Parish Schedule Change, October 19

 A reminder that there is no 9am Mass tmrw (Saturday) nor 4:30pm confessions. And the Saturday evening Mass tomorrow (October 19) is moved to 6pm at Corpus Christi. 

Schedule Change, September 12 and 13

 No confessions at Corpus Christi this Thursday and Friday (Sept 12 & 13). There will still be the usual daily Masses, and adoration continues until Saturday at 4:30pm.

Sunday Sermon, September 1 -- Almsgiving as Part of Charity

"Religion that is pure and undefiled before God and the Father is this: To care for orphans and windows in their affliction and to keep oneself unstained by the world."  (James 1:27)

Considering the great work of almsgiving, we look to how this act relates to the virtue of charity.  Charity's primary act is to love. The act of love has three internal effects: joy, peace, and mercy. And three external effects: beneficence, almsgiving, and fraternal correction. 

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Adult Faith Formation, Understanding St Thomas Aquinas -- September 1, Session 12 -- The Trinity

 Continuing our study of the Summa Theologica of St Thomas, we now look to the treatise on the Trinity. This is the penultimate course!

We discuss an analogy for understanding the Trinity -- God knows himself, and the Father begets the Son; God loves himself, and the Father and Son breathe forth the Holy Spirit.

We also look to the 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 explanation of the Trinity:  5 notions, 4 relations, 3 real relations (Persons), 2 processions, 1 God.

We cover ST I, qq. 27-43.  [here]!

Sunday Sermon, August 25 -- St Thomas on the Eucharist, The Last Supper, The Priest and the Rite of the Mass, Part 4 of 4

 We discuss St Thomas' treatise on the Eucharist in the Summa Theologica, in honor of the Bread of Life Discourse and the Vatican's declaration of the Jubilee Celebrations of St Thomas Aquinas.

In this sermon, we look to ST III, qq. 81-83. We discuss the Last Supper and the institution of the Eucharist and the Priesthood. We then look to the priest who celebrates Mass and various questions related to Masses said by bad priests or excommunicated priests. Finally, we consider briefly the rituals of the Mass and, specifically, what makes the Mass to be a sacrifice.

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