Ash Wednesday 2021 Neglect of practicing penance during Lent is a cause of the problems we experience in the world today. The virtue of penance is a power from God which makes us hate sin, be sorry for it, make reparation for it and convert because sin offends God Who loves us. Penance spurs us…
Quinquagesima Sunday 2021 In preparation for Ash Wednesday and Lent there is a review of the laws concerning fast and abstinence. Today is also the feast of St. Valentine and his impact in our own day. The Epistle for this Mass is taken from St. Paul and teaches us the importance of doing all our…
Sexagesima Sunday 2021 Saints this week are our friends like St. Apollonia. The Liturgy is our ordinary means of sanctification and reception of sacramentals is a practical aspect of this. St. Paul is the dominant character during this season of Septuagesima and tells in the Epistle of all he has sacrificed in fulfilling Our Lord’s…
Septuagesima Sunday 2021 This week is the feast of St. Agatha whose veil is a precious relic that has protected the city of Catania from various cataclysms throughout history. The significance of wearing a veil is explained. Septuagesima season is a transition from the Christmas to the Easter cycle and an immediate preparation for Lent. …
Good Friday 2020 The Church mourns the death of God in an even more dramatic way this year. The Solemn Liturgical Action expresses this loss through the Passion of St. John and the two prophecies. Then we join with Christ on the Cross for His universal prayers for all. We venerate our means of salvation…
Holy Thursday 2020 We celebrate the anniversaries of the institution of the sacrifice of the Holy Mass and the sacraments of the Holy Eucharist and Holy Orders today. The Mass is the central act and purpose for the Church which Christ commanded at the Last Supper to be offered and from it flows Our Lord’s…
Palm Sunday 2020 While unable to attend Mass, we must be more devout at home, especially by practicing spiritual communion. The Indwelling of the Blessed Trinity and the action of the Father, Son and Holy Ghost in our souls will inspire us. That type of inspiration is what moved the people in Jerusalem to proclaim…
Passion Sunday 2020 The last two weeks of Lent are the most sacred and have a special name, Passiontide. In today’s Gospel, Our Lord proclaimed His Divinity with the result that He had to hide from those who wanted to stone Him. The Church incorporates this into Passiontide by hiding Christ and all the reminders…
Feast Of Saint Joseph 2020 St. Joseph is described as a just man in the Gospel which means he was deeply religious. His virtues prepared him for his vocation to be the spouse of the Blessed Mother and foster father of the Son of God. His fears after the Annunciation were about his own worthiness…
3rd Sunday of Lent 2020 St. Paul teaches us the importance of imitating God during Lent. These are trying times which offer us the opportunity to face them as Our Lord would. In the Gospel we see how the insincere twist even the holy works of Christ to their own destruction. This account ends with…
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