Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of the Lord April 9, 2023 Year of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Ark of the New Covenant
“I hope, my dear Christians, that, as Christ is risen, you have, in this holy paschal time, gone to
confession, and have risen from your sins. But, attend to what St. Jerome teaches—that many
begin well, but few persevere.” (Saint Alphonsus Liguori, Sermon XXI, For Easter Sunday)
Palm Sunday April 2, 2023 Year of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Ark of the New Covenant
“Art is a very eloquent witness, because it does not speak to the ears but directly to the soul,
through its lines and colors.” (Luigi Gambero, Mary and the Fathers of the Church, p.85)
The Fifth Sunday of Lent March 26, 2023 Year of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Ark of the New Covenant
“It is a greater deed to create men than to raise them again from the dead. Yet he deigned both to create and to raise again; to create all, to resuscitate some.”
St. Augustine of Hippo from Tractates on the Gospel of John)
~ Homily by Deacon Bullock ~
Fourth Sunday of Lent Laetáre Sunday March 19, 2023 Year of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Ark of the New Covenant
“Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice. Let all men know your forbearance. The
Lord is at hand. Have no anxiety about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication
with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which passes
all understanding, will keep your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.” (Philippians 4:4-7)
Third Sunday of Lent March 12, 2023 Year of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Ark of the New Covenant
“The Devil deceives sinners, and makes them imagine that, by indulging their sensual appetites;
they shall lead a life of happiness, and shall enjoy peace. But there is no peace for those who offend God.”
(Saint Alphonsus Liguori, Sermon for Sexagesima Sunday)
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)