2nd Sunday in Lent 2024 St. Paul calls us to make “even greater progress,” but in order to do so, we must begin attacking our habits of venial sin. Mortal sins kill the soul, but venial sins are the great obstacle to sanctification. These lesser sins can easily be overlooked if we are not on…
1st Sunday in Lent 2024 We are particularly the objects of temptation during this season in which God is calling us to sanctity. During the temptation of Christ in the desert, Our Lord was not drawn to the evil as we are. St. Margaret of Cortona after discovering her lover’s body, made a complete conversion…
Septuagesima Sunday 2024 These next three Sundays are for an examination of conscience, in which we search out those things in our soul which make us enemies of God. Today we begin with a view of creation and the fall of man. Adam and Eve were expelled from the Garden of Eden because they did…
14th Sunday after Pentecost 2023 St. Paul tells us that those who commit the sins he lists in the Epistle will not enter Heaven. If we have guilt on our conscience, let us rid ourselves of it. We must be sorrowful and detest our sins, make acts of perfect contrition and go to the sacrament…
1st Friday September 2023 First Friday Conference – The Fourteen Holy Helpers have been invoked since the Middle Ages to help with specific needs of the faithful. St. Augustine is one of the greatest moral and doctrinal theologians in history. His most famous works are popular even among non-Catholics. Conversion of life and the mortification…
1st Sunday In Lent 2023 The ashes distributed on Ash Wednesday are a reminder that all the descendants of Adam came from the dust and to it they will all return. It is a reminder to humble our rebellious nature. We must be prepared and remain faithful, not only during Lent, but all year long,…
Ash Wednesday 2023 We think of the sins we must avoid but rarely do we think of the virtues we must practice. How often when we confess, we think of the sins we commit but not the reasons why we commit them. We forget that all the hardships we face in life are given to…
Quinquagesima Sunday 2023 This is a time of examination of conscience. Once our predominant fault is identified, we can battle against it. At the end of this Septuagesima season, the Church reminds us that we must have Charity. We should not only go to confession when we are in mortal sin, but often. This is…
23rd Sunday After Pentecost 2022 Even though we are given great graces we still fall into sin, and many of these sins are committed out of weakness rather than malice. We must never forget the great power of the sacramental of holy water, the use of which can take away our venial sins. We have…
19th Sunday After Pentecost 2022 We should look to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque as a model for our growth in the spiritual life. Many times she experienced the pull of the world drawing her away from her exalted calling. It was only by responding to God’s grace that she ultimately fulfilled His true designs for…
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