3rd Sunday after Pentecost 2023 Today’s Mass texts echo the feast of the Sacred Heart with their emphasis on God’s mercy. Many Catholics with a false concept of this divine attribute use God’s mercy as an excuse to sin. We know that God does not forget our sins when they are forgiven. He remembers them…
2nd Sunday after Easter 2023 There is only one fold and one shepherd. We have complete trust in Christ as our Good Shepherd, and it is the call of all priests and bishops to watch over the flock and to bring those who are lost back to the true fold. As we have heard before…
1st Friday Conference May 2022 The pagan view is that man is constituted by his work. Without work, man is not human. The Catholic view is that work is an expression of the man. St. Joseph the “faber” is the example of all workers. Good Shepherd Sunday gave place to the feast of St. Joseph…
Ash Wednesday 2022 Septuagesima season has prepared us for this time of removing sin from our lives. This should comfort us as we begin this time of penance. When examining our conscience we should not look at self but at Our Lord crucified to realize the effects of our evil on Him. Lent is the…
3rd Sunday After Pentecost 2021 This Mass and the recent feast days are about union with God, His Love and His Mercy. The earliest depiction of Our Lord in the catacombs is taken from today’s parable of the Shepherd carrying the lost sheep on His shoulders. This season after Pentecost is one of hope and…
Good Shepherd Sunday 2021 Our Lord’s Resurrection is the foundation of our faith and so we celebrate this during Paschal time and on every Sunday. Christ spent these forty days preparing His apostles and stirring their hearts with ardor and love. This Sunday shows Him as the Good Shepherd Who gives His life for His…
Good Shepherd Sunday 2020 The beautiful expanded account of the Gospel of the Good Shepherd is comforting and consoling. We are free from fear and death. As Catholics we do not simply submit to our demise as the animals do but we embrace it as Our Savior did. A plenary indulgence is attached to such…
3rd Sunday after Pentecost 2019 Although some might think it unbecoming for God to become a man, Our Lord chose this path to teach us humility. All the saints excelled in this virtue and without it we cannot be saved. Pride is the characteristic vice of Luther and all those who are lost. Even in…
3rd Sunday after Pentecost 2018 The Sacred Heart is shown to us in the Mass of this Sunday. The texts emphasize the hope of this season symbolized by the color green. Our Lord describes Himself in the Gospel as the Good Shepherd who carries His lost sheep home on His shoulders. St. Peter warns in…
Good Shepherd Sunday 2018 The Church continues to celebrate the Resurrection in the Mass texts for this second Sunday after Easter known as Good Shepherd Sunday. The Epistle and Gospel highlight the beautiful aspect of Christ as the Shepherd and Bishop of our souls. Psalm 22 expresses so well His care and love. The prophet Ezechiel prophesied that Our…
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