Feast Of The Transfiguration 2017
The Transfiguration of Our Lord came six days after St. Peter’s confession of Faith in the Son of God. Then Christ took the three leading apostles up a mountain where He permitted them to glimpse His divinity while He spoke to Moses and Elias. This was to encourage the apostles for the trials ahead. We too are meant to be strengthened by this feast and to realize that everything leads us to our true inheritance in heaven.
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6th Sunday after Pentecost 2017
After learning about the saints this week, particularly St. Mary Magdalen, Our Lady of Mt. Carmel and the brown scapular were explained.  This Sunday’s Mass is concerned with the Easter Sacraments of Baptism and the Holy Eucharist which are the thoughts found in the Epistle and Gospel. The Blessed Sacrament will strengthen us throughout life and we must always pray that we be preserved from a sudden and unprovided death in the end.
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Feast Of The Precious Blood 2017
The feast of the Precious Blood was instituted by the saintly Pope Pius IX in gratitude for the restoration of Rome to the Holy See.  St. Peter called Our Lord’s Blood Precious in his epistle and It is so because of the hypostatic union which joins Christ’s humanity to His divinity. The Sacrifice of the Mass as that on Calvary depends on the shedding of this Blood and our communion with It. Our bodies are thereby sanctified as temples of God and should never be cremated. The Precious Blood sustained the early church during centuries of persecution so successfully that by the time of Constantine there were 1800 dioceses.  Finally, there is a special message for priests and aspirants to the priesthood on the sanctifying power of the Holy Mass as seen in the life of St. Bernadino Realino whose holiness was attested by miracles from his own blood.
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Corpus Christi 2017
The feast of Corpus Christi celebrates the sacramental aspect of the Holy Eucharist while Holy Thursday concentrates on the sacrificial. The Church and priests exist for this central teaching of the faith which is known as transubstantiation. St. Bonaventure warned centuries ago that without this civilization would return to its base origins and people would degenerate to behavior like beasts. However, receiving Our Lord in this sacrament gives us the foretaste of heaven which is so necessary to go there eventually.
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Fifth Sunday After Easter 2017 – 1st Holy Communion Sunday
St. James in the simple and direct style of his epistle gives practical advice on living a moral life. In the Gospel, Christ reveals the secrets of the Blessed Trinity to His apostles. Also, today the children received their First Holy Communion and they were given their final instruction about Its importance and the effects of the Holy Eucharist in their lives.
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Holy Thursday 2017
Holy Thursday can be summed up in one word: Love. This Divine-Human love in the Sacred Heart gave us the Holy Eucharist, the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass and the Holy Priesthood today.  True Catholics love all these sacred things in return and follow Our Lord’s command to love one another. Finally, we appreciate the cost of this love to Our Savior and what we do in reparation.
We have reached the middle of Lent and we rejoice at this point and continue to persevere. We receive graces as the chosen ones and we must not postpone our conversion. As the people in today’s Gospel, we will follow Our Lord for the beautiful teachings He gives us and for the miracle of the loaves and fishes.
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In this sermon Father traces the devotions to this awesome Feast and makes an astounding revelation of the fact that just one drop of the Precious Blood would have been enough of a sacrifice to save the entire world.  He also points out that human life is carried in the blood and by giving up His Blood, Our Lord completes the Ultimate Sacrifice for all mankind.  He reminds us that the Blood of the Lamb spread on the doorposts of the Jews was enough to save them from the Avenging  Angel of the Old Testament and the Blood of Our Lord was first shed at the circumcision and many times in copious amounts during His Passion and Death.  We have very much for which to be thankful.
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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. Â Just as human actors in today’s gospel placed a very high value on their lost items, the value which Our Lord places on our souls is infinitely greater. Â As Our Lord said, “There will be greater happiness in Heaven over one sinner who repents than over those many who have no need of repentance.” Â We should always remember the Mercy Our Lord offers us if only we repent of our wrongdoings. Â Today was also First Communion Sunday and we would be remiss if we did not offer congratulations to the First Communicants and their parents as well as continuing prayers for their success in the Faith.
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This important sermon by Fr. Superior includes many beautiful and valuable thoughts and it really should be listened to by all who value their Faith. It begins by exploding the myths regarding the Eucharist that are held by some including, most regrettably, Catholics. The Eucharist is not merely a symbol or memorial but a reenactment, a reliving on the Altar of Christ’s sacrifice and death on the cross. It is the foundation of all that has been done in Christendom – all the beauty, all the edifices, churches, schools and especially the work of the clergy and hierarchy to sustain and grow the true Faith throughout the world.  It is why the Servants of the Holy Family take such care of the Altar and vestments used in the Mass.  We are also admonished that we too must preserve and defend this great gift that is given to us – most especially in these times when the Feast of Corpus Christi is so often ignored, despite the clear words of Christ to Blessed Juliana that it be established and honored throughout His Holy Church.
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