Sermon From Quinquagesima Sunday 2012 There is no question on the Catholic Church’s stance regarding contraception and abortion, despite the attacks of the world on these moral teachings in our day.
We have had St. Paul as our retreat master preparing us for Lent, and now that we have spent this time and know the malice of our fallen nature, we are prepared to perform penances during the coming season in all charity. We will need faith and love to carry our cross with Christ through Lent. This is our chance to do battle with the help of Christ. God will never abandon us. #20120219M
Septuagesima Sunday 2012 St. Blaise was a bishop who was arrested during the early persecutions and was blessed with many favors by God. Devotion to him has been very popular throughout the history of the Church and so the Church has devised a special blessing which invokes his intercession.
St. Agatha was close to the last of the martyrs. She was unwilling to submit to sins of impurity under the greatest pressures and even endure terrible torture rather than give up her virtue.
When a woman gave birth under the Old Law, she was considered ritually unclean and because of this she was commanded to submit herself to the temple after one month for her purification. Although Our Lady was not subject to this because of the miraculous birth, she submitted so she might have a greater union with us sinners. It is also the day of the first of the great sorrows of her life in the prophecy of Simeon.
These Sundays before Lent are meant to help us know ourselves. If we put out just a portion of the effort for our reward, which will last forever, that the sports stars put into their victory, we will be sure to triumph over this life. #20120205
Feast of the Purification 2012 This is one of the most ancient feasts in honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary. God gave Moses the Law which instructed His chosen people to present their children to Him shortly after their birth. Although Our Lord and His Holy Mother were not subject to this law, He submitted Himself freely to it as an example for us. After Our Lord was presented to God, He was ritually ransomed back by His parents through the sacrifice they offered in the Temple. The beautiful sacramental of the candle, which is distributed today, is a means of ridding our souls of sin through God’s grace. As we pray that its light will dispel the darkness of our minds, we must continue to ask for the desire for Heaven and union with Our Lord. #20120202K
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