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"“I have indeed been taken possession of by Christ Jesus.” Maybe the woman “caught in adulty” has not committed adultery at all. The whole episode is likely an elaborate ruse. We’re in “in the temple area,” under the watchful eyes of the Roman soldiers who were perpetually guarding the Temple precinct as the most […]
Read more "“Being Caught by Christ” — Sermon for Passion Sunday, A.D. MMXXV"Today is about new beginnings. Reminded last Sunday of the importance of repentance and changing our ways – “But I tell you, if you do not repent, you will all perish as they did!” – today we rejoice with Jerusalem with the joy of the prodigal son come home. Today, Holy Mother Church […]
Read more "“Behold, New Things Have Come” — Sermon for the IV Sunday of Lent, Laetare, A.D. MMXXV"“For three years now I have come in search of fruit on this fig tree but have found none. So cut it down. Why should it exhaust the soil?” We’re now in the very heart of Lent. For two and a half weeks we have striven to be faithful to our Lenten commitments, to […]
Read more "“The Generation that Had to Die” — Sermon for the III Sunday of Lent, A.D. MMXXV"
