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Fr. Glass in Alliston Ontario (as always) made the point that no matter our vocation we are called to be saints. All of us. We do this through the Eucharist and confession too along with a strong prayer life. Amen!!!!
Today, at the TLM, Fr preached on the topic of “ad orientum” with reference to the Last Supper.
[For future reference: ad orientEm, not tUm] He spoke of the actual arrangement of the table where all would be facing “ad orientum”, not as Da Vinci’s famous painting (which was not meant to be an historical representation but a reflection of a particular monastery refectory for which the painting was commissioned) depicts with Our Lord in the center. Hearing the sermon, I wished he’d passed out illustrations. So I looked it up myself and found it:
https://catholicjules.net/2010/08/24/actual-seating-arrangement-of-the-last-supper/
There was so much to this (e.g., placements of Judas, John, Peter), all drawn from Holy Scripture. Fascinating!
teachermom24,
Sounds like a solid sermon! I do want to note–typo alert!–that it’s “orientem”, not “orientum”, though, just because that error appears all over the ‘traditional’ Catholic blogosphere (and beyond).
This morning our priest started out his homily by saying, “Lent is right around the corner” and then mentioned several upcoming Lent-related events, which proves that, even though the NO abolished the pre-Lenten Sunday liturgies, priests are still able to prepare their parishes for Lent.
On the road, attended FSSP in El Paso, Immaculate Conception. Didn’t get Father’s name, but he spoke first about Confession, it’s necessity and grace, expounding how to make a good confession, that the Church requires yearly, but given our fallen nature we should strive to go frequently, defined as at least monthly, better biweekly and in some cases weekly. Basic, but needed, as our genial host is constantly reminding us. Father then went on to speak about Septuagesima season, that it is to prepare us for Lent, that it was removed from the post councilar calendar to our great detriment, and that it should inspire us to seek the graces that Christ has granted us. Go to Confession!
I was somewhat distracted during the homily but do remember Father saying we are all called to be evangelists and to spread the love of God to others.
He also said with Lent coming up it was a good time to prepare by GOING TO CONFESSION!.
EF High Mass….Father talked about the season and suffering. Then he spent time going over the Gradual…”You forsake not those who seek You…”. That is our hope and it should help sustain us. I must say usually the sermon focuses on the Gospel and Epistle…it was refreshing to have the Gradual closely examined.
It is God Who gives us the strength to help others and to be kind, to be a light in darkness. There was a comparison to how LEDs put out mostly light, whereas incandescent bulbs waste a lot of energy on heat.
Also we learned that if Father says something that sounds funny to a toddler, the toddler will repeat it; but Father just kept on going with a good poker face.
At my parish we celebrated neither the 5th Sunday nor Septuagesima. Instead, we celebrated the anniversary of the re-dedication of our church. The homiliest made the point that the most beautiful thing about the church is how the congregants put their faith into action.
Of course, yes–ad orientEm. Thank you for the correction.