The Divine Power Of Faith

August 9, 2015By

11th Sunday after Pentecost 2015
The body of doctrines that all Catholics must believe is called Objective Faith, which is distinct from the virtue of faith.  This virtue gives us the ability to ascent with the mind and adhere with the will to all the truths revealed by our Divine Savior.  We do not appreciate the great privilege we have been given through faith.  It is an act of the greatest love of God for Him to share the mysteries of His life so that we might believe in them.  The gift of faith is offered to even the worst among us.  The Gospel today displays the great power of intercession, because it was due to the friends of the deaf and dumb man that he obtained his cure.  This teaches us to pray perseveringly for the conversion of our neighbor.
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Let Perpetual Light Shine Upon Him

March 4, 2014By

Funeral Mass, March 2014
Death hurts us all, but the Church gives us words of comfort in the face of death when she reminds us that on the last day all will rise.  The coffin of the deceased is surrounded by candles at the Requiem Mass, representing Christ, the Light of the World.  Even those who have left the true Church have admitted the great comfort the Church offers us in our last moments.  In praying for final perseverance, we are asking for all the help necessary to fight the final attempts of the devil to steal our souls from God.  The deceased soul’s work is over, but ours is not.  We must continually pray for the souls in purgatory and pray for our own salvation.
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The Gift of Our Chapel

November 10, 2013By

25th Sunday after Pentecost 2013 – Part 2
We should pray to the saints as if they are real people, not simply images.  The dedication of the Church of Our Savior in Rome, which is the “mother and head” of all churches throughout the world, has been the residence of the popes.  A mosaic in this Church commemorates the apparition of Our Lord which took place during the consecration ceremony.  All other churches are considered Catholic because they are an extension of this Church in Rome.  The cruciform structure of every church reflects the God-centered purpose of our religion, while the altar facing the East demonstrates that the church is not for the people first, but for the worship of God.  A priest should enter the church trembling, knowing that he enters the courts of Heaven.  Traditionally, the doors to the church represented the Trinity, with a carving over the main door depicting Christ in judgment.  It is only after passing through His judgment that we will enter our heavenly abode.
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The King of All Virtues

November 10, 2013By

25th Sunday after Pentecost 2013 – Part 1
St. Paul wrote the epistle to the Colossians while he was imprisoned.  In it, St. Paul emphasized the supremacy of Our Lord over all creatures and His equality with God the Father.  Mercy, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience are virtues rarely found among Catholics today.  It is through charity that we reach perfection, the intimate union with God.  Charity unites and informs all the other virtues, changing them into true expressions of love.  A gift is only valuable when it comes from love.  If we do not increase in charity, the good works we perform will not increase our glory in Heaven.  We should consider how much we have grown in holiness after so many years of being a Catholic.  This Gospel contains one of the few parables for which Christ gave a direct explanation. It is the perfect parable for our own time.
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The Remedy for All Weakness

April 5, 2012By

Holy Thursday 2012

On this night we celebrate the institution of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass and Holy Orders.  Who would forgive our sins and give us the sacraments of Christ had He not founded the priesthood?  Just as He humbled Himself before the Apostles in the washing of their feet, God Almighty surrenders Himself to us in the gift of His being in the Holy Eucharist.  On this night, in the stripping of the altars, we also remember the great attacks and abuses Christ endured at the beginning of His Passion and still endures in offenses against the Blessed Sacrament today.  The Holy Mass is the most effective means of conversion from and reparation for sin.  How many misfortunes do Catholics face because of their neglect or abuse of the greatest gift of God on Earth – the Holy Mass?  Our Lord desires to come to us, concealing His omnipotent power, so that we might feel welcomed to approach Him.
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A Vision of Hell

March 25, 2012By

Passion Sunday 2012

The liturgical year reflects the life of Christ, and we now reach the fruition of His earthly life with the approach of Holy Week.  All the images are veiled to remove all consolations so that we may better unite with the desolation Christ endured in those moments.  The great mystic, Josefa Menéndez, received visions of Purgatory and Hell.  Our Lord spoke of these punishments of the next life very often.  Sister Josefa frequently spoke of the inability of the lost souls to love, and that if even the slightest act of love were permitted it would no longer be Hell.  She saw that a soul which had gone to great lengths to deprive and mortify itself on Earth would not endure the sufferings of Hell.  We should have an undying fear of this eternal punishment, practice the virtue of hope, and respond to the continual graces God offers.
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Watch For The Signs

November 20, 2011By

Last Sunday after Pentecost 2011
Death comes to us all, and at the moment of our death judgment is passed instantaneously.  No longer distracted by the material world, the soul is given a direct intuition of its state in the eyes of God and its eternal abode is fixed forever.  The Holy Souls thirst for our prayers, because they are utterly incapable of helping themselves anymore.

The end of the world is spoken of by Christ more than any other topic.  No matter what happens in the times to come, we must maintain trust in God, knowing that He will not let anything happen to the souls of His friends.  The reason there will be a General Judgment is because every sin has a public aspect to it, and God’s justice must be vindicated publicly.  God gives us signs predicting the end of time to console the just and frighten the wicked, and we must be able to recognize these nine signs, so we may know when our judgment is at hand.
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