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The name Et Reliqua is taken from the Office of Matins, in which the commentary by the Church Fathers on the Gospel of the day is preceded by part of the Gospel itself. Rather than read the Gospel in its entirety, only the first sentence is included, followed by the words, Et Reliqua, translated into English as “And so on and that which followeth.”
Candlemas. The last feastday of the Christmas cycle, that joyful season of the year during which we celebrate the birth of the Messiah, and his manifestation to the world. If there is one symbol which more than any other exemplifies Christmastide, it is “Light”. Our Lord described himself as the
The Holy Ghost had revealed to the old priest Simeon “that he should not see death, before he had seen the Christ of the Lord.” At the Presentation, we can imagine this old man’s joy as he receives the Christ from the very hands of our Blessed Lady. This old
We celebrated yesterday the Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul the Apostle. It’s a story you know well, taken from the Acts of the Apostles, which tells how one of the chief persecutors of Christians, by name of Saul, was on his way to Damascus, breathing out threatenings and
We are admonished by St. Paul, in his Epistle to the Romans today, to “Mind not high things.” It has always been a natural temptation for the common man to think about and comment on the great events and personalities that affect him. Never has this phenomenon been more commonplace
Today is the Second Sunday after Epiphany. It is the day on which we commemorate the first miracle of our Lord, the changing of water into wine at the wedding feast of Cana. This miracle is counted as the third great Epiphany, or Manifestation, of Christ to the world, the
The Church is one. This ‘oneness’ is the first of the four marks of the Church, marks which distinguish the true Church of Jesus Christ from all other imposters. It is a oneness primarily of the faith that all true Catholics follow, the same faith revealed by God through his
This week opens with the Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph. It closes next Saturday with the first day of the Chair of Unity Octave, when we begin our prayers for the unity of Christ’s extended family, his Mystical Body, his Church. Next week we can
The juxtaposition of this past week’s news events has been strange and perhaps more meaningful than we may have thought. The week started with snow, lots of snow, snow stretching from the Rocky Mountains to the Eastern Seaboard. Emergencies were declared in several states, including our own, as travel and
On the very first day of this New Year and every New Year, we turn our thoughts to the future. For the First day of the First Month of the year represents a new beginning, a day on which we set aside the past as best we can and turn
Today’s Gospel is kind of a sneak peek forward to Candlemas, when Mary and Joseph presented their Child in the temple and the old man Simeon gave them his blessing. While this event is one of our five Joyful Mysteries of the Rosary, as usual it contains the usual darker
It was on this day in the year of our Lord 1170 that four knights arrived at the Cathedral of Canterbury, engaged on what they believed to be a mission from the English King, Henry II. For years, Henry had been at loggerheads with the Primate of England, Archbishop Thomas
More than any other day of the year, Christmas Day is a day of rejoicing. After four weeks of hope and anticipation, the day’s traditions are slowly fulfilled as we treasure every familiar aspect of our most beloved holiday. The wrapping of presents, Christmas caroling, Midnight Mass, the unseen visit
At some point every Advent we hit an annual snag in our Christmas shopping. What to buy for the person who has everything. And it’s true, isn’t it, that in every family, there’s someone, maybe a few people, who are very hard to buy for. They already have all they
While it’s true that every cloud has a silver lining, it’s equally true that when you unwrap that silver lining there’s very often a cloud inside it. Our sorrowful mysteries have their joyful side—it’s why we call that awful day on which our Lord was crucified “Good Friday”, signifying the
The first line of today’s Gospel introduces us to St. John the Baptist. There he was, out in the wilderness, preaching to the people and baptizing them in the River Jordan. But who was this man? It was about thirty years since three wise men had come from the east,
Every year on December 17 we transition into the last part of the season of Advent. This “mini-season” has the name of Sapientiatide, which means The Time of Wisdom. Rather than treating this as just another tidbit of trivial knowledge, our natural curiosity as thinking and rational beings should induce
“Before ever the earth was, when there no depths, I was conceived.” These words are taken from today’s Epistle for the Feast of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Our Lady herself seems to be speaking to us, applying to herself the words of the eternal Wisdom. She
We all know by now that God never asks for the impossible. We know, for example, that if we are very sick, we are no longer under the obligation to fast or to go to Mass that Sunday. If we really can’t do something, then it’s not going to offend
As traditional Catholics, we often get the feeling that we and the world don’t quite see eye to eye. And there’s probably no other time of the year when we’re so far apart, so far out of synch, than in Advent. They’re already celebrating Christmas, while we’re doing penance and
The new order of Mass was introduced by Paul VI into our churches back in the 1960s. It is not acceptable. It is not acceptable because it is not Catholic. The fact that we are all here in this church this morning, attending the ancient rite of Mass that goes
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