HAPPY EASTER! What a difference a year makes! Last year during Holy Week we were separated; we were in lockdown; we participated in Holy Thursday and Good Friday through live stream; there were no public celebrations of our Lord’s Resurrection; and all the new Catholics who were received into the Church were initiated privately. There …
Articles from Father J.J. Mech
The articles on this page are a chronicle of articles written by Father J.J. Mech of The Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament.
Lenten Inventory
We are four weeks into Lent and have a few more weeks to go on our journey. Maybe when Ash Wednesday rolled around, you had a lot of energy and big plans. You were going to journal, attend daily Mass, read a spiritual book, exercise each day, and give up sweets and swearing. You were …
Chairs & Prayers
We have a special chair/seat here at the Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament known as the Cathedra. Its name is how we get our name: Cathedral. There is only one in the Archdiocese, and only Archbishop Vigneron sits upon it (not even another bishop is allowed to sit there). The chair is a symbol …
Holy History
If I asked you to identify Fulton Sheen, or Damien of Molokai, or Elizabeth Ann Seton, or Frances Xavier Cabrini, could you do it? Most likely you would be successful. Of course, if you are a Detroiter, you know Solanus Casey, O.F.M. All of these individuals are American Catholics who advanced the great mission given …