Novena to the Immaculate ConceptionNovember 30 and ending on December 8Hail Mary, full of Grace, the Lord is with you. Blessed are you among women and blessed is the fruit of your womb,...
Homily Second Sunday of Advent Year A Reading 1: Last Sunday, the prophet Isaiah invited us to come to the Lord to receive instructions so that we may able to walk in...
As important was the first coming of Jesus and his second coming in glory, equally important is his coming in the present moment. How we receive him in the present moment may indicate...
Information Zoom meeting Mary in Advent
By spiritaflame 11:52 AMI apologize that I could not give my teaching yesterday. Had technical issues, which I think I have resolved. So I will try again Wednesday night, Nov 30. Here is the link and...
Second Sunday of Advent Gospel AJohn the Baptist appeared, preaching in the desert of Judea and saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand!” · This call is consistent with the prophetic...
Yesterday, we focused on the past coming of Jesus in time. There is another coming that we profess in the Creed every Sunday, namely Jesus' coming at the end of time in glory....
Information Mary in Advent on Zoom
By spiritaflame 10:59 AMThis is just a reminder concerning the first of three teachings on Mary in Advent on Zoom. The first will take place tonight, November 28, 2022 at 6:30pm Central Time. It will last...
As we begin this new Advent season, we again will reflect on the coming of Jesus. He came in time. "The Word became flesh and dwelt among us." This coming we will commemorate...
"How unreasonable it is to pray that God’s will be done, and then not promptly obey it when he calls us from this world! Instead we struggle and resist like self-willed slaves and...
Prayer Advent Wreath Week 1
By spiritaflame 3:27 PMPrayer for the lighting of the Advent Wreath.Advent Week 1The following are the Advent wreath prayers that change every week. They are prayed at the lighting of each candle every day during Advent.The...
Homily: First Sunday of Advent Year A Reading 1: The people of Israel are experiencing both external threats and internal struggles. Externally, the surrounding nations are seeking to overcome them and subjugate...
What are you thankful for? I am thankful to God for all the blessings he has poured upon me, not only this past year, but from the moment of my conception until now....
During Advent I will give three teachings on Mary in Advent on Zoom. The first one will be on November 28, 2022 beginning at 6:30pm Central Time. It will last for 30 minutes....
Prayer Thanksgiving Day Blessing Service
By spiritaflame 10:45 AMThanksgiving Day Blessing Service Leader: In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. All: Amen. Leader: Let us glorify the Lord who fills us with his...
First Sunday of Advent Gospel AJesus said to his disciples: “As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. · This coming of...
"Only by entering into Christ's embrace do we come to realize that God went to this extreme, even to the paradox of the cross, in order to embrace everything about us, even what...
" For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, virtue with knowledge, knowledge with self-control, self-control with endurance, endurance with devotion, devotion with mutual affection, mutual affection with love. If these are...
"Go out, again and again, go out without fear, go out without hesitation. Go out and proclaim this joy which is for all the people." (Pope Francis)Being a Christian should be a great...
"Many of our prayers are also somewhat like this: they are requests for favors addressed to the Lord, without any real interest in him. We go to ask, to ask, to ask the...
Homily Solemnity of Christ the King Year C Reading 1: The plan of man and the plan of God. Though Saul was originally chosen by God to be the first king of Israel,...
St. Paul says that, while in this life, we "walk by faith and not by sight." Our faith is in the God we do not see with our human eyes now, but will...
Solemnity of Christ the King The rulers sneered at Jesus and said, "He saved others, let him save himself if he is the chosen one, the Christ of God." · Here we have a connection...
Today, the first reading is from the Book of Revelation. I love this quote. "Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, [then] I...
How prepared are we for the end times? We don't know the day or hour, but we have been urged by Jesus to stay prepared and alert. The end time for me may...
Today, we remember St. Martin of Tours, a pagan soldier who became a soldier of Christ. Here is one of his sayings: "With the sign of the Cross, I shall more certainly break...
Today is the feast of Pope St. Leo the Great. Here is a quote from him. "Christian, remember your dignity, and now that you share in God’s own nature, do not return by...
One of the mysteries of God's revelation is that we are Temples of the Holy Spirit. By grace, as a result of our adoption as sons and daughters of the Father through the...
"You must believe in truth that whatever God gives or permits is for your salvation." (St. Catherine of Siena)The many struggles of life that we experience are not without purpose or merit as...
In yesterday's Gospel Jesus taught an important lesson for us to keep always before us. There is life after death whether with God or alienated from God. How we live our present life...
As we celebrate the feast of St. Charles Borromeo, I share this quote from him. If a tiny spark of God’s love already burns within you, do not expose it to the wind, for...
St. Paul reminds us that we are children of the light, not of the darkness. What does that mean? The darkness he is referring to is the darkness within us that comes from...
Homily: Thirty-second Sunday Year C Reading 1: Here we have in the Old Testament the belief of life after death. What motivated the seven brothers and the valiant mother to fidelity to...
We remember today all the souls who have gone before us, who died in Christ, but are not in final glory. They are in the final stage of purification. They have seen God...
Reflection on Scripture Thirty-second Sunday Gospel C The resurrection of the body
By spiritaflame 11:07 AMThirty-Second Sunday Gospel CSome Sadducees, those who deny that there is a resurrection, came forward and put this question to Jesus, saying, "Teacher, Moses wrote for us, If someone's brother dies leaving a...
"Come, let us at length spur ourselves on. We must rise again with Christ, we must seek the world which is above and set our mind on the things of heaven. Let us...
