Forgive Without Delay

November 2, 2025By

21st Sunday after Pentecost 2025
The servant in this Gospel owed more money than he could ever hope to repay.  We too are unable to pay our debts to Our Lord.  Through our own ability we cannot thank God and His Mother enough, nor can we make sufficient reparation for our sins.  We desire that God forgive us immediately, yet we hold a grudge against our neighbor.  We cannot forgive without God’s help.

The practice of mental prayer is essential for our salvation.  Vocal prayer and spiritual reading are great aids to the practice of mental prayer.  True prayer comes from both the mind and the heart.
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The Church’s Glorious Crown

November 1, 2025By

All Saints Day 2025
By instituting this Holy Day of Obligation, Pope Urban IV wished to supply for any deficiencies in the honor offered to the saints throughout the year.  Christ the King, Who has made all the saints, is celebrated immediately before the Church Triumphant.  This beautiful Mass is like entering the courts of Heaven.  The Epistle for this Mass is frightening, but those who strive to follow God throughout their lives have nothing to fear.  The eight beatitudes are the qualities of those who truly love Our Lord.  We have them inscribed on the walls of the chapel along with many statues of the saints to inspire and encourage us.  On this day, we participate in the Communion of Saints by praying to our friends in Heaven.  Our struggles in this life only last a moment, and they will be replaced by the rewards of a joyful eternity.
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Am I Of The Truth?

October 26, 2025By

Feast of Christ the King 2025
The words of today’s Epistle are solemn and frightening. Our Lord expects to be believed, followed, and obeyed and those who refuse to do so, whether they be in the Church or civil society, will be punished severely. Life is not about pleasures and possessions; it is about Heaven and its obtainment.

In our shrine, we have a relic of the True Cross and of the nail which pierced Our Lord’s flesh. It is especially fitting on this day to venerate these sacred items.

It was 100 years ago when this feast was established to combat secularism and to spread Christ’s dominion throughout the world. Our Lord told us that all power in Heaven and on Earth has been given to Him, and that we are commanded to preach His Gospel to every creature. We must not be like those cowardly Catholics who cooperate with the enemies of Christ, but we must fight against and condemn all those who oppose the reign of our King.
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The Trinity’s Warning

October 19, 2025By

19th Sunday after Pentecost 2025

We should prepare ourselves spiritually to face Christ our King.  “Putting on the new man” refers to the state of Sanctifying Grace. If we live habitually in the state of grace, this is likely how we will die. In the Gospel for today, we see those who should be Our Lord’s closest friends stand in opposition to Him. We are all invited to the marriage feast, but through our free will we have the ability to reject that invitation. The refusal to wear the wedding garment is the rejection of Sanctifying Grace. We should ask ourselves how we may practice what we believe after we leave the chapel. Let us pray that God keeps us safe and ever faithful.
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Help for Our Neighbor

October 12, 2025By

18th Sunday after Pentecost 2025
During the reign of Pope St. Callistus I, the Church suffered her first schism led by the antipope Hippolytus.  However, years later, when Hippolytus was imprisoned with the true Pope St. Pontian, successor to St. Callistus I, he renounced his sin and was reconciled with the Church.  Hippolytus died a martyr beside the true pope and was canonized a saint.

There is a clear parallel to be drawn between the cure we see take place in today’s Gospel and that of the cripple at the pool of Bethsaida.  The friends of the paralytic would stop at nothing to help their companion while the man by the pool remained without assistance for 38 years.  This shows us how important we are to our neighbor and how we must rely on one another to reach our final reward.
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Thou Art Just, O Lord

