Corpus Christi 2019 The origin of this feast is based on apparitions of Our Lord to St. Juliana of Belgium wherein He requested it to honor this Most Blessed Sacrament and make reparation for irreverences towards It. St. Thomas Aquinas composed the beautiful texts for the Mass. The feast predated and provided the bulwark against…
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. …
Easter Vigil 2019 God created on the first day of the week at midnight, He was born at midnight and we keep vigil now waiting for His rising at midnight. All the infinite merits of Christ’s Passion and Death were won on the Cross but only applied to us when He rose from the dead…
Holy Thursday 2019 St. Paul reminds us in the Epistle not to receive the Body of Christ unworthily. It is a betrayal and a lie to use a sign of love as one of hatred the way Judas did with his kiss. The Church interrupts her time of penance and sorrow to express her joy…
Laetare Sunday 2019 After learning about the wonderful saints of this week, Francis of Paola, Isidore of Seville and Vincent Ferrer, the Epistle of St. Paul about the son of the slave girl and the heir of the free woman is explained. Then the Gospel, which is the beginning of St. John’s famous sixth chapter…
19th Sunday after Pentecost 2018 The 19th Sunday after Pentecost reminds us not to neglect the divine invitation to the marriage feast and to come prepared wearing our wedding garment symbolizing grace. Clothed as a new man we will put aside sin and follow the commandments. Today is also the feast of St. Jerome, the…
11th Sunday after Pentecost 2018 The feasts for this week give cause for us to thank God and take strength in upholding the faith. This Mass for the Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost recalls Our Lord’s Resurrection and the Easter sacraments of Baptism and Holy Eucharist. St. Paul lists all the witnesses to Christ’s Risen Body…
Fifth Sunday after Easter 2018 – First Communion Sunday The Church on this last Sunday after Easter recalls the great joy of the Resurrection. The Epistle from St. James exhorts us to put the Faith into action and not be idle hearers of the word. In the Gospel Our Lord instructs His apostles to pray to the Father…
Holy Thursday 2018 The bells of thanksgiving and joy are rung during the Gloria of this Mass which celebrates the birthday of the priesthood, the Mass, the Holy Eucharist and the Sacred Liturgy. These gifts of love from the Sacred Heart of Jesus must be appreciated as the heavenly treasure and the pearl of great price. …
Laetare Sunday 2018 At the midpoint of Lent we recall the greatest gift God has given after the Redemptive Incarnation – the Holy Eucharist. The Gospel tells how Our Lord prepared the people for this Sacrament by the miracle of the loaves and fishes. By reception of the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ we are…
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