Today is Thursday, September 26, 2024, The feast of North American Martyrs, with a commemoration of St. Cyprian, a 3rd class feast, with the color of red. In this episode: The meditation: “The Third Degree of Humility,” a preview of the Sermon: “All Religions Lead to God?,” and today’s thought from the Archbishop.
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Today is Wednesday, September 25, 2024, A feria, a 4th class feast, with the color of green. In this episode: The meditation: “The Second Degree of Humility,” a preview of the Sermon: “Love’s Sacrifice,” and today’s thought from the Archbishop.
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Today is Tuesday, September 24, 2024, a Feria, a 4th class feast, with the color of green, with a commemoration of Our Lady of Ransom. In this episode: The meditation: “The First Degree of Humility,” today’s news from the Church: “What is Mercy,” and today’s thought from the Archbishop.
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Today is Monday, September 23, 2024, The feast of St. Linus, Pope and Martyr, a 3rd class feast, with the color of red. In this episode: The meditation: “Our Lord Lays On Us an Obligation of Carrying the Cross after Him,” a preview of the Sermon: “Seven Rules for Carrying the Cross,” and today’s thought from the Archbishop.
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Today is Sunday, September 22, 2024, The 18th Sunday after Pentecost, a 2nd class feast, with the color of green. In this episode: The meditation: “Jesus Urges Us to Self-Denial,” today’s news from the Church: “The Neo-Pastoral Work of Francis,” and today’s thought from the Archbishop.
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Today is Saturday, September 21, 2024, The feast of St. Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist, and an Ember Saturday a 2nd class feast, with the color of red. In this episode: The meditation: “Jesus Makes Known to His Apostles His Passion and Death,” today’s news from the Church: “Cremation: What Does the Church Think?,” and today’s thought from the Archbishop.
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We have examined the Old Testament sacrifices, and how they all pre-figure the Mass. But instead of offering lambs, in the New Testament we offer bread and wine. Instead of the priest and victim being separate beings, today, they are one. Why? Why did God wish to have a sacrifice done this way? Why did Christ institute the Mass at the Last Supper, before His Sacrifice? We will look at the Last Supper and the Passion from a theological, historical, and anthropological perspective. We will see that Jesus knew full well what any first-century Jew would have known: when it came to the Passover, you did not only have to kill the lamb; to fulfill God’s law, to be saved from death, you had to eat the lamb.
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Today is Friday, September 20, 2024, The Ember Friday in September with a commemoration of St. Eustace, a 2nd class feast, with the color of violet. In this episode: The meditation: “Jesus Gives Sight to the Blind Man Only By Degrees,” a preview of this week’s episode of The Catholic Mass Episode 8: “How Our Lord Perfectly Connected the Old Testament to the Mass,” and today’s thought from the Archbishop.
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Today is Thursday, September 19, 2024, The feast of St. Januarius, Bishop and Martyr, a 3rd class feast, with the color of red. In this episode: The meditation: “Jesus Dwells in the Country of Magedan,” a preview of the Sermon: “Intercession and Spiritual Paralysis,” and today’s thought from the Archbishop.
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Today is Wednesday, September 18, 2024, The Ember Wednesday in September, a 2nd class feast, with the color of violet. In this episode: The meditation: “The Mystical Meaning of the Multiplication of the Loaves,” a preview of the Sermon: “To Receive Communion with Mary,” and today’s thought from the Archbishop.
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