The Meanings of Penance

March 1, 2017By

Ash Wednesday 2017 Ash Wednesday begins the forty days of Lenten practice.  Penance is the virtue which motivates the faithful to receive the same named sacrament and do the works of that virtue, namely prayer, fasting & almsgiving.  The sacramental of the ashes gives the strength to do this.  Also in this sermon, we are…

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Turn Your Heart From This World

February 26, 2017By
Quinquagesima Sunday 2017 The Mass for this Sunday focuses on the need for the three theological virtues: Faith, Hope and Charity, with the caution from St. Paul in his Epistle that Faith without Charity accomplishes nothing.  In the Lenten Season which begins in earnest on Ash Wednesday, Holy Mother the Church provides us with multiple opportunities…
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I Must Admit I Am A Sinner

February 19, 2017By

Sexagesima Sunday 2017 60 days before Easter and counting.  This is a time of conversion – conversion from what?  From a sinful lifestyle engendered by our fallen nature as a result of Original Sin and our pride, stoked by the evil, which leads us to commit actual sins.  The antidote is a full examination of conscience, confession,…

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Take Up Your Cross Daily

March 25, 2016By
Good Friday 2016 This sermon is about why we call Good Friday, Good?   When we see how Our Lord was treated - how he was scourged, beaten, crowned with thorns, and cursed we find ourselves asking: “how can this be Good”?  It is for us a bittersweet moment because we know that unless Our Lord…
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My Little White Guest

March 24, 2016By
Holy Thursday 2016 This sermon is all about Agape which is that selfless, sacrificial, unconditional Love, which Jesus has first for His Father and then for us.  It is the Love that He demonstrated on Holy Thursday when He told his disciples, "I will not leave you orphans" and gave them and us through them,…
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Heaven Is The Mass

March 22, 2016By
Palm Sunday 2016 God is perfect and so is His creation, Incarnation and Redemption.  There are in a sense two Masses today.  The first is the Mass of Palms and this liturgy has certain elements of the Mass.  The second Mass is that of the Passion and reflects our Lord's Eternal Passion and heaven.   #20160320S
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The Season Of Penance

March 17, 2016By
Passion Sunday 2016 It is important to fight the effects of original sin and actual sins by practicing intense penance now.  Say the act of contrition often and never give up.  Get back up after each fall as Our Lord did when He was carrying His Cross.     #20160313K
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Live By Me Eternally

March 10, 2016By
Laetare Sunday After announcements we learn about St. Thomas Aquinas the angel of purity.  After the Epistle and Gospel the significance of the Rose and Laetare is explained.  Then the  Easter sacraments of Baptism and Holy Eucharist are described.  This Sunday is a foretaste of Easter joys in mid-Lent.  The details of the  Miracle of…
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Virtues Come From Humility

March 3, 2016By
Third Sunday Of Lent 2016 Most temptations come from the devil and prayer is our defense.  A prayerful person in life will die with a prayer on his lips.  Humility is the source of our virtues and God allows humiliations so that we will pray. #20160228S
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We Pray As We Believe

February 26, 2016By

Second Sunday in Lent St. Paul teaches purity in this Sunday’s Epistle.  The Transfiguration is meant to encourage apostles and us to persevere and to reveal Christ’s divinity.  Our only goal in life is heaven.  Read the Mass texts for Lent.  Pray for mercy.   #20160221M      

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