Life is tough sometimes and full of troubles, and it doesn’t take many years after our birth to figure that out. The Bible of full of stories of people who went through something and only with the help of God’s grace got through it. I have never met anyone who woke up in the morning and prayed to God that He would bring suffering upon them this day. Even people who know full well that St. Paul often wrote about the benefits and necessity of suffering in this life, do not go out of their way to find it. But it comes none the less, usually unexpected; but when it comes what do we do with it?
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The Solemnity of Christ the King (Reflection on Mass Readings)
This week’s Gospel Reading at the Sunday’s Mass comes from Matthew 25-31-46: Jesus said to his disciples: “When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit upon his glorious throne, and all the nations will be assembled before him. And he will separate them one from [...]
Putting Proverbs 31 Back into Context (Reflection on the Readings at Sunday Mass)
This week’s First Reading at the Sunday Mass comes from Proverbs 31:10-13, 19-20, 30-31: When one finds a worthy wife, her value is far beyond pearls. Her husband, entrusting his heart to her, has an unfailing prize. She brings him good, and not evil, all the days of her life. She obtains wool and flax [...]
Justification is a Process (Reflection on the Readings at Mass)
Brothers and sisters: We know that all things work for good for those who love God, who are called according to his purpose. For those he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, so that he might be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters. And those he predestined [...]
The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity
Today is The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity on the liturgical calendar, and really special day this year because it falls on Father’s Day in the United States. I find myself in deep contemplation about the mystery of the Holy Trinity this morning, because today is the first day in seven years that I [...]
Why Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley is Dead Wrong
In the wake of the controversy that surrounded St. Cecilia Catholic Church deciding to host a Mass in commemoration of Boston Pride 2011, an annual month long pageantry and celebration of all that is lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender, Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley wrote a blog yesterday (June 17, 2011) in which he attempted to [...]
Reception of the Holy Eucharist – Hand or Mouth? Reverence is the Issue!
PREFACE: In a recent episode of The Vortex, Michael Voris spent over six minutes and probably 1,500 words talking about why Holy Communion should only be received on the tongue, and here were some of his points: The ‘preferred and recommended’ method to receive Holy communion is on the tongue. Reception on the hand is [...]
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