Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time (Mass of Pope St. Paul VI) Third Sunday After Pentecost (Latin Mass) June 18, 2023 Year of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Ark of the New Covenant
“Salve, Regina, Mater Misericordiae — Hail, Holy Queen, Mother of Mercy.” (Prayer)
The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ Corpus Christi June 11, 2023 Year of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Ark of the New Covenant
“It is this real presence of God which makes Catholicism a religion quite distinct from any other form of Christianity.”
(Rev. Frederick William Faber, D.D., The Blessed Sacrament, p. 23)
The Most Holy Trinity June 4, 2023 Year of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Ark of the New Covenant
“St. Leo has said, that the nature of God is, by its essence, goodness itself. Now, goodness naturally diffuses itself. And by experience we know that men of a good heart are full of love for all, and desire to share with all the goods which they enjoy. And therefore he (God) ardently desires to make us partakers of his own happiness.” (Sermons of St. Alphonsus Liguori, Sermon for Trinity Sunday)
Pentecost Sunday May 28, 2023 Year of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Ark of the New Covenant
“You shall count until the day after the seventh sabbath, fifty days; then you shall present an offering of new grain to the Lord.”
(Leviticus 23:16)
Homily by Deacon Groves
The Ascension of the Lord (New Mass) Sunday After the Ascension (Latin Mass) May 21, 2023 Year of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Ark of the New Covenant
“Gathering them together, He commanded them not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait for what the
Father had promised, “Which,” He said, “you heard of from Me; for John baptized with water,
but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.”
(Acts 1:4-5)
Sixth Sunday of Easter May 14, 2023 Year of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Ark of the New Covenant
“And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Advocate to be with you always,
the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot accept, because it neither sees nor knows Him.
But you know Him, because He remains with you, and will be in you.” (John 14:16-17)
Fifth Sunday of Easter Fourth Sunday after Easter (Latin Mass) May 7, 2023 Year of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Ark of the New Covenant
“Do you not know that you are a temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? If any man destroys the temple of God, God will destroy him, for the temple of God is holy, and that is what you are.” (First Corinthians 3:16-17)
Fourth Sunday of Easter April 30, 2023 Year of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Ark of the New Covenant
“Peter said to them, ‘Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for
the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.’” (Acts 2:38)
Third Sunday of Easter April 23, 2023 Year of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Ark of the New Covenant
Deacon Groves Homily
Second Sunday of Easter Divine Mercy Sunday April 16, 2023 Year of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Ark of the New Covenant
“As there is no true devotion to His Sacred Humanity, which is not mindful of His Divinity, so there is no adequate love of the Son, which disjoins Him from His Mother, and lays her aside, as a mere instrument, whom God chose as He might choose an inanimate thing, without regard to its sanctity or moral fitness.”
(Rev. Frederick Faber, The Foot of the Cross, p.11)