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 Passion Sunday the 5th in Lent and in the Novus Ordo 5th Sunday of Lent?
Tell us about attendance especially for the Traditional Latin Mass.
Any local changes or (hopefully good) news?
A taste of what I offered at 1 Peter 5 this week:
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In this time, the Lord presses His hearers with the question: “Which of you shall convince me of sin?” He whom Hebrews presents as the sinless High Priest stands before men who are themselves bound by sin and enraged at truth. They accuse Him of having a devil. He answers with majestic calm and then utters the word that detonates the scene, “before Abraham came to be, I am” (John 8:58), that is, the claim of divine identity itself, sounding in Greek as ??? ????, “I am”, and reverberating with the dread majesty of the divine Name. They understand what He is claiming. They take up stones. Then comes the line which the Roman liturgical tradition seized and unfolded with genius: “Iesus autem abscondit se …but Jesus hid Himself” (John 8:59).
That brief verse has governed the Church’s custom for more than a millennium. Because “Iesus autem abscondit se”, crosses and sacred images are veiled from this day. Passiontide imposes a further deprivation upon sight itself. What the eye loves is hidden. What the heart loves must be sought in faith. Former centuries often knew the cross above all under the sign of triumph. Early crosses were frequently a crux gemmata, a jeweled cross, radiant with victory. The Church’s meditation on the Passion deepened, and so her rites deepened with it. Purple veils came to cover crucifixes, statues, and pietà scenes. The hidden Christ of the Gospel is echoed in the hidden Christ of the sanctuary. The saints are hidden with Him, as the members with their Head. The eye is made to hunger. The heart is prompted by loss.
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