3rd Sunday in Lent 2024 As children imitate their parents, so must we imitate God. When St. Paul in this Epistle says, “how unbecoming of saints,” he is not referring to canonized saints, but all Catholics. We are all called to sanctity. We must battle the temptations about which St. Paul speaks by the Rosary,…
Septuagesima Sunday 2024 These next three Sundays are for an examination of conscience, in which we search out those things in our soul which make us enemies of God. Today we begin with a view of creation and the fall of man. Adam and Eve were expelled from the Garden of Eden because they did…
Last Sunday after Pentecost 2023 In this Epistle we are encouraged when St. Paul tells us that he never stops praying for us. Yet we can still be lost if we do not desire to follow God’s will for us. The greatest proof of union with God’s will is joy in adversity. How much we…
19th Sunday after Pentecost 2023 The Epistle for today’s Mass speaks of Baptism, in which the “new man” of Sanctifying Grace is given to the soul, and the Holy Trinity comes to dwell within it. St. Paul tells us not to give place to the devil, and we can follow his direction by the use…
14th Sunday after Pentecost 2023 St. Paul tells us that those who commit the sins he lists in the Epistle will not enter Heaven. If we have guilt on our conscience, let us rid ourselves of it. We must be sorrowful and detest our sins, make acts of perfect contrition and go to the sacrament…
13th Sunday after Pentecost 2023 The Epistle for this Mass is difficult and can be easily misunderstood. What St. Paul explains regarding the purpose of the Old Law and its preparation for the coming of the Messiah requires careful explanation. Since we enjoy the benefits of the New Law and the graces which Our Lord…
9th Sunday After Pentecost 2023 God gives us virtues to help us cooperate in the salvation which He is accomplishing. God gave a warning to Solomon that he would destroy Israel and make an example of it before all nations if it transgressed God’s law. The Holy Machabees are a perfect example of divine fortitude…
Feast of Saints Peter & Paul 2023 This day, although it celebrates both apostles, is centered on St. Peter as the first Vicar of Christ on Earth. God began to form the character of St. Peter from the moment of his birth because the Church was to be built on this man. The reason He…
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…
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