Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time January 30, 2022 Year of Saint Joseph
“For thou, O Lord, art my hope, my trust, O Lord, from my youth. . . Do not cast me off
in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength is spent.” (Psalm 71:5, 9)
Third Sunday in Ordinary Time January 23, 2022
When I looked on the mystical Body of the Church, I recognized myself in none of the members St. Paul described. (Autobiography of St. Therese of Lisieux)
Homily by Deacon Groves
Second Sunday in Ordinary Time Second Sunday after Epiphany (Latin Mass) January 16, 2022 Year of Saint Joseph
“All the direction we really need regarding a devotion to St. Joseph is already to be
found in the deposit of Faith safeguarded by holy Mother Church. Thus a true devotion
to St. Joseph does not depend on any other revelations or apparitions as we shall see.”
(Dominic De Domenico, O.P., True Devotion to St. Joseph and the Church, p.8)
The Baptism of the Lord January 9, 2022 Year of Saint Joseph
“After all the people had been baptized and Jesus also had been baptized and was praying, heaven was opened and the Holy Spirit descended upon him in bodily form like a dove.” (Luke 3:21-22)
Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord Most Holy Name of Jesus (Latin Mass) January 2, 2022 Year of Saint Joseph
“But while the preaching of the divine Word should never be interrupted in the Church, surely in these, our days, it becomes necessary to labor with more than ordinary zeal and piety to nourish and strengthen the faithful with sound and wholesome doctrine, as with the food of life.” (Excerpt From: The Catechism of the Council of Trent)
The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph December 26, 2021 Year of the Eucharist and Parish (Reflection #50)
In an instant [God] gives to the confirmed soul the fullness of the spiritual maturity. (St. Thomas Aquinas: “My Way of Life”)
The Fourth Sunday of Advent December 19, 2021 Year of the Eucharist and Parish (Reflection #49)
“Of how much greater faith and salutary fear are they who . . . confess their sins to the priests
of God in a straightforward manner and in sorrow, making an open declaration of conscience
. . . I beseech you, brethren, let everyone who has sinned confess his sin while he is still in this
world, while his confession is still admissible, while the satisfaction and remission made
through the priests are still pleasing before the Lord.”
(St. Cyprian of Carthage, The Lapsed, A.D. 251)
The Third Sunday of Advent December 12, 2021 Year of the Eucharist and Parish (Reflection #48)
“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 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