His Promise To Us

May 18, 2014By

Sermon On The
4th Sunday after Easter 2014
First Communion Sunday – God loves us and desires to come to us in Holy Communion.  The day of our First Holy Communion is remembered by all – even those who have left the Faith.  We prepare ourselves for that most important day and believe every article of doctrine, not just in our head, but in our hearts.  We belong to God alone when we receive Him.  He makes a promise when He gives Himself to us in the Eucharist, a promise that He will take us to Heaven one day.
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Our Hearts Will Be Revealed

April 18, 2014By

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 Church is in mourning for her God, Who has died for her this day.  The Church is calling upon sinner to repent, and to partake of the fruit of the new tree – Christ Himself on the tree of the cross.
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The Cost of Redemption

April 6, 2014By

Sermon On
Passion Sunday 2014
During the season of Passiontide, we see the cost of our Redemption.  The statues are veiled and every consolation is removed from us so that our attention may be focused on the sufferings of Christ alone.  We see in the Gospel the sin against the Holy Ghost in which one maliciously and deliberately interprets what is good as something evil.  Those guilty of this sin are the ones not worthy to receive forgiveness and will “die in their sin.”  In the face of such wickedness, seen especially in our own time, we should cling all the more loyally and faithfully to our suffering Savior.
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You Are a Walking Gospel

March 23, 2014By

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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What the Transfiguration Promises

March 16, 2014By

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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Lent Has Formally Begun

March 9, 2014By

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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Penitential Mercy

March 5, 2014By

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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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 Devil’s Weapon

February 16, 2014By

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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Humility Makes Us Happy

November 10, 2013By

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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