Category: Solemnities
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Mary, the Mother of God
Central Idea: Mary, the Mother of God. Doctrine: Jesus Christ, true God and true Man. Practical Application: Contemplate Christ and his Mother with reason, revelation, and imagination.
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The Solemnity of Christ the King
Central idea: The king of the kingdom of God. Doctrine: The kingdom of God and the last judgment. Practical application: Living today with the end in mind.
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Beatitude and the Beatitudes: The Solemnity of All Saints
Central idea: Saints get to be with God. Doctrine and Practical application: Beatitude and the Beatitudes.
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Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary – Mass during the Day
Central Idea: The Blessed Virgin Mary is the new Ark of the Covenant. Doctrine: The Assumption. Practical Application: Devotion to the Blessed Virgin. Lectionary 622. Central Idea: The Blessed Virgin Mary is the new Ark of the Covenant. Reading 1 Rv 11:19a; 12:1-6a, 10ab God’s temple in heaven was opened, and the ark of his covenant…
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The Assumption – Vigil Mass
Central idea: The Ark of the Covenant. Doctrine: The Assumption. Practical application: Veneration of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Lectionary 621. Reading 1 1 Chron 15:3-4, 15-16; 16:1-2 David assembled all Israel in Jerusalem to bring the ark of the LORD to the place which he had prepared for it. David also called together the sons…
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The Eucharist: Corpus Christi Sunday
Proper and frequent reception of the Eucharist
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The Most Holy Trinity
Living like the Blessed Trinity.
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Pentecost and the Gifts of the Holy Spirit
Central idea: Pentecost. Doctrine: Gifts of the Holy Spirit. Practical application: The Gift of Piety. Lectionary 63. Central Idea: Pentecost, the Gift of the Holy Spirit Reading 1 Acts 2:1-11 When the time for Pentecost was fulfilled, they were all in one place together. And suddenly there came from the sky a noise like…
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Pentecost – Mass during the day
The connection among the Resurrection, Pentecost, and the Eucharist.
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The Ascension of the Lord
The Ascension and our status as children of the Father.
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Solemnity of Saint Joseph, Husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Joseph, Jesus’ foster father and Mary’s husband, was a just man. The virtue of justice. Living the virtues of respect and responsibility.
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Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of God
God has blessed humanity through the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God. The New Law frees from restrictions of the Old Law. How to live the blessings of the children of God.