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…
Palm Sunday 2023 We are a liturgical people, and as we pray so we believe. Christ bridged the gap between God and man, and He gives us the vehicle through which we may bridge that gap back to Him, in the sacraments and sacramentals of the Church. Sacramentals are given by Christ through the Church,…
Passion Sunday 2023 During the season of Passiontide, we are meant to die completely to the “old man.” Our conversion during Lent is now to be perfected during these last two weeks. We have not only given up our vices, but now even the spiritual consolations that we find in the saints, and the greatest…
Easter Vigil 2022 The Easter Vigil is the culmination of our Lenten retreat and especially for the catechumens who are baptized and who will receive their first Holy Communions at the Mass which follows. The Liturgy brings light to the darkness of the world of sin and sings the praise of Our Lord’s Paschal candle. …
Good Friday 2022 There is one thing that we know and can be certain about and that is that God became a Man and died on this day. From all eternity this was in the Divine Mind and the ultimate purpose for all creation. The Sacred Liturgy, in the absence of the Holy Mass today, re-presents…
Holy Thursday 2022 Today is a good day to remind everyone about how to receive Holy Communion properly. The Epistle is a warning from St. Paul that is timely because we live in a time of unprecedented sacrileges against Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament. The Gospel describes the Mandatum when Christ washed the feet of…
Palm Sunday 2022 Our Lord’s triumphal procession into Jerusalem today was prophesied and predicted the role that the Gentiles would have in the new kingdom of Christ the King. This joy is seen in the powerful sacramental of the palms which are carried in procession. This festive mood soon changes to sadness in the Liturgy…
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…
Good Friday 2020 From ancient times the faithful gathered around the Cross on this day to commemorate Our Lord’s Passion and Death which He offered to teach us the terrible evil of sin and His infinite love for us. Our hearts are moved in the opening of the liturgy by the unfolding of the prophecies…
Holy Thursday 2021 St. Paul warns us in the Epistle not to abuse Our Lord by receiving Him sacrilegiously in Holy Communion. This is especially so because the Holy Eucharist is the greatest gift God has given us and the sign of His love for us. To betray this love is like the kiss of…
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