Pillars Of The Apostolate

May 16, 2021By

Sunday After The Ascension 2021
This Mass joins the glory of the Ascension with the anticipation of the coming of the Holy Ghost on Pentecost.  The pillars of the apostolate which began on the birthday of the Church are prayer, humility and charity.  With Our Lady and the apostles we must learn to pray during this week’s novena.  We must always be aware of our dependence and thereby be truly humble.  Finally, we must imitate the early Christians who converted the pagans by their charity during the plague in the third century.
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Ticket To Heaven

May 13, 2021By

The dogma of the Faith that teaches that Our Lord ascended into heaven today was revealed to the apostles by the two angels as described in St. Luke’s Acts of the Apostles.  On their return to Jerusalem they remained there as instructed to await the coming of the Holy Ghost.  They gathered around the Blessed Mother in prayer and we imitate this first novena with our own starting this Friday.  The Ascension is the third critical element to our spiritual life.  Our Lord’s Death, Resurrection and Ascension are all essential in the plan of redemption.  We must die with Christ so we can rise to life and go to heaven.  The Ascension strengthens our faith and hope because our head is in heaven and we as members of His Mystical Body will be there one day.
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Keep Them From Evil

May 24, 2020By

Sunday After The Ascension 2020
Today is also Memorial day and not a time to discuss just war theory but to honor and to pray for the soldiers who died for us.  This month of May is dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary and we should be doing something everyday in Her honor.  Thanksgiving to God because of Her intercession for our return to the Mass and Sacraments is a recommended prayer now.  Today is a renewal of the Ascension and a continuation of our preparation with the Apostles for the coming of Pentecost.  This trial for them was the illuminative way in which we are meant to share.  The Mass texts are beautiful and the Postcommunion reminds us of Our Lord’s priestly prayer for unity.  We should pray and be faithful.
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Heaven Is Our Real Home

May 21, 2020By

Ascension Thursday 2020
Today Our Lord gloriously entered heaven and made it a home for all humanity through His Sacred Human Nature seated at the right hand of God the Father.  To emphasize this, all the saved who had been detained in the Limbo of the Patriarchs from Adam to St. John the Baptist entered heaven in triumph with Christ.  With His departure the apostles began their novena in preparation for the coming of the Holy Ghost and entered into their own spiritual purification by detaching themselves from all that hindered their progress in the spiritual life.  We must join them during these days of prayer & penance before Pentecost.  Our attention should always be focused on our goal which is our heavenly home.  With society collapsing around us we have heaven as our one remaining hope.
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Ascensiontide

June 2, 2019By

Sunday After The Ascension 2019
These are sacred days between the Ascension and Pentecost. We should duplicate the ascetical life of the Apostles who were being led at this time by the Master Spiritual Director, Our Lord, through the purgative, illuminative and unitive states. Once confirmed in grace by the Holy Ghost they were ready for their mission to convert the world. We can do the same if we respond to the invitation of God.
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Let Us Wait And Prepare

May 30, 2019By

Ascension Thursday Evening 2019
As the Blessed Virgin Mary and the Apostles began the first novena so we too should raise our hearts up to heaven and ask for a special share in the grace and love of the Holy Ghost. On this day they visited with Our Lord before He ascended and received His final instructions about the coming of the Paraclete. They received an increase of Faith, Hope and especially Charity. This holiness is offered to us during these sacred days as well.
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Completion Of Easter

May 30, 2019By

Ascension Thursday 2019
Today is a Holyday of Obligation because of the importance of Our Lord’s return to heaven forty days after His Resurrection.  The Son of God descended, became a Man, suffered, died, rose again and ascended to His Father.  Today completes this Paschal mystery.  Prayer is essential, especially during these days leading up to Pentecost.  Our Lord told the disciples to remain in Jerusalem until He sent the Advocate.  They gathered with the Blessed Mother and prayed for His Coming.  God will reward our prayers too.
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The Greatest Peace

May 12, 2018By

Sunday After The Ascension 2018
Heaven became our home at the Ascension when Christ entered it.  Now no matter what happens to us in our daily lives we can live in the security and hope of eternal happiness with Our Lord.  As members of the Mystical Body of Christ we are destined to live where our Head is.  He promised that He was going to prepare a place for us and the Ascension time reminds us of this pledge.

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His Heavenly Priesthood

May 10, 2018By

Ascension Thursday Evening 2018
Christ ascended today and began His heavenly priesthood which had begun on earth at the Annunciation.  The sacred Liturgy is the expression of the sacrifice of our Eternal High Priest.  The apostles returned to the Cenacle after the Ascension and gathered around the Blessed Mother to pray and to be one in mind and heart as they awaited the coming of the Holy Ghost.

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The Glorious Ascension

May 10, 2018By

Ascension Thursday 2018
Ascension Thursday recalls the touching details of the final moments of Our Lord before His glorious return to heaven.  He was accompanied by millions of saints and took His place at the right hand of the Father.  This is the source of infinite joy to every creature.

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