Sermon From
3rd Sunday of Lent 2014
We must avoid the great evil of scandal. We frequently forget the damage we inflict by our bad example. We will all be called to make an account on judgment day. We should run from occasions of sin and bad companions and live as if we are a walking gospel for our neighbor.
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Sermon From The
2nd Sunday of Lent 2014
At the Transfiguration, Christ took three apostles that represent three virtues. St. Peter represents duty, St. James represents knowledge, and St. John represents love. It was as if Christ relaxed and allowed His Divinity to shine through His human nature. This was shown to the apostles and to us to save us from discouragement in suffering. We see the glory that is in store. It is an insight into Heaven. We should not be fooled by the world and its false promises but always remember that in our Communions we received the Source of all good.
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Sermon On The
1st Sunday of Lent 2014
Father Violette✟
Our sins are an infinite offense, because they offend an infinite God and although we cannot make adequate reparation, Our Lord has still instructed us to do penance. This penance can only be performed with God’s supernatural help of grace. We are guided by the Church throughout Lent and given the weapons of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving. When we use these weapons well, Lent becomes the best time of the year. It is the time when we are preparing for our heavenly delights.
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Conference On
Ash Wednesday 2014
Although many outside the Faith look askance at the penances Catholics perform, they are unable to explain the meaning of Christ’s words, “unless you do penance you will perish.” We have great attachments to our vices, and it is only through grace and penance that we can learn truly to hate our sins. The season of Lent is a time of mercy. We receive this mercy through confessing our sins and receiving the sacraments. We must pray the Confiteor and beg God to help us, with a true conviction of amending our lives.
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Sermon From
Septuagesima Sunday 2014
We have begun a new season, and we are in a transition preparing us for Lent. We must be aware of what we are struggling against in this season of examination. This Sunday focuses especially on Original Sin and the story of Adam and Eve. We have been thrown out of the Garden of Paradise in this season. We live in a world where we are distracted and even addicted to games. Sports and the worship of the body are not leading us to Heaven. We must examine and remove our own addictions to these worldly idols.
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Sermon From The
24th Sunday after Pentecost 2013
A Catholic should never be sad, despite his troubles. We see the example of the Little Flower, who died a painful death, at the age of twenty-four, yet she died laughing. It is pride that makes us sad, and humility which makes us happy. The Epistle tells us to forgive friends and enemies alike. We forgive and ask for forgiveness. Comparing our lives to those of our neighbor will impede our progress, while comparing them to the lives of the saints will make us saints. Prayer, rather than argument, is the most effective way of converting our neighbor.
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Sermon From
All Souls Day 2013
This beautiful Mass for the Holy Souls in Purgatory has its own sequence entitled “Dies Irae” which means the Day of Wrath. It is a warning to the living of the judgments of God but ends with hope of happiness in heaven. Today is proof that the debt for our forgiven sins can be removed and that Divine Love has in fact created Purgatory for that purpose. Obstacles still persist in the soul after death and impede our entrance into glory. These can and will be removed by a purification that severs souls from anything that still holds them from ascending. What do non-Catholics do in the face of death? Our consoling doctrine can teach them about God’s merciful love.
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Sermon From
18th Sunday After Pentecost 2013
This sermon tells the story of Saint Matthew who was unique and unlike any of the other disciples chosen by Our Lord. However, this sermon includes multiple talks including loyalty and friendship with the example of the friends to the man who was lowered down to Christ in today’s Gospel. Also, the vice of covetousness is warned against as seen in people of pride and those who have a grasping desire for power and wealth. We are instructed to pray with faith because our prayers lack faith and this is the cause of the lack of miracles today. Lastly, we are reminded that repentance for sins is paramount and a clear conscience allows one to pray better.
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Conference From
1st Friday, September 2013
Catholics should know the true purpose of the daily missal. It should be used primarily as a prayer book to help us elevate our hearts to God while we assist at Mass.
The hallmark of the Gospel can be summed up in the words, “Learn from Me, for I am meek and humble of heart.” Pride is the greatest obstacle to union with God. All vices are rooted in pride. Sometimes God allows a person to fall, especially into sins of the flesh, to make him humble. We must be on guard lest we use virtue as a means of feeding our pride – practicing virtue simply because it makes us feel good. Pray that we love God for His own sake.
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Sermon From The
9th Sunday After Pentecost 2013 – 10am Mass
Tomorrow is the feast of the great penitent, St. Mary Magdalen. Early in life she fell into sin which made her like Satan. However, Our Lord’s love frees us from sin. Some, like the Pharisees, rejected His love. Even mortal sins can be forgiven by a perfect act of contrition. The Blessed Mother will help us as St. Mary Magdalen discovered. Christ praised our saint for choosing the better way in contemplation and giving all as shown by her anointing Him with oil. After the Epistle and Gospel follows an instruction on the priesthood and religious life which stresses the importance of zeal for the commandments as expressed through the vows so thereby we lay up treasures in heaven.
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