12th Sunday after Pentecost 2019
This beautiful Mass of the Good Samaritan encourages us because, even if we are almost dead in sin, Christ will heal us through His sacraments of oil and wine. The angels admire us for receiving Our Lord in Holy Communion. Besides the sacraments we need to pray. Without prayer, especially mental prayer, and spiritual reading we are prey to impurity. Many saints are our examples of holiness and the striving to obtain it, especially by always keeping our death in front of our eyes.
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The Essential Devotion
Feast Of The Sacred Heart 2020
Love of the Sacred Heart of Jesus must be part of everyone’s life, especially the consecrated who are baptized, confirmed or ordained. The reason for this is that His Human Heart belongs to God, the Second Person of the Blessed Trinity, and contains those mysteries that St. Paul alludes to in today’s Epistle. The Mass texts for today tell us more about the Heart of Jesus as revealed starting with the opening of It on the Cross. Private apparitions to St. Margaret Mary gave the impetus for spreading this devotion and the popes have encouraged it throughout the centuries. Many benefits accrue to us by practicing this love and one is the peace and rest that comes to our own heart and soul by learning to be meek and humble like Our Lord.
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She Is In Bitter Grief
Good Friday 2020
The Church mourns the death of God in an even more dramatic way this year. The Solemn Liturgical Action expresses this loss through the Passion of St. John and the two prophecies. Then we join with Christ on the Cross for His universal prayers for all. We venerate our means of salvation by reverencing the Holy Cross and finally we join with our Savior in Holy Communion. All of this inspires us to return the Divine Love of the Sacred Heart which shed every drop of the Precious Blood for us and to convert from sin which exacted such cruelty upon our innocent Lord.
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In Heaven We Will Meet Again
Funeral Mass March 7, 2020
Our first duty in the face of death is to pray for the soul of the faithful departed so that she may be released from Purgatory as soon as possible. We have confidence because all the consolations of the Faith through the sacraments were given to the deceased but we still must pray always for her. God rewards those who suffer for Him, especially out of loyalty which He values highly. Catholics look forward to the day when they can meet their beloved dead and see them again in heaven.
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Eternal Rest
All Souls Day 2019
Mother Mary Austin wrote movingly about the Holy Souls in Purgatory and her congregation was dedicated to helping them. These saved individuals are holy but not perfect yet and fling themselves into Purgatory to be purified before entering God’s presence. We have the responsibility to pray and to sacrifice for the relief and release of the Holy Souls and especially now when they are ignored and neglected. Our model in this is the Blessed Mother whom Our Lord entrusted with care of His Church Suffering.
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Invincible Weapons
In the Gospel we learn that we are tied together because the man is cast in prison and his wife and children are sent there with him. We also see the mercy of God and the consequences of not showing mercy to one another. The Epistle reminds us that we are engaged in a spiritual battle and need to use our heavenly arsenal to wage war on the devil and his minions. Prayer is key and the desire for holiness is a sure sign of victory.
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Belief In God Is Not Enough
13th Sunday after Pentecost 2019
This Sunday has a commemoration of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary and later this week is the feast in honor of her name. The collect prays for an increase of the theological virtues in us while in the epistle St. Paul instructs us on the reception of great gifts from God. The Gospel shows the power of faith and the obligation to be grateful to God for His gifts to us. Finally, we must act on our faith because without charity we will end up in hell, despite our belief in God.
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Eyes That See What We See
Enkindle The Fire For Heaven
Lynn Burdi Funeral Mass
We miss and will always pray for the deceased who had a love for the traditional Latin Mass and for the Blessed Virgin Mary. Her rose garden in front of the chapel is the constant reminder of that. We here who mourn our loss must pray and sacrifice for her to be released from Purgatory if she is there being purified in preparation for her entrance into heaven. The merciful fire that accomplishes this is ignited by our love through the Holy Mass so we must pray fervently for her now and in the future.
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Our Lord’s Retreat
6th Sunday after Pentecost 2019
The Gospel has us join the Supreme Retreat Master as He conducts a three day retreat with over 4,000 people. The intensity of the conferences was such that fasting and praying were done effortlessly under Our Lord’s gentle direction. He then fed them miraculously at its conclusion so they were strengthened for their return to their daily lives. What a beautiful goal for each of us to strive after by scheduling time for our own retreats with the Master. Today is also the first Holy Communion for our convert and such a wonderful day to receive Jesus Christ for the first time.
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