October 5, 2025By

Sermon From
17th Sunday After Pentecost 2025
The people of the world do not care for our eternal welfare.  If only one of us hears the message of Our Lord and takes it to heart, he will lift up everyone with him.  At this Mass we ask that God protect us from the defilements of the devil.  When we fall into sin the two consequences are guilt and punishment.  We are freed from guilt through the sacrament of Penance.  The debt of punishment may be removed through good works such as prayer, alms, fasting, as well as the indulgences granted by the Church.  We ask God to help us despise the things of this Earth, so we may rejoice in His heavenly gifts.  We must pray for the enemies of Christ especially during the month dedicated to the Holy Rosary.
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The Doctrine of Indulgences

September 30, 2025By

Conference – September 2025

When we commit a sin, we accrue the debt of guilt as well as the debt of punishment.  The guilt may be removed through the sacrament of Penance or perfect contrition.  For those sins forgiven but not yet satisfied, God’s justice demands that the debt of punishment must be removed through the sufferings of Purgatory after death.  However, we may also remove this temporal punishment through the sacraments as well as the application of indulgences.  Indulgences are not an invention of the Church, but rather the application of the Power of the Keys.  An indulgence is the extra-sacramental removal of temporal punishment for sins already forgiven.  They are based on the economy of salvation, which includes the infinite merits of Our Lord’s sacrifice on the Cross, the superabundant merits of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and the merits of the saints.  Plenary indulgences remit the entire debt of punishment, while partial indulgences remit only part of the temporal punishment due to sin.  The origin of the practice of indulgences demonstrates how close we are to one another and how we may assist our neighbor through our meritorious works.  How beautiful it is that we may bear each other’s burdens in this way.
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We Will Serve!

September 29, 2025By

Feast of Saint Michael 2025
This feast was originally celebrated in honor of St. Michael and all the angels.  We do not know the details of the test given to the angels, but we know that St. Michael stood as “First Champion of the Kingdom of Christ” in opposition to Lucifer’s rebellion.  Today we remember the dedication of a place of worship.  How fitting this is for the Archangel who chose to serve God at His altar.  During the Requiem Mass, we call upon St. Michael to carry our souls to Heaven after death.  In the Epistle of this Mass, we are given a glimpse of Heaven and the future.  We are told that the angels serve as God’s messengers, but more importantly, they remain before Him, praising Him for all eternity.  In the final days, St Michael will wage a battle against the Antichrist.  The Prince of the Heavenly Hosts will cast the Dragon into Hell in the end.
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Sursum Corda

September 28, 2025By

16th Sunday After Pentecost 2025

The autobiography of St. Thérèse is one of the most enjoyable books to read in our modern times.  Innumerable miracles have been granted to the faithful through her intercession.

In today’s Gospel, Our Lord tells us to sit in the lowest place at the table, not to win the honor of all present, but due to an honest estimation of what we deserve.  Those who live in humility here on Earth will one day obtain Heaven, the higher place at the table.  Although God and all the saints in Heaven want us to be saved, some will be lost because they lack the great desire necessary.  Heaven must be the one thing in life we desire.  Everything else is incidental.  This Sunday is all about our holiness of life, and if we make up our minds, we could begin to live a holy life starting now.  At every Mass we are called to lift up our hearts to Heaven, now is the hour for us to do so.
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Mother of the Forsaken

September 15, 2025By

Seven Sorrows Of The Blessed Virgin Mary 2025
We should be familiar with all seven of the great sorrows of the Virgin Mary’s life.  In the devotion to the Sorrowful Mother, we see Our Lady in all her bravery and strength, yet still possessing the tender love of a mother.  She is Mother of Priests because, although she was not a priest herself, she teaches and guides all priests.  Our Lady is repelled by the empty sentimentality of those who favor the appearances of holiness over true sanctity.  From her Immaculate Conception, the Blessed Mother was filled with all grace and virtue.  She was so united with Christ in His sufferings that it was only by a miracle that her life was sustained through her Divine Son’s Passion.  She was capable of feeling pain far more profoundly because she loved more deeply than anyone else is capable.  Every time we pray the Hail Mary, we are asking the Blessed Mother to apply the merits of Our Lord’s Passion to us, so we may have final perseverance at the end of our lives.
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