Your Sunday Sermon Notes – 6th Sunday after Epiphany Resumed (N.O.: 33rd Ordinary)

My Sunday Mass intention today is for my benefactors, those of you who donate regularly, ad hoc, or send things.

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 6th Sunday after Epiphany Resumed in the Vetus Ordo (33rd Ordinary Sunday in the Novus Ordo)?

Any local changes or (hopefully good) news?

A taste of what I offered at 1 Peter 5 this week.

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The heart, will and mind must be engaged in the action of sacred worship.  Along those lines I remember a prayer traditionally attributed to St. Thomas Aquinas that we used before philosophy class “Ad vitam sapienter instituendam … For ordering one’s life wisely”, which pertains to all we do, not just studying:

Concede mihi, misericors Deus,
quae tibi sunt placita,
ardenter concupiscere,
prudenter investigare,
veraciter agnoscere,
et perfecte adimplere
ad laudem et gloriam Nominis tui. Amen.

Grant me, O merciful God,
to desire ardently,
to investigate prudently,
to recognize truly,
and to fulfill perfectly
those things that are pleasing to Thee,
to the praise and glory of Thy Name. Amen.

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