Liturgical Year

Ashes, the Cross, and Conversion

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Today, as Lent begins, God speaks three things to us very clearly. [1] The sacramental of Ashes reminds us of what we are: fragile, weak, and mortal.[2] By the Cross, He tells us that He loves us and died for us; and He calls us to love the Cross for His sake. (Sadly, modern Catholics have forgotten how to love and appreciate the Cross. It is no coincidence that in many concrete ways the Cross has been removed from the New Rite of Mass.) [3]Through the prophet Joel, God speaks to us of His willingness to be merciful when man is [...]

Ashes, the Cross, and Conversionwpengine2025-03-03T12:41:10-05:00

Great Defender of Gods Glory

wpengine2023-09-21T09:24:08-04:00

- Two daily sermons on St. Michael the Archangel - The angels were created to give glory to God and to help man save his soul. St. Michael has an outstanding zeal for both of these supernatural activities. His four principal offices are centered upon them. Pray that God grant you a greater zeal for His glory, the salvation of souls, and a correspondingly greater devotion to the Marshall of God’s Celestial Army. - God has appointed St. Michael as the guardian and defender of the Catholic Church. Consider three historical miracles where he manifested his spiritual and temporal intercession and [...]

Great Defender of Gods Glorywpengine2023-09-21T09:24:08-04:00

Prepare Well for Death

wpengine2025-03-03T12:41:16-05:00

Three brief daily sermons. [1] Ash Wednesday Lent begins with death. In order to live for God we must die to sin and the passing cares of this world. In order to live a holy life we must think about the reality of death like the saints. During Lent, keep your own death before your eyes. [2] Mar 2 Oh what a folly is the world that never thinks upon death. We must prepare well for our death, for it will come upon us at the moment we least expect. Your eternity depends on your death. Resolve at this moment to [...]

Prepare Well for Deathwpengine2025-03-03T12:41:16-05:00

Gold Frankincense Myrrh

wpengine2024-01-11T18:39:11-05:00

To some degree or another, your family is weighed down by the darkness of sin. This is the greatest problem in our marriages and family. Christ is the light we so much need. Let us draw grace from the light of Christmas, Epiphany, and the Holy Family. In this centenary year of Our Lady of Fatima, note how she too brings the light needed by our families to convert. In a letter to Cardinal Cafara, Sr. Lucia wrote: “The final battle between the Lord and the reign of Satan will be about marriage and the family… this is the decisive issue.” [...]

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Twelve Lights of Epiphany

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There are many mysteries hidden in the great Christmas feast of the Epiphany. These mysteries bring light to the spiritual life. Let us consider “Twelve Lights of Epiphany”, that is, twelve examples of mysteries and lessons for the spiritual life contained in this great feast. For example: The world is against Christ, rejects His light, and denies the supernatural. Yet a mysterious interplay between grace and nature pervades our life. In fact, every single human being is born to adore Christ as Lord, God, and King, and to worship Him as He commands. We will face many trials, but must relentlessly [...]

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Devil Gains Power by being Enthroned

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Whenever God wants to restore some fallen thing - a person, a nation, the world - He sets about establishing, as it were, a home base, or we might say a sort of supernatural homing beacon to attract His graces. Yet the devil apes God and likewise wishes to establish his "home bases" upon persons, places, and even the Church. The devil prefers to create his 'homing beacons' by sacrilegiously profaning sacraments and sacramentals, which calls down God's wrath upon men. The devil gains greater permission to corrupt and seduce when he is enthroned, and increased power if it be a sacred place. His chains are loosened even [...]

Devil Gains Power by being Enthronedsvfonline2019-10-28T23:19:41-04:00

Devil Co-Existing with a Pagan Goddess

svfonline2019-10-28T22:09:53-04:00

God has established an irreconciable enmity between Our Lady and satan (cf. Gen 3:15). The can be no 'co-existence' between Christ the King and Baal. Where Christ reigns, there His Mother reigns. If the devil wishes to usurp Christ, he must first attempt to replace His Queen Mother. Consider the Amazonian idol recently enthroned in the Vatican. She is a queen goddess of 'mother earth' depicted as a dragon or a woman with serpents entertained who demands worship and blood sacrifice. In this image we see the woman and satan now reconciled, according to the 'spirit of the age' so favored [...]

Devil Co-Existing with a Pagan Goddesssvfonline2019-10-28T22:09:53-04:00

Great Power in the Rosary

svfonline2019-10-28T21:50:45-04:00

We are living in an age of apostasy: God's Law has been rejected, Christ and His Church have been rejected. What do we most need? - The Rosary! It is a most powerful means of dissipating heresy, extinguishing vice, spreading virtue, imploring the divine mercy, and obtaining Our Lady's protection. It is fitting to recall this on the 102nd Anniversary of the Miracle of the Sun, when Our Lady revealed herself as "Our Lady of the Rosary." In praying the Rosary, we should specifically ask for the graces to be [1] confirmed in the faith, [2] protected aging the disease one error, [3] and increased in strength [...]

Great Power in the Rosarysvfonline2019-10-28T21:50:45-04:00

Ark of the Covenant Revealer of Faults

svfonline2019-10-22T07:33:12-04:00

Holy Simeon prophesied "And thy own soul a sword shall pierce, that, out of many hearts, thoughts may be revealed" (Lk 2:35). A study of the Ark of the Covenant shows that it does indeed reveal man's faults. This is true in the Old Testament, in the New Testament, when the Ark is given its perfect fulfillment in Blessed Virgin Mary Herself, and even in our own times. When man's faults are revealed, he can respond in one of four ways: [1] Try to change things to match the fault. [2] Blame others. [3] Run away. Or [4] Submit to the [...]

Ark of the Covenant Revealer of Faultssvfonline2019-10-22T07:33:12-04:00

The Infallible Promises of the Rosary

svfonline2019-10-22T07:31:21-04:00

If imitation of divinity leads to a virtuous character, then it is not attainable in paganism. This is because the gods (idols) of the pagans are demons. Vice reigns supreme in all pagan deities, who freely deceive men and break their promises. The true God is not so! He makes promises and infallibly keeps them. Likewise, His Mother and all His saints are trustworthy. We have received great promises in the devotions of Nine First Fridays, the Brown Scapular, and the Five First Saturdays. As it is the month of October, we do well to reflect up on the Fifteen Promises [...]

The Infallible Promises of the Rosarysvfonline2019-10-22T07:31:21-04:00