Spanish community. “Look, my daughter, at my Heart,

Fr. Anthony Brooks
Oct 20, 20252 min read
The Month of Our Lady of Sorrows
Sept. 7, 2025 It is hard to believe that it is already September, and autumn is shortly upon us. While the cooler temperatures bring some...

Fr. Anthony Brooks
Sep 5, 20252 min read
Parish updates
August 10, 2025 It has been an interesting summer thus far, in terms of weather and in the things that have been going on around us. We...

Fr. Anthony Brooks
Aug 16, 20252 min read
The month of the Precious Blood of Jesus
July 6, 2025 As we know the month of July is devoted to the Precious Blood and it follows on the heels of June which is the month of the...

Fr. Anthony Brooks
Jul 12, 20253 min read
Eucharistic Adoration
June 15, 2025 As I mentioned last week, I was going to give a few different ideas or tips – if you will – about how to spend our time in...

Fr. Anthony Brooks
Jun 20, 20254 min read
The feast of St. Isidore the Farmer
May 18, 2025 This weekend we are celebrating the feast day of the patron saint of our parish in Laingsburg. While the feast falls during...

Fr. Anthony Brooks
May 21, 20254 min read
Christus Surrexit!
April 21, 2025 Happy Easter to you all! It is a joy once again to celebrate this great and holy time with you at St. Isidore and Holy...

Fr. Anthony Brooks
Apr 21, 20252 min read
History of covering images and crucifixes in the Church
April 6, 2025 For this week’s bulletin, I am reprinting an article I authored a few years back to help remind everyone of the history of...

Fr. Anthony Brooks
Apr 5, 20253 min read
Feast of the Annunciation
March 23, 2025 This week on Tuesday the 25th, we will be celebrating the Feast of the Annunciation, which means it is 9 months until...

Fr. Anthony Brooks
Mar 21, 20254 min read
Reminders: Solemnity of Joseph, parish purgatorial society and St. Isidore sanctuary remodel
March 16, 2025 This week I would like to share a few updates and a couple of reminders for us to think about. First, this coming week on...

Fr. Anthony Brooks
Mar 20, 20253 min read
Jansenism continued
February 23, 2025 This week we are going to try to close out our little journey through Jansenism. We know that it pretty much condemned...

Fr. Anthony Brooks
Feb 21, 20253 min read
Jansenism heresey: A consequence of Martin Luther
One of the heresies that comes about as a consequence of Martin Luther is Jansenism.

Fr. Anthony Brooks
Feb 8, 20253 min read
Consequences of the persecution of the Catholics by the government of England
February 2, 2025 Consequences of the persecution of the Catholics by the government of England and the founding of our country or The...

Fr. Anthony Brooks
Feb 2, 20254 min read
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
December 29, 2024 As we find ourselves in the Octave of Christmas and preparing to celebrate the beautiful feasts of the Holy Family and...

Fr. Anthony Brooks
Dec 30, 20242 min read
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