Season of the Holy Ghost

June 23, 2019By

2nd Sunday after Pentecost 2019
The time after Pentecost is designed by God to sanctify us by putting the teachings of the first half of the year into practice.  This season begins by celebrating feast days which mark the key helps along our path to holiness, namely, the Blessed Trinity, the Holy Eucharist and the Sacred Heart.  As Catholics we believe completely in Our Lord’s real, true and substantial presence in the Holy Eucharist.  We treasure this gift and never let anything else deflect us from attachment, devotion and love of the Blessed Sacrament.
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Sacramental Contract

June 22, 2019By

Leoffler-Hermes Wedding
Matrimony is the sacrament which raises the natural bond of marriage to a supernatural level and sanctifies the married couple throughout life and leads them to heaven.  In addition, the blessed rings are sacramentals which are bestowed during the ceremony so the couple can avail themselves of the actual graces needed for their life together.  A spiritual life based on prayer will enable the groom to have the self-sacrificing love of Christ crucified while the bride will become a faithful spouse as the Church is.
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Long To See The Trinity

June 16, 2019By

Trinity Sunday 2019
The Sign of the Cross is the signature action of Catholics which expresses our faith in the Blessed Trinity.  This feast enhances the importance of this supernatural mystery which is remembered at every Sunday Mass.  God has revealed this secret of His life which teaches us that in God there are Three Divine Persons: Father, Son and Holy Ghost.  References to this doctrine can be found in the Old Testament and more explicitly in the New.  Created grace is our share in God’s Trinitarian life which we long to enjoy in heaven one day.
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Grace Of Love

May 3, 2019By

Wedding on May 3, 2019
The marital bond formed today will be a beacon to the world of sacramental love and the grace given.  The married couple shares in the priestly life in a way today and is a beautiful reflection of the Blessed Trinity.  The grace received sanctifies today and continues to do so in the future.  The couple will remember this day and the heaven it foretells for them in union with God.
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The Pharisee And The Publican

July 29, 2018By

10th Sunday after Pentecost 2018
After learning about Saints Ignatius, Alphonsus and Dominic the Epistle and Gospel for the Tenth Sunday after Pentecost tell us about the charismatic gifts found in the early Church and the power of humility to move God to be merciful.

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The Lord Wept

July 22, 2018By

9th Sunday After Pentecost 2018
This Sunday teaches us to be humble and thankful for God’s gifts lest we lose them for our lack of appreciation.  The Gospel relates the event as Christ was to begin His triumphal entry of Jerusalem on Palm Sunday.  He paused on the Mount of Olives and wept over the Holy City and what would be its punishment for rejecting Him and putting Him to death.  This moment uniquely shows Christ’s divinity and humanity.  All can repent as St. Mary Magdalen and be saved from the fires of hell.
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We Have Reason To Hope

July 18, 2018By

3rd Sunday after Pentecost 2018
The Sacred Heart is shown to us in the Mass of this Sunday.  The texts emphasize the hope of this season symbolized by the color green.  Our Lord describes Himself in the Gospel as the Good Shepherd who carries His lost sheep home on His shoulders.  St. Peter warns in the Epistle that the devil is an obstacle on our path to heaven and we must know our enemy in order to combat him.  He was a murder and liar from the beginning and those are the evidence of his presence in the world today which is seen in recent news items.  Despite the dire circumstances we must have hope.

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The Saints’ Saint

June 24, 2018By

Feast Of St. John the Baptist 2018
In preparation for the upcoming feast of the Precious Blood, Catholics should understand why this feast is so intimately connected with the nature of sacrifice itself, and the supreme surrender of Our Lord in the Redemption of the human race.  This week we also remember the important feasts of Saints John and Paul and Our Mother of Perpetual Help.

Today was once a Holy Day of Obligation with three Masses offered.  The life of St. John the Baptist parallels that of Our Lord in his annunciation, the miracles surrounding his birth, and his brief but most influential public life, culminating in his martyrdom.  The detailed retelling of his story highlights the wonderful power of God to Whom nothing is impossible.  God sanctified St. John in the womb of St. Elizabeth, through the Blessed Mother, and his life of holiness is a model for all to follow.
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Depart From Me For I Am A Sinful Man

June 17, 2018By

4th Sunday after Pentecost 2018
The humility of St. Peter in the Gospel is a virtue we all must practice as a promise of heaven.  We should be as attentive as possible at Mass so we can pray well.  We witness the death of Our Lord again during the Holy Sacrifice and we hear His last words “into Thy hands I commend My spirit”.

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Contempt for the Spiritual

June 3, 2018By

2nd Sunday after Pentecost 2018
In 1954, on the feast of the Maternity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Pope Pius XII wrote an encyclical announcing the unanimous desire of the Catholic faithful to establish a feast day in honor of the queenship of the Blessed Mother.  The title of “queen” is awarded to her because of her incomparable vocation as Mother of the King of Kings.  She is daughter of the Father, Mother of the Son, and Spouse of the Holy Spirit.

We are given a frightening warning in the Gospel for today’s Mass.  We are told of the great feast and how those who were invited excused themselves.  We see this parable exemplified by those who show contempt for spiritual things.  Excessive attachment to the material world and prioritizing it over God was the fault Our Lord condemned in the pharisees.  We cannot be satisfied and truly happy without God, and all that He gives us in this life is for the sole purpose of leading us towards eternal union with Him in Heaven.
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