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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.”
As we enter November, the month of the Holy Souls, it is fitting that we review the Sacrament that helps us transition from this life to the next, diverting us from the path to the eternal fire and preparing us for Judgment. The Sacrament of Extreme Unction (or “Last Anointing”)
During our Lord’s most well-known sermon, the Sermon on the Mount, he gave to his disciples an eight-fold list of what is required from the Church Militant in order to gain the everlasting bliss of heaven. In other words, these Eight Beatitudes lay out what we need to do if
Our Lord gives us two commandments in today’s Gospel. Not the famous “Love God and Love Thy Neighbor” commandments, but two other distinct duties we must fulfill towards God and Caesar, or in other words, towards Church and State. As our Lord pointed out, all laws depend on the first
With our blessed Lord commanding us in today’s Gospel to “Render unto Caesar the things which are Caesar’s” it’s a good time to take a look at who Caesar is in our case, and what we should give him. Back in our Lord’s day, there was, of course, no doubt
There’s something our Lord told us that most people just don’t seem to get. It’s a hidden gem almost hidden in his words, and we skim over them without thinking. We need to take a closer look at that line where our Lord tells us that after loving God, the
On this day many years ago, tens of thousands of people gathered together to witness a miracle. They didn’t know ahead of time that it would be a miracle. There were many people there who thought, perhaps cynically, that nothing at all would happen and that three small children would
You know what the problem is with the “woke folk?” They believe that everything can be improved on. Everything must be constantly changed in order to make it more “relevant” to the current whims of the world. They fail to realize that there are some things that should be left
God has consistently sent messengers to tell us what we must do to save our souls. In the Old Testament he sent prophets to remind the people of God to remain faithful to their laws. In the New Testament he sent his only-begotten Son, who actually made reparation for all
In the book of Daniel, we read that thousands of thousands of Angels ministered to God, and ten thousand times an hundred thousand stood before him. The number of the Angels is in fact so great that the Angels themselves cannot count it. It is a number that only their Maker
I’m sure many of you will know that old song of Louis Armstrong, called “What a wonderful world”. It is, in its own small way, a reminder that this world of ours was created by God in his own image and likeness, and that it is therefore, a world of
I know you must be sick and tired of me talking about all the terrible things happening around us in this world of sin. The reason I keep coming back to this subject is twofold. Firstly because we are under a perpetual onslaught of evil coming from every direction imaginable,
So many things go through our head this month of September. With the ever approaching darkness of winter, we are introduced to new sentiments of anxiety and fear that had been dispelled for a while by the summer sunshine. The usual suspects—the conciliar Church and the deep state of our
“There stood by the cross of Jesus his mother.” During the course of her life, the Blessed Virgin Mary had to endure many sufferings. Chief of these were the seven sorrows we commemorate today. We’re familiar with them, or should be, by now: two of them in our Lord’s infancy,
Of all the dreadful moments that slowly passed during our Lord’s bitter Passion and Death on the Cross, we cannot over-emphasize the importance of his words to his Blessed Mother and beloved Apostle St. John: “When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he
“What went ye out for to see?” This is a question our Lord posed to the multitudes who thronged to see John the Baptist at the River Jordan. “Did you come to see a prophet predicting the future or working wonders?” Our Lord could have asked the same question to
“Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for blessed are they that keep my ways. Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not. Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors. For whoso findeth me findeth life,
There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. Thus begins the Book of Job in the Old Testament, a book which forms the readings for the clergy in the Office of Matins for the first two weeks of September. These readings give us the opportunity
We’re all familiar with the four acts of prayer. The very word ACTS is our reminder of what they are: A for Adoration, C for Confession, T for Thanksgiving, and S for Supplication. We worship God, we confess and repent of our sins, we thank God for all he has
Ten lepers. All ten cry out, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us.” All ten are healed. But then, only one returns to our Lord to say “Thank you.” Today’s Gospel is about thanksgiving and our duty to give thanks to God. It is a real responsibility that we must keep
There’s something very comfortable about this feast of Our Lady’s Assumption into heaven. Maybe it’s the time of year—the days are starting to shorten and cool down, it’s harvest time, the children are back at their studies, and we’re reminded of the eternal round of the annual calendar. The ancient
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