Corpus Christi 22 June, A.D. MMXXV We rejoice today to celebrate Christ’s greatest gift to His Church: His very Body and Blood in the Holy Eucharist. The Scripture readings and the prayers of today’s Mass emphasize that this is not only a gift to be received, but a gift to be worshiped, and the […]
Read more "“Do This” — Sermon for Corpus Christi, A.D. MMXXV"“We hear them speaking in our own tongues of the mighty acts of God.” As we celebrate the coming of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost, we have the happy coincidence of this great Feast coinciding with the ordination of two new priests in our Diocese, as well as celebrating together my tenth anniversary of […]
Read more "“The Charism of Celibacy” — Sermon for Pentecost Sunday, A.D. MMXXV"Throughout the Easter season – Paschaltide – we’ve seen the appearances of the risen Christ to the Apostles and the life of the early Church. Today we celebrate the conclusion of Paschaltide with the Lord’s Ascension into Heaven. The 40 days of celebration of Christ’s Resurrection ends with a crescendo as we sing with […]
Read more "“Captivity Lead Captive” — Sermon for the Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord, A.D. MMXXV"The Church of the Acts of the Apostles is the Catholic Church. For the past few weeks we have been hearing about the life of the Apostles and their followers in the early days of Christianity. This period, from Pentecost until the legalization of Christianity in 313 AD is known as the “early […]
Read more "We Are the Early Church — Sermon for the VI Sunday of Easter, A.D. MMXXV"The Good Shepherd is risen! Each year, as we continue celebrating the joy of the Resurrection, the Church invites us to contemplate how the risen Christ has come back from the dead not only to set us free from sin, but to lead and guide His Church. We do so this year as the […]
Read more "“Hearing the Voice of the Shepherd” — Sermon for the IV Sunday of Easter, A.D. MMXXV"During the season of Lent, we focused on the people of Israel, our forefathers in the Faith. Now, in the Easter season, we focus on the fulfillment of the people of Israel: the Church. From the Fall of Adam and Eve, God started gathering a people to be distinctly His own (the Jewish people), […]
Read more "“Of Popes and Romanness” — Sermon for the III Sunday of Easter, A.D. MMXXV"During the Sacred Paschal Triduum last week, many people remarked on the ways in which we infused those celebrations with even greater beauty this year: the elevated music, the singing of the Passion and all the prayers and Gospels of the Masses, the custom-commissioned art, like this year’s Paschal candle, and many new vestments […]
Read more "“As Slavery is Burnt Away” — Sermon for the II Sunday of Easter, A.D. MMXXV"Things were not looking good. Faced with the arrest of their master, the twelve men chosen by Him as His most intimate friends had all fled. One betrayed Him and died in despair. The one chosen as their leader denied him forcefully. Only John, barely of the age of majority, remained at the foot […]
Read more "“Behold His Living Body” — Sermon for Easter Sunday of the Resurrection, A.D. MMXXV"This is a night of mixed emotions. We began with joy and exaltation, proclaiming the love of Christ, which He demonstrates this night with His example of humble service, with His gift to the Church of His Body and Blood, and with His priesthood that will perpetuate this gift until He comes again. The […]
Read more "“Where the Cross and the Supper Are One” — Sermon for the Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper, A.D. MMXXV"“My heart hath expected reproach and misery. And I looked for one that would grieve together with me, and I found no one; and for one that would comfort me, and I found none. And they gave me gall for my food, and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.” “And I found […]
Read more "“There Was No One” — Sermon for Palm Sunday, A.D. MMXXV"
Father Gregerson 