The Eyes of Faith

April 15, 2012By

Low Sunday 2012
We should all pray for a happy death because we cannot merit it without asking for God’s grace in those last moments. We should also frequently ask that all the punishment due to our sins be removed on our deathbed by the reception of Extreme Unction. The Church has always taught that the priest can not only forgive sins but remove the punishment due to them.

This Mass is about faith, but we must remember that no saint has had great faith without great humility. It is only when we realize how much we need help that we ask God for help. We possess nothing good which we have given ourselves. Even faith is a gift from God for which we cannot take credit. Humility is the foundation, faith is the walls, and charity is the roof of the great structure God has built in us.
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He Suffered All for You

April 6, 2012By

Good Friday 2012
The liturgical prayer of the faithful for all people, united with the prayer of Christ for His enemies on the Cross, was a practice from the earliest days of the Church.  We prostrate in this ceremony to express our profound sorrow for having personally caused the death of Christ.  He died for love of each of us, and so that we would love Him in return.  The love God has for us is so far beyond reason that it is as impossible to grasp as He Himself.  God suffered in proportion to all the sins that have ever been and will ever be committed.  How much love must we give in return?  This is truly the saddest and happiest day in the history of the world.
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No Longer Spectators

April 1, 2012By

Palm Sunday 2012
Each of us participates in the prayer of the Son of God offered to His Father.  We have received a character through Baptism and it has made us a priestly people.  The priest asks that his sacrifice and ours may be acceptable to Our Lord.  Despite all the distance in time and space, we are truly a part of this event which took place 2,000 years ago.  Today Christ entered the Holy City publicly as King.  After the celebratory part of this ceremony the mission of Our Lord begins in all gravity.  We must desire to be by His side at the Cross, knowing that we will triumph.  When we receive the palm, we are participating in the triumph of God over the devil every day of our life.
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That We May Hope

December 4, 2011By

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2nd Sunday of Advent 2011
The Holy Bible, and particularly the New Testament, was written primarily to strengthen the faith of those who already believe.  It is meant to give continual education and guidance to the faithful.  We should treat the word of God with the greatest reverence.  If we read Holy Scripture regularly, the words will become imprinted in our hearts and come to mind when they are most needed.

Our Lord fulfilled His promise to the ancient Hebrews when He became man, but for the gentile nations, God had no promise or obligation.  He came to us out of love alone.  This should make us all the more humble and grateful.  This season was given to us so that we might have a deeper gratitude for what our Redeemer has done for us.  In order to appreciate how good Our Lord is, we must first appreciate the state of our wretchedness and the evil of sin – its cause.  In this knowledge of ourselves we cry out, “If You will, Lord, You can make me clean!”
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Watch For The Signs

November 20, 2011By

Last Sunday after Pentecost 2011
Death comes to us all, and at the moment of our death judgment is passed instantaneously.  No longer distracted by the material world, the soul is given a direct intuition of its state in the eyes of God and its eternal abode is fixed forever.  The Holy Souls thirst for our prayers, because they are utterly incapable of helping themselves anymore.

The end of the world is spoken of by Christ more than any other topic.  No matter what happens in the times to come, we must maintain trust in God, knowing that He will not let anything happen to the souls of His friends.  The reason there will be a General Judgment is because every sin has a public aspect to it, and God’s justice must be vindicated publicly.  God gives us signs predicting the end of time to console the just and frighten the wicked, and we must be able to recognize these nine signs, so we may know when our judgment is at hand.
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