As we end 2024 and begin 2025 my prayer for each of you is the words from the First Reading on New Year's Day from the Mass. The LORD bless you and keep you!...
“To harbor no envy, no anger, no resentment against an offender is still not to have charity for him. It is possible, without any charity, to avoid rendering evil for evil. But to...
" St John says in the Gospel that: “In him was life, and the life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.... The...
" There is only one God, brethren, and we earn about him only from sacred Scripture. It is therefore our duty to become acquainted with what Scripture proclaims and to investigate its teachings...
The Father loved us by sending his Son.The Son loved us by becoming Man.The Spirit loved us by overshadowing Mary.God did all this to share his life with us, even before we have...
"Those who let their appetites take hold of them suffer torture and affliction like an enemy held prisoner." Saint John of the CrossThe O Antiphon for today is: "O Key of David, opening the...
" O Root of Jesse’s stem, sign of God’s love for all his people: come to save us without delay!"I like St.John of the Cross' refection on this O Antiphon. "What we need most in order to...
Homily Fourth Sunday of Advent Year C Reading 1: The prophet Micah centuries before the birth of Messiah prophesied that he would be born in Bethlehem. This was in keeping with the...
"It is noteworthy that even though God has knowledge and understanding of all, and even sees the very thoughts of the soul, as Moses asserts [Dt 31:21], it is said when he provides a...
"Wisdom enters through love, silence, and mortification. It is great wisdom to know how to be silent and to look at neither the remarks, nor the deeds, nor the lives of others." Saint John...
"And this is clearly the reason: you first loved us so that we might love you--not because you needed our love, but because we could not be what you created us to be,...
"The liturgy of Advent...helps us to understand fully the value and meaning of the mystery of Christmas. It is not just about commemorating the historical event, which occurred some 2,000 years ago in...
"Next to that which directly concerns God, nothing is more precious for truly enlightened piety than that which concerns the honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Here we encounter all that exists in...
Homily Third Sunday of Advent Year C Reading 1: What is the cause or reason for rejoicing? The prophet Zephaniah gives two reasons why they should rejoice. One, God has removed his...
"God, who is faithful, put himself in our debt, not by receiving anything but by promising so much....He promised eternal salvation, everlasting happiness with the angels, an immortal inheritance, endless glory, the joyful...
Third Sunday of Advent Gospel CAt that time, the crowds asked John the Baptist, “What should we do?”· Some of them had already repented and were baptized. Now they where asking for the...
"God walks into your soul with silent step. God comes to you more than you go to Him. Never will his coming be what you expect, and yet never will it disappoint. The...
"Insignificant man, escape from your everyday business for a short while, hide for a moment from your restless thoughts. Break off from your cares and troubles and be less concerned about your tasks...
"The liturgy of Advent...helps us to understand fully the value and meaning of the mystery of Christmas. It is not just about commemorating the historical event, which occurred some 2000 years ago in...
Advent wreath prayer for Second WeekFather in heaven, set our hearts ablaze to follow in the steps of John the Baptist. May we bring light and love to all we meet, that the...
"We know that there are three comings of the Lord. The third lies between the other two. It is invisible, while the other two are visible. In the first coming he was seen...
Second Sunday of Advent: Gospel CIn the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, and Herod was tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch...
"There are two births of Christ, one unto the world in Bethlehem; the other in the soul, when it is spiritually reborn. Men think of the former much more than the later, and...
"We do not preach only one coming of Christ, but a second as well, much more glorious that the first. The first coming was marked by patience; the second will bring the crown...
“The Will of God –that is my Paradise.” St. Francesco Antonio Fasani (1681-1742) Only one who is seeking to continue to be in union with God can say this with any conviction...
First Sunday of Advent Gospel CJesus said to his disciples:· Jesus is prophesizing about his Second Coming. At the end and beginning of the Liturgical season the Church helps us to keep this...
"I do not fear death, for I have already died once. To live is Christ, to die is gain.” St. Edmund Campion (1540-1581) Death is a process in the life-death-life cycle of every...
Thanksgiving Day Blessing ServiceLeader: 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...
“Our true worth, does not consist, in what human beings think of us. What we really are, consists, in what God knows us to be.” St. John Berchmans (1599-1621) Someone once said...
Start with the Advent Wreath BlessingDear Jesus, as we light the candle(s) on this Advent wreath, may the light of your presence bring joy to our hearts. Bless our family and our friends,...
“Everyone must do what he can. I am not able to do great things, but what I can, I want to do for the greater glory of God. I offer him my mere...
“Men call me Cecilia, but my most beautiful name is that of Christian” St. Cecilia (180-230) Our human birth was a gift from God. But a greater gift was our re-birth in...
Hail, holy throne of God, divine sanctuary, house of glory, jewel most fair, chosen treasure house and mercy seat for the whole world, heaven showing forth the glory of God Purest Virgin, worthy...
“When you have been insulted, cursed, or persecuted by someone, do not think of what has happened to you, but of what will come from it, and you will see that your insulter...
Homily Solemnity of Christ the King Year BReading 1: Daniel in a vision sees what is to take place centuries after him. In effect, Daniel sees One like the Son of Man ascending...
"A fish that is alive swims against the flow of water. One that is dead floats down with the water. A true Christian goes against the current of sinful age. A false one...
“The more I reflect on the graces I have received, the more they astonish me and make me tremble.” St. Rose Philippine Duchesne (1769-1852) When was the last time you reflected on...
"He took over anger to intimidate subordinates, and in time anger took over him." St. Albert the Great (1200-1280) Once we give way to the vice of anger, it has a way of...
“There is One very near you who knocks at your door every hour of the day, who begs you to listen to Him and to keep silence… in order to hear Him.” St....
Homily: Thirty-third Sunday Year B Reading 1: There has always been an interest in the end times. The Old Testament reading from the Book of Daniel written over 2000 years ago reflects...
