We Will Overcome Our Enemies

November 4, 2012By

23rd Sunday after Pentecost 2012

We should be galled by those who call into question the perpetual virginity of the Blessed Mother.  Only a diabolical mind could invent this attack.  The devotion of the five first Saturdays makes up for the assaults on the dogmas of the Immaculate Conception, the perpetual virginity, and the divine maternity.  When we cast our vote for elected officials, we must ensure it is not stained with the blood of any innocent life.  The so-called “pro-life” leaders have been responsible for the murder of more children than their opponents.  The woman in this Gospel account merely touched the tassel of Our Lord’s garment and she was healed.  We too come in contact with Christ and are cured through the sacramentals and indulgences of the Church.
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Our Glimpse of Heaven

November 1, 2012By

Sermon From The
Feast Of All Saints 2012
We recall the great doctrine of the communion of saints while celebrating the Church Triumphant today.  The feast originated when the relics of the martyrs were removed from the catacombs and were brought in triumphal procession to be placed in the Pantheon, now consecrated to the Blessed Mother and all the martyrs.  There are far more saints than those we are able to celebrate throughout the year, so this feast is for all those other saints, both known and unknown.  In the liturgy we are given a glimpse of the Lamb of God surrounded by all His saints and angels.  At every Mass we practice the adoration which we will perform for all eternity in Heaven.  Our goal is to join all the saints of the Heavenly court along with our Divine Savior Who calls us to come to Him on this holy day.
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He Reigns Despite His Enemies

October 28, 2012By

Christ the King 2012

There are so many people in the world who sincerely wish to participate in a feast like today but are not able.  We should be all the more grateful that we have been given this privilege.  As the liturgical year comes to its conclusion, representing the end of time, this feast reminds us that on that final day all nations will be compelled to recognize the supreme dominion of Christ over the entire world and stands as a warning to all those who refuse to do so now.  The feast of All Saints celebrates those who were loyal subjects to their King during this life.  This feast was meant to combat secularism, which is so widespread in our society.  The “state” has taken the place of God in our world.  However, religion is not a private matter, and it is of the very nature of man to practice religion, and publicly so.  Christ is King because He is God and deserves our obedience and adoration.  Christ is also man and through His Grace of Headship He unites all creation in His very being.  It is through glorifying our King we gain our ultimate happiness.
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The Law of Charity and Mercy

October 21, 2012By

Sermon on the
21st Sunday after Pentecost 2012
✟Father Violette
Once one is baptized, he falls under the jurisdiction of the Church in regard to his marriage. He is no longer able to simply marry with a natural bond as an unbaptized person. For a person to receive the graces of matrimony he must be in the state of Sanctifying Grace.

The Church repeats the lessons Our Lord taught so we may follow them to our everlasting home. When we are full of pride we will show little forgiveness to our neighbor. Although we are not strictly required to forgive those who are not sorry, the example of the saints encourages us to do so. God shows mercy to us to the very moment of our death; it is only our refusal to be contrite that prevents us from receiving that mercy.
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Simplicity and the Holy Rosary

October 7, 2012By

Sermon From
19th Sunday After Pentecost 2012
Great merit may be achieved in this life, not necessarily based on how notable the acts performed are in themselves, but due to the state of soul of the one who performs them.  One must be childlike in his soul – humble, trusting, obedient, loving, and simple.  Simplicity is one of the characteristics of the saints.  They did not over analyze every aspect of their relationship with God or project their desires and aspirations onto Him.  Our ideas of Who God is and what sanctity consists of must be given up when they act as an obstacle to true union.  True spiritual life requires a renunciation of our own opinions, everything else must be rooted in the Holy Scripture and doctrine.

