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What Are the Laity to do Without the Mass?
Lord, we are the least of all the nations, now we are despised throughout the world, today, because of our sins. We have at this time no leader, no prophet, no prince, no holocaust,...
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A Reflection on the suspension of Sunday Masses on the Third Sunday in Lent, March 15, 2020
O that today you would listen to his voice! Harden not your hearts (Ps. 95).
The Responsorial Psalm of the Mass on this third Sunday of Lent is Psalm 95, known as the Invitatory Psalm,...
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Lenten Second Sunday and the Salvific Spirit of Sacrifice
‘This is my Son, the Beloved; with him I am well pleased; listen to him!’ When the disciples heard this, they fell to the ground and were overcome by fear (Mt.17:6). ⧾
On the second...
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The Three Temptations of the First Lenten Sunday
When the devil had finished every test, he departed from him until an opportune time (Lk. 4:13). ⧾
On Ash Wednesday we began our observance of the holy season of Lent. By the solemn forty...
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The Spirituality of Lent and the Science of the Cross
‘Worship the Lord your God, and serve only Him’ (Mt. 4:11).
On Ash Wednesday we began the observance of the holy season of Lent with the imposition of blessed ashes, an external sign of our...
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Be Ye Perfect: The Seventh Sunday and Lent
Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect (Mt. 5:38). ⧾
At face value, these words appear to demand the impossible of us; but in the context in which Our Lord spoke them, and...
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Sixth Sunday and the Keeping of the Law
If you choose, you can keep the commandments, and they will save you… has not commanded anyone to be wicked, and He has not given anyone permission to sin (Sir. 15:15, 20).
In the...
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Third Sunday and the Foolishness of the Cross
For the message about the Cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved, it is the power of God. (1 Cor. 1:18). ⧾
The Gospel reading records the...
