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A Heart for the Unloved

June 12, 2026By Servants Of The Holy Family

Sacred Heart 2026
When we are in the state of grace, the Holy Trinity comes to dwell in our souls. In Holy Communion, we not only receive the Humanity and Divinity of Jesus Christ, but God the Son breathes into our souls the Father and the Holy Spirit. Few understand and appreciate this sacred dogma of Christ “dwelling through grace in our hearts.” God made us so that we may be “rooted and grounded in love” – that experimental love God has for Himself. His love for us is truly incomprehensible.

Blood and water flowed from the Sacred Heart of Christ when it was pierced by the lance. The flow of water represents the sacrament of Baptism, while the Precious Blood represents the Holy Eucharist. Our Lord said that His Sacred Heart is the last gift He would offer mankind. He warned that, “the charity of the many will grow cold,” and we see the truth of these words in our day. However, Christ promised that He will reign in spite of His enemies. We are not made first for human love, but for an undying love and intimate union with God.
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A Method for Mental Prayer

June 7, 2026By Servants Of The Holy Family

^{Sermon On The}^{2nd Sunday after Pentecost 2026}This period of the liturgical year is particularly focused on each individual soul’s growth in virtue and holiness. Although God gives souls the grace to accept the Faith even without their asking for it, we cannot persevere without praying for the necessary assistance from God. This is why the saints stress the necessity of mental prayer in every Catholic’s life. If we wish to pray with our hearts and not merely with our lips, then it is vital for us to follow the method of prayer laid down for us by the saints. To practice mental prayer, one should prepare oneself and select the correct material on which to meditate so he might stimulate a heart-to-heart conversation with Our Lord. Prayer does not consist in thinking much, but in loving much. Despite distraction effecting the mind or aridity effecting the heart, the only way in which we can fail in the practice of mental prayer is to give it up entirely.
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Today Is Our Victory

May 14, 2026By Servants Of The Holy Family

Ascension Thursday Evening 2026
The Gospel account speaks of Our Lord being “taken up to Heaven,” which means He was “assumed,” yet we are told by the Gradual and Alleluia that He “ascended” into Heaven. Both these words can be applied, because this was an act of all three Persons of the Trinity. Our Lord ascended by His own divine power, but He was also brought home by the power of the Father and the Holy Ghost. Just as the Apostles gathered in prayer with the Blessed Mother after the departure of Christ, we are together with her now. Angels from Heaven revealed the dogma to us, and to deny this dogma of the Ascension maliciously prevents one from entering Heaven. Although this is a glorious mystery of the Rosary, we cannot help but feel sad at the physical departure of Our Lord. We may be sorrowful because He left, but we are joyful because of His promised return. Today Our Lord prepared a place for us in our heavenly home.
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Help Us Reach Our Home

May 14, 2026By Servants Of The Holy Family

Ascension Thursday Morning 2026
This day marks the completion of Our Lord’s work on Earth 2,000 years ago. The Ascension is the departure of Christ from His Apostles to His place at the right hand of the Father, and it completes the Paschal Mystery. Our Lord’s Passion and death is renewed at every Mass, and on a feast day such as this, we receive the graces given to the Apostles and disciples. In reading the Holy Scriptures we read about the persecution of Our Lord’s followers. Just as they did, we rejoice when we must endure persecution. Before He departed, Christ rebuked the Apostles for being slow to believe and hard of heart. Are we better than they? We always feel a sense of melancholy when the Paschal Candle is extinguished. The symbol of Our Lord’s physical presence is now gone, but we are destined to be reunited with Him in Heaven. Those who remain faithful are rewarded on this day.
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We Are Called to Serve

May 10, 2026By Servants Of The Holy Family

5th Sunday After Easter 2026
We are told by St. Bede that the Resurrection of Our Lord is called “Easter” because the name was derived from the Old English “Eostre,” which was the name of a pagan goddess believed to rise from the East. The adoption of this name was not for the purpose of giving honor to a false deity, but to change false worship into honor given to the one true God. This is a far cry from the participation in false worship we witness from the hierarchy today.

We must take a real, honest interest in our vocations, which are so important for our salvation, and pray sincerely that God will guide our decisions. There should be no question in our mind that God is calling each of us to serve Him. If we are dedicated to sin, our prayers will not be heard, but if we are sincerely dedicated to God, we can be assured that they are answered. The less we communicate with the world, the more we will hear God.
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The Allotted Portion for a Priest

April 14, 2026By Servants Of The Holy Family

Feast of St Justin 2026
Bishop Ward’s greeting on his 53rd Priestly Anniversary
“The Lord is my allotted portion and my cup. He it is Who will restore my inheritance to me.” It is true that Our Lord takes care of those who trust in Him. The priesthood does not give joy as the world gives it. It gives that inner awareness that all is right; that you belong to Someone and He possesses you. It is the deep realization of the tranquility of order. A priest is happy in the possession of the good. It is the beginning of the happiness of Heaven. The greatest works we can do on Earth only last for a time, but the work of the priest lasts for all time.
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The Biblical Easter Celebration

April 12, 2026By Servants Of The Holy Family

Low Sunday 2026
This week we are given the splendid examples of the saintly lives we should imitate in St. Hermenegild, Bl. Margaret of Castello, St. Justin Martyr, St. Benedict Joseph Labre, St. Magnus of Orkney, and St. Anicetus. We should familiarize ourselves with the details of their lives.

The Apostles were so overjoyed to see Christ risen that they began to wonder if their own excitement was causing them to imagine His presence. Our Lord asked for food, that He might prove His bodily resurrection. For St. Mary Magdalen, it was enough to hear her Lord’s voice, but St. Thomas had to put His hand into Our Lord’s side in order to believe.

We reject the so-called “New Synodal Church,” along with its false Divine Mercy devotion. The Divine Mercy image has no Sacred Heart and no wounds, and it was condemned by the pre-conciliar Church. We Catholics celebrate the biblical account of what Christ did on this day.
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The Providence of the Resurrection

April 5, 2026By Servants Of The Holy Family

Easter Sunday Evening 2026
Bishop Ward’s Easter greeting following Benediction
Despite what many Modernists might say, it is a dogma of the Faith that Our Lord rose bodily from the dead. We are greatly blessed to have such a prayerful chapel and beautiful vestments with which to honor Our Lord. We die because of the consequences of sin. In conquering death our Redeemer conquered sin and all those who cause it in the world. Divine Providence is God’s plan for our lives, and that plan includes all the trials and all the blessings. The enemies of Christ can do nothing to hurt us. We enjoy great peace in knowing that Christ has overcome death and sin. If we give ourselves to Him and trust in His grace, we can rest assured that all will end well for us.

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Walk In The Newness Of Life

April 5, 2026By Servants Of The Holy Family

Easter Sunday Morning 2026
The entire liturgical year prepares us for this greatest of all feasts when the Church celebrates the triumph of its beloved Redeemer. It is fitting that this day falls during the Spring, when all creation appears to be coming forth with new life. It is because of Easter that Christians recognize the Lord’s Day as Sunday. We place our joy in a work which is greater than that of creation itself, and we rest on Sunday to commemorate it. All the faithful recognize the dogma of Christ’s bodily resurrection as the foundation of our Faith. As St. Paul tells us, “If Christ be not risen again, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain.” The Apostles gave testimony to this fact by shedding their blood in defense of it. Now that we have been buried with Christ and have risen in His new life, we must persevere in the practice of virtue and vigorously combat the temptation to return to the slavery of sin. Like our risen Lord, may we die no more and forever walk in the newness of life.
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