15th Sunday after Pentecost 2018
The Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost is a quintessential Mass for the season. From the hope expressed in the Introit to the Communion verse about our Life in the Eucharist we are assured of God’s mercy on the path to Heaven. This year the Sunday falls before Labor Day and it is good to remember the holiday’s Catholic roots in medieval Guilds and what the modern popes have written about this important component of society.
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14th Sunday after Pentecost 2018
The Epistle and Gospel for the 14th Sunday after Pentecost make as clear as black and white the battle between good and evil. We must renounce our vices and not let anything stand in the way of our progress towards God and Heaven. As we can fall by degrees from faults, to venial sins and finally mortal ones, so we can rise by degrees to sanctity. Today is the day to start on the road to holiness.
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13th Sunday after Pentecost 2018
This Mass for the 13th Sunday after Pentecost begins with a prayer to God that He hear us and this presumes that we are humble. To reach Heaven requires our prayer and spiritual reading lest we become the playthings of the devil. God showers His graces and gifts on us so we can reach happiness with Him at the end of our lives. He also gives these so we can share them with others on their road to Heaven, too.
12th Sunday after Pentecost 2018
This week is the feast of the Assumption of Our Lady, body and soul, into heaven. The feasts of the school teacher, St. Cassian, and the foundress of the Poor Clares. The Epistle for the 12th Sunday after Pentecost teaches about sufficient grace and its necessity in our lives – without it we cannot be saved. The Gospel is the beautiful story of the Good Samaritan which reveals the Sacred Heart in all its mercy for any unfortunates. It has the deeper meaning concerning the seeking out of every sinner by Our Lord who heals him and entrusts him to His Church for care and comfort.
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11th Sunday after Pentecost 2018
The feasts for this week give cause for us to thank God and take strength in upholding the faith. This Mass for the Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost recalls Our Lord’s Resurrection and the Easter sacraments of Baptism and Holy Eucharist. St. Paul lists all the witnesses to Christ’s Risen Body and the Gospel relates the story of the healing of the deaf and dumb man. The exact gestures and words of Jesus are repeated during the ceremonies for Baptism. All this leads to union with Our Lord in Holy Communion.
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16th Sunday after Pentecost 2017
The Holy Spirit speaks to us through the Epistle and Gospel of every Mass so we should pay close attention. He also aids us in our spiritual life which must be grounded in charity. We should learn to trust the Advocate and not ourselves because we are often attached to self. Do not despise our neighbors and thereby fall into false humility.
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15th Sunday after Pentecost 2017
Our Lord’s first public raising from the dead is the Gospel for today. Moved at the sight of the widow of Naim, Christ miraculously brought her only child back to life with the words, “Young man, I say to thee arise”. After explaining this story we begin a tour of the chapel which was inspired by the recent “open house”. The chapel was designed to teach and to lead anyone who enters here to the heights of perfection in the spiritual life. More beautiful lessons will be presented in future installments.
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Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary 2017
Our Lady’s seven sorrows do not encompass all that She suffered during Her life but these are the important ones which prepared Her to be our Compassionate Mother. The reverse of the Miraculous Medal, which was given us by our Heavenly Queen, is a link to this devotion of Our Lady of Sorrows. The description of the medal bears this out and the Immaculate Conception, which is the medal’s official title and what is depicted on the obverse of the medal, is the necessary prerequisite for the creation of a worthy Mother of the Redeemer and a worthy Co-Redemptrix. The Mass and office for today’s feast makes us realize these truths with much emotional force. The concluding and moving personal story about this devotion is a beautiful and fitting testimony to its essential role in our lives.
Exaltation of the Holy Cross 2017
Relics of the true Cross are in our shrine and give us a link to the origins of this feast. The Cross had its antecedents in the Old Testament but its exaltation began with Constantine’s victory under its banner. His mother, St. Helen, discovered the true Cross and later the Emperor Herclius saved it from the Persians. The mystery of the Cross, if known and lived, will be our path to a glorious triumph in heaven and peace and consolation during the trials and sufferings of this life.
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14th Sunday after Pentecost 2017
Seek first God’s holiness and that begins with the virtue of Faith. We need that to achieve everything worthwhile in our daily activity. We should strive to learn more and more about God. The acts of the virtues produce the fruits of the Holy Ghost which give us a certain sweetness in living the spiritual life and thereby encourage us to draw closer to the Blessed Trinity.
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