Sixth Sunday of Ordinary Time February 11, 2024 Year of the Most Holy Eucharist Reflection #7
“Now the Lord said to Abram, ‘Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you. And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and him who curses you I will curse; and by you all the families of the earth shall bless themselves.”
(Genesis 12:1-3)
Fifth Sunday of Ordinary Time February 4, 2024 Year of the Most Holy Eucharist Reflection #6
“Brothers, because of the love I have for you, I wish I were able to reassure you with the prospect of eternal happiness by saying to each of you: You are certain to go to paradise; the greater number of Christians is saved, so you also will be saved. But how can I give you this sweet assurance if you revolt against God’s decrees as though you were your own worst enemies? I observe in God a sincere desire to save you, but I find in you a decided inclination to be damned. So what will I be doing today if I speak clearly? I will be displeasing to you. But if I do not speak, I will be displeasing to God.”
(Saint Leonard of Port Maurice, The Little Number of Those Who Are Saved)
Fourth Sunday of Ordinary Time January 28, 2024 Year of the Most Holy Eucharist Reflection #5
“The consequences of sin will stay with man until he returns to the earth, that is, until he dies.”
(The Navarre Bible, Pentateuch, p. 56)
Third Sunday of Ordinary Time January 21, 2024 Year of the Most Holy Eucharist Reflection #4
“The image of God in man makes him superior to other earthly creatures. Saint Augustine says, ‘Man’s excellence consists in the fact that God made him to His own image by giving him an intellectual soul which raises him above the beasts of the field.’”
(Msgr. Paul J. Glenn, A Tour of the Summa, p. 78)
Second Sunday of Ordinary Time January 14, 2024 Year of the Most Holy Eucharist Reflection #3
“The intellectual perfection of man and woman in this first beginning of the race was even more stupendous than the physical fullness. Adam and Eve came into being as adults.”
(My Way of Life, The Summa Simplified for Everyone, p.100)
The Epiphany of the Lord January 7, 2024 Year of the Most Holy Eucharist Reflection #2
“In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the Spirit of God was moving over the face of the waters.”
(Genesis 1:1-2)
The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph December 31, 2023 Year of the Most Holy Eucharist Reflection #1
“Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you. Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day. For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him. As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me.”
(John 6:53-57; King James Bible)
Fourth Sunday of Advent December 24, 2023 Year of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Ark of the New Covenant
“No word of God must be incredible to us, as long as no work of God
Is impossible for Him.” (Matthew Henry’s Commentary on the Whole Bible)
by Deacon Groves
Third Sunday of Advent; Gaudete Sunday (English and Latin Masses) December 17, 2023 Year of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Ark of the New Covenant
“All would wish to be saved and to enjoy the glory of Paradise; but to gain Heaven, it is necessary to walk in the straight road that leads to eternal bliss.”
(Saint Alphonsus Liguori, Sermon for the Third Sunday of Advent.)
Second Sunday of Advent December 10, 2023 Year of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Ark of the New Covenant
“Comfort, give comfort to my people, says your God.” (Isaiah 40:1)