Easter Vigil 2024 Our time of training as catechumens and penitents is almost over. We begin this ceremony in the darkness of the tomb where the light of Christ will be restored. Without the Resurrection, our faith is in vain. This light is carried by the clergy and the people and is meant to be…
Good Friday 2024 We do not have the Mass today because even though the Mass is the re-presentation of Our Lord’s death, it is also the reminder of His Resurrection. The Church avoids even the slightest hint of joy on this day. An infinite offense was offered to God and only an Infinite Being could…
Holy Thursday 2024 These are the most sacred days of the liturgical year, because they make present the very act of our Redemption. The Holy Oils, from the Mass of the Chrism, receive their efficacy from the Holy Eucharist. Today is the birthday of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, which was offered in anticipation…
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…
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