This Sunday is the First Sunday of Advent, the day on which we celebrate the beginning of a new liturgical year. On this first day of the Advent season of anticipation, the focus of the liturgy is not on the coming of God’s only-begotten Son into the world per se but on his Second Coming and the Last Judgment at the end of the world.
Continue readingThis Sunday is the Twenty-Fourth and Last Sunday after Pentecost. The last Sunday after Pentecost being the last of the liturgical year, it is fitting that the liturgy directs our attention to the end of days: the final triumphant consummation of God’s work with regard to His Creation.
Continue readingThis Sunday is the Twenty-third Sunday after Pentecost. In the Gospel reading for Sunday, Jesus heals the daughter of Jarius, the synagogue’s ruler (Matthew 9:24), but not before first healing a woman suffering from an issue of blood.
Continue readingThis Sunday is the Dedication of the Archbasilica of the Most Holy Savior, otherwise called the Basilica of Saint John in Lateran, the “Mother and Mistress of all Churches throughout the world” as described in the Baronius Press Daily Missal. It is the dedication of the Cathedral of Rome.
Continue readingThis Sunday is the Twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost. In the Gospel reading for Sunday, Jesus offers a parable illustrating the importance of, “And dismiss our debt as we dismiss those of our debtors.”
Continue readingWe share some of the announcements from Sunday about the Chapel and information about the Feasts of All Saints and All Souls (which is a bit complicated this liturgical year).
Continue readingThis Sunday is the Feast of the Kingship of Our Lord Jesus Christ. Also called simply Christ the King, this first-class feast is always celebrated on the last Sunday in October.
Continue reading