Purpose Of Miracles

February 3, 2017By

Feast Of St. Blaise 2017 – First Friday

Who needs miracles?  Today’s sermon explains that God could have accomplished all things directly but He knows that due to our fallen human nature, we need miracles to help us believe.  So, He sometimes uses secondary causes like the saints in their incorruptible forms, or sacramentals like the blessing of throats with candles today, or even the forces of Nature to prove His Divinity and the Truth of His words.  But the point is it is God who is working – sometimes behind the scenes and sometimes in person, like at the Marriage Feast of Cana or the healing of the Leper, to get His point across.  So, in answer to the question of who needs miracles, the answer is us, His people.

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Light Of Revelation

February 2, 2017By

Feast Of The Purification Of The Blessed Virgin Mary 2017

The historical outline of today’s liturgy is explained, followed by a review of Mosaic law concerning the Presentation and Purification and how these applied to Our Lord and Blessed Mother.  We then learn of Simeon’s role and his special revelation from the Holy Ghost.  Also explained is the significance of Candlemas Day and the procession, including the definition of sacramentals and what they do for us.

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Help Us, We Are Perishing!

January 29, 2017By

4th Sunday after Epiphany 2017

We must settle all disputes we have with our neighbor before we come to the Eucharistic table and to love and care for the souls of our neighbors, whether or not we like them personally.  St. Frances de Sales who had a bad vice, that of an extreme temper, re-channeled the energy from that vice towards the teaching of the faith to thousands.  He wrote the Introduction to the Devout Life and is known today as one of the greatest, if not the greatest, Teachers of the Faith.  St. Martina underwent unbelievable torture because she would not renounce her Faith and pay tribute to false gods as demanded by the Emperor.  How many of the saints have shown us similar acts of heroic virtue and steadfast Faith in the history of the Church and what do we give in return?  It is a question we must ask ourselves if we are to be true followers of Christ.  We are then taught of the importance of Faith through today’s Gospel reading where the disciples are caught in a storm with heavy waves which tossed their boat to and fro, threatening to sink it.  The disciples desperately awoke Jesus from His nap begging Him to save them.  He in turn rebuked them for their lack of Faith since He was aboard the boat and would not let harm come to them.  

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Pray And Believe

January 22, 2017By

3rd Sunday After Epiphany 2016

The time after the Epiphany continues to show us the revelation of God becoming Man. This is proven in the Gospel by a miracle to the Jews in the leper and to the Gentiles in the centurion’s servant.  We are also called during this time to join with the angels in adoring the Incarnate God.  Prayer is essential for salvation and faith.

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Epiphany Conference

January 17, 2017By
The Nativity is feast of Light.  The three-fold manifestation of this is seen in the Magi on the Epiphany, the theophany at Our Lord’s Baptism and the miracle at the wedding feast of Cana.  Baptism is the official consecration of Christ as priest (although priest from Annunciation).  Cana teaches about transubstantiation and the role of the Blessed Mother and prayer.  Christ identifies Himself as our spouse and we are united in Holy Communion.

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Rule Of Faith

January 15, 2017By

2nd Sunday After Epiphany 2017

St. Paul instructs us in today’s epistle to do all by the Rule of Faith which is the guide that Tradition has over the written word of God.  Faith is paramount in life and essential to enter heaven.  The entire Liturgy was given by Our Lord and the miracle of changing water into wine pre-figured transubstantiation.

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Contemplative Feast

January 8, 2017By

Feast Of The Holy Family 2017

After a brief remark about the great reformer pope, St. Gregory VII, we learn what St. Paul means in his epistle to do all in the name of Jesus.  The story of the Magi and the epiphany is explained.  Finally, our patronal feastday of the Holy Family is spoken about, especially in light of the 40th anniversary of the founding of our religious community on this day.

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Live In The Present

January 1, 2017By

Octave Of Christmas 2017

The Octave Day Of Christmas is a re-celebration of the Nativity.  It also commemorates the Circumcision of Our Lord as well as the Solemnity of The Blessed Virgin Mary.  The Church has long celebrated major feasts for more than just one day through what are called octaves or 8-day periods, week-long celebrations which include the day of the Feast itself.  Today is the 8th day of the Octave of the Nativity and it gives us the opportunity to once again rejoice in this tremendous Feast Of Christmas.  As well, it celebrates the Circumcision of Our Lord which is a “type” for our Christian Baptism, as it was for the Jews a sign of the individual’s acceptance into the “chosen people” or the Jewish religion of the Old Testament.  Inasmuch as the circumcision of Jesus was carried out on the lap of the Mother of God, it also reflects the solemnity of Mary in Her singular role as Co-Redemptrix of the human race.

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God Became A Man

December 25, 2016By

Christmas Midnight Mass 2016

St. Joseph’s care for Blessed Mother and The Holy Infant is explained.  We also learn of the significance of the swaddling clothes and that the Savior wrapped in them was how the shepherds recognized Him.  Finally, the beautiful and consoling doctrine of the Incarnation is clearly stated for us to appreciate.

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Do Not Put Off Your Salvation

December 18, 2016By

4th Sunday of Advent 2016

The upcoming Feast of the Nativity celebrates not only Christ’s birth on earth but His Second Coming at the end of time.  As the Gospel says: the Word came to St. John as the Voice of One Crying in the desert, make straight the paths of the Lord… for all mankind shall see the Salvation of God.”  The Ember Days this past week gave us the opportunity to do penance in preparation for this great feast of the Nativity.  It is important for us to realize that sorrow in itself, though necessary and good, is not enough.  Our Lord gave to the disciples the power to not only forgive sins but to retain them in the Sacrament of Penance.  This is why the firm purpose of amendment attached to the Act of Contrition is so necessary.  For we must not only show sorrow for our sins and confess them to the priest, acting as Christ in the confessional, but we must resolve to live out our lives by doing good works and making reparation for our sins.  It is also important for us to realize that Our Lord is the Supreme Judge who will judge definitively at the end of time.  Withholding personal judgments in this life is our only safe course.

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