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)
First Sunday of Advent (English and Latin Masses) December 3, 2023 Year of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Ark of the New Covenant
“Bestir, O Lord, Thy might, we pray Thee and come; that, defended by Thee, we may deserve rescue from approaching dangers brought on by our sins, and being set free by Thee, obtain our salvation.”
(taken from the Lain Mass Collect for the First Sunday of Advent)
Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe November 26, 2023 The Final Sunday of the Church Year
Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ – November 25, 2023
by Deacon Bullock
Thirty-Second Sunday of Ordinary Time November 12, 2023 Year of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Ark of the New Covenant
“Paul didn’t just say that you may not be saddened, but that you may not be saddened as the
heathen are, who do not have any hope. It is unavoidable, after all, that you should be
saddened; but when you feel sad, let hope console you.” (Saint Augustine, Sermons 173.3)
Thirty-First Sunday of Ordinary Time (English Mass) Twenty-Third Sunday After Pentecost (Latin Mass) November 5, 2023 Year of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Ark of the New Covenant
“The existence of a purgatory I have never denied. I still hold that it exists, as I have written and admitted many times though I have found no way of proving it incontrovertibly from Scripture or reason.”
(Martin Luther, “The Thirty Seventh Article”, Luther’s Works, 32:95.)
Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time October 29, 2023 Year of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Ark of the New Covenant
“He joyously shouts, ‘It is finished!’ [John 19:30]. Yes, those seem to be sorrowful words, but
they were words of joy to that soul aflame and consumed in the fire of divine charity, the soul of
the incarnate Word, God’s Son. It is as if the gentle Jesus wanted to say, ‘I have completely
fulfilled what was written of me. Fulfilled too is my painful desire to redeem the human race. I
am happy, exultant, that I have finished this suffering.’”
(taken from The Letters of St. Catherine of Siena, vol. 1)
Twenty-Ninth Sunday of Ordinary Time October 22, 2023 Year of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Ark of the New Covenant
Then God said, “Let us make humankind in our image, according to our likeness . . .
(Genesis 1:26)
Twenty-Ninth Sunday of Ordinary Time
by Deacon Groves
Twenty-Eighth Sunday of Ordinary Time (English Mass) Twentieth Sunday After Pentecost (Latin Mass) October 15, 2023 Year of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Ark of the New Covenant
“Turn then, most gracious advocate, thine eyes of mercy toward us.” (Hail, Holy Queen Prayer)
Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time October 8, 2023 Year of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Ark of the New Covenant
“Finally, he sent his son to them, thinking, ‘They will respect my son.’” (Matthew 21:37)
Twenty-Sixth Sunday of Ordinary Time (English Mass) Eighteenth Sunday After Pentecost (Latin Mass) October 1, 2023 Year of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Ark of the New Covenant
“The Lord’s way is not fair!” (Ezekiel 18:25)