3rd Sunday after Pentecost 2024 Green vestments are worn during this season to express the virtue of Hope. We are instructed to hope in nothing but God Who tells us, “Without Me you can do nothing.” We must know the truth about ourselves, always remembering what we used to be and remaining prepared for the…
2nd Sunday after Pentecost 2024 Tonsure Ceremony With first tonsure one becomes a cleric. This ceremony has been part of the Church since the 5th century. Just as slaves were shorn to show their complete ownership by their master, so the cleric shows that he now belongs to Christ. The surplice is imposed to represent…
2nd Sunday in Lent 2024 St. Paul calls us to make “even greater progress,” but in order to do so, we must begin attacking our habits of venial sin. Mortal sins kill the soul, but venial sins are the great obstacle to sanctification. These lesser sins can easily be overlooked if we are not on…
Second Sunday of Advent 2023 With great hope we are reminded of eternity during this season. All virtue builds on nature, and the same is true of the virtue of hope. Hope cannot exist without difficulty and tribulation. We hope in God, not despite our sufferings, but in light of our sufferings. The saints took…
Feast of St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus 2023 Investiture of Sister Rose Michael When the priest gives the habit of Mount Carmel, it is Christ Himself giving the habit and all the graces attached to it. God wishes that a person embrace religion willingly, without any external pressure. In poverty we place all our…
2nd Sunday after Pentecost 2023 Today’s Gospel warns us against neglecting God. If we put off His invitation to salvation through sin and vice, we will surely lose His invitation. God instituted the feast of Corpus Christi right before this Sunday to remind us of the importance of the Blessed Sacrament. This day is a…
Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary 2021 Profession of Sr. Josepha All profession days are beautiful moments for our religious communities and for the people. Today is also unique and reminiscent of Jesus’ words about St. Paul at his conversion, “I will teach him to suffer for My Name”. This joyful day is also a…
St. Matthias 2021 (Profession Day) Today marks a step closer to the Sacred Priesthood as our brother officially becomes a member of our community with his profession. Religious life is a secure path to holiness and happiness in this life which will blossom in heaven. In recalling the first stirrings of a vocation one can…
Ash Wednesday 2021 Neglect of practicing penance during Lent is a cause of the problems we experience in the world today. The virtue of penance is a power from God which makes us hate sin, be sorry for it, make reparation for it and convert because sin offends God Who loves us. Penance spurs us…
9th Sunday After Pentecost 2020 After the Epistle and Gospel, Father spoke about the care he received the last few weeks and his attendance at Mass and how much it is centered on God. Then he spoke about today’s feast of St. Alphonsus Liguori who is the patron of moral theologians and who propagated the…
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