Candles For Purification & St. Blaise

February 5, 2017By

5th Sunday After Epiphany 2017

The powerful blessing given on the feastday of St. Blaise is not only for throats but for any other health problem and even for spiritual maladies.  We also take home with us a blessed candle on Candlemas Day. The candle is revered as a symbol of Christ Himself who is united with us through this most powerful sacramental.  We are encouraged to light a candle when we pray because by so doing we unite our prayer with Christ Himself, whose Body and Soul are symbolized by the candle we hold in our hands or display in our home.  The liturgical candle, made almost completely of the wax from virginal bees, is so important that not to have them lit during the Sacrifice of the Mass is a grievous sin.

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Purpose Of Miracles

February 3, 2017By

Feast Of St. Blaise 2017 – First Friday

Who needs miracles?  Today’s sermon explains that God could have accomplished all things directly but He knows that due to our fallen human nature, we need miracles to help us believe.  So, He sometimes uses secondary causes like the saints in their incorruptible forms, or sacramentals like the blessing of throats with candles today, or even the forces of Nature to prove His Divinity and the Truth of His words.  But the point is it is God who is working – sometimes behind the scenes and sometimes in person, like at the Marriage Feast of Cana or the healing of the Leper, to get His point across.  So, in answer to the question of who needs miracles, the answer is us, His people.

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Help Us, We Are Perishing!

January 29, 2017By

4th Sunday after Epiphany 2017

We must settle all disputes we have with our neighbor before we come to the Eucharistic table and to love and care for the souls of our neighbors, whether or not we like them personally.  St. Frances de Sales who had a bad vice, that of an extreme temper, re-channeled the energy from that vice towards the teaching of the faith to thousands.  He wrote the Introduction to the Devout Life and is known today as one of the greatest, if not the greatest, Teachers of the Faith.  St. Martina underwent unbelievable torture because she would not renounce her Faith and pay tribute to false gods as demanded by the Emperor.  How many of the saints have shown us similar acts of heroic virtue and steadfast Faith in the history of the Church and what do we give in return?  It is a question we must ask ourselves if we are to be true followers of Christ.  We are then taught of the importance of Faith through today’s Gospel reading where the disciples are caught in a storm with heavy waves which tossed their boat to and fro, threatening to sink it.  The disciples desperately awoke Jesus from His nap begging Him to save them.  He in turn rebuked them for their lack of Faith since He was aboard the boat and would not let harm come to them.  

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Contemplative Feast

January 8, 2017By

Feast Of The Holy Family 2017

After a brief remark about the great reformer pope, St. Gregory VII, we learn what St. Paul means in his epistle to do all in the name of Jesus.  The story of the Magi and the epiphany is explained.  Finally, our patronal feastday of the Holy Family is spoken about, especially in light of the 40th anniversary of the founding of our religious community on this day.

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Behave, Believe And Love the Angels

October 2, 2016By

20th Sunday after Pentecost 2016

The Introit of this Mass reminds us that we suffer because of the misfortunes of life and we can avoid this by behaving and practicing virtue.  The Gospel teaches the importance of believing in order to gain favors, even miracles, from God.  Finally, we have been given guardian angels and we should love these closest friends and have devotion to them.

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Who Is Like Unto God?

September 29, 2016By

Feast Of St. Michael The Archangel 2016

With the battle cry “Who is like unto God?” the great archangel, St. Michael, defended the honor of God and won forever his name.  This ancient feast recalls the dedications of a couple of famous churches where St. Michael is venerated.  It also celebrates all the heavenly spirits who lead us in worship and prayer while watching over the whole created cosmos and each of us.  Ask for the intercession of St. Michael and all the angels that we become devout and one day see them in heaven.

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Poverty And Fear Of The Lord

September 2, 2016By

Feast of St. Stephen Of Hungary 2016 – First Friday Of September

In this first Friday conference, Father briefly talks about St. Stephen, the King of Hungary, whose feast it is today.  Father continues with the first words from the sermon on the mount, “Blessed are the poor in spirit,” and explains this beatitude and its relationship with the gift of the Holy Ghost known as fear of the Lord. 

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We Are The Machabees

July 31, 2016By

11th Sunday after Pentecost

With the Commemoration of the Holy Machabees we are reminded of their heroic sacrifice for the Faith and its practices.  We are called to be like them today and prayer is essential to remaining faithful.

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The Holy Helpers

July 24, 2016By

10th Sunday after Pentecost

Besides learning about Saints Anne and James the Greater, we hear about the 14 Holy Martyrs who are invoked for a variety of needs and were especially implored for aid during the black death.  From the Epistle the Holy Ghost through St. Paul teaches us about the charisms in the Church.  From the Gospel about the Pharisee and the Publican we are taught about the importance of humility and of not depending on self as Pelagians do.

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Peace Of Conscience

July 17, 2016By

9th Sunday after Pentecost

The life of St. Mary Magdalen is a perfect example of the serenity that comes to anyone who converts from sin and begins to love God above all else.  The Act of Contrition is our way of imitating this holy penitent.  St. Camillus is another case of a beautiful conversion which led him to express his love of God through heroic care for the sick and dying.  Finally, this sermon gives several practical ways of living a spiritual life in today’s world.  It explains the difference between temptation and sin and how to deal with both.  Discerning God’s Will for us requires prayer, reflection and counsel.

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