Your Sunday Sermon Notes – 10th Sunday after Pentecost (N.O.: 17th) 2024

Too many people today are without good, strong preaching, to the detriment of all. Share the good stuff.

Was there a GOOD point made in the sermon you heard at your Mass of obligation for this 10th Sunday after Pentecost, or the 17th Sunday of Ordinary Time?

Tell about attendance especially for the Traditional Latin Mass.

Any local changes or (hopefully good) news?

A couple thoughts about the sign of the cross: HERE  A taste…

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When we have a pericope at Mass, a cutting of Scripture for sacred worship, we have to spill out over the edges of that pericope to glean the context and to see where it is going.  This means spending time before Sunday, identifying the antiphons and readings to come and then opening those Bibles and looking into them.  In this way, when you are at Sunday Mass, and the reading is spoken or sung, you can most beneficially gain what Holy Church wanted you to have through your full, conscious and active receptivity, which is the highest form of participation.

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  1. Woody says:

    Well attended Latin Ordinary Form Mass at Holy Rosary Catholic Church in Houston, pastored by the Dominicans; the pastor focused on the multiplication of the loaves and fishes, and noted that the gift by the little boy of all of his loaves and fishes, which were then multiplied by Our Lord, teaches us that we should give everything, not holding back anything, to the Lord, and he will use them for the Church and souls, to excess, with much left over, including gift back to we who give all. Not that giving all is easy, as he noted, but we must keep striving to that end.

  2. Woody says:

    Which homily makes us recall similar thoughts from Benedict XVI on 29 July 2012:

    “ A boy’s presence is also mentioned in the scene of the multiplication. On perceiving the problem of of feeding so many hungry people, he shared the little he had brought with him: five loaves and two fish (cf. Jn 6:9). The miracle was not worked from nothing, but from a first modest sharing of what a simple lad had brought with him. Jesus does not ask us for what we do not have. Rather, he makes us see that if each person offers the little he has the miracle can always be repeated: God is capable of multiplying our small acts of love and making us share in his gift.”

  3. DCLex says:

    SPX homily — Pride kills Love. The Pharisee was atheist, not praying to God, only himself so his works (fasting and tithing) did him no good. We can be the same way trusting in ourselves. The homily was prefaced by announcement that this first Friday’s Adoration is for reparation of the diabolical blasphemy and scandal of the Olympics’ opening ceremonies, including the Holy See’s Olympic spokesperson. Father, who is French, was livid with Bishop Gobillard’s “I’m deeply hurt” comment, because nobody cares about your feelings. It is not about any Christian’s feelings but about Christian Faith. He noted the silence from Rome.

    P.S., the Lesson today contains nine gifts given for profit: sapientiae, scientiae, fides, etc. They seem to line up with the nine Choirs of Angels.

  4. RosaryRose says:

    Good news – Our First Friday will include an hour of reparation for the blasphemy of the opening ceremony

  5. JonPatrick says:

    Before the sermon, our pastor read a strongly worded statement from the Bishop about the blasphemy at the opening ceremony of the Olympics, noting that the Enemy was probably reacting to the recent Eucharistic Congress and its fruits.

    In the sermon, we note that the publican had his eyes downcast and did not look up, an attitude of humility. He noted that during mass the priest is generally looking down and does not look up for the same reason, an attitude of humility before God.

    There was more, but that is what stuck in my mind.

  6. EAW says:

    Father (FSSP, just returned from the General Chapter) started with the Pharisee, arrogantly and uncharitably proclaiming himself above everybody else. After that, he went on about the blasphemous opening ceremony of the Olympics, where people put themselves even above God, just to mock Him.

  7. idahocatholic says:

    Our sermon this week at our Boise area SSPX chapel was the last in a series on the Precepts of the Church — being subject to the Church’s laws on marriage. He spoke on what is required for validity— age, how distantly related couples must be, not having murdered your former spouse (he said if it’s in the law then it’s been done), witnessed by a representative of the Church and 2 other witnesses, and to a Catholic. He focused on why it is imperative that Catholics do not even date non-Catholics since it is forbidden to marry a non-Catholic to protect the salvation of the soul of the spouses and of future children. (This was not new to our chapel since he delved into this more deeply when he gave a several months long adult catechism series on courtship) He said the only reason the Church dispenses this is in serious circumstances, and talked about why people make this choice in the first place (usually out of emotional attachment or a desire to convert the non- Catholic). Lastly, he said that historically a Catholic marrying a non- Catholic would not be allowed to have the ceremony in the church building, would only be allowed the priest witnessing and the two witnesses (no wedding party), the bride could not wear a wedding dress, and that the nuptial blessing would not be given. The way he spoke, this seems to be the practice of the SSPX. The marriage would still be valid, but it could not be a scandal to others if kept outside of the church building without pomp.
    Having family with mixed marriages, my husband and I have seen the damage to the Catholic spouses and their children’s souls. Most children no longer practice the faith and the Catholic spouse often loses fervor. My husband and I have always stressed to our children that marriage is hard enough and to not have the most important things in common is crippling. Father actually noted this specifically in his sermon — mixed marriages truly cause more strife than good.
    We attended our chapel’s 7:30am Mass, which was standing room only. The 10:00am Mass looked even more full. We also have a Saturday evening 5:00pm Mass (Saturday Mass which does not fulfill the Sunday obligation) and the chapel is usually about 75% full. I believe our chapel holds 120-150 people. We usually see around 200-250 at each Sunday Mass. The visiting priest always offers confession for 30-60 minutes before each Mass and is very attentive to requests. The majority of the attendees are large young families (more than 3 kids). There are new babies every month and lots of expectant mothers.
    Please pray that we can build or find a building to renovate to accommodate our growing chapel. All real estate in the Boise area gets bought up very quickly and awaiting approval from the SSPX district takes time. We likely need a very generous donor of land in order to make this happen. It is Our Lady of Guadalupe chapel in New Plymouth, ID.

  8. ad.nutum.meum says:

    How the diabolical is so blatant: the Gospel reading in the NO was John 6, a direct allusion to the Eucharist, but yet the Friday before broadcasts a Satanic perversion of the Eucharist. In John 6:11 we read:

    ‘So, Jesus took the bread, and giving thanks (eucharist?sas)…’

    ‘?????? ??? ???? ?????? ? ?????? ??? ????????????…’

    There’s a link, I think, between the NO and the VO, if we see that the Pharisee also gave thanks:

    ‘I thank (eucharist?) thee, O God, that …’

    ‘? ????, ????????? ???’

    Of course, the Pharisee’s intention was wrong, and so his act was immoral (object of thanking God is good, circumstances were good – in the Temple – but intention was wrong – pride).

    The perfect combination of spirit is both humility for our sinfulness and thankfulness for God’s mercy.

    In the celebration of the Holy Eucharist we both ask God for mercy, and then offer our solemn Thanksgiving to the Father.

    My point of Satan’s wiles: we read of one act of solemn and redemptive Thanksgiving and an example, both on our TVs and in sacred Scripture, of pride-filled ‘thanksgiving’ – yes, pride. Pride all the way down to Hell.

  9. albinus1 says:

    The diocesan priest who celebrates our TLM is a convert who was raised Baptist. He also celebrates the NO, so he has been preaching a series of homilies on the Bread of Life discourse. Sunday he talked about Our Lord’s choice of wine to become His Blood. Wine, unlike unfermented grape juice, is both exhilarating and dangerous—it can warm and inspire, but also inebriate, as well as disinfect. He argued that wine is a far more suitable matter for the Sacrament than unfermented grape juice served in individual antiseptic cups!

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