“Simon Peter said in reply, ‘You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.’ Jesus said to him in reply, ‘Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah. For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my heavenly Father. And so I say to you, you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of the netherworld shall not prevail against it.’” (Matthew 16:16-18)

Saints Peter and Paul 2025

“There is no prayer more agreeable to God, or more profitable to the soul, than that which is made during thanksgiving after Communion.”

(St. Alphonsus Liguori, The Aesthetical Works vol. VI, The Holy Eucharist, pg. 49)

The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ.Corpus Christi

“From the very fact that God is the self-subsisting Being, it likewise follows that He is absolutely immutable, with an immutability not of inertia but of supreme perfection, which belongs to God alone.”                         (Rev. Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange, O.P., The One God, p.268)

Most Holy Trinity 2025

“Our soul is a little heaven in which the Creator of Heaven and Earth takes up His abode. Is there anything so grand as to see Him, whose grandeur would fill a thousand worlds, hiding in such a little dwelling as our soul!” (Saint Teresa of Jesus)

Pentecost Sunday.06.08.2025

“The pastor will hence learn that this mystery should be explained with the greatest diligence; and that he should take care that the people not only perceive it with faith and understanding, but that they also strive as far as possible, with the Lord’s help to reflect it in their lives and actions.”

(Catechism of the Council of Trent, Part One The Creed, Article VI)

The Ascension of the Lord 2025

“It is the decision of the Holy Spirit and of us not to place on you any burden beyond these necessities, . . .” (Acts 15:28)

Sixth Sunday of Easter 2025

“I have many more things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. But when He, the
Spirit of truth, comes, He will guide you into all the truth; for He will not speak on His
own initiative, but whatever He hears, He will speak; and He will disclose to you what is
to come.” (John 16:12-13)

Fifth Sunday of Easter 2025

“Detraction and calumny destroy the reputation and honor of one’s neighbor. Honor is the social witness given to human dignity, and everyone enjoys a natural right to the honor of his name and reputation and to respect. Thus, detraction and calumny offend against the virtues of justice and charity.” (CCC #2479)

Fourth Sunday of Easter

“We are witnesses of these things, as is the Holy Spirit that God has given to those who obey Him.” (Acts 5:32)

Third Sunday of Easter 2025

“Archbishop Fulton Sheen esteemed the enormous value of the laity’s voice: ‘Who is going to save our Church? Not our bishops, not our priests and religious. It is up to the people. You have the minds, the eyes, the ears to save the Church. Your mission is to see that your priests act like priests, your bishops act like bishops and your religious act like religious.'”

(quoting Archbishop Sheen in his address to the Supreme Convention of the Knights of Columbus in June 1972.)

Second Sunday of Easter 2025