Teach Us Your Ways

December 1, 2013By

Sermon From
1st Sunday In Advent 2013
This is the beginning of a new liturgical year, and we are brought to the Blessed Mother to help us in this new year.  The stational Church for today is the Basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome.  Our resolution for this new year should be to make up for the offenses against the Immaculate Heart.  The way we pray is the way we believe, and it is through the liturgy that Christ teaches us His ways.  Christ is the bridge-builder that gives us a path to Heaven and tells us how to follow it.
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Lord, Give Us Desire!

December 23, 2012By

4th Sunday Of Advent 2012
This Mass is a final plea to beg for God’s blessings and graces.  God desires to send these helps to us but it is dependent upon our asking for them.  The Epistle for today’s Mass is directed to the candidates for the priesthood.  The reason for Our Lord’s arrival on Christmas is for our salvation.  We do not know when the end of time will come or when our own end will come, which is why we must be always prepared.  God will not forget those who do not forget Him.  The true “Spirit of Christmas” is the desire, commitment, and promise to follow Christ.
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Prepare for His Arrival

December 16, 2012By

3rd Sunday Of Advent 2012
Gaudete Sunday
The use of sacramentals is so ancient a practice that it can be traced back to Our Lord Himself.  Blessings and blessed objects of devotion were used by Christ and His Apostles, and these conduits of grace are offered to us to help bring us closer to God.  We are composed of body and soul and God uses both material and spiritual means for our sanctification.

Integrity, control of the soul over the body, was lost with the fall of Adam.  If a person had knowledge of all things in this world and had great power and authority, these gifts are as nothing compared to the smallest degree of Sanctifying Grace.  When we have God’s life in us, we have God Himself.  We must be prepared to be judged at all times.  This Sunday is given to us so we may know that the Lord is near.
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We Are the Happiest of Mankind

December 2, 2012By

Sermon from The
1st Sunday of Advent 2012
The Catholic Faith is clear and transparent in its revelation of truth.  The effects of the sacrament of matrimony are the increase of Sanctifying Grace and the special graces to aid in the raising of children.

Once again, as we approach the feast of the Nativity, we are forced to defend the doctrine of the perpetual virginity of the Blessed Mother from the attacks of evil clergy, while those who hold to tradition are accused of heresy.

The beginning of the new liturgical year is a chance for a fresh start.  Our resolution for this year should be the liturgy. We should resolve to be faithful in attending Mass, which is the official prayer of the Church, in addition to reciting faithfully the Rosary.  We are reminded of the fearful signs of the end of time because this fear is the beginning of wisdom.  However, there is a ray of hope in this Gospel account.  In that last day we will lift up our heads for the vindication of the just.
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That We May Hope

December 4, 2011By

Sermon From The
2nd Sunday of Advent 2011
The Holy Bible, and particularly the New Testament, was written primarily to strengthen the faith of those who already believe.  It is meant to give continual education and guidance to the faithful.  We should treat the word of God with the greatest reverence.  If we read Holy Scripture regularly, the words will become imprinted in our hearts and come to mind when they are most needed.

Our Lord fulfilled His promise to the ancient Hebrews when He became man, but for the gentile nations, God had no promise or obligation.  He came to us out of love alone.  This should make us all the more humble and grateful.  This season was given to us so that we might have a deeper gratitude for what our Redeemer has done for us.  In order to appreciate how good Our Lord is, we must first appreciate the state of our wretchedness and the evil of sin – its cause.  In this knowledge of ourselves we cry out, “If You will, Lord, You can make me clean!”
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