Author: Father Albert

Daily Collection: Fourth Week of Easter – Tuesday

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Collect taken from Tuesday of the fourth week of Easter. Collect: Grant, we pray, almighty God, that, celebrating the mysteries of the Lord's Resurrection, we may merit to receive the joy of our redemption. Through our Lord Jesus Christ... "Grant, we pray, almighty God, that, celebrating the mysteries of the Lord's Resurrection" - We invoke God's help as always, but notice that it is a prayer which presumes some action on our part. We pray for God to make fruitful our efforts to celebrate the mysteries of the Lord's resurrection. And we must not overlook the use of the word "mystery." The resurrection...Read More

Daily Collection: Fourth Week of Easter – Monday

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Collect taken from Monday of the fourth week of Easter. Collect: O God, perfect light of the blessed, by whose gift we celebrate the paschal mysteries on earth, bring us, we pray, to rejoice in the full measure of your grace for ages unending. Through our Lord Jesus Christ... "O God, perfect light of the blessed, by whose gift we celebrate the paschal mysteries on earth" - Psalm 36 prays to God "in your light we see light." Because God is the source of all existence and the ultimate meaning of existence, knowing God gives us a clearer picture of reality. The "blessed"...Read More

Daily Collection: Fourth Sunday of Easter

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Collect taken from the Fourth Sunday of Easter. Collect: Almighty ever-living God, lead us to a share in the joys of heaven, so that the humble flock may reach where the brave Shepherd has gone before. Who lives and reigns... "Almighty ever-living God, lead us to a share in the joys of heaven" - We look forward to heaven, but we can share in some of it's joys here and now.  Holiness, virtue, good liturgy; all these and more are ways we can share in that joy now. "so that the humble flock may reach where the brave Shepherd has gone before" -...Read More

Call Out!

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4th Sunday of Easter  Fr. Albert [audio wav="http://box5246.temp.domains/~alberuc3/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Call-Out.wav"][/audio]   “Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart.” Have you ever been cut to the heart? You hear something so true, so brutally honest about yourself that you just have to say “you’re right?” It’s not easy to cut to another person’s heart. You have to speak an objective truth, but to speak it directly to the person. It must reach through to their subjective and personal experience in some way. What do you think? Are people “cut to the heart” by Jesus and his teachings today? Is the...Read More

Daily Collection: Third Week of Easter – Saturday

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Collect taken from the Saturday of the Third Week of Easter. Collect: O God, who in the font of Baptism have made new those who believe in you, keep safe those reborn in Christ, that, defeating every onslaught of error, they may faithfully preserve the grace of your blessing. Through our Lord Jesus Christ... "O God, who in the font of Baptism have made new those who believe in you, keep safe those reborn in Christ" - People who have been baptized are new creatures. This is not common knowledge or a popular thing to say, but the baptized are Children of God...Read More

Daily Collection: Third Week of Easter – Friday

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Collect taken from the Friday of the Third Week of Easter. Collect: Grant, we pray, almighty God, that we, who have come to know the grace of the Lord's Resurrection, may, through the love of the Spirit, ourselves rise to newness of life. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son... "Grant, we pray, almighty God, that we, who have come to know the grace of the Lord's Resurrection" - We have "come to know" the grace of the resurrection. In other words, this knowledge was the result of a process and marked a change in our lives... at least, it should have. "may,...Read More

Daily Collection: Third Week of Easter – Thursday

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Collect taken from the Thursday of the Third Week of Easter. Collect: Almighty ever-living God, let us feel your compassion more readily during these days when, by your gift, we have known it more fully, so that those you have freed from the darkness of error may cling more firmly to the teachings of your truth. Through our Lord Jesus Christ... "Almighty ever-living God, let us feel your compassion more readily during these days when, by your gift, we have known it more fully" - During the Easter season, we emphasize the resurrection, which is also the ultimate expression of God's compassion. We...Read More

Daily Collection: Philip and James

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Collect taken from the Memorial of Sts. Philip and James, Apostles Collect: O God, who gladden us each year with the feast day of the Apostles Philip and James, grant us, through their prayers, a share in the Passion and Resurrection of your Only Begotten Son, so that we may merit to behold you for eternity. Through our Lord Jesus Christ... "O God, who gladden us each year with the feast day of the Apostles Philip and James" - Simply put, the fact that the Apostles existed and the fact that we have a feast in their honor should make us glad....Read More

Daily Collection: Athanasius

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Collect taken from the Memorial of St. Athanasius, Bishop and Doctor of the Church Collect: Almighty ever-living God, who raised up the Bishop Saint Athanasius as an outstanding champion of your Son's divinity, mercifully grant, that, rejoicing in his teaching and his protection, we may never cease to grow in knowledge and love of you. Through our Lord Jesus Christ... "Almighty ever-living God, who raised up the Bishop Saint Athanasius as an outstanding champion of your Son's divinity" - St. Athanasius fought hard before during and after the council of Nicaea to ensure that the truth about Jesus Christ was taught. God...Read More

Daily Collection: St. Joseph the Worker

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Collect taken from the Memorial of St. Joseph the Worker Collect: O God, Creator of all things, who laid down for the human race the law of work, graciously grant that by the example of Saint Joseph and under his patronage we may complete the works you set us to do and attain the rewards you promise. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son... "O God, Creator of all things, who laid down for the human race the law of work" - Labor and work are not a result of the fall. It is important to remember that God commanded Adam and...Read More