Sermon From The 5th Sunday after Easter 2014 ✟Father Violette Just as the Church converted the pagan temple of the Pantheon into a Catholic church, she frequently takes what is pagan or secular and “baptizes” it into something Christian. We could see something similar in the secular holiday of Memorial Day because a soldier’s sacrifice…
Sermon From Good Friday 2014 We ask the Blessed Mother to help us through this liturgy, because it was she who stood at the foot of the cross. Because of the elements of joy and paschal anticipation in the Mass, it is not fitting for this day in which all joy has been suppressed. The…
Sermon On Holy Thursday 2014 This day we celebrate the institution of the Mass, the Holy Eucharist, and the Priesthood – the only vocation created directly by God. The saints tell us that it would be easier for us to exist without the Sun than without the Mass. Our presence at the Mass shows God’s…
Sermon From The Feast Of Christ the King 2013 On this feast of Christ the King we recall Quas Primas, the encyclical letter of Pope Pius XI, which explains this teaching on Our Lord’s social kingdom and the reasons for instituting this feast. Later this week we have the holyday of obligation known as All…
Conference On First Friday October 2013 St. Francis is greatly misunderstood in our day but was, in fact, a true son of the Church. By his words and example, he made innumerable converts. The Gospel for the Mass of his feast day emphasizes his charity. He was an utterly selfless man. The Little Flower, St.…
Sermon From 14th Sunday after Pentecost 2013 The time between the Assumption and the feast of the Seven Sorrows is considered Our Lady’s thirty days. The Mass texts of these feasts and that of the Immaculate Heart show her quality as Co-Redemptrix. This adds fervor to the devotion we already have to our heavenly Queen…
Easter Sunday 2013 We have now had the culmination of the whole Lenten season. We have been catechumens and penitents in preparation for our union with Christ in the Holy Eucharist. Now we walk with Christ in the liturgy. Our Lenten time of training began with the season of examination, then we had to follow…
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