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 the Pentecost Sunday?
Tell about attendance especially for the Traditional Latin Mass.
Any local changes or (hopefully good) news? I know there is a lot of BAD news. How about some good news?
A taste of my thoughts from the other place: HERE
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The Greek says in Acts 2:2 that the mighty rush filled the “house” (Greek oikos), which on the surface suggests the “upper room” where they had been for Passover. However, in Acts 7:47 we read about how Solomon built a “house” (oikos) for God, which means the Temple. In Greek, the usual world for “temple” is hierón or naós for inner sanctuary. As for the time of day, it was the “third hour” or 9 AM (Acts 2:15), the time of the first of two daily tamid sacrifices of a spotless lamb in the Temple. However, in Acts 3:1 we find Peter and John “going up to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour”, which was 3 PM. This is the hour of the second of the tamid took place. It seems that Peter and John were observing the hours of the tamid sacrifices and they were in the Temple, but not just them. Acts 2:1 says they were “all together in one place”. Furthermore, at the sound of the rushing of the Spirit, “the multitude came together”, which is when people from across the ancient world heard their own tongues being spoken, and “about three thousand souls” were baptized (Acts 2:41). It would be hard to have a multitude come together and to baptize 3000 people in the upper room of the Passover. In fact, they were probably in the Temple at the hour of the morning tamid when the Holy Spirit came, which would be the clear fulfillment of the return of God’s presence and the resolution of what was foreshadowed when God descended in fire on Mount Sinai to write the Decalogue of the Old Law on tablets of stone. This time, the New Law was written by tongues of fire on hearts. The 3000 souls added were indeed “first fruits” of the Spirit’s harvest festival following up the Risen Christ’s own first fruit wave bikkurim offering from the Resurrection to the Ascension.
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Apropos “local changes,” one of the more beautiful, maximalist (NO) parishes in my area got rid of the dainty Novus Ordo altar and started using the old high altar!
Florida Holy Latin Mass started, after Come Holy Ghost, with Veni Creatur Spiritus (penary indulgence today) before The Vidi Aquam (sorry to see it go just when I got the hang of the notes) The sermon by our young priest was the role of young women in the priesthood, and, no, not what you think. After connecting the priesthood with the Feast of Pentecost, father said women always play two roles: one, their prayers in religious vocation (only by silent prayer is born a priest) without which the divine fire remains in heaven. Second, in motherhood that reflects Mary’s mildness and devotion. All priests must pass through a mother’s womb and she is first who creates a priestly heart. (His voice slowed…tears around me.) A harsh or emotionally absent mother will produce a priest who rushes confession and has an ego. “Mothers, do not scream at your husband in front of your son.” You could hear a pin drop in the nave.
But fathers are not off the hook. An absent or intellectually lazy father will produce a heretical priest. “Fathers, show sacrificial love and respect to your wife in front of your son.” Fathers form the intellect and therefore, the way a priest will treat holy Mother Church. All this must come well before seminary.
Fr. Cliff Ermatinger at St. Stanislaus – Milwaukee spoke about grace. He explained what it is & where it comes from. I found it very interesting and plan to do some follow up reading about it. It’s one of those things I’m used to hearing about but don’t necessarily think a lot about.
Church packed as always. Kind of a low roar from the back half of the church from all the kids. Makes me smile and I thought of those parishioners of low attendance Masses who get upset at the lone child present who makes noises. (It really is something to see- family after family spilling into the church before Mass.)
NO mass with Latin for the Gloria, Sanctus and Agnus Dei as well as some of the hymns. No wailing and gnashing of teeth “full participation, I don’t get Latin blah blah blah” which is improved from previous years. Deacon wore a nice Dalmatic for Pentecost.
Father preached on the Holy Spirit – do we really hear and believe in the Paraclete ourselves when we say the Holy Spirit – during the sign of the cross and at Mass. He called to mind every sacrament calls for the Holy Spirit. He said if we did not have the Spirit active in our lives and the church’s life over 2000 years we as a church would not have survived. He said the answer for Protestants who ask if we have the spirit is that they are ignorant and should come with us to Holy Mass to experience and receive the Spirit in the Sacrament of the altar.
It was a great sermon during a Tridentine Solemn High Mass at Assumption Grotto, celebrating the 40th anniversary of the ordination of Father Aidan Logan. He is a true champion of orthodoxy who served this nation faithfully as a Navy chaplain, before he retired from active duty to serve the Military Archdiocese of the US as their director of vocations. So nice to hear Father Logan’s reflections on his priestly vocation, and that he retired to Detroit from his second career to help out at Assumption Grotto.