Feast of Saints Peter & Paul 2024 This feast is considered so great that, since the earliest days of the church, it was given a vigil for preparation. Red vestments are used on this day to symbolize not only the blood of these two great martyrs, but more importantly the fire of their love. They…
5th Sunday after Pentecost 2024 It is not sufficient for those inclined to anger to wait for the moment of temptation before fighting their vice. To practice the opposite virtues of meekness and fraternal charity is the most effective way of combatting unjust anger. Those who persecute the faithful, should stir our pity rather than…
3rd Sunday after Pentecost 2024 Green vestments are worn during this season to express the virtue of Hope. We are instructed to hope in nothing but God Who tells us, “Without Me you can do nothing.” We must know the truth about ourselves, always remembering what we used to be and remaining prepared for the…
Feast of The Sacred Heart 2024 This feast was created relatively recently in the history of the Church, yet it was foreshadowed even in the Old Testament. As God took the rib from Adam’s side while he slept to form his great love, Eve, so while Christ slept in death on the Cross the Church…
2nd Sunday after Pentecost 2024 Tonsure Ceremony With first tonsure one becomes a cleric. This ceremony has been part of the Church since the 5th century. Just as slaves were shorn to show their complete ownership by their master, so the cleric shows that he now belongs to Christ. The surplice is imposed to represent…
Trinity Sunday 2024 Today we honor the dogma at the heart of our Catholic Faith. God, through His Divine Son, chose to reveal the truth of the Holy Trinity to mankind. Although we could never reason to the existence of this great doctrine on our own, nor can we completely understand it in our finite…
Pentecost Sunday 2024 Pentecost is called the birthday of the Catholic Church because, although it was conceived on the Cross, this is the first day the Church manifested herself in the world. Not only every human being, but all nations and governments are called to convert to Christ. True Catholics reject the false tenets of…
Sunday after the Ascension 2024 Our Lord warned us that we would be ridiculed and persecuted by the world so we may not feel ashamed in the face of these attacks. The sin of human respect causes us to imitate the bad habits of evil companions. Although this sin especially affects the youth, it can…
Confirmation Sunday 2024 The youth of our day are in the greatest need of the sacrament of Confirmation. The Holy Ghost gives an outpouring of strength and a unique participation in the share of Our Lord’s passion and death in this sacrament. In His weakness we receive our strength. The Gifts of the Holy Ghost…
Confirmation Saturday 2024 Confirmation marks a new outpouring of the graces of the Holy Ghost. At Baptism we are able to teach the Faith in our own name, but with Confirmation we are given a new strength and the ability to teach and defend the Faith in the name of the whole Church. In days…
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