The Summary of Holy Week

April 13, 2014By

Sermon From
Palm Sunday 2014
In the liturgy of Palm Sunday we are shown by Holy Mother Church the summary of the entire Holy Week.  Christ allowed Himself to be given regal praise this day, and we continue that celebration in the blessing and distribution of palms, which are a sign of victory.  The ancient practice of the Church in Jerusalem is repeated now in the triumphant procession.  Heaven is our goal, and we are called to follow Our Lord in all humility, so that we may have a part in that final procession when the souls of the just join their heavenly King.
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You Are a Walking Gospel

March 23, 2014By

Sermon From
3rd Sunday of Lent 2014
We must avoid the great evil of scandal.  We frequently forget the damage we inflict by our bad example.  We will all be called to make an account on judgment day.  We should run from occasions of sin and bad companions and live as if we are a walking gospel for our neighbor.
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What the Transfiguration Promises

March 16, 2014By

Sermon From The
2nd Sunday of Lent 2014
At the Transfiguration, Christ took three apostles that represent three virtues. St. Peter represents duty, St. James represents knowledge, and St. John represents love. It was as if Christ relaxed and allowed His Divinity to shine through His human nature. This was shown to the apostles and to us to save us from discouragement in suffering. We see the glory that is in store. It is an insight into Heaven. We should not be fooled by the world and its false promises but always remember that in our Communions we received the Source of all good.
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Lent Has Formally Begun

March 9, 2014By

Sermon On The
1st Sunday of Lent 2014
Father Violette✟
Our sins are an infinite offense, because they offend an infinite God and although we cannot make adequate reparation, Our Lord has still instructed us to do penance.  This penance can only be performed with God’s supernatural help of grace.  We are guided by the Church throughout Lent and given the weapons of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving.  When we use these weapons well, Lent becomes the best time of the year.  It is the time when we are preparing for our heavenly delights.
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Penitential Mercy

March 5, 2014By

Conference On
Ash Wednesday 2014
Although many outside the Faith look askance at the penances Catholics perform, they are unable to explain the meaning of Christ’s words, “unless you do penance you will perish.”  We have great attachments to our vices, and it is only through grace and penance that we can learn truly to hate our sins.  The season of Lent is a time of mercy.  We receive this mercy through confessing our sins and receiving the sacraments.  We must pray the Confiteor and beg God to help us, with a true conviction of amending our lives.
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Let Perpetual Light Shine Upon Him

March 4, 2014By

Funeral Mass, March 2014
Death hurts us all, but the Church gives us words of comfort in the face of death when she reminds us that on the last day all will rise.  The coffin of the deceased is surrounded by candles at the Requiem Mass, representing Christ, the Light of the World.  Even those who have left the true Church have admitted the great comfort the Church offers us in our last moments.  In praying for final perseverance, we are asking for all the help necessary to fight the final attempts of the devil to steal our souls from God.  The deceased soul’s work is over, but ours is not.  We must continually pray for the souls in purgatory and pray for our own salvation.
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Conversion of Life

February 23, 2014By

Sermon From
Sexagesima Sunday 2014
We are reminded at this Mass that we are in need of a conversion of life.  However, since knowledge does not equal virtue, so we must place ourselves in a retreat from the world in order to accomplish this goal.  We must have a true desire to convert ourselves and we must pray earnestly.  Perseverance in prayer is our only assurance of salvation, but it must be with all our hearts.  We are all called to sanctity, and there is no better time to follow the examples of the saints that came before us.
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The Devil’s Weapon

February 16, 2014By

Sermon From
Septuagesima Sunday 2014
We have begun a new season, and we are in a transition preparing us for Lent.  We must be aware of what we are struggling against in this season of examination.  This Sunday focuses especially on Original Sin and the story of Adam and Eve.  We have been thrown out of the Garden of Paradise in this season.  We live in a world where we are distracted and even addicted to games.  Sports and the worship of the body are not leading us to Heaven.  We must examine and remove our own addictions to these worldly idols.
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The Irony of God

January 26, 2014By

Sermon From The
3rd Sunday after Epiphany 2014
The conversion of St. Paul was the single most important moment in the spread of the Church.  St. Stephen’s prayer, as he was stoned to death, called down on Saul the grace of his conversion.  This conversion in St. Paul meant a real change, unlike the half measures so many of us take in attempting to amend our lives.  When we say in the Act of Contrition that we “detest all our sins” this should leave no room to sin again.  We must give up the love for our sins, faults, and vices, and truly strive for the conversion of our lives.
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Examination for the New Year

November 24, 2013By

Sermon From
Last Sunday After Pentecost 2013
At the end, Christ will come openly for all to see, and yet many evil people will remain unrepentant.  Why?  Because they do not want to be converted.  We must not be among them, and we must begin our preparation now by using the sacrament of Penance and by examining our conscience regularly.  We should be prepared for death at all times and pray for forgiveness and detachment in the coming year.
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