The Second Sunday of Advent December 5, 2021 Year of the Eucharist and Parish (Reflection #47)
“The whole history of Jesus Christ is marked by mercy and compassion for suffering humanity. From the moment of His incarnation till the hour of His death every thought and word and act of His Divine life was directed toward the alleviation of the ills and miseries of fallen man.” (James Cardinal Gibbons, The Faith of Our Fathers, p.277)
The First Sunday of Advent November 28, 2021 Year of the Eucharist and Parish (Reflection #46)
“When he saw their faith, he said, ‘As for you, your sins are forgiven.’ Then the scribes and Pharisees began to ask themselves, ‘Who is this who speaks blasphemies? Who but God alone can forgive sins?’”
(Luke 5:20-21)
The First Sunday of Advent 2021
Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe (Christ the King Sunday) The Last Sunday After Pentecost (Latin Mass) November 21, 2021 Year of the Eucharist and Parish (Reflection #45)
“He was praying in a certain place, and when he had finished, one of his disciples said to him, ‘Lord, teach us to pray just as John taught his disciples.’” (Luke 11:1)
The Thirty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time The Twenty-Fifth Sunday After Pentecost (Latin Mass) November 14, 2021 Year of the Eucharist and Parish (Reflection #44)
“Amen, amen, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his
blood, you do not have life within you. . . For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink.” (John 6:53, 55)
The Thirty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time November 7, 2021 Year of the Eucharist and Parish (Reflection #43)
Homily by Deacon Groves
So look to yourselves, and do not let anyone be faithless to the wife of your youth. For I hate divorce, says the Lord... (Malachi 2:15-16).
The Thirty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time October 31, 2021 Year of the Eucharist and Parish (Reflection #42)
The Thirty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time 2021
Deacon Charlie Groves’ Homily
Genesis 1:26-31; Genesis 2:18-24; Tobit 8:4-8; Proverbs 31:10-13; Sirach 26:1-4;
Matthew 5:13-16; Matthew 19:3-6; Mark 10:6-9; John 15:12-16
Romans 8:31; I Corinthians 13:4-13; Ephesians
The Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time October 24, 2021 Year of the Eucharist and Parish (Reflection #41)
The Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time 2021
Deacon Groves Homily
“Willed by God in the very act of creation, marriage and the family are interiorly
ordained to fulfillment in Christ and have need of his graces in order to be healed
from the wounds of sin and restored to . . . the full realization of God’s plan”
(Familiaris Consortio – Pope John Paul II)
The Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time The Twenty-First Sunday After Pentecost (Latin Mass) October 17, 2021
“Then the devil took him up to a very high mountain, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world in their magnificence, and he said to him, ‘All these I shall give to you, if you will prostrate yourself and worship me.’ At this, Jesus said to him, ‘Get away, Satan! It is written: The Lord, your God, shall you worship and him alone shall you serve.’ Then the devil left him and, behold, angels came and ministered to him.” (Matthew 4:8-11)The Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time 2021
The Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time/The Nineteenth Sunday After Pentecost (Latin Mass) October 3, 2021
The Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time/The Nineteenth Sunday After Pentecost (Latin Mass)
October 3, 2021
Year of the Eucharist and Parish (Reflection #38) The Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time 2021
“The tempter approached saying to him: If you are the Son of God, command that these stones become loaves of bread. He said in reply, ‘It is written: One does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes forth from the mouth of God.’” (Matthew 4:3-4)
The Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time – September 26, 2021
The Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time 2021
The Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time: The Year of the Eucharist and Parish (Reflection #37)
“Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. And he fasted forty days and forty nights, and afterword he was hungry.” (Matthew 4:1-2)