Queen of Angels And Men

May 7, 2021By Servants Of The Holy Family

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.
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Guardians Of The Liturgy

April 4, 2021By Servants Of The Holy Family

Easter Sunday 2021
We gather at the stational Church dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary because she was the first to see her Risen Son Who truly died and rose again. At this Mass we join with those from last night’s vigil in renewing our baptismal promises and the renouncing of Satan and all his works and pomps. This Mass is mystic and the Introit expresses the eternal unity of the Blessed Trinity and much more. The priests and those preparing for the priesthood must heed the last prophetic reading from the vigil last night which carries a warning for those commissioned to protect Our Lord in the Mass and sacred liturgy. Happy Easter.
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Easter Vigil Baptisms

April 3, 2021By Servants Of The Holy Family

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 ready us for the making of the baptismal water and finally the solemn Baptism of our catechumens. Mass begins and we join with the neophytes as they receive their first Holy Communions. Happy Easter.
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Liturgy: Yesterday, Today and Forever

February 5, 2021By Servants Of The Holy Family

First Friday – Feast Of St. Agatha 2021
With the beginning of the Easter Cycle through the season of Septuagesima it is a good time to review what the Sacred Liturgy is and how it leads our spiritual lives through the purgative, illuminative and unitive states. The Holy Mass is the highest form of prayer in the worship of the Mystical Body of Christ and this vocal prayer is also the springboard for mental prayer which culminates in contemplation. An analysis of the liturgy, the essential element in the lives of all saints and the foundation of all of schools of spirituality, is a profound and deep one that should make us appreciate ever more the treasure we have been given. The praying of the Rosary is our daily link to all these divine benefits.
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Does God Not Have Rights Too?

October 25, 2020By Servants Of The Holy Family

Feast Of Christ the King 2020
Pontius Pilate acted cowardly in today’s Gospel and what happened to him as a result is a good lesson for all of us. This feast was established by Pope Pius XI who saw the attacks against Our Lord as undermining the fabric of civilization also. This feast cries out to brave souls to defend Christ’s Kingship and restore society to the excellent footing it once had.
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Pray All Be Saved

June 7, 2020By Servants Of The Holy Family

Trinity Sunday 2020
The angelic St. Thomas Aquinas has his feast day this week and we are reminded of his being a patron for the finding of lost items. God is wonderful in His saints. This feast of the Holy Trinity starts a new season of the liturgical year. It is right that this be the case because everything comes from the Father, Son and Holy Ghost and all honor, praise and glory return to the Triune God. This fundamental mystery of Three Divine Persons in One and the Same God is essential for salvation because denial of this prevents one from entering heaven. God has revealed to us His inner workings where the Unbegotten brings forth the Only Begotten and Their mutual Love is the Person of Love, the Holy Ghost. This Trinitarian life goes on within the souls of those in the state of grace and is offered to all. Christ’s final command to the apostles was to go forth and baptize in the name of the Blessed Trinity. We must pray that all will be saved.
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New Law Of Love

May 31, 2020By Servants Of The Holy Family

Pentecost Sunday 2020
This feast is on par with Easter and is deserving of the greatest eloquence in speaking about it. The descent of the Holy Ghost on this day was prepared for 1500 years earlier when Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the decalogue, fifty days after the Passover when the chosen people escaped from Egypt. The Person of Love was sent by the Father and the Son to inaugurate the New Law by entering the Cenacle and giving His graces to those present. The Blessed Mother was a perfect receptacle for her Spouse and through Him Our Lady is the model for us of love and of heaven dwelling within us. Never blaspheme against the Holy Ghost and instead learn to turn within and commune with the Triune God who lives in the souls of those in the state of grace.
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Keep Them From Evil

May 24, 2020By Servants Of The Holy Family

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 Servants Of The Holy Family

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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