The origins of this feast of All Saints come from the consecration of the church St. Mary of the Martyrs (formerly the pagan Pantheon temple) and the transfer of many of the relics of the martyrs from the catacombs to this church. This holyday of obligation recalls the mark of the Church, holiness, and how each of us is capable of attaining it. Any saints not on the universal calendar or uncanonized are celebrated today and the texts for this Mass can be claimed by each of us as our own.
The feast of Christ The King sums up our faith in the Incarnate God and makes us pray “Thy Kingdom Come.” As good subjects we should know the catechism, pray and give ourselves in return for the divine self sacrifice of Our Lord. We have the examples of the saints who have done so and were the means of the miraculous in this world. Such are needed today when Christianity faces its bleakest future.
Relics of the true Cross are in our shrine and give us a link to the origins of this feast. The Cross had its antecedents in the Old Testament but its exaltation began with Constantine’s victory under its banner. His mother, St. Helen, discovered the true Cross and later the Emperor Herclius saved it from the Persians. The mystery of the Cross, if known and lived, will be our path to a glorious triumph in heaven and peace and consolation during the trials and sufferings of this life.
The teaching about the Blessed Trinity and Its Indwelling in the faithful is the hallmark of the Catholic Faith and necessary for salvation. The realization of this Truth should inspire us to be true soldiers of Christ as confirmed Christians and exercise it by participating in the feast of Corpus Christi, for example. The lukewarm imperil their own salvation by not becoming fervent.
We learn several things on this feast day. The dogma that Christ returned to heaven on Ascension Thursday was revealed by the angels who told the apostles. Among Our Lord’s last words were His instructions not to worry about the future because the Father in His Providence will take care of everything and to go forth and preach the Gospel. Most importantly, today heaven became our home because Our Savior, the Head of the Mystical Body of which we are members, is there preparing a place for us.
On Easter Sunday St. Paul tells us to purge out the old leaven and that Christ is our Passover. His rising from the dead still shocks and amazes the modern world as it did in His day. One of the purposes for Our Lord’s Resurrection is as an aid to believe all that He taught and gave us. It also proves His victory over sin because He overcame its consequence, death. Easter is the glorious reward for Our Savior’s great work of sacrifice and includes all the merits He has won for us as well. We too will rise from the dead someday and go to heaven where God has prepared a place for us. We must have courage and enjoy this feast.
Palm Sunday encompasses all of the Mysteries of Holy Week in one singular devotion. It begins with an exclamation of Joy as Christ enters Jerusalem as Savior and King, turns to profound sorrow as He undergoes His Passion and Death, and the culminates in Joy again at His Resurrection. Since it is in the nature of Man to worship, recalling these events allows us to worship in a deep and meaningful way as our God and His Church intends.
The theme of this sermon is the coming end of the liturgical year. We learn from both the liturgy and from the gospel: “…render to Caesar, therefore, that which is Caesar’s and to God that which is God’s.” Someone might ask: what if rendering to Caesar involves NOT rendering to God that which is God’s? A good example would be supporting a law or a candidate that allows for an intrinsic evil such as Abortion. As Catholics, imprinted through Baptism with the mark of Faith on our hearts, we may not vote for an intrinsic evil such as abortion which is always the taking of an innocent human life. In a few days we will celebrate the Feast of Christ the King and as our King, we must render to Him before all else, even our earthly leaders. Fortunately, we have, through St Margaret Mary Alacoque, devotions to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and prayers to the Sacred Heart will bring us the guidance we need in these terrible times.
Feast of the Holy Family 2016 In this Gospel, the Holy Family went to Jerusalem for the Bar Mitzvah of Jesus Christ because He had reached the age required to become a “Son of the Law.” This was the moment when a Jewish boy would take on the responsibility of an adult. For Our Lord it meant that He officially and juridically became the public and formal representative of God, His Heavenly Father. The reason Christ stayed in the Temple was because from that moment the Temple was His true home. Our Lord’s “Father’s business” was liturgical worship. The actions of Christ are a clear lesson to us that our obligations to Almighty God exceed all other obligations, even those towards our family. When the Gospel says that “He advanced in wisdom and age and grace before God,” it means that as His humanity developed, He manifested more perfectly His wisdom and perfections.
This feast was instituted as a defense against the attacks on the family, and to combat the errors taught about the family’s purpose in society. It teaches us the sublimity of the passive virtues of family life: silence, humility, and fidelity to duty. These virtues, so often scorned by the world, are the very foundation of a holy human existence. #20160110
Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus 2016 St. Telesphorus led the Church as pope soon after it was founded. He is one of the many saints who corroborates the fact that our Church is certainly apostolic. This pope gave us the midnight Mass on Christmas, along with the Gloria chanted at the Mass, and many other practices we have to this day. The star which led the magi was not a natural phenomenon, but clearly a miraculous guide to lead these men to Our Lord. Uttering the Holy Name of Jesus obtains an immediate response from Our Lord. God the Father loves to hear us invoke the Name of His Son. Christ was given this Name at the moment of the circumcision, when He began our redemption by shedding the first drops of His Precious Blood. There is no more lofty prayer than the Name of Jesus. #20160103S
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