The Holy Rosary should be carried by every Catholic and prayed daily.  It is the true sign, in the eyes of the world, of a Catholic.  The Blessed Mother asks that we perform our daily duties, accept our crosses with alacrity, and pray the Rosary, which unites us to the liturgy.
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The Saints and Angels

September 30, 2012By

Sermon From The
18th Sunday after Pentecost 2012
St. Jerome was an extraordinarily learned man, especially in the fields of rhetoric and language. Pope St. Damasus commissioned him to translate the entirety of the Bible into Latin. To this day the translation of St. Jerome, known as the Vulgate, is considered the official scriptural translation of the Catholic Church.

St. Francis of Assisi is one of the most beloved saints of the Church. After hearing the words of the Gospel preached in a sermon, he renounced his inheritance and worldly possessions and dedicated his life to God. Although he is mistakenly viewed as a saint of ecology, he only wrote so beautifully about the natural world because of the gift of knowledge, which he possessed to a great degree. This mystic gift enables a soul to see the emptiness of the world except for its expression of God’s glory.

The feast of the Holy Guardian Angels celebrates all those angels that are given to us from birth to watch over and protect us. We should frequently speak and pray to our Guardian angels. In the Gospel of that Mass, Our Lord warns against the sin of scandal. We are called to avoid evil and the appearances of evil. The clergy and parents in particular must be on guard against this terrible sin.
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The One Most Like God

September 29, 2012By

Feast of Saint Michael 2012
This feast has been celebrated for nearly 1,500 years.  The existence of angels, or some form of spiritual guardian, has been affirmed by people of every culture and religion.  We have not only been told about their existence through Divine Revelation, but God has allowed them to visit us innumerable times throughout history.  The angels are quasi-infinite in number, because each of them was made to reflect a perfection of God.  We will never appreciate all our guardian angels have done for us.  We give our good angels great joy when we are virtuous, and we give them great power to aid us when we invoke their help.  St. Michael was chosen as God’s great defender, not because he was the most powerful, but because he was most Godlike in his love.
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Everything from God’s Hand

September 23, 2012By

17th Sunday after Pentecost 2012
St. Paul tells us that we must live the life of holiness to which we have all been called.  When we speak of our neighbor we refer to both our friends and enemies.  Everything that happens to us comes from God.  He controls the universe and wills everything except for sin itself.  It should be easy for us to practice patience and forbearance, if we see all the actions of our neighbor as directly willed or at least permitted by God.  Our enemies provide crosses for us to carry with patience and provide us with the opportunities to practice virtue.  We do not know the conscience of our neighbor, but we know all the graces we have received and the malice of our own souls.  How easy it should be to judge ourselves harshly while being slow to judge our neighbor.
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The Safeguard of Loyalty

September 16, 2012By

16th Sunday after Pentecost 2012

During an early persecution of the Church, St. Januarius was so loyal to his friends that, at the risk of his own life, he went to visit them while they were imprisoned.  This heroic choice led to his arrest and martyrdom.  The importance of the virtue of loyalty should be inculcated by parents into their children.

We have received great instruction during the thirty days of Our Lady.  The reason why the devotion of the five first Saturdays of the month exists is because Our Lord desires that we make up for the five great attacks against His Holy Mother, particularly the attacks against her perpetual virginity.  Thirty days are not enough to make up for all the Blessed Virgin has suffered for each of us.  We must remain confident that God will have mercy on us if we persevere in prayer.
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Mother in Joy and Sorrow

September 15, 2012By

Feast of the Seven Sorrows 2012
The Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Mother do not include all the sufferings which the Virgin Mary endured throughout her life, but only the most poignant moments of her pain.  All the sufferings Our Lord endured led to the instant of His death and our redemption.  All of His Mother’s sufferings led to that same moment.  She became the Mother of God in a moment of joy, and became our Mother in a moment of sorrow.  This is the feast that allows us to see Our Lady, devoid of all simplistic sentimentality, in the stark reality of who she really was.  The word compassion literally means to suffer with someone.  The true practice of this virtue is seldom found in our day.  It is perfectly exemplified in that deepest share the Blessed Mother was given in the sufferings of her Divine Son.
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