Conversion

February 17, 2019By Servants Of The Holy Family

Septuagesima Sunday 2019
Septuagesima Sunday starts the new Paschal cycle and serves as a time of examining our consciences in preparation for Lent. The Mass texts, especially the Introit, teach us about death being the consequence of original sin. The Epistle encourages us to be as generous as the pagans are in obtaining their perishable rewards whereas we strive for imperishable ones in heaven. The capital sins and their consequences are examined before the Gospel reminds us that the last shall be first and that many are called but few are chosen.
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How Often Do We Thank Him?

February 10, 2019By Servants Of The Holy Family

5th Sunday After Epiphany 2019
On this Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany St. Paul reminds us that charity is the bond of perfection. Our Lord gave us the example of forgiving sinners as an expression of our love. We can imitate that towards our neighbor, especially the ones who might annoy us. God will help us practice this and the other virtues. Sin is the only thing that belongs to us alone. We must beware of the fires of hell as a punishment for lack of love.
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Love Rules All

February 3, 2019By Servants Of The Holy Family

4th Sunday After Epiphany 2019

In the Epistle for the Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany St. Paul teaches that charity must be part of the fulfillment of all the commandments and not a license to commit sin. We must do our part and fight against evil. We need to ask for forgiveness, renounce our sins and cry to Our Lord with the apostles “Save us, Lord!”
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Our Presentation

February 2, 2019By Servants Of The Holy Family

Feast Of The Purification 2019

The feast of the Purification also celebrates Our Lord’s Presentation in the Temple. The Mosaic law required a mother to offer sacrifices before she could be allowed again to participate in worship. In addition, it stipulated that a first born son should be offered to God Who would then return him to the parents for raising him. The Blessed Mother and her Divine Son were exempt from these requirements because of Their sinlessness and holiness but They showed us the way of humility today. We must imitate Them in offering ourselves to God.
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Ordinary Means of Holiness

January 27, 2019By Servants Of The Holy Family

3^rd Sunday after Epiphany 2019
The Introit and some of the Mass propers for the Third Sunday after the Epiphany will be repeated on the next two Sundays. They renew the joy of the Incarnation and show forth the divinity of Our Lord. These are reminders of the essential quality of the liturgy in sanctifying our lives. The Gospel in particular manifests Christ’s divine power, first to the Jews in the person of the leper and then to the Gentiles in the person of the centurion’s servant. St. Paul’s epistle stresses charity as the hallmark of Christians.
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Follow Your Star

January 12, 2019By Servants Of The Holy Family

Feast Of The Epiphany 2019
The feast of the Epiphany is the manifestation of God made Man and seen in the Holy Infant by the Magi. The Magi were Gentile wise men who were familiar with Hebrew prophecies & recognized in a miraculous star the fulfillment of them in the coming of the Messiah. They had the generosity to follow the star to Bethlehem & be the first non-Jews to see and to adore Jesus Christ. Each of us is called to follow our own star of attraction which will lead us to Our Lord if we, also, are generous. It is never too late to follow your star.
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New Year

January 1, 2019By Servants Of The Holy Family

Octave of the Nativity 2019

The Octave of the Nativity is an ancient feast with roots in pagan times. The Christians felt the need to gather on the first day of the new year to do penance for the pagan revelry of the previous night. This popular penitential devotion moved the Church authorities to institute this feast and thereby add a renewal of Christmas job along with a commemoration of the Circumcision and an honoring of the Blessed Virgin Mary who was the key to these mysteries. We should promise to take our Christian life seriously this year. The carol about the twelve days of Christmas was a catechism lesson for the persecuted Catholics in the past and full of beautiful truths during our days of celebrating the Nativity.

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He Grew And Became Strong

December 30, 2018By Servants Of The Holy Family

Sunday Within The Christmas Octave 2018

The Sunday during the Octave of Christmas is a renewal of the feast of the Nativity. We should feel the comfort of our Faith and disregard the propaganda of the media which has a particular animosity toward Our Lord and His Blessed Mother. The Gospel points out the first sorrow of Our Lady as prophesied by Simeon and that the Christ Child grew in wisdom, age and strength before God and men.

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Feast of Hope

December 25, 2018By Servants Of The Holy Family

Christmas 2018 Midnight
Christmas brings joy to all the people of the world despite any attempts to thwart it. So along with the sorrows around us nothing prevents God dwelling among us. We hope in God that He will save us and exercise His Kingship in a society devoted to His Royal and Davidic line. The Mass texts re-enforce this through their own prayerful considerations.
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