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Zeal

March 15, 2017By dphadmin

Wednesday in the 2nd Week in Lent (Brother Garrett’s clothing)

On the occasion of a novice’s clothing in the religious habit, we learn about zeal in the hearts of those consecrating themselves to God. Postulancy has been a test and now the novitiate is the time to learn more about the spiritual life. Distrust of self and confidence in God will aid us along this path. The religious habit teaches death to the world, purity, obedience, prayer and service.

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Pray With All Of Your Heart

March 12, 2017By Servants Of The Holy Family

Second Sunday in Lent 2017

The Transfiguration of Our Lord showed Him in all His Glory and it was an event that at first frightened the apostles, then reassured them in the Faith. The Voice from Heaven, “This is My Beloved Son, hear ye Him,” shook the apostles to their very core. We must realize that we ourselves will be transfigured and that our bodies will be glorified if we persevere in the Faith and have the humility necessary to enter Our Lord’s Kingdom after our physical death on this earth. Peter, James and John were selected to give us a glimpse of what awaits us if we are faithful and have the humility to accept whatever Judgment is conferred on us when we ourselves meet Our Lord in His Glory.

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Affixed To The Cross

March 5, 2017By Servants Of The Holy Family

First Sunday in Lent 2017

After a brief instruction about liturgical and sacred art this sermon tells about the importance of the sacramental of ashes. Stations of the Cross is a Lenten practice beloved by the faithful because our Blessed Mother began the devotion. Catholics must imitate the way of the Cross so they may be joined to Our Lord on it. Finally, the temptations of Christ are explained.

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Almsgiving

March 3, 2017By Servants Of The Holy Family

Friday After Ash Wednesday 2017 (First Friday)

The stational churches in Lent are important and the term has its origin in the Roman legion. Today’s stational church has been matched with the texts of this Mass to teach us the importance of one of the three main Lenten penances: almsgiving. This practice is ancient but misunderstood as to its nature, its proper motivation and correct manner of exercise.

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Lent Comes From The Heart of God

March 1, 2017By Servants Of The Holy Family

Ash Wednesday Evening 2017

Our sins have caused the death of God on the cross and from the Sacred Heart comes the means of repairing this. Ash Wednesday is the call to conversion and the ashes we receive remind us of our own death and that this may be our last opportunity to change. Pope Pius X said Ignorance is the greatest of our time for Catholics so study of the Faith during Lent is an important penance.

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The Meanings of Penance

March 1, 2017By Servants Of The Holy Family

Ash Wednesday 2017

Ash Wednesday begins the forty days of Lenten practice. Penance is the virtue which motivates the faithful to receive the same named sacrament and do the works of that virtue, namely prayer, fasting & almsgiving. The sacramental of the ashes gives the strength to do this. Also in this sermon, we are given suggested ways of practicing Lenten penances.

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Turn Your Heart From This World

February 26, 2017By Servants Of The Holy Family

Quinquagesima Sunday 2017

The Mass for this Sunday focuses on the need for the three theological virtues: Faith, Hope and Charity, with the caution from St. Paul in his Epistle that Faith without Charity accomplishes nothing. In the Lenten Season which begins in earnest on Ash Wednesday, Holy Mother the Church provides us with multiple opportunities to practice these virtues. At the same time, we are reminded that our time on earth, no matter our age, is very limited as compared to that of eternity. The words, “Remember Man that dust thou art and to dust thou shalt return” should cause us to make good use of the time we have left.

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I Must Admit I Am A Sinner

February 19, 2017By Servants Of The Holy Family

Sexagesima Sunday 2017

60 days before Easter and counting. This is a time of conversion – conversion from what? From a sinful lifestyle engendered by our fallen nature as a result of Original Sin and our pride, stoked by the evil, which leads us to commit actual sins. The antidote is a full examination of conscience, confession, and a commitment to place our seeds in the fruitful earth spoken of in today’s gospel. Let us not be among those sowers who heard the Word of God and summarily went their way to perdition.

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Season For The Humble

February 12, 2017By Servants Of The Holy Family

Septuagesima Sunday 2017

Septuagesima Sunday gives us notice that we are in the season of 70 days before Easter. In this a time of preparation for the Lenten season, we need to cultivate the virtue of humility which wars against the vice of pride. Humility, although absolutely necessary for us to attain heaven, is one of the most difficult virtues to achieve because of the times in which we live. All the inducements of the world tell us we have nothing for which to be sorry. Yet we know that a humble person stands before God in a far more desirable manner than a proud one. In fact, it has been said that a proud man will never get to Heaven. So, we have this seventy-day period to practice the virtue of humility not by “beating at the air” but by subjecting our bodies to a vigorous regime of prayer and sacrifice, leading to the prize we all desire – our eternal salvation.

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Candles For Purification & St. Blaise

February 5, 2017By Servants Of The Holy Family

5th Sunday After Epiphany 2017

The powerful blessing given on the feastday of St. Blaise is not only for throats but for any other health problem and even for spiritual maladies. We also take home with us a blessed candle on Candlemas Day. The candle is revered as a symbol of Christ Himself who is united with us through this most powerful sacramental. We are encouraged to light a candle when we pray because by so doing we unite our prayer with Christ Himself, whose Body and Soul are symbolized by the candle we hold in our hands or display in our home. The liturgical candle, made almost completely of the wax from virginal bees, is so important that not to have them lit during the Sacrifice of the Mass is a grievous sin.

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