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Pastor Column: Mediator Dei VI

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[N.B. This is not the Sunday Homily. It is an article from the bulletin of October 9, 2022]      All liturgy - that includes Mass, the Sacraments, the Liturgy of the Hours, adoration - points us to the mysteries of Jesus Christ and helps us take part in those mysteries which redeem and sanctify us. To do this, the liturgy has seasons which point us to different aspects of these mysteries. At this point in the letter (around paragraph 154) Pope Pius XII starts to highlight these seasons briefly.      Advent is the start of the Liturgical year and, according...Read More

Homily for All Saints Day 2021: To Ascend the Mountain

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All Saints Day                                                                                                 November 1, 2021Fr. Albert                                                                                St. John the Evangelist, Jeanerette https://youtu.be/Y-Gh-k4lSQk “Who can ascend the mountain of the LORD? or who may stand in his holy place?” So our psalm asks… it’s a version of the question “who goes to heaven?” Fitting on All Saints Day, the day we celebrate all those who have gone to heaven, whether we know their name or not. This is a day of joy, of celebration, of victory, of thanksgiving… the very meaning of the word Eucharist. Yet, it is also a day of wondering, “what will it take for...Read More