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It’s the 3rd Sunday after Pentecost in the Vetus Ordo and the 11th Sunday of the Novus Ordo’s Greater Meatloaf Time*. Green is back. Hopefully the vestments, not the meatloaf.
Was there a GOOD point made in the sermon you heard at your Sunday Mass of obligation?
Tell about attendance especially for the Traditional Latin Mass. I hear that it is growing. Of COURSE.
Any local changes or (hopefully good) news?
I have some thoughts about the Sunday Epistle reading HERE.
A taste:
Combat now; peace and rest and a crown them. Happy they who, during these days of probation, have recognized the mighty hand of God in all the trials they have had, and have humbled themselves under its pressure, lovingly and confidingly! Against such Christians, who have been strong in faith, the roaring lion has not been able to prevail.
*The Novus Ordo’s “ordered” time is split into two unequal parts. An old clerical friend of mine, dear Harold – R.I.P – called them “Greater and Lesser ‘Meatloaf’”.
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It was the final Sunday of our program year, which is always “Flower Communion.” My sermon was remarks on the history of the Flower Communion idea and expanded into the need to spread joy and kindnesses as not only as a work of altruisms but also of self-improvement. I hope I made good points.
Father asked us to read St. Bonaventure, on the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Beautiful! Also has audio when you look it up.
According to my 1951 missal, last Sunday was the Sunday within the Octave of the Sacred Heart, and during the online TLM I was watching, the celebrant, a diocesan priest, referred to the Sunday as such. His sermon related the Gospel reading to the compassion of the Sacred Heart.
The PV who had the 1030 NO at the Cathedral comported himself extremely well in an unusually short homily.
The Gospel mentioned the calling of the 12. They received extraordinary powers. In turn they conveyed those powers to their successors who repeated this to this day: the bishops are successors to the apostles who exercise them even though they are limited by their own flaws. These bishops also convey limited sets of such powers to priests and deacons. The Lord’s miraculous healings continue through the administration of the Sacraments. An awesome exhortation to GO TO CONFESSION. The ultimate expression of this sacrificial love occurs on the altar. We too must live our lives in sacrificial love, setting aside sin and bringing others to the Lord.
The homily was short because Mass started about 20 minutes late. Shortly before Mass was to start, a street person sat in the pew nearest the altar to the liturgical south. He was wearing clerics that were much too big and carrying a knapsack. He soon emptied the knapsack and put on a tattered alb, a cincture, and a very dirty white stole. I alerted the sacristan. He sent the security guard over who remained with him. The man intended to attempt to concelebrate and wouldn’t take “no” for an answer from either of them or from the vicar himself and demanded documentation from the Archbishop specifically prohibiting him from concelebrating. The police were called, but didn’t show up. The security guard was able to keep him from approaching the altar. During the preface he removed and repacked the vestments. During the Lord’s prayer he abruptly left, tailed by the security guard, and we all breathed a sigh of relief.
My priest has the most gorgeous Gothic (I think) olive green and gold vestment which he brought out yesterday.
I went to St Cyril and Methodius in Bridgeport. Msgr. Gilles Wach gave his sermon and the Mass was an external Solemnity of the Sacred Heart. His Sermon was in French. Canon Talarico read the sermon in translation. It outlined the history of the Devotion and its theological underpinnings. He briefly discussed Jansenism.
It was a wonderful sermon. I am impressed every time I go. I feel like I am receiving true instruction with substance.
Just a quick note–our pastor preached on devotion to the Sacred Heart and how important it is to foster this, especially in the month of June. Our two parishes publicly recited the Litany of the Sacred Heart after Mass on Friday, both in honor of the solemnity and in reparation for the goings-on in Our Lady’s city that day, and then we prayed it again on Sunday after the homily. Very Rev. Pastor also read from Pope Benedict XVI’s writings on the Sacred Heart (didn’t catch the citation, must ask him so I can read the whole thing) and connected it with the Holy Priesthood. Finally, he prayed the Prayer for Priests by the late, definitely missed, Extraordinary Ordinary Bp. Morlino! I of course said a prayer for the repose of his soul and then thought of you immediately, Father Z! Our family and community is so blessed to have wonderful, tradition-minded priests at our local parishes.
And JGavin, I had the privilege to hear Msgr. Wach preach at the Holy Hill Pentecost Vigil pilgrimage last month, also with Canon Talarico translating. What a holy man, with salient and clear points in his preaching!