Easter Vigil 2021 During this Vigil in anticipation of Our Lord’s Resurrection at midnight we begin outside in the darkness by lighting the Paschal Fire. Then we carry the Light of the World in through His Candle which is praised in the exquisite praeconium called the Exsultet. Prophetic readings and the Litany of the Saints…
5th Sunday after Easter Today is also the feast of St. Paschal Baylon, the patron saint of Eucharistic Congresses because of his extraordinary devotion to the Blessed Sacrament. Later this week is the fest of St. Rita who is a favorite patron of our community because of her intercession in obtaining the gift of ordination…
4th Sunday After Easter 2020 The Law of Incarnation is fundamental to understanding Creation, Redemption and our sacramental Church. It means that the Second Person of the Blessed Trinity, while returning His Divinity, became Man and bridged the infinite gap between Creator and creature. Because of this, anything Christ thought, willed, said or did was…
3rd Sunday After Easter 2020 At the midway point between Easter and the Ascension we look back and ahead. Our Lenten penances have prepared us for the revelation of the Risen Christ and the renewal of our baptismal vows. We attest our faith in this fundamental proof of all Jesus said and did. This month…
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…
Low Sunday 2020 Today is called Low Sunday in comparison to the High Sunday of Easter last week. This Lent was our opportunity to tell God we are sorry for our sins and we resolve to continue having this sorrow throughout our lives. Faith is the center of our reality and source of our victory. …
Easter Sunday Morning 2020 English speaking Catholics call this “Easter” Sunday because it is another example of the power of the Church and the liturgy to Christianize even evil pagan elements. The glory of the risen Savior will be ours one day but many saints were transfigured even in this life. We are “eighth day…
The Resurrection of Our Lord at the Midnight Mass and the reception of Him in the Holy Eucharist should be the cause of an increase of Faith and a deeper sense of gratitude. We do not want to abandon our penitential and prayerful spirit of the last forty days but incorporate this into our interior…
Easter Vigil & Midnight Mass 2020 These are the last moments of Lent and culminate in the greatest vigil of the liturgical year. This ceremony has many elements which we review before starting so we worship with the utmost awareness and devotion. We have the Paschal fire and candle, the Praeconium, the lessons, the blessing…
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…
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