Pentecost And The Holy Ghost

May 19, 2013By

Pentecost Sunday 2013
Father begins by explaining the beauty and meaning of the Pentecost vestments that were given to him on his anniversary of ordination. The sermon continues in describing that today begins the visible reign of the Holy Ghost Who is called the forgotten Person of Love. Pentecost and its octave close out the Paschal season and the connection between this feast and our redemption is a summary of this liturgical part of the year. We are in much need for the coming of the Third Person of the Blessed Trinity into our spiritual life as was the case for the Apostles. These loyal disciples of Our Lord were profoundly changed by the coming of the Paraclete and so are we.
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Our Lord’s Final Gift

May 12, 2013By

Sunday After The Ascension 2013
When St. Peter says that “charity covers a multitude of sins” he does not refer to the expressions of human affection, but rather the infused virtue which abides in our souls as the first consequence of a share in God’s life.  Charity is superior to all the other virtues because it gives us the ability to love God with the love He has for Himself and it unites us to God in His very essence.  Even the smallest acts are worthy of a great reward if they are performed with charity.

On Mothers’ Day we pray for all mothers, both living and dead, but we especially honor the Blessed Mother, who was given to us from the Cross.  She was the last gift that Christ gave His followers before the Redemption.  Devotion and veneration of Our Lady was practiced from the earliest days of the Church.  She was united with her Divine Son in His death.  Although she brought forth her Son without pain on Christmas, she participated so intimately in that act of Redemption which merited divine life for us, that it can truly be said that she brought us forth spiritually with great anguish.  It is impossible to find the Son without the Mother.
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The Hour Has Come

May 9, 2013By

Ascension Thursday 2013
We believe that the Second Person of the Blessed Trinity, by His own power, ascended into Heaven forty days after His resurrection from the dead.  It is because of this belief that we gather today.  The angels assure us that Christ will return from the East, just as He was seen going up.  On this day Our Lord led all those saints and patriarchs of the Old Testament, who waited for so long in captivity, into their glorious abode.  The Paschal Candle, which represents the physical presence of Christ, is extinguished after the Gospel and is now taken away.  Just as He prayed for His followers on the day He ascended, He also prays that the love of the Holy Trinity may remain always within our souls.
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True Happiness in Virtue

May 5, 2013By

5th Sunday after Easter 2013
When we ask that God will “give us this day our daily bread,” we pray for all mankind, but especially for our fellow Catholics, because God is the Father of those baptized members of the Mystical Body in a far more intimate way than all those who remain outside His Church.  We are closer to one another through our share in God’s life, than we are with our blood relations, and we have the obligation to love one another.  The Our Father is the loftiest prayer, being composed by Christ Himself, and it reminds us of the importance of receiving the Holy Eucharist often as well as making frequent spiritual communions when we cannot receive.

Faith is essential for our salvation, but Faith alone does not save, as St. James confirms.  We must possess all the virtues to be saved.  We must practice good works, especially mental prayer.  Perfect happiness is found in the practice of virtue.  Even Aristotle recognized this fact and recognized that it is impossible for man to reach this ideal without divine assistance.
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The Fifth Commandment and Self Defense

May 3, 2013By

First Friday Conference May 2013

Many prelates in the Church stand against a person’s right to bear arms and, by extension, to defend himself.  This comes from a fundamental misunderstanding of the natural law. The Ten Commandments, which express the natural law, encompass more than what is strictly stated. Within the fifth commandment we are not only forbidden to take a life unjustly, by the negative principle, but we are also instructed to do what is necessary to preserve our lives.  It is not sinful for an individual to possess the means of defending his life and limb, and the lives of those dependent on him, and he is commanded to do so if possible.
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Our Struggle for an Everlasting Crown

April 28, 2013By

4th Sunday after Easter 2013
The prayers composed by the Church express the intentions for which God wishes us to pray.  In today’s Collect we pray that our hearts may remain forever set on that place where true joys reside.  The angels and saints in Heaven, because of their complete conformity to God’s Will, never resist His desires.  We pray that mankind may submit itself to God in the same way on Earth.  We have the potential, when in the state of grace, to allow God to operate through us.  It is only because of the obstacles we place in God’s way that we do not see that operation in our lives.  Holy Scripture warns us about the heavy consequences of the rejection of Christ by the worldly.  Temptations are a normal struggle for all, but the struggle is nothing in comparison to the reward in store for those who remain faithful.
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Show Them the Light of Truth

April 21, 2013By

Third Sunday after Easter 2013
There is an entire lesson of the Catechism dedicated to one prayer – the Our Father.  We address God as “Our Father Who art in Heaven,” because we belong to Him and we share in His life through grace.

In this Mass we pray that all those in the darkness of unbelief may be given the light of truth.  Pope Innocent III, who died in the year 1216, said that the words of consecration in the Roman Canon were given by Christ Himself to the Apostles, and were handed down by them to their successors.  The Council of Florence teaches us that the formula of the Consecration preceded the appearance of all the Scriptural texts.  Yet the enemies of Christ have sought to tamper with these very words.

We should not hand our children over to the paganism and hedonism of the sports programs.  We are pilgrims in this life, and we must not allow ourselves to be distracted with worldly and godless obsessions.
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Good and Loyal Shepherd

April 14, 2013By

2nd Sunday after Easter 2013
The sacrament of Holy Orders was instituted by Jesus Christ so that His visible presence on Earth would be continued after His Ascension.  He desired that the graces that would bring us to Heaven would be poured out through His ordained ministers.  Through the priests He makes His Will known to the faithful and guides them on their journey.  The priest is called to live and act in imitation of Christ.  We should never stop thanking God for the truly good shepherds He has sent us.  Our good priests show us leadership in confusion, teach us the meaning of true charity, and we celebrate their perseverance in their holy vocations.
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Her Extraordinary Magnanimity

April 8, 2013By

Feast of the Annunciation 2013

Among the peoples living at the time of Our Lord’s coming, there was an anxious anticipation of great change for the world.  We are once again living in a time when the world anticipates a coming change.

This day commemorates the day on which the Virgin Mary became the Mother of God.  It was in the midst of prayer when the angel appeared to her.  When she is referred to as “full of grace” it implies that she was pleasing to God in the highest degree.  The angel did not command Our Lady but requested her consent to this greatest of all vocations.  It was only because of her esteem for the angelic virtue of purity that she asked how this could happen.  The Virgin Mary was truly heroic by choosing to sacrifice her life of secluded contemplation for a life fraught with sufferings.  She realized the dignity and responsibility of the path laid out for her, yet she had no hesitation because of her absolute trust in divine assistance.
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The Three Give Testimony

April 7, 2013By

Low Sunday 2013
This Sunday does not have the liturgical splendor of Easter, and it is in comparison to that feast that it is called Low Sunday.  We made promises on Easter to love Christ and to put away the things of the devil.  Although we do not know the true state of our souls, we should examine our spiritual life and ask ourselves if we have made any progress.  The Gospel account of today is a truly exquisite example of God’s mercy.  We are quick to judge the Apostles for their doubts, but how often do we struggle with doubts of our own?  The sacrament of Penance was instituted on the evening of Easter Sunday.  We see Christ in the Holy Eucharist, but we must still believe.  We are told that St. Mary Magdalen was one of the first to see the risen Lord because, despite her sins, she remained faithful at the foot of the Cross.  May we ever retain the effect of the Paschal mysteries in our lives.
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