Quinquagesima Sunday 2021 In preparation for Ash Wednesday and Lent there is a review of the laws concerning fast and abstinence. Today is also the feast of St. Valentine and his impact in our own day. The Epistle for this Mass is taken from St. Paul and teaches us the importance of doing all our…
Sexagesima Sunday 2021 Saints this week are our friends like St. Apollonia. The Liturgy is our ordinary means of sanctification and reception of sacramentals is a practical aspect of this. St. Paul is the dominant character during this season of Septuagesima and tells in the Epistle of all he has sacrificed in fulfilling Our Lord’s…
First Friday – Feast Of St. Agatha 2021 With the beginning of the Easter Cycle through the season of Septuagesima it is a good time to review what the Sacred Liturgy is and how it leads our spiritual lives through the purgative, illuminative and unitive states. The Holy Mass is the highest form of prayer…
Feast Of The Purification 2021 This feast was already old in the fourth century. It celebrates Our Lady’s fulfilling the Law by going to the temple forty days after giving birth so she could be admitted once more ceremonially to worship. Her humility was extraordinary because she was not bound by the Law but she…
Septuagesima Sunday 2021 This week is the feast of St. Agatha whose veil is a precious relic that has protected the city of Catania from various cataclysms throughout history. The significance of wearing a veil is explained. Septuagesima season is a transition from the Christmas to the Easter cycle and an immediate preparation for Lent. …
3rd Sunday After Epiphany 2021 The showing of Our Lord’s divinity through the time after the Epiphany continues this Sunday with His cures of the leper and the centurion’s servant. Tomorrow is the feast of the conversion of St. Paul and because Christianity hinges on this event it is described in detail for us to…
2nd Sunday After Epiphany 2021 Today is also the feast of St. Anthony the Abbot who counselled that we should think every morning and night that this is our last day of life. In this way we will always be ready for our end. The Gospel is about the wedding feast at Cana which gives…
Feast Of The Holy Family 2021 The crèche is a composite of many events surrounding the Nativity and culminating with the adoration of the Magi which is celebrated on the feast of the Epiphany. The first Sunday after this feast is that of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph. The Gospel tells the…
Feast Of The Holy Name of Jesus 2021 The Gradual for this Mass informs us that invoking the Holy Name of Jesus will bring us to Heaven. The power, beauty and importance of the Name of God made Man has been taught through the centuries by holy people like St. Bernard and St. Bernadine. The…
Octave of Christmas 2021 As we face the unknown that awaits us during the coming year, we can take comfort in the divine promise that Our Lord will be with us always. In addition, Our Lady of Guadalupe tells us through Juan Diego that she is our Mother and cares for us. This octave day…
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