Spouse of the Holy Spirit

May 24, 2026By

Pentecost Sunday 2026
The Church always spiritualizes secular culture, and we should do the same with Memorial Day.  Let us pray for all those who lived as examples of natural fortitude and who have sacrificed their lives for the protection and freedom of their fellow man.

This is one of the three great feast days of the liturgical year.  We know that after the Ascension, when the disciples had lost their Lord, they found their consolation in prayer with the Virgin Mary, Spouse of the Holy Ghost.  The face of the Earth is renewed through the Mother of God.  The Holy Spirit came today in wind and fire to announce a new covenant between God and His people.  That covenant of love and obedience cannot be found in the world.  Even God Himself lovingly obeys the priest when he utters the words of Consecration.  We need the courage given to the Apostles on this day when the words of the Prophet Joel were fulfilled.  We should cry out and beg God that we too might be changed.
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Today Is Our Victory

May 14, 2026By

Ascension Thursday Evening 2026
The Gospel account speaks of Our Lord being “taken up to Heaven,” which means He was “assumed,” yet we are told by the Gradual and Alleluia that He “ascended” into Heaven.  Both these words can be applied, because this was an act of all three Persons of the Trinity.  Our Lord ascended by His own divine power, but He was also brought home by the power of the Father and the Holy Ghost.  Just as the Apostles gathered in prayer with the Blessed Mother after the departure of Christ, we are together with her now.  Angels from Heaven revealed the dogma to us, and to deny this dogma of the Ascension maliciously prevents one from entering Heaven.  Although this is a glorious mystery of the Rosary, we cannot help but feel sad at the physical departure of Our Lord.  We may be sorrowful because He left, but we are joyful because of His promised return.  Today Our Lord prepared a place for us in our heavenly home.
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Help Us Reach Our Home

May 14, 2026By

Ascension Thursday Morning 2026
This day marks the completion of Our Lord’s work on Earth 2,000 years ago.  The Ascension is the departure of Christ from His Apostles to His place at the right hand of the Father, and it completes the Paschal Mystery.  Our Lord’s Passion and death is renewed at every Mass, and on a feast day such as this, we receive the graces given to the Apostles and disciples.  In reading the Holy Scriptures we read about the persecution of Our Lord’s followers.  Just as they did, we rejoice when we must endure persecution.  Before He departed, Christ rebuked the Apostles for being slow to believe and hard of heart.  Are we better than they?  We always feel a sense of melancholy when the Paschal Candle is extinguished.  The symbol of Our Lord’s physical presence is now gone, but we are destined to be reunited with Him in Heaven.  Those who remain faithful are rewarded on this day.
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We Are Called to Serve

May 10, 2026By

5th Sunday After Easter 2026
We are told by St. Bede that the Resurrection of Our Lord is called “Easter” because the name was derived from the Old English “Eostre,” which was the name of a pagan goddess believed to rise from the East.  The adoption of this name was not for the purpose of giving honor to a false deity, but to change false worship into honor given to the one true God.  This is a far cry from the participation in false worship we witness from the hierarchy today.

We must take a real, honest interest in our vocations, which are so important for our salvation, and pray sincerely that God will guide our decisions.  There should be no question in our mind that God is calling each of us to serve Him.  If we are dedicated to sin, our prayers will not be heard, but if we are sincerely dedicated to God, we can be assured that they are answered.  The less we communicate with the world, the more we will hear God.
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He Has Waited an Eternity

May 3, 2026By

4th Sunday after Easter 2026 – First Communion Sunday
This month begins with the feast of St. Joseph the Worker, who was chosen to lift our times out of the communistic view of labor and to give all workers a Catholic model to follow.  The Catholic view is contrary to that of communism as well as unbridled capitalism.  We must hold to Catholic principles and refuse to be swayed by the propaganda of these secular movements.  Man’s value is not simply calculated by the amount of money he earns or the work of which he is capable, but because of the dignity of his God-given nature.

