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Divine Mercy Sunday 2016: Mercy of God

Feast of Divine Mer­cy This Sun­day, April 3rd, is the Feast of Divine Mer­cy also known as Divine Mer­cy Sun­day! In our own mod­ern times, Jesus gave St. Fausti­na Kowal­s­ka of Poland (1905–1938) the mis­sion of mak­ing His Divine Mer­cy bet­ter known … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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Easter 2016~ The Resurrection of Jesus Christ

Chris­tus res­ur­rex­it! Vere res­ur­rex­it! Christ is Risen! Indeed He is risen! “After the sab­bath, as the first day of the week was dawn­ing, Mary Mag­da­lene and the oth­er Mary went to see the tomb. 2 And sud­den­ly there was a … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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Holy Week 2016

This past Sun­day was Palm Sun­day also known as Pas­sion Sun­day. Palm Sun­day com­mem­o­rates when Jesus entered Jerusalem tri­umphant­ly and was praised by the peo­ple includ­ing lit­tle chil­dren. His tri­umphal entry into Jerusalem ful­filled the Old Tes­ta­ment scrip­tures about the Mes­si­ah. … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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Lent 2016: The Meaning of Lent

The sea­son of Lent lasts 40 days begin­ning today, Ash Wednes­day,  and ends on Holy Thurs­day (the Thurs­day of Holy Week).  In terms of Bib­li­cal sig­nif­i­cance, the sea­son of Lent is sim­i­lar to the forty days that Jesus was tempt­ed in the wilder­ness. The Sea­son … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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Preparing for Lent 2016

Today is the 5th Sun­day in Ordi­nary Time. This is the last Sun­day before the begin­ning of Lent. This upcom­ing Wednes­day is Ash Wednes­day, the first day of the 40 day Sea­son of Lent. Dur­ing Lent, we will make a renewed … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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The Feast of the Epiphany 2016

The Feast of the Epiphany Last Sun­day was the Feast of the Epiphany of Our Lord. The word “epiphany” means man­i­fes­ta­tion. The Epiphany cel­e­brates the man­i­fes­ta­tion of the Sav­ior, Jesus Christ, to the gen­tiles (non-Jew­­ish peo­ple) in the per­sons of the … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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An Advent Prayer (Advent 2015)

  Sweet Infant Jesus, I bring to you this day, and all the days of Advent, my heart, my love, my very life, togeth­er with those lit­tle acts of self denial and sac­ri­fice, made in your hon­or, and of which … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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December 12th -Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe

The Actu­al Image of Our Lady of Guadalupe at the Basil­i­ca in Mex­i­co City On Decem­ber 9th, 10th, and 12th of 1531, the Blessed Vir­gin Mary appeared in Mex­i­co as the preg­nant Moth­er of God to Saint Juan Diego. Saint … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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Advent 2015: A Season of Hope and Conversion

Tomor­row is the Sec­ond Sun­day of Advent. The Sec­ond Sun­day of Advent starts off the sec­ond week of Advent. The advent sea­son con­sists of four weeks dur­ing which we pre­pare our­selves in a spe­cial way for the com­ing of Jesus.  The … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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Second Coming of Jesus (33rd Sunday of Ordinary Time)

Today’s Mass Read­ings remind us of the Sec­ond Com­ing of Jesus Christ. Jesus came into the world the first time and He will return a sec­ond time. This time He will come as the Just Judge. As we await His return, we must puri­fy … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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November Solemnities: All Saints Day and All Souls Day

On Novem­ber 1st, the Church cel­e­brates All Saints Day. All Saints day is the day that the Church cel­e­brates all the saints. This Solem­ni­ty hon­ors all the Saints that have been can­on­ized by the Church as well as all the saints which are … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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Seek the Lord

Sec­ond Read­ing from Mass Litur­gy for Sun­day Octo­ber 18th Broth­ers and sis­ters: Since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heav­ens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold fast to our con­fes­sion. For we do … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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The Coming of Jesus Christ

The first read­ing from today’s Mass (Sun­day, Sep­tem­ber 6th) is from the Old Tes­ta­ment Book of Isa­iah. The prophet Isa­iah con­soles the peo­ple of Israel by telling them about the com­ing Mes­si­ah. “Thus says the LORD: Say to those whose … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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The Most Holy Eucharist

The Most Holy Eucharist: The Holy Mass, Holy Com­mu­nion, Ado­ra­tion of the Blessed Sacra­ment (Eucharis­tic Ado­ra­tion) What is the Holy Eucharist? The Most Holy Eucharist is the source and sum­mit of our faith. “It is God among us. It is the Lord … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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Jesus, the good Shepherd

One major theme of the read­ings from today’s Mass (16th Sun­day in Ordi­nary Time) is that God’s care for us can be likened to that of a good Shep­herd. A good shep­herd leads his sheep to where they can find food and shel­ter, … Con­tin­ue read­ing

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