17th Sunday after Pentecost 2024 The idea that there are many paths or many religions which all lead to the true God is a lie, no matter who says it. The commandment to love our neighbor as ourselves demands that every true Catholic not only forgive his enemies but actually love them.
The devotion to the Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Mother goes back to the earliest years of the Church. The swords in the Immaculate Heart represent the great pains Our Lady suffered during the life of her Son. To make up for these sorrows we must do penance and amend our lives. #20240915K
Exaltation of the Holy Cross 2024 Emperor Constantine saw a vision of the Holy Cross in the sky which led to his victory. Years later, St. Helena led an expedition to the Holy Land and miraculously found the true Cross of Our Lord. Hundreds of years after that, Emperor Heraclius defeated the Persians and rescued the Cross which had been stolen. This feast was prepared by Our Lord through the many miracles He has performed. The Cross is the sign of victory over our enemies and gives us the knowledge of God’s love for us, which is, in the end, the only knowledge necessary. When God’s love is revealed to us, we must respond by offering all our love in return. The love we are given through the Cross raises us to such heights that we are able to love God with a share in His own sacrificial love. #20240914S
16th Sunday after Pentecost 2024 Carmelite Perpetual Profession – The perpetual vows are received by the prioress of the convent, but the veil comes from the hands of the priest or bishop. In taking the black veil the novice shows herself to be a true bride of Christ, so it is fitting that it be given by him who is acting in Persona Christi. In the early days the veil sheltered the face of a married woman from the gaze of the world, her beauty and innocence being reserved for her spouse alone. So too with the perpetual vows of a nun. She is the spouse of Christ and she will accept no other lover. The nun is called to be generous and giving especially in the service of Christ’s representatives – the priests. The Carmelites in particular share in a special way in the interior life of the priest. This life is the means of sanctification and union with God. It requires great love and confidence in the unfailing assistance of Our Lord. #20240908
1st Friday Conference September 2024 St. Tarcisius lived during the days of great persecution. He was ordained an acolyte or deacon as a young man, and was commissioned to care for the Christian prisoners. While bringing Viaticum to these captives, St. Tarcisius was accosted by a group of pagans. He gave his life rather than expose the Holy Eucharist to desecration.
Devotion to the Holy Infant of Prague is loved and honored by Our Lord Himself. Our Lord is not a child now, but this is the humble state in which He first appeared in the world. The statue depicts the Holy Infant as both God and Man, as well as King of all creation. His welcoming gentleness seems to radiate out from the Infant Jesus of Prague. He makes Himself a guide to all those who have lost their way.
Much is said about the accomplishments of St. Pius X, but not enough about his interior life. His prayer had reached the heights of contemplation and was directed by the Holy Ghost. He radiated goodness and wanted to comfort everybody, yet fought unwaveringly against the enemies of his spiritual children. #20240906
15th Sunday after Pentecost 2024 This Mass teaches us about Everlasting Life, while the Divine Office offers us the example of Job, who praised God in both prosperity and adversity. In the Psalms we ask that we are protected, but that we do not forget our enemy. In the Gospel we see a representation of the Church weeping over her children, dead through mortal sin, in the widow of Naim. All temptations are tests, and it is what we do with those tests which makes the difference. We should test ourselves by comparing how closely we follow the commandments of God versus the dictates of the world. This test will tell us if we are on the path towards the gates of Hell, or if we have been stopped by Our Lord on our road to death to be restored in His life. #20240901M
14th Sunday after Pentecost 2024 Those souls who are advanced in the spiritual life begin to experience the sweetness and joy of virtue in the Fruits of the Holy Ghost. It is difficult to live a life of virtue when one first begins his journey, but it becomes easier the more one progresses. The Gospel for this Mass is meant to reassure the faithful that, in His divine providence, God will provide all we need for the future. Our anxiety is dispelled when we remember that even the difficulties and trials of our life come from the hand of God for the sake of sanctifying our souls. #20240825B
13th Sunday after Pentecost 2024 The undying devotion of even a brute animal towards its master puts us to shame. How much should we love our Savior and how unwilling should we be to leave His side? Today we are reminded of our need for God’s help. The disease of sin that we carry is far worse than that of the lepers in the Gospel. Their disease did not make them enemies of God as ours does. We act as if there is nothing wrong with us, despite our sins. We must never forget what we owe to God, so that we will not remain ungrateful in the face of God’s generosity in our lives. #20240818S
Assumption Evening 2024 The Assumption is not an event recorded in Scripture, but we must remember faith does not come through reading but through hearing. The Apostles learned everything by listening to the teachings of Our Lord. Our bodies are destined to be with our souls in Heaven, not to remain in the world. How could a person expect to be admitted into Heaven if he denies that Our Lord’s own Mother is there? We must make up for that neglect shown to the Blessed Mother by our own fervor on this day. We must continue the fight for the Virgin Mary’s honor and our salvation. #20240815K
Feast Of The Assumption 2024 This is the greatest of the feast days in honor of the Blessed Mother. This dogma, which has been passed down to us from the Apostles, is so critical that we cannot be saved without belief in it. All the aspects of the Assumption call to mind the prerogatives of the Mother of God. She is above all women, untouched by sin and death. This Mass begins with the words of St. John, recalling his vision of the woman of the Apocalypse, and continues with the story of Judith, a type of the Blessed Mother. We are her seed, and we follow the great Queen of Heaven in the battle with the seed of the devil. Her body was the tabernacle of the Son of God and was so sanctified that it deserved its glorification. #20240815M
12th Sunday after Pentecost 2024 This Epistle shows how God has accommodated Himself to mankind. Saint Paul reminds us to practice the Spirit of the Law. Although there were holy men who followed the Old Law, it had no grace in itself. However, it constantly promised the coming of the New Law, the coming of Jesus Christ. Today’s gospel reminds us that we must never stop loving. We must love God, our neighbor, and our enemies, and follow the example of Our Lord and the saints in doing so. #20240811K
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