All Is Found in the Cross

March 29, 2013By

Good Friday 2013
We should pray to enter into the mind and Sacred Heart of Our Lord during this ceremony.  In His sufferings, our Redeemer bore the weight of all the sins of all mankind.  Through His unimaginable tortures, He never ceased thinking of us.  He looks down at His loving Mother, St. John, and Mary Magdalen.  He also sees His enemies and the bystanders who mocked Him.  In what group would we be found?  Would we be more faithful than the majority of the Apostles?  Do we have ill will in our hearts for our neighbor, even in the face of this moving scene?  All who have conformed their lives to the Cross will come to Christ with great confidence in the last day.  There is no hope of eternal life except in the Cross of Christ.
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His Last Will and Testament

March 28, 2013By

Sermon On
Holy Thursday 2013
Despite being the season of the Passion, the altar and celebrant are draped in white, because the Church cannot conceal her joy and gratitude for the gifts she has received today.  In preparation for His death, Christ promulgates His last will and testament for His offspring, but unlike an earthly father who can only pass on his wealth, Our Lord gives His children His enduring presence in the Holy Eucharist, and the means of perpetuating it in the priesthood.  All the gifts we receive from Christ, especially those of this day, are given freely and lovingly.  We should value these gifts above everything.  The institution of the Mass is the supreme gift of Christ.  Through this sacrifice the Son offers homage and adoration to His Father.  Through it we make reparation for our sins.  In the Sacrament of the Altar is truly present, not only grace, but the Author of all grace.  Now that the priesthood is so reviled and attacked, we should appreciate it more than ever.  Christians of the past were willing to shed their blood in defense of these awesome gifts – are we?
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The Liturgy of Heaven

March 24, 2013By

Palm Sunday 2013
It is important that we be fervent and attentive during Holy Week.  We do ourselves great harm by not entering into these moments with our hearts and minds.  The world will pass away and mean nothing, but what happens in the liturgy has consequences for all eternity.  We have been given a dignity beyond all comprehension.  God needed nothing outside Himself to be perfectly happy but, in His divine plan, God desired to have His Incarnate Son give Him infinite, external glory.  We join in this infinite glory because we are members of Christ’s Mystical Body.  Today we are united with this moment in Christ life by participating in this liturgy, and we look forward to the ultimate triumph of our King and our procession into the heavenly Jerusalem.  As defeated as Our Lord appears in the world today, this will be as nothing compared to the glory of His coming kingship.
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Facing the Consequences of Our Sins

March 17, 2013By

Sermon On
Passion Sunday 2013
Father Violette✟
All creation reflects the glory of God, however, angels and men, because of their freewill, have the obligation to acknowledge and worship their Creator.  We must pray humbly, perseveringly, and confidently.

The Church veils the statues of the saints, those objects of consolation, because we are meant to focus on Christ alone, and on the sufferings He endured for our sins.  We tend to blame our sufferings on the sins of others, but in truth, we experience the consequences of our own sins as much as those of our neighbor.  We are the ones condemning Our Lord to suffer and die.  We should rebuke ourselves severely for neglecting attendance at Mass, when we are able to do so.  The graces available to us at a single Mass are sufficient to save our souls.
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King and Lawgiver

March 10, 2013By

Sermon From
4th Sunday In Lent – Laetare Sunday 2013
We pray for the election of a holy pope, which is so necessary in these times of unprecedented crisis in the Church.  Although we have little confidence in any natural means to accomplish this desire, we place our hope in God and His divine intervention.

This is one of the two days when rose, the liturgical color of mitigated joy, is used.  It is also called the “Day of the Golden Rose.”  On this day a papal procession carried a golden rose, which had been blessed and placed on the altar during the Mass, and gifted this rose to a certain Catholic monarch as a sign of the pope’s favor.

We are given a foretaste of the pleasure and joy of Eternal beatitude with every reception of the Holy Eucharist.  How many people join the Catholic Church for the simple reason that they desire to be intimately united to Christ in this sacrament?

Every part of the Bible is true, but we must remember that it can be interpreted in the literal, the applied and the typical sense.  Events of the New Testament are foreshadowed by the events of the Old Testament.  The readings of the Divine Office this week give an example of the typical sense of Holy Scripture in Moses, who foreshadows Our Lord in our redemption.
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The Life-giving Sign

March 3, 2013By

Sermon From
3rd Sunday of Lent 2013
Our faith in the Blessed Trinity and in our Redemption are expressed by making the Sign of the Cross.  This simple act can win innumerable graces for us, and stir up in our souls sentiments of faith, hope, and charity.  When we remember how much Our Lord has suffered for us, we should be inspired to suffer for Him.  We see how valuable our soul is in the eyes of our Creator, Who went to such lengths to save us.  The early Fathers of the Church offer numerous references to the Sign of the Cross being made by Christians, and they describe the deep meaning contained in the ancient gesture.

The devil attempts to impede our spiritual progress by distractions and temptations, but our rule of life is to do the Will of God.  We should never imagine that we are safe from demonic attacks.
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A Glimpse of the Divine

February 24, 2013By

Sermon From The
2nd Sunday in Lent 2013
Today the faithful gather at the stational church of the Blessed Mother, so that we might be encouraged by the liturgy.  If we are being attacked, that means we are on the right path.  These three Apostles were chosen to glimpse the Divine because they were to witness the sufferings of Christ in Gethsemane.  God desires our sanctification, but we must avoid the vice of impurity which captures more souls than any other.  We must take this lessen to heart if we wish one day to see the triumph prefigured by the Transfiguration.
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The Lenten Spirit

February 17, 2013By

1st Sunday of Lent 2013
How can souls reach Heaven if they are not taught to pray?  Unfortunately, during these times of great crisis in the Church, there are Catholics who cannot even recite the Lord’s Prayer.  We should always remember when making the Sign of the Cross that we invoke the Holy Trinity.

The power of this season is acknowledged even by the world, although the world will never understand it.  We pray that the ashes we received will be a remedy for all those who implore the Holy Name of Jesus.
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The Prophecy of the Resurrection

April 8, 2012By

Easter Midnight Mass 2012
All the scenes of the paschal mystery are also prophecies of things yet to come. Before Christ comes to judge the living and the dead, cataclysms will affect the whole Earth, and He will send angels to announce the Savior in glory. Just as the soldiers were terrified and fell down as dead men, so too will the enemies who have fought Our Lord react to His coming in those days. It will be at the darkest moment when everyone is at the brink of despair and all seems lost, when Our Divine Savior will make His appearance and triumph over all. May we receive all the fruits God desires for us on this day while we confidently await the victory to come.
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A Taste of Triumph

April 7, 2012By

Easter Vigil 2012
Our Lord is the Author and Minister of the holy liturgy, and because all the acts of Christ during His life on Earth were acts of worship, we relive His life through the liturgy.  These rituals are not empty, but are a true living memorial which places us as participants in these mysteries.  The liturgy also points to a time yet to come.  It points to the day when all the works of the Son of God will be fulfilled in the final victory over all His enemies.  This night we receive a foretaste of that triumph.  The sacramental order uses the simple elements of creation to impart supernatural favors.  When the fire is lit, God begins to renew His Resurrection from the dead, and our Redeemer, in the light of the candle, leads us to the baptismal water that purifies our souls.
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