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…
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…
Quinquagesima Sunday 2020 The Epistle for today teaches the importance of the supernatural virtue of charity which is not to be confused with natural human kindness. Charity not only enables us to love God and neighbor but it gives us knowledge beyond the highest attainable during our earthly lives. Today was also the clothing day…
Sexagesima Sunday 2020 The Divine Office for this week recounts the story of Noah and his Ark. This is the type for Christ and His saving Cross which undo the fall of Adam caused by his eating the forbidden fruit of the tree in Paradise. We learn also that God’s grace is offered to us…
5th Sunday after Pentecost 2019 The Church begins our sanctification now with the reminder that our love of God is shown by our love of our neighbor. This is so important that Our Lord instructs us to delay even prayer and public worship so we can first reconcile with our brother when necessary. How we…
Good Friday 2019 The Church is in sorrow and desolation on God’s Friday because it is the day He died for our sins. This should move us to deep repentance for what our sins have done and thanksgiving to Our Lord for His great love in redeeming us this way. The Solemn Liturgical Action for…
Feast Of St. Joseph 2019 The Gospel for this feast is taken from St. Matthew about the so-called doubt of St. Joseph. These few verses contain a wealth of doctrinal information about his fatherly love of the Son of God, his pure love of his wife, the Blessed Virgin Mary, and the unique holiness of…
1st Sunday In Lent 2019 St. Paul tells us in the Epistle that now is the acceptable time to grow close to Our Lord. The Liturgy shows the way with a special Mass for each day of Lent. Our battle begins against the devil and sin and a holy fear of our own weaknesses is…
Ash Wednesday Evening 2019 Lent begins with the moving Epistle from the Prophet Joel which calls on all, especially the priests, to do penance for sin and thereby receive from God the blessings of His gifts. Through prayer, fasting and almsgiving we separate ourselves from evil tendencies and open up to the infusion of God’s…
Septuagesima Sunday 2019 Septuagesima Sunday starts the new Paschal cycle and serves as a time of examining our consciences in preparation for Lent. The Mass texts, especially the Introit, teach us about death being the consequence of original sin. The Epistle encourages us to be as generous as the pagans are in obtaining their perishable…
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