Second Sunday in Ordinary Time (English) Second Sunday after Epiphany (Latin) January 19, 2025 Year of the Holy Spirit
“All life must needs be perfected, and it is perfected by pursuing its end. Absolute perfection means the actual attainment of that end. This we shall attain only in Heaven. There, through the Beatific Vision and pure love, we shall possess God, and our life will have its complete development.” (Reverend Adolphe Tanquerey, The Spiritual Life, p.1)
The Baptism of the Lord January 12, 2025 Year of the Holy Spirit
“The Lord was baptized by His servant, and He, although destined to grant the remission of sins, did not disdain to have His body cleansed with the water of regeneration.” (Saint Cyprian, The Good of Patience 6).
The Epiphany of the Lord (English) Most Holy Name of Jesus (Latin) January 5, 2025 Year of the Holy Spirit
“Christian life is the reproduction of Jesus in souls; and perfection, the most faithful and perfect reproduction, consists in the transformation of souls into Jesus.”
(Archbishop Luis M. Martinez, The Sanctifier, p.5)
The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph December 29, 2024
“Do Thou, O Lord, bring us whom Thou hast refreshed with heavenly mysteries to imitate the example of Thy Holy Family, that at the hour of our death, with the Virgin Mother and blessed Joseph at hand, we may be received by Thee into our everlasting home.”
(Post-Communion Prayer for the Mass of the Holy Family [1962 Roman Missal])
Fourth Sunday of Advent: Archbishop Rodi’s Message
Third Sunday of Advent December 15, 2024
“Fratres: Gaudéte in Dómino semper: íterum dico, gaudéte. Dóminus prope est. (translation)
Brethren: Rejoice in the Lord always: again I say, rejoice. The Lord is nigh.”
(Saint Paul, Letter to the Philippians)
Second Sunday of Advent December 8, 2024
“The precursor of Christ—the voice of one crying in the wilderness—preaches in the desert of
the soul that has known no peace.” (Origen, Homilies on the Gospel of Luke)
First Sunday of Advent December 1, 2024
“He who testifies to these things says, ‘Surely I am coming soon.’ Amen, Come Lord Jesus!”
(Revelation 22:20)
Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe November 24, 2024 Year of the Most Holy Eucharist Reflection #48
“The priest administering Communion cannot know the state of a soul of the person seeking to receive it. Is there any justification, then, for his ever denying Communion to any Catholic?”
(Peter Kreeft, Practical Theology, p.264)
Thirty-Third Week of Ordinary Time Twenty-Sixth Sunday after Pentecost (Latin) November 17, 2024 Year of the Most Holy Eucharist Reflection #47
“St. Thomas said that the Eucharist is the greatest sacrament.”
(Peter Kreeft, Practical Theology, p.264)