Sermon for the Feast of the North American Martyrs
“The Blood of the Martyrs is the seed of the Church” My dear friends, today we celebrate and remember our parents in the faith. We celebrate the north American martyrs. These where 7 Priests and one layman, who died here in North America, for no other reason but their desire to bring salvation to the […]
Sermon for the 17th Sunday after Pentecost.
EpistleTaken from the letter of St. Paul the Apostle to the EphesiansEph 4:1-6Brethren: I, the prisoner in the Lord, exhort you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling with which you were called, with all humility and meekness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, careful to preserve the unity of the […]
16th Sunday After Pentecost.-How to Pay attention during Mass.
Epistletaken from the letter of St. Paul the Apostle to the EphesiansEph 3:13-21Brethren: I pray you not to be disheartened at my tribulations for you, for they are your glory. For this reason I bend my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, from Whom all fatherhood in heaven and on earth receives […]
15th Sunday After Pentecost
EpistleTaken from the letter of St. Paul the Apostle to the GalatiansGal 5:25-26; 6:1-10Brethren: If we live by the Spirit, by the Spirit let us also walk. Let us not become desirous of vainglory, provoking one another, envying one another. Brethren, even if a person is caught doing something wrong, you who are spiritual instruct […]
Sermon on Extreme Unction, or the Anointing of the Sick.
EpistleTaken from the letter of St. Paul the Apostle to the GalatiansGal 5:16-24Brethren: Walk in the Spirit, and you will not fulfill the lusts of the flesh. For the flesh lusts against the spirit, and the spirit against the flesh; for these are opposed to each other, so that you do not do what you […]
Sermon on the Immaculate Heart of Mary
Epistle Lesson from the book of EcclesiasticusEcclus 24:23-31I bud forth delights like the vine, my blossoms become fruit fair and rich. I am the mother of fair love, and of fear, and of knowledge, and of holy hope. In me is all grace of the way and of the truth, in me is all hope […]
Sermon for the Day of the Assumption
The Catholic Wire · On the Assumption Lesson from the book of JudithJudith 13:22-25; 15:10The Lord has blessed you by His power, because by you He has brought our enemies to nought. Blessed are you, O daughter, by the Lord the Most High God, above all women upon the earth. Blessed be the Lord Who […]
Sermon for the 11th Sunday after Pentecost.
On Preaching the faith, according to our hearer’s needs. Epistle from the first letter of St. Paul the Apostle to the Corinthians1 Cor. 15:1-10Brethren: I recall to your minds the Gospel that I preached to you, which also you received, wherein also you stand, through which also you are being saved, if you hold it […]
Sermon for the 10th Sunday after Pentecost.
About the fault of pride when we pray. Epistle from the first letter of St. Paul the Apostle to the Corinthians1 Cor. 12:2-11Brethren: You know that when you were Gentiles, you went to dumb idols according as you were led. Wherefore I give you to understand that no one speaking in the Spirit of God, […]
Sermon for the 9th Sunday after Pentecost
By Fr. Carlos Zepeda The Liturgy of the Church during the time after Pentecost, seems at first glance not to follow a particular order. There is no chronological order; nor a definite succession of ideas from one Sunday to the other. Instead, each Sunday seems to have a particular theme, an idea that dominates most […]
