Ash Wednesday Evening 2021 Ashes are a sacramental so we should stir up our hearts and receive them devoutly. By popular demand the reception of ashes was extended to all the faithful not just the public penitents. We should imitate the penitents and catechumens during this spiritual retreat and practice acts of penance like prayer,…
Ash Wednesday 2021 Neglect of practicing penance during Lent is a cause of the problems we experience in the world today. The virtue of penance is a power from God which makes us hate sin, be sorry for it, make reparation for it and convert because sin offends God Who loves us. Penance spurs us…
Quinquagesima Sunday 2021 In preparation for Ash Wednesday and Lent there is a review of the laws concerning fast and abstinence. Today is also the feast of St. Valentine and his impact in our own day. The Epistle for this Mass is taken from St. Paul and teaches us the importance of doing all our…
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…
Holy Thursday 2020 We celebrate the anniversaries of the institution of the sacrifice of the Holy Mass and the sacraments of the Holy Eucharist and Holy Orders today. The Mass is the central act and purpose for the Church which Christ commanded at the Last Supper to be offered and from it flows Our Lord’s…
2nd Sunday of Lent 2020 Lent is a long retreat for catechumens to prepare for Baptism and for penitents to prepare for Communion. We follow in their footsteps as we learn from each of the Lenten Masses as seen, for example, in this week’s story of Esau and Jacob. Today’s Epistle stresses God’s holy will…
First Sunday of Lent 2020 This sermon begins with a review of the Lenten regulations and a recalling of the life and the struggle for his vocation of St. Thomas Aquinas, whose feast is this week. Then we learn about the sacramental of ashes which is a powerful aid during this season which offers us…
Ash Wednesday 2020 The origins of this day date back to the beginning when God told Adam after his fall that he was dust and unto dust he would return. To counter the sin of pride by eating the forbidden fruit we are called to practice humility by fast and abstinence. All peoples have felt…
Gaudete Sunday 2019 Today is a day of joy which is expressed in the rose color of the vestments. Our crosses seem small in comparison with Our Lord’s coming at Christmas which is so near now. Prayer is our best work as we prepare for the Nativity. We should thank God for His gifts, especially…
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…
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