Too many people today are without good, strong preaching, to the detriment of all. Share the good stuff.
Was there a GOOD point made in the sermon you heard at your Mass of obligation for this 13th Sunday after Pentecost, or the 23rd Sunday of Ordinary Time?
Tell about attendance especially for the Traditional Latin Mass.
Any local changes or (hopefully good) news?
A couple thoughts about the sign of the cross: HERE A taste…
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Cardinal Schuster, in his Liber Sacramentorum, meditates on this miracle and sees in it the foreshadowing of the Church’s universality: “The Samaritan, healed together with the others, alone returns to give thanks, a figure of the Gentiles who would accept the Gospel with gratitude, while Israel, though healed, would remain ungrateful”. Pius Parsch likewise stresses the liturgical undertones: “The thanksgiving of the Samaritan is a Eucharistic thanksgiving; his posture at the feet of Christ is the adoration of the Church in the Mass”.
Indeed, the narrative unfolds almost liturgically. First, the assembly: ten sufferers gather in expectant hope. Then the Kyrie: they cry out for mercy. The Lord commands them in the manner of a liturgical proclamation, “Go, show yourselves to the priests.” A miracle occurs, hidden at first, but manifest in obedience. The Samaritan, realizing the gift, returns, singing his Gloria aloud. He falls prostrate, euchariston, eucharistically, in thanksgiving. Finally, the dismissal: “Rise and go your way; your faith has made you well.” The sequence of actions mirrors the Holy Mass, from the penitential cry to the dismissal.
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I was visiting a N.O. church in Ireland, and the priest used our newly canonized saint St. Carlo Acutis’ quote “All people are born as originals, but many die as photocopies.” as the basis of his homily speaking about not conforming to this world and fulfilling God’s purpose for us in this world.