Easter Sunday Morning 2020 English speaking Catholics call this “Easter” Sunday because it is another example of the power of the Church and the liturgy to Christianize even evil pagan elements. The glory of the risen Savior will be ours one day but many saints were transfigured even in this life. We are “eighth day…
Easter Vigil & Midnight Mass 2020 These are the last moments of Lent and culminate in the greatest vigil of the liturgical year. This ceremony has many elements which we review before starting so we worship with the utmost awareness and devotion. We have the Paschal fire and candle, the Praeconium, the lessons, the blessing…
Feast The Annunciation 2020 This ancient feast celebrates the moment that God became Man in the womb of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The Council of Ephesus declared this dogma which clearly defines that Our Lady is the Mother of God. Everything that had been destroyed by Adam’s sin was restored by the Blessed Mother’s consenting…
Feast Of Saint Joseph 2020 St. Joseph is described as a just man in the Gospel which means he was deeply religious. His virtues prepared him for his vocation to be the spouse of the Blessed Mother and foster father of the Son of God. His fears after the Annunciation were about his own worthiness…
Christmas 2019 As we gather at the crib of Bethlehem we renew our belief in the fundamental truths of the Incarnation (God made Man) and the miraculous virgin birth (the Blessed Mother’s perpetual virginity). After thousands of years of suffering in consequence of Adam’s sin this night marks the beginning of our redemption and the…
Ascension Thursday 2019 Today is a Holyday of Obligation because of the importance of Our Lord’s return to heaven forty days after His Resurrection. The Son of God descended, became a Man, suffered, died, rose again and ascended to His Father. Today completes this Paschal mystery. Prayer is essential, especially during these days leading up…
Easter Sunday 2019 The details given in the Gospels about Our Lord’s rising from the dead provide the compelling evidence for our faith in the Resurrection. Christ first came to visit His own Mother and spent time with her until His appearances around the sepulchre. Later in the afternoon He walked with the two disciples…
1st Sunday In Lent 2019 St. Paul tells us in the Epistle that now is the acceptable time to grow close to Our Lord. The Liturgy shows the way with a special Mass for each day of Lent. Our battle begins against the devil and sin and a holy fear of our own weaknesses is…
Christmas 2018 Midnight Christmas brings joy to all the people of the world despite any attempts to thwart it. So along with the sorrows around us nothing prevents God dwelling among us. We hope in God that He will save us and exercise His Kingship in a society devoted to His Royal and Davidic line. …
First Sunday of Advent 2018 The First Sunday of Advent begins the Church’s new liturgical year and reminds us that the way we pray is the way we believe. The liturgy is the official prayer of the Church and the ordinary means of holiness. It is also a weapon against the devil. Prayer is an…
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