As we end this eighth week after the feast of Pentecost, our readings are from the Letter to the Corinthians and Matthew’s Gospel. Paul’s words at the end of the reading are profound: The message of the cross is complete … Continue reading
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Our readings again this weekend are taken from St. Paul’s Letter to the Romans and St. Matthew’s Gospel. I continue to encourage all of my readers to allow themselves to glean the particular message that God has for them from … Continue reading
Our first reading this weekend is again taken from Paul’s Letter to the Romans. It has a truly wonderful description of fraternal charity. Paul tells us how to be like Christ. He writes: Your love must be sincere…. Detest what … Continue reading
Our assigned readings this weekend are again taken from Paul’s Letter to the Romans and St. Matthew’s Gospel. Paul has this very important comment: If you confess with your lips that Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that … Continue reading
On this fourth weekend after Pentecost, our readings are taken from St. Paul’s Letter to the Romans and St. Matthew’s Gospel. They both seem to center on the nature of faith and the impact that faith can have on our … Continue reading
As we move into this time after Pentecost, the assigned readings seem to give simple advice on how to live and the attitudes we must have if we are to gain the fullness of life. For the most part, our … Continue reading
As we worship today, we think about the sequence of events, as presented in the Gospels, that the Church places before us. The feast of Pentecost that we just celebrated, reveled to us that God has infused His Spirit into … Continue reading
To You, O Lord, Author of all creation, the universe offers the God-bearing martyrs as the first-fruit of nature. Through their prayers and the intercession of the Mother of God preserve Your Church, Your dwelling-place, in perfect peace, O Most … Continue reading
When the Most High descended and confused tongues, He scattered the people; but when He distributed the tongues of fire, He called all men to unity. Therefore, with one voice, let us praise the Most Holy Spirit. On this glorious … Continue reading
On the weekend between the feasts of Ascension and Pentecost, our Church remembers the Fathers of the First Ecumenical Council which took place in 325 CE, the Council of Nicaea. This first Council of the entire Christian Church began the … Continue reading