1st Friday Conference May 2022 The pagan view is that man is constituted by his work. Without work, man is not human. The Catholic view is that work is an expression of the man. St. Joseph the “faber” is the example of all workers. Good Shepherd Sunday gave place to the feast of St. Joseph…
3rd Sunday After Pentecost 2021 This Mass and the recent feast days are about union with God, His Love and His Mercy. The earliest depiction of Our Lord in the catacombs is taken from today’s parable of the Shepherd carrying the lost sheep on His shoulders. This season after Pentecost is one of hope and…
Good Shepherd Sunday 2021 Our Lord’s Resurrection is the foundation of our faith and so we celebrate this during Paschal time and on every Sunday. Christ spent these forty days preparing His apostles and stirring their hearts with ardor and love. This Sunday shows Him as the Good Shepherd Who gives His life for His…
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…
Good Shepherd Sunday – First Communion Sunday 2019 Today is the first time we have had Good Shepherd Sunday also as our First Communion Sunday. What a special day it is for all of us! We recall the greatest day of our lives when we received Our Lord for the first time in Holy Communion. …
3rd Sunday after Pentecost 2018 The Sacred Heart is shown to us in the Mass of this Sunday. The texts emphasize the hope of this season symbolized by the color green. Our Lord describes Himself in the Gospel as the Good Shepherd who carries His lost sheep home on His shoulders. St. Peter warns in…
Good Shepherd Sunday 2018 The Church continues to celebrate the Resurrection in the Mass texts for this second Sunday after Easter known as Good Shepherd Sunday. The Epistle and Gospel highlight the beautiful aspect of Christ as the Shepherd and Bishop of our souls. Psalm 22 expresses so well His care and love. The prophet Ezechiel prophesied that Our…
Good Shepherd Sunday The words of today’s gospel: “I am the Good Shepherd” have a significant meaning for those of us “sheep” who look for protection and guidance from their Shepherd. There is also a reference to the last three chapters of the Book of Isaiah – prophecies relating specifically to the coming of Christ…
3rd Sunday after Pentecost 2016 First Communion Sunday The parables of the lost sheep and the lost drachma in today’s gospel are meant to remind us of the great efforts Our Lord will take to bring lost souls back to His heavenly home. Just as human actors in today’s gospel placed a very high value…
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