Our Lord promised that He would not leave us orphans but would come to us in the Holy Eucharist.  The first communicants have worked hard in preparation for this moment.  They have received the sacrament of Penance to unburden themselves of all sin so they might soar to Heaven in the reception of Holy Communion.  Now Our Lord will enter their souls, not merely through grace, but in His Real Presence.
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He Will Rescue The Sheep

April 19, 2026By

Good Shepherd Sunday 2026
Our Lord chose the title of “Good Shepherd” because it represents the solicitous care of God for His creation.  A good shepherd of the faithful protects them from enemies, guides them, and sanctifies them through the Mass and the sacraments.  The power to teach has been given directly by God to His ministers.  These powers are not only meant for the help of the members of the Church, but to help those outside the true Faith to find their way into the fold.  St. John’s Gospel explains the parable of the sheepfold in detail, while the Prophet Ezekiel gives a dire warning to evil shepherds.  The words are apropos for our time.  We are here to encourage and call back those who have been led astray by bad shepherds.  In our spiritual battle, we encourage the youth to answer God’s call to join this fight. The calling to a vocation is the greatest of gifts and should not be squandered.
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The Allotted Portion for a Priest

April 14, 2026By

Feast of St Justin 2026
Bishop Ward’s greeting on his 53rd Priestly Anniversary
“The Lord is my allotted portion and my cup. He it is Who will restore my inheritance to me.”  It is true that Our Lord takes care of those who trust in Him.  The priesthood does not give joy as the world gives it.  It gives that inner awareness that all is right; that you belong to Someone and He possesses you.  It is the deep realization of the tranquility of order.  A priest is happy in the possession of the good.  It is the beginning of the happiness of Heaven.  The greatest works we can do on Earth only last for a time, but the work of the priest lasts for all time.
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The Biblical Easter Celebration

April 12, 2026By

Low Sunday 2026
This week we are given the splendid examples of the saintly lives we should imitate in St. Hermenegild, Bl. Margaret of Castello, St. Justin Martyr, St. Benedict Joseph Labre, St. Magnus of Orkney, and St. Anicetus.  We should familiarize ourselves with the details of their lives.

The Apostles were so overjoyed to see Christ risen that they began to wonder if their own excitement was causing them to imagine His presence.  Our Lord asked for food, that He might prove His bodily resurrection.  For St. Mary Magdalen, it was enough to hear her Lord’s voice, but St. Thomas had to put His hand into Our Lord’s side in order to believe.

We reject the so-called “New Synodal Church,” along with its false Divine Mercy devotion.  The Divine Mercy image has no Sacred Heart and no wounds, and it was condemned by the pre-conciliar Church.  We Catholics celebrate the biblical account of what Christ did on this day.
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The Providence of the Resurrection

April 5, 2026By

Easter Sunday Evening 2026
Bishop Ward’s Easter greeting following Benediction
Despite what many Modernists might say, it is a dogma of the Faith that Our Lord rose bodily from the dead. We are greatly blessed to have such a prayerful chapel and beautiful vestments with which to honor Our Lord. We die because of the consequences of sin. In conquering death our Redeemer conquered sin and all those who cause it in the world. Divine Providence is God’s plan for our lives, and that plan includes all the trials and all the blessings. The enemies of Christ can do nothing to hurt us. We enjoy great peace in knowing that Christ has overcome death and sin. If we give ourselves to Him and trust in His grace, we can rest assured that all will end well for us.

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Walk In The Newness Of Life

April 5, 2026By

Easter Sunday Morning 2026
The entire liturgical year prepares us for this greatest of all feasts when the Church celebrates the triumph of its beloved Redeemer.  It is fitting that this day falls during the Spring, when all creation appears to be coming forth with new life.  It is because of Easter that Christians recognize the Lord’s Day as Sunday.  We place our joy in a work which is greater than that of creation itself, and we rest on Sunday to commemorate it.  All the faithful recognize the dogma of Christ’s bodily resurrection as the foundation of our Faith.  As St. Paul tells us, “If Christ be not risen again, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain.”  The Apostles gave testimony to this fact by shedding their blood in defense of it.  Now that we have been buried with Christ and have risen in His new life, we must persevere in the practice of virtue and vigorously combat the temptation to return to the slavery of sin.  Like our risen Lord, may we die no more and forever walk in the newness of life.
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