Second Sunday of Lent March 5, 2023 Year of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Ark of the New Covenant
“Under your mercy we take refuge, O Mother of God. Do not reject our supplications in
necessity, but deliver us from danger, [O you] alone pure and alone blessed.”
(Translation of prayer entitled Sub Tuum Praesidium, from the Rylands Library papyrus circa 259 AD.)
The First Sunday of Lent February 26, 2023 Year of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Ark of the New Covenant
“From this scene on the pinnacle of the Temple . . . we can look out and see the cross.” (Joseph Ratzinger, Pope Benedict XVI)
Seventh Sunday of Ordinary Time Quinquagesima (Latin Mass, defined below) Last Sunday before Ash Wednesday and beginning of Lent February 19, 2023 Year of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Ark of the New Covenant
“But before they lay down, the men of the city, the men of Sodom, both young and old, all the people to the last man, surrounded the house; and they called to Lot, ‘Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us, that we may know them.’ Lot went out of the door to the men, shut the door after him, and said, ‘I beg you, my brothers, do not act so wickedly.’” (Genesis 19:4-7)
The Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time February 12, 2023 Year of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Ark of the New Covenant
“Question 129 – Do not men differ in many things? Answer – Men differ in many things, such as learning, wealth, power, etc.; but these things belong to the world and not man’s nature. He came into this world without them, and he will leave it without them. Only the consequences of good or evil done in this world will accompany men to the next.” (Baltimore Catechism vol. 3)
Fifth Sunday of Ordinary Time Septuagesima (Latin Mass, defined below) Ninth Sunday before Easter, Third Sunday before Lent February 5, 2023 Year of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Ark of the New Covenant
“The development, desire by us, of devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary is an indication of the
Church’s genuine piety. This devotion fits – as we have indicated above – into the only worship
that is rightly called ‘Christian,’ because it takes its origin and effectiveness from Christ, finds
its complete expression in Christ, and leads through Christ in the Spirit to the Father.”
(Pope Paul VI, For the Right Ordering and Development of Devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary, p.4)
The Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time January 29, 2023 Year of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Ark of the New Covenant
“Christ Jesus embodies, incarnates, is the Beatitudes… When he preaches the Beatitudes, Christ is providing an intimate commentary on who he himself is, and the disciples are to be fortunate and blessed in this precise way in which the Son of God is fortunate and blessed.” (Father Simeon taken from the Magnificat – January 2023)
Homily is by Deacon Bullock
The Third Sunday in Ordinary Time January 22, 2023 Year of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Ark of the New Covenant
“Our life during this earthly pilgrimage cannot be without temptations, for we make progress along life’s path precisely through our fight against temptations; nobody can know himself unless he has experienced temptation, nor can he be crowned if he has not been victorious, nor can he be victorious if he has not fought, nor can he fight if he has not enemies and temptations.” (Saint Augustine, Enarrationes in Psalmos)
Second Sunday of Ordinary Time Second Sunday after Epiphany (Latin Mass) January 15, 2023 Year of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Ark of the New Covenant
“The development, desire by us, of devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary is an indication of the
Church’s genuine piety. This devotion fits – as we have indicated above – into the only worship
that is rightly called ‘Christian,’ because it takes its origin and effectiveness from Christ, finds
its complete expression in Christ, and leads through Christ in the Spirit to the Father.”
(Pope Paul VI, For the Right Ordering and Development of Devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary, p.4)
The Epiphany of the Lord January 8, 2023 Year of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Ark of the New Covenant
“They were overjoyed at seeing the star, and on entering the house they saw the child with Mary his mother. (Matthew 2:10-11)
Mary, the Holy Mother of God Octave of Christmas (Latin Mass) January 1, 2023 Year of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Ark of the New Covenant
“The development, desire by us, of devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary is an indication of the Church’s genuine piety. This devotion fits – as we have indicated above – into the only worship that is rightly called ‘Christian,’ because it takes its origin and effectiveness from Christ, finds its complete expression in Christ, and leads through Christ in the Spirit to the Father.”
(Pope Paul VI, For the Right Ordering and Development of Devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary, p.4)Mary, Holy Mother of God 2023