Holy Day of Obligation: Thursday, November 1 - All Saints' Day

Holy Day of Obligation: Thursday, November 1 - All Saints' Day

Masses at Corpus Christi:

Wednesday, October 31st - 5:30pm

Thursday, November 1st - 7am and 5:30pm (with incense)

Remember, it is a mortal sin to intentionally skip Mass on an holy day of obligation.

Sunday Sermon, October 28 -- Sts Simon and Jude

The last Sunday of October has in recent Church History been seen as a preparation for the feast of All Saints. We emphasize the devotion which the whole Church has for the Apostles. Over the past years, we have been preaching on the Apostles - and today, in honor of their feast, we consider Sts Simon and  Jude.

St Simon "the Zealot" was not a member of the Zealot political party, but a man of great zeal for the Gospel. Simon "the Canaanite" was not pagan Canaanite from Canaan, but rather from Cana in Galilee. Indeed, he may have been the groom at the wedding feast when Jesus changed water into wine - leaving all things he followed Christ.  He suffered martyrdom by being sawed in half (lengthwise).

St Jude Thaddeus was a nephew of St Joseph and brother of St James the Less, and a cousin of Jesus. He is pictured holding an image of Jesus' face to indicate what our Lord promised him, "If any one love me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him, and will make our abode with him." (John 14:23)  The name "Thaddeus" indicates the greatness of his heart, his compassion for all in need. Perhaps this is why he is the patron saint of hopeless causes.


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A list of the 39 saints listed in Roman Canon (1st Eucharistic Prayer):
Mary, Joseph,
Peter, Paul, Andrew, James (the Greater), John, Thomas, James (the Less), Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Simon, and (Jude) Thaddeus,
Linus, Cletus, Clement, Sixtus (II), Lawrence, Chrysogonus, John and Paul, Cosmas and Damian,
John (the Baptist), Stephen, Matthias, Barnabas, Ignatius, Alexander, Marcellinus, Peter, Felicity (of Rome), Perpetua, Agatha, Lucy, Agnes, Cecilia, Anastasia.

Sunday Sermon, October 14 -- The Most Holy Rosary as a School of Prayer

By considering the love of God, we are inspired to set aside every worldly attachment and love God in return.

This is what makes the Rosary a "school of prayer" -- by praying the Rosary, we learn how to pray.  The Rosary focuses on the love that God has revealed in the essential mysteries of our Lord's life, and moves us to imitate the love of Jesus. The Rosary is nothing more than the Scriptures: Both in the prayers and in the meditations.

St Louis Marie de Montfort recommends that you pray all fifteen decades of the Rosary every day, and I also recommend this. Be grateful to God for whatever devotion you have for the Rosary, and for however many decades you already prayer regularly!  If we pray even one decade daily with much love, I am convinced that our Lady will lead us to praying all fifteen decades regularly.



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Sunday Sermon, October 7 -- Defending Marriage

"Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her." 
We have these very direct words from our Savior, which contrast so greatly with the secular approach to divorce and remarriage which we see in the world, among the Protestants, and sadly even among many Catholics.

First, we consider the "bill of divorce" permitted by Moses from the Old Testament, and how this was a safeguard of the indissolubility of marriage, seeking to limit divorce and to avoid other even greater evils (like wife-murder).

We further discuss the assault on marriage today with the redefinition of the nature of marriage, which can only be between a man and a woman. In an election year, it is especially important to remember which politicians and which party has destroyed the institution of marriage in our nation.


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Sunday Sermon, September 30 -- St Michael and the Holy Angels

Confronted with the present crisis, many bishops of the United States are encouraging a return to the practice of public recitation of the St Michael prayer with Holy Mass. In this sermon, we consider the nature of the angelic spirits, who they are in themselves and in relation to each other, and how they minister to us.

St Michael is the guardian angel of humanity, and an example of humility overcoming the pride of the ancient serpent.

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