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 Sunday, more than likely Corpus Christi transferred from Thursday?
Tell us about attendance especially for the Traditional Latin Mass.
Any local changes or (hopefully good) news?
A taste of what I offered at 1 Peter 5 this week. I wrote about the 2nd Sunday after Pentecost but related it to the great feasts nearby.
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The fiery tongues of Pentecost have fallen. The ancient Ember Days have passed behind us. Trinity Sunday has crowned the revelation of the God who is Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Corpus Christi has placed before our eyes the living Bread descended from heaven. In a handful of days, the Sacred Heart will show us the furnace from which that Bread was given, the pierced Heart from which the Church and the Sacraments flowed.
Now Holy Church clothes herself again in green, the color of hope and growth, and sends us into the long campaign of the Sundays after Pentecost.
This is the first green Sunday after the great Lent and Easter cycle, since Trinity Sunday takes the place of the First Sunday after Pentecost. It feels like an opening. This Sunday, the 2nd after Pentecost, brings us to the practical school of grace. The mysteries have been poured in. Now the Church says, in effect, “ITE.” Go. Live from them.
Dom Pius Parsch called the time after Pentecost a “Golden Bridge from Earth to Heaven.” He saw in these Sundays three great themes: Baptism and its graces, the long conflict between the two camps, and preparation for the Second Advent of the Lord. Every Sunday is a small Easter, because Baptism has plunged us into Christ’s death and resurrection. Yet Baptism has not transported us into a paradise without struggle. We remain placed in the kingdom of God while surrounded by the kingdom of the world. Adam’s legacy clings to us. Our souls waver. The Church, mother and fortress, trains us for battle. She feeds us with the Word. She strengthens us still more with Holy Communion. Another battles in us and for us: Christ, always Mightier, vanquishes the mundane mighty.
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CSSML on ASK FATHER: Why did dioceses stop using the word, “the” before words like “priesthood”, “Eucharist, or “Church?: “Great question and answer This also grinds my gears excessively.”
