Virtue of Virtues

3rd Sunday after Easter After explaining why St. George became a popular saint and reading the Epistle and Gospel, Father briefly explains the “little while” of today’s Gospel and then gives a close reading of the Epistle in which St. Peter instructs us on the moral life.   The key is the practice of obedience…

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I, Myself, Will Tend My Sheep

2nd Sunday After Easter – Good Shepherd Sunday Today’s sermon delves into why there is One we call the Good Shepherd who is willing to die for His sheep and also why there are hirelings who abandon the flock in need.  The Introit of today’s Mass clearly invokes Mercy under the Banner of the Good…

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Infinite Power, Infinite Gentleness

Feast Of The Annunciation This sermon focuses on Mary’s acceptance of God’s Will that She be the Mother of God and the great degree of Humility that She demonstrated in accepting the words of the Angel Gabriel and, most importantly, what this means for us and all humanity.  Nothing would have happened had She not consented…

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Pax Vobis

Low Sunday 2016 “Peace be with you” were the words Our Lord used to address the Apostles on Easter night so they would know that He harbored no ill will towards them for their failure to be with Him at Calvary.  These are the same sentiments for all of us sinners to remember so we…

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The Paschal Flame Will Never Fail

Easter Sunday Morning Mass 2016 Lumen Christi, intoned by the Celebrant three times with increased vigor as he approached the Altar during the Easter Vigil, is a reminder to us that the Light of Christ will remain with us even in the darkest hour – that period of time between Christ’s Death and His Resurrection. …

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Meditation On The Resurrection

Easter Vigil 2016 What does it mean for us to say: Christ rose from the dead?  It means that He finally and once and for all overcame Death and gave us a hope for our own resurrection if we stay true to His words.  This awesome act of the Son of God, the Second Person…
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Take Up Your Cross Daily

Good Friday 2016 This sermon is about why we call Good Friday, Good?   When we see how Our Lord was treated - how he was scourged, beaten, crowned with thorns, and cursed we find ourselves asking: “how can this be Good”?  It is for us a bittersweet moment because we know that unless Our Lord…
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My Little White Guest

Holy Thursday 2016 This sermon is all about Agape which is that selfless, sacrificial, unconditional Love, which Jesus has first for His Father and then for us.  It is the Love that He demonstrated on Holy Thursday when He told his disciples, "I will not leave you orphans" and gave them and us through them,…
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Heaven Is The Mass

Palm Sunday 2016 God is perfect and so is His creation, Incarnation and Redemption.  There are in a sense two Masses today.  The first is the Mass of Palms and this liturgy has certain elements of the Mass.  The second Mass is that of the Passion and reflects our Lord's Eternal Passion and heaven.   #20160320S
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