Exaltation of the Holy Cross 2017 Relics of the true Cross are in our shrine and give us a link to the origins of this feast. The Cross had its antecedents in the Old Testament but its exaltation began with Constantine’s victory under its banner. His mother, St. Helen, discovered the true Cross and later…
12th Sunday after Pentecost 2017 The parable of the Good Samaritan revolutionized the ancient world’s outlook on how to treat the less fortunate. Its impact is still felt today because even our secular society has “Samaritan” laws and institutions recalling this lesson from Our Lord. There is a deeper meaning to this story which explains how Christ…
11th Sunday After Pentecost 2017 We must do good to others and be grateful for whatever gifts we receive. To live a spiritual life requires prayer more than our natural life needs the air we breathe. By its power we are enabled to make all the daily sacrifices God requires of us along the path of perfection. …
10th Sunday after Pentecost In today’s Gospel about the Pharisee and the Publican Our Lord taught a valuable lesson to those who trusted in themselves and despised others. The teaching concerned having a humble estimation of ourselves which would thereby prepare us for the glories of heaven because those who humble themselves shall be exalted. #20170813K
Feast Of St. Dominic’s Feastday – 1st Friday August 2017 St. Dominic travelled through southern France on a trip to Rome with his bishop in the 13th century and he was moved with compassion for the plight of the fallen away Catholics there who were deceived by an ancient heresy which had made a resurgence and…
8th Sunday after Pentecost 2017 The Introit for this Mass speaks of the beautiful temple which was a faint image of the church wherein Our Lord is present. Yet God loves us and not just a building. He is our Father and loves us like that. Prayer enables us to feel God’s presence in our lives and…
Fifth Sunday After Easter 2017 – 1st Holy Communion Sunday St. James in the simple and direct style of his epistle gives practical advice on living a moral life. In the Gospel, Christ reveals the secrets of the Blessed Trinity to His apostles. Also, today the children received their First Holy Communion and they were…
First Sunday in Lent 2017 After a brief instruction about liturgical and sacred art this sermon tells about the importance of the sacramental of ashes. Stations of the Cross is a Lenten practice beloved by the faithful because our Blessed Mother began the devotion. Catholics must imitate the way of the Cross so they may…
Friday After Ash Wednesday 2017 (First Friday) The stational churches in Lent are important and the term has its origin in the Roman legion. Today’s stational church has been matched with the texts of this Mass to teach us the importance of one of the three main Lenten penances: almsgiving. This practice is ancient but misunderstood as…
Ash Wednesday Evening 2017 Our sins have caused the death of God on the cross and from the Sacred Heart comes the means of repairing this. Ash Wednesday is the call to conversion and the ashes we receive remind us of our own death and that this may be our last opportunity to change. Pope…
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