Masses for the 4th Sunday of Advent
Saturday, December 23rd
5:30 PM (sung Mass without incense)
Sunday, December 24th
9 AM (Solemn Mass with incense)
11:30 AM (Spoken Mass without incense)
Masses for Christmas
Sunday, December 24th - Christmas Eve
5:30 PM (Solemn Mass with incense)
Monday, December 25th - Christmas
Midnight (Sung Traditional Latin Mass, with incense)
9 AM (Spoken Mass without incense)
NOTE: The Code of Canon Law allows Catholics to receive communion twice in one day (midnight to midnight). Thus, one may receive communion on Sunday morning (4th Sunday of Advent) and Sunday evening (Christmas eve), and even again at midnight Mass and 9 AM Christmas morning Mass.
NOTE - New Years Schedule: Mary Mother of God (January 1) is not an Holy Day of Obligation this year.
Sunday, December 31st - 5:30 PM (Solemn Mass with incense)
Monday, January 1st - 9 AM (Spoken Mass without incense)
Dec 23, 2017
Dec 17, 2017
Sunday Sermon, December 17 -- Ember Days, Marking the Changing Seasons
Ember Days are of apostolic origin, having been part of the life of the Roman Catholic Church from the time of the Apostles down to the early 1960s. Every Roman Catholic, for nearly 2,000 years, would have been familiar with the Ember Days devotions. However, in just the past 50 years, we have almost completely lost the very notion of "Ember Days" - indeed, scarcely anyone even knows what "Ember Days" are. Nevertheless, the official Vatican documents since the Second Vatican Council instruct the local bishops the ensure that the Ember Days are marked by the faithful by appropriate acts of devotion.
In this sermon, we consider the meaning of the Ember Days and some ideas on devotions and penances fitting for the Ember Days.
The Ember Days are the Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday of:
1) The 3rd Week of Advent (Winter)
2) The 1st Week of Lent (Spring)
3) The week after Pentecost (Summer)
4) The third week of September (Fall)
Learn more about the Ember Days in general [here], and about the Advent Ember Days [here]!
Listen online [here]!
In this sermon, we consider the meaning of the Ember Days and some ideas on devotions and penances fitting for the Ember Days.
The Ember Days are the Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday of:
1) The 3rd Week of Advent (Winter)
2) The 1st Week of Lent (Spring)
3) The week after Pentecost (Summer)
4) The third week of September (Fall)
Learn more about the Ember Days in general [here], and about the Advent Ember Days [here]!
Listen online [here]!
Sunday Sermon, December 10 -- Our Lady of Guadalupe in Historical Context
The history of the apparitions of our Lady to St Juan Diego in 1531: December 9th, twice on December 10th, December 12th, and also to Juan Bernadino.
This historical context of the apparitions: The Mexican peoples (Aztecs and others) had a society which was based upon human sacrifice. One in five of their own children were offered in sacrifice to the gods, many of their own people were sacrificed each year, and also many wars were waged simply to gain prisoners for human sacrifice.
When St Juan Diego was 13 years old (1487), there was a four day period in which some 84,000 human beings were sacrificed to the gods. "The gods of the pagans are demons."
What a wondrous miracle! St Juan Diego's life witnessed Mexico move from society of mass human sacrifice to a people almost entirely converted to the Christian Faith!
Listen online [here]!
This historical context of the apparitions: The Mexican peoples (Aztecs and others) had a society which was based upon human sacrifice. One in five of their own children were offered in sacrifice to the gods, many of their own people were sacrificed each year, and also many wars were waged simply to gain prisoners for human sacrifice.
When St Juan Diego was 13 years old (1487), there was a four day period in which some 84,000 human beings were sacrificed to the gods. "The gods of the pagans are demons."
What a wondrous miracle! St Juan Diego's life witnessed Mexico move from society of mass human sacrifice to a people almost entirely converted to the Christian Faith!
Listen online [here]!
Dec 16, 2017
Schedule for Christmas and New Year's (Mary, Mother of God)
Christmas Masses
Christmas Eve, December 24th
5:30 PM - Vigil Mass, with incense
Christmas, December 25th
12 AM - Midnight Mass, Sung Traditional Latin Mass with Incense
9 AM - Low Mass in English, no incense
Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God (Not an Holy Day of Obligation this year)
Sunday, December 31st
5:30 PM - Vigil Mass, with incense
Monday, January 1st
9 AM - Low Mass in English, no incense
Christmas Eve, December 24th
5:30 PM - Vigil Mass, with incense
Christmas, December 25th
12 AM - Midnight Mass, Sung Traditional Latin Mass with Incense
9 AM - Low Mass in English, no incense
Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God (Not an Holy Day of Obligation this year)
Sunday, December 31st
5:30 PM - Vigil Mass, with incense
Monday, January 1st
9 AM - Low Mass in English, no incense
Dec 8, 2017
Sunday Sermon, December 3 -- Daily Mass, More than the Bare Minimum
If we only do the very bare minimum of what is required to be a Catholic, we shouldn't be surprised if we don't find ourselves making progress in the spiritual life. If all we do is the very least required to keep ourselves out of hell, then no wonder that we do not become great saints.
A few examples of the bare minimum:
1) Mass on Sundays and Holy Days of Obligation
2) Confession once a year
3) Abstaining from meat on every Friday of the year (or doing another penance on Fridays outside of Lent)
Here are a few ideas of how to do more for Advent, so as to make real progress in holiness:
1) Assist at daily Mass at least once or twice a week
2) Go to confession at least once a month
3) Abstain from meat (or some other penance) on Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday, at least during Advent
Listen online [here]!
A few examples of the bare minimum:
1) Mass on Sundays and Holy Days of Obligation
2) Confession once a year
3) Abstaining from meat on every Friday of the year (or doing another penance on Fridays outside of Lent)
Here are a few ideas of how to do more for Advent, so as to make real progress in holiness:
1) Assist at daily Mass at least once or twice a week
2) Go to confession at least once a month
3) Abstain from meat (or some other penance) on Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday, at least during Advent
Listen online [here]!
November 29 -- Adult Ed Course on the Angels, Session 7: The Angels and the Lives of the Saints
Final session of our course on the angels: The Angels in the Lives of the Saints
Course objectives:
1) To understand the theology of how angels can work in material space and time.
2) To consider in general how the angels have acted in the life of the Church throughout history.
3) To consider specific cases of angelic intervention, especially the exceptional stories.
Course objectives:
1) To understand the theology of how angels can work in material space and time.
2) To consider in general how the angels have acted in the life of the Church throughout history.
3) To consider specific cases of angelic intervention, especially the exceptional stories.
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