Quinquagesima Sunday 2023 This is a time of examination of conscience. Once our predominant fault is identified, we can battle against it. At the end of this Septuagesima season, the Church reminds us that we must have Charity. We should not only go to confession when we are in mortal sin, but often. This is…
Sexagesima Sunday 2023 St. Paul, one of the greatest converts in the history of the Church, instructs us on our need for conversion. This conversion of St. Paul could not have happened without the prayers of St. Stephen. We must pray for our friends and our enemies. We must not think that we are the…
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…
Easter Vigil 2022 The Easter Vigil is the culmination of our Lenten retreat and especially for the catechumens who are baptized and who will receive their first Holy Communions at the Mass which follows. The Liturgy brings light to the darkness of the world of sin and sings the praise of Our Lord’s Paschal candle. …
Good Friday 2022 There is one thing that we know and can be certain about and that is that God became a Man and died on this day. From all eternity this was in the Divine Mind and the ultimate purpose for all creation. The Sacred Liturgy, in the absence of the Holy Mass today, re-presents…
Holy Thursday 2022 Today is a good day to remind everyone about how to receive Holy Communion properly. The Epistle is a warning from St. Paul that is timely because we live in a time of unprecedented sacrileges against Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament. The Gospel describes the Mandatum when Christ washed the feet of…
Palm Sunday 2022 Our Lord’s triumphal procession into Jerusalem today was prophesied and predicted the role that the Gentiles would have in the new kingdom of Christ the King. This joy is seen in the powerful sacramental of the palms which are carried in procession. This festive mood soon changes to sadness in the Liturgy…
Passion Sunday 2022 Saints this week include Sts. Isidore and Vincent Ferrer. Friday honors our Mother of Sorrows. We should imitate St. Joseph and the Holy Family and make every effort to attend Holy Week ceremonies, especially the Sacred Triduum. St. Paul in the Epistle shows how the Old Testament prefigured Our Lord’s Passion and Death. …
Laetare Sunday 2022 The saints this week and especially St. Francis Paola show that grace is more impressive than even miracles. The Epistle for this Mass concludes by letting us know that we have received a liberation by the new dispensation which Christ has brought us. No longer are we slaves to sin but free from…
Third Sunday In Lent 2022 Yesterday’s feast of St. Joseph with the solemn Mass was another encouraging grace during our Lenten retreat days. Now St. Joseph prepares us for this week’s feast of the Annunciation which celebrates the Incarnation and the beginning of our redemption. Every day in Lent has its own Mass and stational…
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