15th Sunday After Pentecost 2022 The Epistle for this Mass warns us against vanity. It should be easy for us to see our neighbor as better than we are, because we know our own sins and we do not know how others will be judged. How humble should we be when we remember that our…
10th Sunday After Pentecost 2022 This Mass is a Mass for the proud. Every aspect of this liturgy has some reference to the superior moral virtue of humility. The Gospel exemplifies humility in the publican, but as we advance in the practice of this virtue our understanding of it must develop as well. Not only…
Feast Of The Immaculate Conception 2021 Pope Pius IX proclaimed the dogma of the Immaculate Conception in 1854 after years of preparation and prayer. In the encyclical that contains the definition the pope begins to prove the truth of the doctrine by showing that the liturgy of the Church from its earliest days honored Our…
24th Sunday After Pentecost 2021 Today’s Gospel is warning and a consolation that the good and evil grow together but are separated at the end and receive different rewards based on their deeds in life. The Church has gone through troubles in the past and present but will always survive because of God’s preserving grace. …
First Friday, November 2021 Two final notes concerning the Holy Souls are how they pass time in Purgatory and how we relate to them. We are raised with the secular teaching that the Church and State should be separated. Christ spoke to the people of His time as integral individuals and did not dichotomize them…
All Souls Day, Evening 2021 The ancient pagan art in Rome often had death as its theme. We too should meditate on death but Christianize it by seeing the goal as God in heaven. Some of our brethren have not achieved the goal yet and are in Purgatory. We can assist them by praying for…
All Souls Day 2021 Having a day to pray for the souls of the faithful departed began in the monasteries where the deceased monks were remembered in Masses, the Divine Office and by reciting 150 Our Fathers. Souls in Purgatory are often permitted to visit family, friends and the altars where they assisted at Mass. …
All Saints Day 2021 The Church always celebrated groups of saints and today’s feast includes all the saints. In the seventh century the pagan Pantheon was consecrated to God and the relics of the saints in the catecombs were brought to this temple for veneration and honoring. God gave this feast so we thank Him…
Feast Of Christ The King 2021 We are subjects of Christ, our King, and as such we are grateful to assist at this feast day and to follow Him faithfully. Pope Pius XI instituted this feast almost a century ago and placed it before All Saints day. This highlights His authority over the saints and…
21st Sunday After Pentecost 2021 Tomorrow is the feast of St. Luke the Evangelist and today is the feast of St. Margaret Mary the Apostle of the Sacred Heart. The Epistle for this Mass was written by St. Paul during his imprisonment and the armor of his jailers was a reminder to him of the…
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