The story of the paralytic shows Christ’s power to forgive sins and encourages all sinners to seek mercy, even through ones friends. Our chapel tour continues with the explanation of the Beatitudes as the hallmarks of holiness. An in depth study of the sanctuary tells of its different features and the meaning of these fulfillments of the Old Testament’s Holy of Holies.
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16th Sunday after Pentecost 2017
The Holy Spirit speaks to us through the Epistle and Gospel of every Mass so we should pay close attention. He also aids us in our spiritual life which must be grounded in charity. We should learn to trust the Advocate and not ourselves because we are often attached to self. Do not despise our neighbors and thereby fall into false humility.
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15th Sunday after Pentecost 2017
Our Lord’s first public raising from the dead is the Gospel for today. Moved at the sight of the widow of Naim, Christ miraculously brought her only child back to life with the words, “Young man, I say to thee arise”. After explaining this story we begin a tour of the chapel which was inspired by the recent “open house”. The chapel was designed to teach and to lead anyone who enters here to the heights of perfection in the spiritual life. More beautiful lessons will be presented in future installments.
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13th Sunday after Pentecost 2017
The Collect Prayer for the Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost sums up our desire for an increase of the theological virtues and a desire to love God as He wants. For this, we should pray the Acts of Faith, Hope and Charity daily because these virtues are essential for gaining heaven and we can never have enough of them. The Gospel reminds us that we must be grateful to God for His gifts as the leperous Samaritan was after Christ healed him.
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6th Sunday after Pentecost 2017
After learning about the saints this week, particularly St. Mary Magdalen, Our Lady of Mt. Carmel and the brown scapular were explained.  This Sunday’s Mass is concerned with the Easter Sacraments of Baptism and the Holy Eucharist which are the thoughts found in the Epistle and Gospel. The Blessed Sacrament will strengthen us throughout life and we must always pray that we be preserved from a sudden and unprovided death in the end.
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Feast Of The Precious Blood 2017
The feast of the Precious Blood was instituted by the saintly Pope Pius IX in gratitude for the restoration of Rome to the Holy See.  St. Peter called Our Lord’s Blood Precious in his epistle and It is so because of the hypostatic union which joins Christ’s humanity to His divinity. The Sacrifice of the Mass as that on Calvary depends on the shedding of this Blood and our communion with It. Our bodies are thereby sanctified as temples of God and should never be cremated. The Precious Blood sustained the early church during centuries of persecution so successfully that by the time of Constantine there were 1800 dioceses.  Finally, there is a special message for priests and aspirants to the priesthood on the sanctifying power of the Holy Mass as seen in the life of St. Bernadino Realino whose holiness was attested by miracles from his own blood.
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Low Sunday 2017
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Easter Sunday 2017
On Easter Sunday St. Paul tells us to purge out the old leaven and that Christ is our Passover. His rising from the dead still shocks and amazes the modern world as it did in His day. One of the purposes for Our Lord’s Resurrection is as an aid to believe all that He taught and gave us.  It also proves His victory over sin because He overcame its consequence, death. Easter is the glorious reward for Our Savior’s great work of sacrifice and includes all the merits He has won for us as well. We too will rise from the dead someday and go to heaven where God has prepared a place for us. We must have courage and enjoy this feast.
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Easter Vigil 2017
The Easter Vigil begins with the Feast of Light in dispelling the darkness of sin. The next part of the ceremony is about Baptism and renewal of vows and finally we have the Mass. The central doctrine of Easter is the Resurrection of Our Lord and His overcoming of evil and death. We renew our Faith and rejoice in Christ’s glorious Resurrection.
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