His First Offering
Feast of the Purification 2026
The season of Septuagesima gives us a reason to examine our consciences. We learn that God created all things good, including man, but through the devil Adam fell, and sin was introduced to the world. Grace will not work in us if our concupiscence remains untamed.
Because the womb of the Immaculate Mother was never opened and no blood was shed at the Nativity, she was exempt from the law of purification. It was due to her humility and desire to be united with sinners that she underwent this ceremony. When one becomes a parent, he or she is a caretaker of the child, but that child still belongs to God. Parents are bound to love their children as God does, not to indulge their every desire. This day the Virgin Mary became our Sorrowful Mother in anticipation of her suffering at the foot of the Cross. Just as the Temple of old could not be entered without first offering sacrifice, we cannot enter Heaven without the sacrifice of Christ which opens its gates to us.
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Give All To Obtain All
Septuagesima Sunday 2026
The season of Septuagesima begins roughly 70 days before Easter. Through the Nativity season we witnessed the Son of God physically and literally come to Earth to save His children. Now, God will lift us up by His divine power. We have the privilege to reform our lives; we have the ability to become holy. It is a struggle we must all pass through to reach Heaven. Our God already won the prize which St. Paul refers to, yet we must still run the race on the road to Heaven. We are called to change this season. The lukewarm will become fervent, the fervent will become perfect, the perfect will begin to practice heroic virtue.
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Love for Our Enemy
3rd Sunday after Epiphany 2026
Those who refuse to forgive the offenses they have received will not be heard when they ask God to have mercy on them. Christ told us that we must love our neighbor as He has loved us. We should not allow ourselves to become bitter but should have pity for, and even empathize with, those people of the world who are so lost and confused. St. Paul tells us that we must feed our enemies, and if we are not able to do this materially, we must do so spiritually. Those who live a good Catholic life experience the joy and peace of a good conscience and have a desire to bring that lasting peace and joy to their neighbor in the world. Untold numberers of souls have been saved by Catholics who truly love their enemies.
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The Eternal Wedding Feast
2nd Sunday after Epiphany 2026
St. Agnes had many suitors who asked for her hand in marriage, but she desired to remain a perpetual virgin. The governor said that if she did not submit to marriage, they would forcefully take her virginity. But she replied that God would protect her, and so He did. Virginity is a virtue that is particularly pleasing to God.
This Gospel is a perfect example of the Virgin Mary fulfilling her role as Mediatrix of All Graces. Those who would deny her this role are enemies of God. The miracle of turning water into wine is a promise of the Mass which would be instituted, in which wine is turned into Christ’s Blood. The entire universe revolves around the Mass. Here on the altar we have Heaven renewed. Heaven will be the eternal Mass and the eternal wedding feast.
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The Antichrist World
The Holy Name Of Jesus 2026
This entire month of January is dedicated to the Holy Name of Jesus, and it is a beautiful practice to recite the Litany of the Holy Name after the Rosary during this Month. Although the Rosary is simple, it is meant to lead us to contemplative prayer.
While we live in an antichrist world filled with consumerism and paganism, we should kiss the crucifix and call on the Holy Name of our Savior. Unlike the Chosen People of old, we are given the privilege to call on the Holy Name of God whenever we wish. St. Thomas Moore teaches us the importance of following a true conscience in the face of persecution. He prayed that his persecutors would join him in Heaven one day, and echoed the words of Christ: “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.”
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Implementing Our Resolutions
Octave of the Nativity 2026
On this day the Church celebrates three feasts in one. Firstly, the Octave Day of the Nativity which concludes the eight days of Christmas celebration. Secondly, the Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary which was established to combat the attacks on her Divine Maternity. And lastly, the Circumcision of Our Lord, the moment in which Christ shed His first drops of Precious Blood for us and received the name of “Jesus” – “Savior.”
As we begin a new year, we must not give in to fear and anxiety about the future or discouragement for the mistakes of the past but make good use of the graces in the present. By creating and implementing a plan for the changes we wish to make this year, we can lay the foundation upon which our spiritual life may flourish.
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A Prayerful Man
Sunday within the Octave of Christmas 2025
It is believed that the angels sang the words “Gloria in Excelsis Deo,” and even sang the entire Gloria as we sing it today. From the most ancient times, this beautiful hymn of praise has been sung to God. We will never be able to understand how God could become one of His creatures. If you want to accomplish anything in life, it must be through prayer. St. Bonaventure taught us this lesson. Every Catholic should appreciate how necessary it is to pray. It is easy for us to love, and a heart of love is a heart of prayer.
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The Gentle King
Christmas Morning 2025
Holy Mother Church celebrates three unique Masses on this day to relive the birth of Our Lord Jesus Christ. The Mass at Midnight expresses the Son being begotten from all eternity from the Father. The Mass at Dawn emphasizes the temporal birth of our incarnate Lord. The Mass celebrated this morning calls to mind the spiritual birth of Christ in each of our individual souls. How blessed we are to have been given the True Faith in its entirety. The Gospel for this Mass is taken from the beginning of St. John’s Gospel. We read that the Word was in the beginning with God and that the Word is God. Today we tell Christ that we will live and die for Him. The greatest of all gifts we have received is the divine life we possess in our souls. If we refuse to give up this gift, then we have already won.
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Our First Look at the Face of God
Christmas Midnight Mass 2025
Surrounded by so many doubts and challenges, even those who believe in the great mystery of the Incarnation may be tempted to question if this is possible. But it is the truth. The Second Person of the Blessed Trinity, in a moment in time, took to Himself a human nature like ours. For the first time God had a heart and was capable of loving us with love both human and divine. He could now experience the emotions of sorrow and joy in a depth unimaginable. When we come to church, we must always remember that we are here first to give, not to receive. The profit we receive is only secondary and in proportion to our generosity. Our Lord remains in the tabernacle as our Companion and to rescue us from the devil and his human agents on Earth. Christmas is a foretaste of the final victory we will all enjoy at the end of time.
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