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

First Saturday Masses
December 1, 2024 As I had mentioned this last weekend, we are beginning some new spiritual initiatives at our parishes. The first is the...

Fr. Anthony Brooks
Dec 1, 20244 min read
Holy Souls in Purgatory
November 10, 2024 This week we are taking a brief hiatus from our study of the heresy of Henry VIII and the consequences for the Church...

Fr. Anthony Brooks
Nov 10, 20243 min read
Fallout from the apostasy of King Henry VIII
November 3, 2024 Last time we went over some of the early effects of the apostasy of Henry VIII and this week we will continue down that...

Fr. Anthony Brooks
Nov 5, 20244 min read
Election and prayer
October 27, 2024 Our country, the upcoming election and the importance of prayer. If you remember, last year we featured the novena to...

Fr. Anthony Brooks
Oct 27, 20243 min read
The break from the Catholic Church and the formation of the Anglican church
October 18, 2024 Continuing with the break from the Catholic Church and the formation of the Anglican church by Henry VIII, we now look...

Fr. Anthony Brooks
Oct 17, 20243 min read
The lesser of two evils
September 22, 2024 As a rule, I must refrain from discussing “politics” in my position as pastor and even in conversation with most as...

Fr. Anthony Brooks
Sep 22, 20244 min read
The seed of division bears its first fruits
September 15, 2024 Martin Luther is often called the “great heresiarch” due to the unprecedented and extremely damaging heresy he began....

Fr. Anthony Brooks
Sep 15, 20243 min read
Martin Luther and the effects of breaking form the Catholic Church
September 8, 2024 Last time we delved into the biggest heresy since Arianism when we looked at the heresy of Martin Luther, commonly call...

Fr. Anthony Brooks
Sep 8, 20243 min read
How good is our God?
August 24, 2024 This weekend we find ourselves getting together to celebrate another good year together at our parishes with our annual...

Fr. Anthony Brooks
Aug 24, 20243 min read
Month of the Precious Blood of Jesus
July 7, 2024 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 11, 20243 min read
Catholic Radio is Coming to Lansing
June 16, 2024 The Diocese has asked for our assistance in bringing Catholic radio to Lansing. In order to make it possible, there is a...

Fr. Anthony Brooks
Jun 16, 20241 min read
Sacred Heart of Jesus
June 9, 2024 Now that we are in the month of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, I thought it might be helpful if we take a moment to look at the...

Fr. Anthony Brooks
Jun 16, 20243 min read
Sequences in the Liturgy
June 2, 2024 At various times during the Church year, there are feasts that have been very popular amongst various parts of the Church,...

Fr. Anthony Brooks
Jun 16, 20242 min read
Protestantism
Moving on through the heresies, the next major one, Protestantism, is in the Middle Ages.

Fr. Anthony Brooks
May 26, 20243 min read
Corpus Christi
May 19, 2024 As we know, the great solemnity of Corpus Christi is right around the corner, falling on June 3rd. A few years ago, we...

Fr. Anthony Brooks
May 18, 20241 min read
Cathar or Albigensian Heresy
The Cathar heresy, commonly called Catharism or sometimes called the Albigensian heresy.

Fr. Anthony Brooks
May 11, 20243 min read
Iconoclasm follow up
May 5, 2024 Follow up In regard to the recent series on iconoclasm and in particular the iconoclasm in the Catholic Church in the 1960s...

Fr. Anthony Brooks
May 5, 20244 min read
Iconoclasm IV
April 28, 2024 In this last installment of the Iconoclasm heresy series, we will be looking at the last time it reared its head in the...

Fr. Anthony Brooks
Apr 26, 20243 min read
Iconoclasm III
April 21, 2024 This is the bad penny of heresies – it just keeps turning up. When we last saw it was in the 8th century and predominantly...

Fr. Anthony Brooks
Apr 19, 20243 min read
Christ is risen!
March 31, 2024 Christus surrexit! Christ is risen! On this beautiful Easter Holy day all of us here at St. Isidore and Holy Family pray...

Fr. Anthony Brooks
Apr 5, 20243 min read
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