https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MuiVj62rTs Today the church celebrates The Feast of Saint Matthew, apostle and evangelist. His name is ascribed to the second gospel written, although when we name the Gospels, we named them Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. Almost every scripture scholar worth his or her salt would say that Mark’s gospel is by far the oldest, […]
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The Feast of Saint Robert Bellarmine
https://youtu.be/epbibeicyQM Click above to watch Father Jerry’s video for Thursday, September 17th. Today the church celebrates The Feast of Saint Robert Bellarmine, an Italian Jesuit who was instrumental during the counter-reformation of the church. He wrote a catechism and is the patron saint of catechists and catechumens. Let us pray. O God who adorned the […]
Continue ReadingThe Feasts of Saint Cornelius and Saint Cyprian
https://youtu.be/YfAxuDrwyMc Today the Church celebrates The Feasts of Saints Cornelius, Pope, and Cyprian Bishop. both martyrs. Both Saints Cornelius and Cyprian are mentioned in the first Eucharistic prayer, which means from the very earliest days of the church, these men were revered for their holiness and for dying for their faith. O God, who gave […]
Continue ReadingThe Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows
https://youtu.be/qmVwgnQ6Esk Today the church celebrates The Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows. By the 14th century, the sorrows of Mary numbered seven: The presentation of Jesus in the temple The flight into Egypt Jesus being lost in Jerusalem The meeting of Mary and Joseph on the way to Calvary The crucifixion The taking down of […]
Continue ReadingThe Exaltation of the Holy Cross
https://youtu.be/pAI79yZjdXk Today the church celebrates The Exaltation of the Holy Cross. Today’s feast celebrates a double anniversary. In Jerusalem, Constantine erected a round church, the Anastasis above the empty grave of Jesus, and a basilica, the martyrium, in the square between the two churches, a shrine marking the place of the crucifixion. Dedicated in 335, […]
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