Lent

Restore The Holy Eucharist

April 9, 2020By Servants Of The Holy Family

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 Real Presence among us in the Blessed Sacrament. He is our Food and the reason for the joy and freedom we experience even at the worst of times. The Priesthood was established to accomplish this until the end of time. St. John Vianney said that love of the Mass and the priesthood are signs of predestination. Priests must cherish these things most of all. St. Paul in the Epistle warns that our infirmities are caused because of the neglect of the Holy Eucharist. These mysterious days in which we are living have as their root cause the mistreatment of Our Lord in the most sacred sacrament of the altar.
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Jesus, Come To Me, Embrace Me

April 5, 2020By Servants Of The Holy Family

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 Our Lord King today; although they cried for His death less than a week later. The palm is a sign of victory and why it was used to welcome Christ into the Holy City. It is a pledge of our victory today.
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Deliver Us, O Lord

March 29, 2020By Servants Of The Holy Family

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 of Him by veiling the Crucifix and statues. This year it is more dramatic because many are unable to even come to the chapel. Given these circumstances we should unite more than ever with the texts of this Mass and cry out for deliverance. We should practice prayer, especially the Rosary, and all the exercises of the spiritual life with renewed purpose so as to strengthen ourselves, with God’s grace, during this present crisis and for the future.
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Patron Of All

March 19, 2020By Servants Of The Holy Family

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 to fulfill his role in so Divine a mission. The angel reassured St. Joseph and he never wavered in his loving fidelity to duty. Unlike the Apostles, his job was to protect and to conceal the Savior until His hour had come. His virginal paternity is a perfect reflection of that of God the Father. St. Joseph fulfilled his roles as saint, husband, father and worker so that he truly is the patron of all.
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Spiritual Communion

March 15, 2020By Servants Of The Holy Family

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 Jesus praising His Blessed Mother for hearing the words of God and keeping them. The feast of St. Joseph is later this week and he is the patron of our community. Finally, we should practice the consoling devotion of making a spiritual communion, especially if we are unable to receive Holy Communion.
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Learn As A Catechumen In Lent

March 8, 2020By Servants Of The Holy Family

2nd Sunday of Lent 2020
Lent is a long retreat for catechumens to prepare for Baptism and for penitents to prepare for Communion. We follow in their footsteps as we learn from each of the Lenten Masses as seen, for example, in this week’s story of Esau and Jacob. Today’s Epistle stresses God’s holy will that we become saints while the Transfiguration Gospel reaffirms Our Lord’s divinity, especially in preparation for His suffering ahead which will test our faith as it did the apostles.
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In Heaven We Will Meet Again

March 7, 2020By Servants Of The Holy Family

Funeral Mass March 7, 2020
Our first duty in the face of death is to pray for the soul of the faithful departed so that she may be released from Purgatory as soon as possible. We have confidence because all the consolations of the Faith through the sacraments were given to the deceased but we still must pray always for her. God rewards those who suffer for Him, especially out of loyalty which He values highly. Catholics look forward to the day when they can meet their beloved dead and see them again in heaven.
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What Is Keeping Me From God?

March 1, 2020By Servants Of The Holy Family

First Sunday of Lent 2020
This sermon begins with a review of the Lenten regulations and a recalling of the life and the struggle for his vocation of St. Thomas Aquinas, whose feast is this week. Then we learn about the sacramental of ashes which is a powerful aid during this season which offers us more graces than at any other time during the year. With this help we perform supernatural works which overcome everything that separates us from God. After His forty days of fasting in the desert, Our Lord showed us how to defeat the devil and his temptations. We are meant to follow Christ’s example.
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The Grace Of Ashes

February 26, 2020By Servants Of The Holy Family

Ash Wednesday 2020
The origins of this day date back to the beginning when God told Adam after his fall that he was dust and unto dust he would return. To counter the sin of pride by eating the forbidden fruit we are called to practice humility by fast and abstinence. All peoples have felt the need for penance and Catholics can accomplish it effectively and with merit. Not to be forgotten is the need for love which must motivate our actions and make us imitate Christ who suffered and died out of love. The Mass is the greatest work any of us can do and so it is critical during Lent. The sacramental of the ashes will strengthen us today and throughout these forty days.
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