Sermon From The 2nd Sunday after Easter 2014 St. Peter reminds us in the Epistle for today that our obligation is to become saints. Our Lord compares our relationship with Him to the relationship between Him and His Father. The world mistakenly teaches that life is all about pleasure and worldly goals. We either think as God thinks or as the world does. If we seek the everlasting pleasure of Heaven, rather than the passing pleasures of this life, God will begin to reward us even now. #20140504S
Sermon From Low Sunday 2014 Our Lord has truly risen, and we are here to celebrate that event. “This is the victory that overcomes the world – our faith.” This is the victory that leads us to Heaven. The Blessed Mother was the first person that Our Lord visited after His Resurrection. We know this not because the Bible mentions it directly but because it tells us by omission. She was not among the women visiting the tomb, because she already knew her Son had risen. We are small and insignificant, but because of the faith we will be victorious. #20140427M
Sermon From The Easter Vigil 2014 There are many reasons for the Resurrection of Jesus Christ, but one of the most important was that He might release to us all the benefits He won on the Cross. This is why, even in His glorified Body, He keeps the wounds of His Passion. Heaven is available to all and we were created to enjoy it. As St. Augustine says, “You made us for Yourself.” Although the Vigil begins in complete darkness, we are soon shown the Light of Christ which guides us on our way. By His grace our lives are touched, and we are brought to our final reward. #20140419
5th Sunday after Easter 2013 When we ask that God will “give us this day our daily bread,” we pray for all mankind, but especially for our fellow Catholics, because God is the Father of those baptized members of the Mystical Body in a far more intimate way than all those who remain outside His Church. We are closer to one another through our share in God’s life, than we are with our blood relations, and we have the obligation to love one another. The Our Father is the loftiest prayer, being composed by Christ Himself, and it reminds us of the importance of receiving the Holy Eucharist often as well as making frequent spiritual communions when we cannot receive.
Faith is essential for our salvation, but Faith alone does not save, as St. James confirms. We must possess all the virtues to be saved. We must practice good works, especially mental prayer. Perfect happiness is found in the practice of virtue. Even Aristotle recognized this fact and recognized that it is impossible for man to reach this ideal without divine assistance. #20130505S
4th Sunday after Easter 2013 The prayers composed by the Church express the intentions for which God wishes us to pray. In today’s Collect we pray that our hearts may remain forever set on that place where true joys reside. The angels and saints in Heaven, because of their complete conformity to God’s Will, never resist His desires. We pray that mankind may submit itself to God in the same way on Earth. We have the potential, when in the state of grace, to allow God to operate through us. It is only because of the obstacles we place in God’s way that we do not see that operation in our lives. Holy Scripture warns us about the heavy consequences of the rejection of Christ by the worldly. Temptations are a normal struggle for all, but the struggle is nothing in comparison to the reward in store for those who remain faithful. #20130428V
Third Sunday after Easter 2013 There is an entire lesson of the Catechism dedicated to one prayer – the Our Father. We address God as “Our Father Who art in Heaven,” because we belong to Him and we share in His life through grace.
In this Mass we pray that all those in the darkness of unbelief may be given the light of truth. Pope Innocent III, who died in the year 1216, said that the words of consecration in the Roman Canon were given by Christ Himself to the Apostles, and were handed down by them to their successors. The Council of Florence teaches us that the formula of the Consecration preceded the appearance of all the Scriptural texts. Yet the enemies of Christ have sought to tamper with these very words.
We should not hand our children over to the paganism and hedonism of the sports programs. We are pilgrims in this life, and we must not allow ourselves to be distracted with worldly and godless obsessions. #20130421M
2nd Sunday after Easter 2013 The sacrament of Holy Orders was instituted by Jesus Christ so that His visible presence on Earth would be continued after His Ascension. He desired that the graces that would bring us to Heaven would be poured out through His ordained ministers. Through the priests He makes His Will known to the faithful and guides them on their journey. The priest is called to live and act in imitation of Christ. We should never stop thanking God for the truly good shepherds He has sent us. Our good priests show us leadership in confusion, teach us the meaning of true charity, and we celebrate their perseverance in their holy vocations. #20130414K
Low Sunday 2013 This Sunday does not have the liturgical splendor of Easter, and it is in comparison to that feast that it is called Low Sunday. We made promises on Easter to love Christ and to put away the things of the devil. Although we do not know the true state of our souls, we should examine our spiritual life and ask ourselves if we have made any progress. The Gospel account of today is a truly exquisite example of God’s mercy. We are quick to judge the Apostles for their doubts, but how often do we struggle with doubts of our own? The sacrament of Penance was instituted on the evening of Easter Sunday. We see Christ in the Holy Eucharist, but we must still believe. We are told that St. Mary Magdalen was one of the first to see the risen Lord because, despite her sins, she remained faithful at the foot of the Cross. May we ever retain the effect of the Paschal mysteries in our lives. #20130407K
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 Christ to Jerusalem. The Blessed Mother offered her Son on the Cross for each one of us. We have now renounced Satan and proclaimed our faith. We may be small and afraid, just as the Apostles were, but Our Lord had not forgotten them and he has not forgotten us. All order is restored by Christ’s words, “peace be to you.” #20130331M
Easter Vigil 2013 All that Our Lord won for us on Calvary – the justification, divine life, and divine assistance He merited – could not be given to us until He rose from the dead. The wounds He still has on His body are like channels of grace. We are united to our living Redeemer in Heaven. Through the signs of the liturgy, all the gifts of Heaven are brought down and applied to each of us. One of the first gifts we are given is faith. The Light of the World illumines our souls in the midst of the darkness of the devil. If we are true followers of Christ, we do not walk in darkness but have the light of life. This truth is represented by the powerful sacramental of the Paschal Candle. As the Hebrews followed the Pillar of Fire through the desert to the Promised Land, we follow Christ through all the trouble and bitterness of our lives. We sing a hymn of joy, because, through our faith, all our trials only increase our happiness. We are ready to recommit ourselves to the promises we made in baptism. Now we are prepared to enter the gates of Heaven which have been opened to us. #20130330
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