11th Sunday after Pentecost 2023 If we have no attachments to hold us down in this life we will speedily reach Heaven when we die. Our Lord said we will receive a hundredfold of the things we give up for God’s sake in this life. We should not attribute anything we do to ourselves because it…
8th Sunday After Pentecost 2023 Christ does not commend the dishonesty of the steward in the Gospel, but rather his prudent foresight. God has made us stewards of our lives and it is up to us to use our God-given talents to better know Him, love Him, and serve Him. We see the ambitions of…
Septuagesima Sunday 2023 Because of the great importance of the season of Lent, the Church gives us a season to prepare us for it. We should possess a single-minded vision of achieving salvation. We share in St. Paul’s desire for be dissolved in Christ, while sharing his fear that we could be lost. This fear…
Feast Of Christ The King 2022 We often forget that Christ, as the Son of God, owns us completely. We belong to Him because He created us. All power on earth comes from above, because it all comes from God. Although, we often remember the meekness of Christ, we should also be filled with holy…
19th Sunday After Pentecost 2022 We should look to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque as a model for our growth in the spiritual life. Many times she experienced the pull of the world drawing her away from her exalted calling. It was only by responding to God’s grace that she ultimately fulfilled His true designs for…
10th Sunday After Pentecost 2022 This Mass is a Mass for the proud. Every aspect of this liturgy has some reference to the superior moral virtue of humility. The Gospel exemplifies humility in the publican, but as we advance in the practice of this virtue our understanding of it must develop as well. Not only…
9th Sunday After Pentecost 2022 We must not neglect the saints. We should know something about the great saints this week like Saints John Vianney, Lawrence, and Clare. But we must not forget those saints that are especially attacked in our day, like St. Philomena and St. Christopher. Those who speak ill of God and…
Second Sunday In Lent 2022 Today we reviewed the first of the six Commandments of the Church and how to observe it regarding the Holy Mass and the Sunday obligation. These treasures from heaven have been given to us and we need to be thankful to God for them. Today’s Epistle is addressed to the early…
First Sunday In Lent 2022 This Friday begins Stations of the Cross and this is an appropriate devotion for Lent that was begun by our Mother of Sorrows. Fasting and abstinence began on Ash Wednesday and their origins go back to Noah. These practices are essential to our Lenten retreat days. This week is the feast…
24th Sunday After Pentecost 2021 Today’s Gospel is warning and a consolation that the good and evil grow together but are separated at the end and receive different rewards based on their deeds in life. The Church has gone through troubles in the past and present but will always survive because of God’s preserving grace. …
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