8th Sunday after Pentecost 2024 We are living in a constant spiritual battle. With the grace of Confirmation, we become true soldiers of Christ. We must preserve the health of our souls at all costs, so we do not perish in the next life. The Our Father is the prayer taught to us by God…
7th Sunday after Pentecost 2024 The readings for today’s Mass teach us about the seventh Gift of the Holy Ghost – wisdom. Our Lord has warned us that our path will be difficult, but He has also assured us of His help. Parents must combat the pagan principles being instilled in their children. Even within…
Conference on 1st Friday July 2024 In St. Paul’s instruction to the young bishop, St. Timothy, he emphasized the importance of spiritual reading. If this instruction is given to a bishop, it applies all the more so to the laity. Prayer and spiritual reading are necessary for the growth of sanctity. St. Anthony Mary Zaccaria…
Feast of Saints Peter & Paul 2024 This feast is considered so great that, since the earliest days of the church, it was given a vigil for preparation. Red vestments are used on this day to symbolize not only the blood of these two great martyrs, but more importantly the fire of their love. They…
5th Sunday after Pentecost 2024 It is not sufficient for those inclined to anger to wait for the moment of temptation before fighting their vice. To practice the opposite virtues of meekness and fraternal charity is the most effective way of combatting unjust anger. Those who persecute the faithful, should stir our pity rather than…
4th Sunday after Pentecost 2024 St. Jerome explains the meaning of Our Lord’s quote, “Call no man Father,” telling the faithful that it refers to giving man the honor due to God alone. The theme for this Sunday is hope. We have much to endure in this battle we wage against the devil. After Adam…
3rd Sunday after Pentecost 2024 Green vestments are worn during this season to express the virtue of Hope. We are instructed to hope in nothing but God Who tells us, “Without Me you can do nothing.” We must know the truth about ourselves, always remembering what we used to be and remaining prepared for the…
2nd Sunday after Pentecost 2024 Tonsure Ceremony With first tonsure one becomes a cleric. This ceremony has been part of the Church since the 5th century. Just as slaves were shorn to show their complete ownership by their master, so the cleric shows that he now belongs to Christ. The surplice is imposed to represent…
Trinity Sunday 2024 Today we honor the dogma at the heart of our Catholic Faith. God, through His Divine Son, chose to reveal the truth of the Holy Trinity to mankind. Although we could never reason to the existence of this great doctrine on our own, nor can we completely understand it in our finite…
Pentecost Sunday 2024 Pentecost is called the birthday of the Catholic Church because, although it was conceived on the Cross, this is the first day the Church manifested herself in the world. Not only every human being, but all nations and governments are called to convert to Christ. True Catholics reject the false tenets of…
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