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Our Lady of Prompt Succor

1/14/2021

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Friday, January 15 is the feast (in the Extraordinary Form) of Our Lady of Prompt Succor.  This reminded me of my favorite Picture of Mary which goes by the name of Madonna del Socorro.  The Gospel of the feast is John 2:1-11, the wedding feast at Cana.   So I must preach on this gospel twice this week  for it is the Gospel for this coming Sunday, the Second Sunday after Epiphany (in the extraordinary form.)  The image of the Madonna del Socorro,  painted in the late 15th Century, is at right.

And the mother of Jesus was there.

              Did you ever wonder why she was mentioned before Jesus and his disciples? Maybe the evangelist wants us to pay attention to the Mother of Jesus because she has a certain significance in the Gospel and to all of us.

They have no wine,

              She was not in charge, nor was she responsible.  The Father of the bride hadn’t noticed; the head waiter had not noticed. Mary was the one who took the initiative and spoke to someone who could do something. It is not like she had access to Costco or the like.

Do whatever he tells you.

              This is how you put the gospel into five words.  In any difficulty all you need do is listen to these words. To do this shows ultimate confidence in Jesus.

Six stone water jars

              Six is the number for man. Six is the number fore weakness.  Six is the number for sin.  YOU will never have enough.  Do not pay attention to what you can do.  Think of what you can do with God's help.  Logically speaking, that is not going to help the situation at all. And physically speaking, that's a lot of work. Only Mary's confidence in Jesus, overflowing into their own hearts and minds, gave them the faith they needed to obey. And as a result, only the servants knew where the New Wine had come from.

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Happy 80th Birthday Fr. Fessio

1/11/2021

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This is a picture of Good Friday from 2018. Fr. Fessio is to my right, serving as the Deacon in the Extraordinary Form
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Epiphany 2021

1/8/2021

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Today, in the extraordinary form...

1/3/2021

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...is the feast of St. Gaspar del Bufalo, as well as the solemnity of the Most Holy Name of Jesus.  St. Gaspar will be a commemoration at the Mass I celebrate today.  When reading of the times he lived in, it sounds like the times today.

St. Gaspar is a saint that should be remembered today. The focus of his missionary activity was conversion, reconciliation and awakening from sleep.  The social and political forces of Gaspar’s time had left towns and villages in great disarray and upheaval. There were deep divisions, and life was marked by bloodshed and violence.  Gaspar’s crew of missionaries was armed with only the Word of God, but their presence was enough to awaken in the townspeople a longing for the peace and healing God desired. This is the time when God is calling out to you, that God is showing you the disillusion of earthly things and that they are nothing more than sheer vanity. How is it that we cannot be awakened from that profound sleep of death that oppresses us! How can we be so deaf to the many words of advice!  Oh! The ineffable goodness of our loving God who, rather than hurling bolts of lightning toward us in righteous justice and condemning us to perdition, is rather moved with compassion toward each sinner.[1]

 
[1] St. Gaspar, Spiritual Writings, Vol 1, Introduction to the Holy Missions, Volume 16, p. 458-459

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