5th Sunday After Easter 2019
As we approach the end of Easter season and the extinguishing of the Paschal candle we should remember the importance of lighting votive candles. We should heed the practical advice of St. James in his epistle today when he tells us to put our faith into action. We must not become like worldlings who treat God with indifference and we should pray always and today, Memorial day, for those defenders of our country.
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3rd Sunday after Easter 2019
Pray for your mothers on Mother’s day, especially if they are deceased. Remember our heavenly Mother as well. We still are rejoicing over the Resurrection and the Alleluia verse reminds us of the two disciples on the road to Emmaus who felt their hearts burning with love as the Risen Lord explained the scriptures to them. This is a perfect definition of mental prayer which we all should practice to help us live our lives as Christ wants.
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Trinity Sunday 2018
The beautiful feast of the Blessed Trinity dates from the fourteenth century and not from the Apostles. The importance of a special celebration in honor of this most fundamental revelation of the Christian dispensation was increased through the centuries by heresies like Arianism. Although we can come to the knowledge of the truth and reason to the reality of the existence of God we can never figure out that God is Three in One. This doctrine is so sacred that it was reserved to the Son of God to reveal it while He walked on earth. We must love the God of love in return.
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Sunday After The Ascension 2018
Heaven became our home at the Ascension when Christ entered it. Now no matter what happens to us in our daily lives we can live in the security and hope of eternal happiness with Our Lord. As members of the Mystical Body of Christ we are destined to live where our Head is. He promised that He was going to prepare a place for us and the Ascension time reminds us of this pledge.
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Ascension Thursday Evening 2018
Christ ascended today and began His heavenly priesthood which had begun on earth at the Annunciation. The sacred Liturgy is the expression of the sacrifice of our Eternal High Priest. The apostles returned to the Cenacle after the Ascension and gathered around the Blessed Mother to pray and to be one in mind and heart as they awaited the coming of the Holy Ghost.
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Ascension Thursday 2018
Ascension Thursday recalls the touching details of the final moments of Our Lord before His glorious return to heaven. He was accompanied by millions of saints and took His place at the right hand of the Father. This is the source of infinite joy to every creature.
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Fifth Sunday after Easter 2018 – First Communion Sunday
The Church on this last Sunday after Easter recalls the great joy of the Resurrection. The Epistle from St. James exhorts us to put the Faith into action and not be idle hearers of the word. In the Gospel Our Lord instructs His apostles to pray to the Father in His Name. The First Communicants for today were given their final preparations before receiving Our Lord. They also learned about the Scapular and Miraculous Medal which they will receive after Mass.
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Fourth Sunday after Easter 2018
In the Epistle for this Sunday St. James describes God as the immutable Father of Lights who wills the salvation of all men. Any who are lost are victims of their own malice in refusing the graces offered by God. Our response must be one of love which will guide us along the way to holiness and love of God and neighbor.
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Third Sunday After Easter 2018
The Collect of the Mass for the Third Sunday after Easter instructs us to think of ourselves as passing through this life on the way to eternity. The Gospel recounts the words of Our Lord at the Last Supper about the little while before the apostles will see Him again. In comparison to eternity our lives are only a little while. We must pray and be encouraged that our faithfulness for just a little while will gain us the happiness of heaven.
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Ascension Thursday Evening 2017
The truth of the Ascension was revealed by the angels and the liturgy celebrates the feast forty days after Easter just as it is described in the Bible. After the events of this day the young Church gathered around the Blessed Mother in the upper room and continued steadfast in prayer for the coming of the Holy Ghost.
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