2nd Sunday In Lent 2021
Our Lord took the three apostles who would soon be tested during His agony in the garden and showed them a glimpse of His divinity during the theophany on Mt. Tabor so they would be strengthened by the remembrance of it at that crucial time. We too are consoled by this sight as we struggle through Lent with our eyes always fixed on the goal which is our glorification in the end with our Risen Savior.
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5th Sunday after Easter
Today is also the feast of St. Paschal Baylon, the patron saint of Eucharistic Congresses because of his extraordinary devotion to the Blessed Sacrament. Later this week is the fest of St. Rita who is a favorite patron of our community because of her intercession in obtaining the gift of ordination for our priests. The Epistle today from St. James stresses the importance of doing good works and stands in opposition to the heresy of being saved by faith alone. We must love God and do so by ridding ourselves of the terrible virus of sin. The Blessed Virgin Mary is our ally in this and we should be practicing special devotion to her this month. The Rosary is a perfect means of doing this and the standard prayer that our vocations have in common.
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4th Sunday After Easter 2020
The Law of Incarnation is fundamental to understanding Creation, Redemption and our sacramental Church. It means that the Second Person of the Blessed Trinity, while returning His Divinity, became Man and bridged the infinite gap between Creator and creature. Because of this, anything Christ thought, willed, said or did was of infinite value and this made His Death on the Cross so valuable for us. The fallen angels refused the thought of this and fell from grace. Our Lord left this infinite power of acting through material things in His Church and specifically in the seven Sacraments. God touches us through the Sacraments which enable us to receive His life of grace and ultimately its fruition in heavenly bliss.
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3rd Sunday After Easter 2020
At the midway point between Easter and the Ascension we look back and ahead. Our Lenten penances have prepared us for the revelation of the Risen Christ and the renewal of our baptismal vows. We attest our faith in this fundamental proof of all Jesus said and did. This month of May is dedicated to Our Lady and we should pray the Rosary daily. Our Lord visited His Mother first after He rose again and then made a series of visits to His followers which culminated in Galilee when over 500 saw Him on the mount. St. Paul says without the Resurrection our faith is vain and knowing the Risen Christ is essential to being a Christian. This Mass renews all the joys of Easter and teaches us how to live in this world because in a little while we will rejoice with God in heaven.
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Good Shepherd Sunday 2020
The beautiful expanded account of the Gospel of the Good Shepherd is comforting and consoling. We are free from fear and death. As Catholics we do not simply submit to our demise as the animals do but we embrace it as Our Savior did. A plenary indulgence is attached to such a heroic death. Christ suffered terribly to save us and speaks lovingly to us as our Shepherd. His love will not permit anything truly evil to touch us. Any cross He allows us the privilege to carry will bring us to a happier future.
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Low Sunday 2020
Today is called Low Sunday in comparison to the High Sunday of Easter last week. This Lent was our opportunity to tell God we are sorry for our sins and we resolve to continue having this sorrow throughout our lives. Faith is the center of our reality and source of our victory. We are like the apostles in today’s Gospel who receive the consoling words from the Risen Savior, “Peace be to you”. Repeat the indulgenced words of St. Thomas often, especially at the elevation, “My Lord and My God”. Live the life of God in our souls now through the Indwelling of the Blessed Trinity.
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Easter Sunday Morning 2020
English speaking Catholics call this “Easter” Sunday because it is another example of the power of the Church and the liturgy to Christianize even evil pagan elements. The glory of the risen Savior will be ours one day but many saints were transfigured even in this life. We are “eighth day Christians” because God rested on the seventh day of creation as Christ rested in the sepulchre and rose on Sunday marking a new week on the eighth day. The octave day is a sign of eternal life. The calculation of Easter each year was carefully studied and was miraculously made known. As believers were rewarded by seeing Our Lord glorious and immortal so we today can see God through Faith enlightened by the gift of understanding.
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The Resurrection of Our Lord at the Midnight Mass and the reception of Him in the Holy Eucharist should be the cause of an increase of Faith and a deeper sense of gratitude. We do not want to abandon our penitential and prayerful spirit of the last forty days but incorporate this into our interior life during the Paschal season.
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Easter Vigil & Midnight Mass 2020
These are the last moments of Lent and culminate in the greatest vigil of the liturgical year. This ceremony has many elements which we review before starting so we worship with the utmost awareness and devotion. We have the Paschal fire and candle, the Praeconium, the lessons, the blessing of water and all leading to the Resurrection of Our Lord at the Midnight Mass and the reception of Him in the Holy Eucharist. Our reaction should be an increase of Faith and a deeper sense of gratitude. We do not want to abandon our penitential and prayerful spirit of the last forty days but incorporate this into our interior life during the Paschal season.
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Septuagesima Sunday 2020
After the story of St. Apollonia this sermon explains the meaning of St. Paul’s Epistle for this Sunday which marks a new liturgical season of Septuagesima and the beginning of the road to Easter. St. Paul warns us not to presume on our merits. The scripture readings for this week remind us of many important truths concerning creation, Adam and Eve, the fall and its consequences and the promise of a Redeemer. The Gospel shows us God’s generosity towards us even up to the last moment.
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