Easter Vigil 2023 Everything is dark at the beginning of this ceremony, just as it was before the creation of the cosmos. The darkness is representative of the Old Testament, while the Lumen Christi, or Light of Christ, is the New Testament. The completion of the Passover takes place this evening. Evidence has been found in recent years of the passage through the Red Sea, but tonight, in a real way, we celebrate the true Passover, which is renewed through the liturgy. All of creation is made clear to us this night. Our faith is made perfect in the Resurrection. #20230408S
4th Sunday After Easter 2022 “Do not let the sun go down on your anger.” In hearing these words, we must remember that this refers to unjust anger. The irascible passion of anger, when justified, is not only important but even necessary. This is why we are told to, “be angry, and sin not.”
The Spirit of God will magnify the Son by expressing all His goodness, holiness, and truth. This recalls to mind the words of the Blessed Virgin, “My soul magnifies the lord…”. Not only all of creation, but particularly the virtue and humility of God’s creatures expresses the His glory.
The children who receive Holy Communion today remind us all of the happiest day of our own lives, when we received the Holy Eucharist for the first time. Even those who have left the true Faith still admit that this was the happiest event of their lives.
The beautiful clothes of the children reflect the beauty of their souls, now prepared for welcome Christ. We are ready to become Christ’s home. He made us that He might come to us and also bring us to Himself. Every gift received is from Christ, who loves us more than any mother or father could.
People forget these basic truths and live lives of pleasure, pride, and greed. At the end of their lives they are filled with great fear, knowing they must leave everything behind. We must avoid the tricks of the devil and bad friends and remain always faithful to Our Lord in this Most Holy Sacrament of the Altar. #20220515
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 this year, but the Gospel account would not be overlooked. Christ identifies Himself as the door to the sheepfold. In those days, the shepherds would build a corral to protect the sheep at night, with one shepherd chosen to guard the door so that he might only let in those who truly belong in the fold. This example was used to combat those who were teaching without authority. Christ is the Good Shepard, whom the sheep know, trust, and follow. It was shocking for the people of Christ’s time to hear Him say that He loved His sheep to the point that He would give His life for them. He feeds us through the Holy Eucharist and other sacraments and asks for only our heart in return. #20220506
Easter Sunday 2022 Lent has passed by quickly but we take away the lesson that the “Imitation of Christ” reiterates for us that we win heaven by work and suffering. With the Resurrection we share in the happiness of being with Our Lord once again. Christ has proved that He conquered sin by overcoming its consequence, death. As soon as He rose again He visited His Blessed Mother and later St. Mary Magdalen and all the others during His active Easter Sunday. We must not let the fervor and devotion that carried us the past forty days subside so that we are reduced to anything less than our spiritual enthusiasm today. We must build on what we have so to draw closer to our Risen Lord and Savior. #20220417K
This Thursday is the Ascension and then we begin the novena to the Holy Ghost. We also have several important saints this week. St. James has been a prominent apostle during Paschal time through his epistle and today he teaches that our love of God and neighbor is shown by the practice of good works. The Gospel is another instruction to the apostles in preparation for Our Lord’s departure and His sending of the Holy Ghost. Today is also Mother’s Day and a time for us to honor our own mothers and especially our heavenly mother, the Blessed Virgin Mary. #20210509K
Conference On First Friday, May 2021 – Feast Of St. Stanislaus St. Stanislaus is the patron saint of Poland and an example of a bishop who gives his life to protect his flock. The month of May is dedicated to Our Lady’s queenship and ends with Her feast day. Pope Pius XII instituted the feast with an encyclical that sounds prophetic in its words: “especially in troubled times the world has turned to the Blessed Virgin Mary as Queen”. This is for several reasons beginning with Her divine maternity which started at the Annunciation. By Her “fiat” God became man and thereby showed that all graces would come from Him but through Her. The Blessed Mother is Queen by being the highest of any creature in charity and all the other virtues. She also has the title by earning it with Our Lord at Calvary as His cooperator in redemption. We must proclaim Her sovereignty and draw close to Her. #20210507
4th Sunday after Easter 2021 – First Holy Communion Sunday This week we have the feasts of St. Monica, whose prayers and tears were necessary to convert her son, and St. Pius V, whose papal initiatives preserved our traditional Latin Mass and saved Christendom at the battle of Lepanto. Congratulations to our first communicants who will receive at this Mass. This is a great day for our Savior Who wanted this communion from all eternity. There is no greater love than Our Lord’s because He surrendered His life on the cross so to be able to come in communion today. Christ asks you to give Him your hearts. You have the model of a eucharistic saint in the boy who received holy communion from the angels while tending his flock far from church. #20210502
Third Sunday after Easter 2021
Today is also the feast of St. Mark the Evangelist and the day for the Greater Litanies, which are more ancient than St. Mark’s day. St. Peter in the Epistle is asking the faithful to practice the Faith and thereby be models for non-Catholics and poor Catholics. He reminds us of practicing the virtue of obedience before God and our neighbors. Our good example and brief words, not preaching, convert others. The story of a priest simply asking a girl “not to hurt God” is a wonderful case in point. #20210425S
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 Sheep and will ever protect and care for them. Others He has entrusted with this task in His absence but woe to those who betray that trust. Jesus assures us that He will shepherd His flock Himself. #20210418M
Low Sunday 2021 The Easter Octave is completed today and our recently baptized neophytes put aside their baptismal garments and now begin the life as one of the faithful. This is particularly done by following Our Lord in the Liturgy in our prayers. The Paschal candle is Christ with us now and lights the way in appreciating His Resurrection. The Faith is all important and essential. Today’s Gospel teaches us how we must approach this gift with humility knowing we cannot achieve this by our own power. This theological virtue which has God as source and goal will lead us to heaven one day. #20210411B
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