The Liturgy for Ash Wednesday presents us with a decisive clash between the ambassadors of Christ and those of the devil, whose battleground is present-day society and each particular soul. Which side will we choose at the beginning of this Lent?
What must have been the supernatural ambience that enveloped the most important event in history? Let us raise our hearts beyond the human circumstances and consider the sublimity of the Nativity of the Infant God!
At the hour of apparent humiliation, Jesus manifests the magnificence of His royalty and unveils the scope of His intentions for humanity.
Mount Carmel symbolically harmonizes the pinnacle of the divine response to evil and unshakeable faith in the fulfilment of the sweetest and most sublime promise: the Incarnation of the Word in the most pure womb of Mary ever-Virgin. Gospel for the Memorial of Our Lady of Mount Carmel 46 While Jesus was speaking to the crowds, …
Unique and inexhaustible, the love of the Sacred Heart for each one of us was taken to unimaginable extremes. How can we fail, then, to have absolute trust in divine mercy, despite our miseries? Or perhaps even because of them? Gospel – Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus 31 “Since it was the day of …
The instantaneous and radical change of the Apostles on the day of Pentecost, two thousand years ago, sheds torrents of light upon the bleak prospects of a century that has turned its back on God. Gospel of the Solemnity of Pentecost 19 On the evening of that first day of the week, when the doors were …
Jesus’ Ascension gives us the certainty that we will have the same destiny if we follow the commandment He gave us on this day. Gospel of Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord 15 Jesus said to His disciples: “Go into the whole world and proclaim the Gospel to every creature. 16 Whoever believes and is baptized …
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The fruits of the Ascension benefit us at each moment, just as Jesus’ last blessing to the Apostles on the Mount of Olives extends throughout history to each one of us. Gospel of the Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord 46 And He said to them, “Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer …
Upon receiving a sign of His approaching Passion, Jesus saw that the hour of His glorification had come. The Liturgy selects this Sunday’s Gospel as a preparation for the Passion of Our Saviour. As the Death of Jesus ap proaches, the first rays of His subsequent glorificationbegin to shine forth. “Per crucem ad lucem!” — …
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