Sermon From
Ascension 2014
Today we celebrate the only dogma that was proclaimed to us by the angels. Jesus descended into Hell, meaning that He entered to “lower regions” to lead the souls of the just to their reward. They were all brought to that real place which we call Heaven and all the souls of the just are celebrating there on this day. This is a prediction of our coming resurrection. Christ sits at the right hand of the Father by right and by conquest.
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Sermon From
Low Sunday 2014
Our Lord has truly risen, and we are here to celebrate that event. “This is the victory that overcomes the world – our faith.” This is the victory that leads us to Heaven. The Blessed Mother was the first person that Our Lord visited after His Resurrection. We know this not because the Bible mentions it directly but because it tells us by omission. She was not among the women visiting the tomb, because she already knew her Son had risen. We are small and insignificant, but because of the faith we will be victorious.
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Funeral Mass, March 2014
Death hurts us all, but the Church gives us words of comfort in the face of death when she reminds us that on the last day all will rise. The coffin of the deceased is surrounded by candles at the Requiem Mass, representing Christ, the Light of the World. Even those who have left the true Church have admitted the great comfort the Church offers us in our last moments. In praying for final perseverance, we are asking for all the help necessary to fight the final attempts of the devil to steal our souls from God. The deceased soul’s work is over, but ours is not. We must continually pray for the souls in purgatory and pray for our own salvation.
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Conference On
1st Friday February 2014
We continue to learn about the mystery of God’s providence during this period of the liturgical year. Just as the life of the Magi destined them to follow the Star of Bethlehem, God humbles Himself in revealing his plans to us according to our own lives. We partake in the prayer of the Magi in our mental, vocal, and liturgical prayers, and only through these prayers may we one day prostrate ourselves at the feet of our Savior.
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Sermon From Midnight Mass
Christmas 2013
The three Masses of Christmas each recall a different aspect of Our Lord’s birth – the Midnight Mass recalled the eternal begetting of the Son from the Father, the Mass at dawn His birth in the world, and the third Mass recalls His birth in our individual souls. In His incarnate Divine Son, God now has human feelings, and when we look into the face of the Christ Child we look into the face of God. Christmas is not the end but the beginning. It is the first step of our Redeemer’s mission, and it points towards that day when the angels will announce the definitive victory of Christ over evil.
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25th Sunday after Pentecost 2013 – Part 1
St. Paul wrote the epistle to the Colossians while he was imprisoned. In it, St. Paul emphasized the supremacy of Our Lord over all creatures and His equality with God the Father. Mercy, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience are virtues rarely found among Catholics today. It is through charity that we reach perfection, the intimate union with God. Charity unites and informs all the other virtues, changing them into true expressions of love. A gift is only valuable when it comes from love. If we do not increase in charity, the good works we perform will not increase our glory in Heaven. We should consider how much we have grown in holiness after so many years of being a Catholic. This Gospel contains one of the few parables for which Christ gave a direct explanation. It is the perfect parable for our own time.
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Sermon From
24th Sunday After Pentecost 2013
Father Violette✟
We must first love God, then our neighbor, and then love ourselves according to God’s Will. The three theological virtues are freely given, not earned. When we reach heaven, faith and hope will no longer be needed, only charity will remain. We practice charity, which is true love for neighbor, even when we do not like him – even when he attacks us. Just as Our Lord saved the Apostles who were in danger on the stormy sea, we should never feel as if we are doomed. We must tell God how deeply we believe and ask Him to increase our belief.
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Sermon From
All Souls Day 2013
This beautiful Mass for the Holy Souls in Purgatory has its own sequence entitled “Dies Irae” which means the Day of Wrath. It is a warning to the living of the judgments of God but ends with hope of happiness in heaven. Today is proof that the debt for our forgiven sins can be removed and that Divine Love has in fact created Purgatory for that purpose. Obstacles still persist in the soul after death and impede our entrance into glory. These can and will be removed by a purification that severs souls from anything that still holds them from ascending. What do non-Catholics do in the face of death? Our consoling doctrine can teach them about God’s merciful love.
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Sermon From The
Feast Of All Saints 2013
Our Lord in the Gospel teaches the Beatitudes which show the blessedness of the saints. We must have great desire to be holy and we can achieve this with prayer and effort. Although non-Catholics criticize devotion to the saints they are not following Christian practice which dates back to the second century when several Apostolic Fathers recorded how relics, feastdays and prayers in honor of the Blessed Mother and the martyrs were already well-established. We must go to the saints who are more powerful now in heaven than they ever were on earth. We should take the words of St. Augustine to heart: “If they can become saints why can’t I?” Prayer to the saints will be rewarded. Heaven is our home and for that we have been created.
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22nd Sunday after Pentecost 2013
We believe in the liturgical law, and that the law of belief follows that of prayer. This is why the deformation of the liturgy is so diabolically dangerous. Throughout the Mass and especially as we approach the moment of Communion, we pray for peace – the tranquility of order. This peace that we enjoy comes from the Mass. Like Esther, we pray that God will give us the words to please Him. While we live in this Valley of Tears, we can maintain our peace and joy if we remain always attached to the Holy Mass. Just as St. Alfred the Great triumphed in the name of Christ the King, if we remain true to the Faith and unified in the liturgy, we too will conquer our foes.
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