SAINT AGNES CATHEDRAL 533 South Jefferson Springfield, MO 65806
EXTRAORDINARY FORM OF THE MASS (LATIN)
CELEBRANT Rev. Jeffery A. Fasching
June 10th, 2012 External Solemnity of Corpus Christi
Epistle: 1 Cor. 11:23-29; Gospel: Jn. 6:56-59
Mass Schedule June 11th through June 15th
Monday –Saint Barnabas, Apostle-NO LATIN MASS
Tuesday-Saint John of San Facundo, Confessor
Wednesday-Saint Anthony of Padua, Confessor & Doctor
Thursday-Saint Basil the Great, Bishop, Confessor & Doctor
Friday-Sacred Heart of Jesus
JUNE 10, 2012 IS THE SOLEMNITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI. MASS WILL BEGIN AT 2:00 PM. A PROCESSION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT WILL IMMEDIATELY FOLLOW MASS BEGINNING AT 4:00PM. JOIN HIS EXCELLENCY, BISHOP JAMES V. JOHNSTON FOR THIS DIOCESAN EVENT.
THERE WILL BE NO CONFESSIONS ON SUNDAY, JUNE 10 BEFORE THE 2:00PM MASS.
Friday, June 15, 2012: A plenary indulgence may be gained by saying the Act of Reparation to the Sacred Heart of Jesus publicly in front of the Blessed Sacrament today. I will lead those who attend Mass on the Feast of the Sacred Heart in prayer before the Blessed Sacrament Exposed. Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament will continue for a period followed by Benediction.
Corpus Christi is a special day in the life of the Church. What an infinite treasure Christ has bestowed upon us in giving Himself in the Blessed Sacrament! Our Lord Jesus Christ is truly present—Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity in the consecrated host. The words of our Savior are clear: “Take ye and eat, this is my Body, which shall be delivered for you…This chalice is the new testament in My Blood; this do ye, as often as you shall drink, for the commemoration of Me.”
We must take great pains to consume the Body and Blood of Christ in a worthy manner, lest we be guilty of the Body and Blood of the Lord. Saint Paul is very explicit when he says: “For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh judgment to himself, not discerning the Body of the Lord!”
Jesus says in the Gospel: “My Flesh is meat indeed, and My Blood is drink indeed. He that eateth My Flesh, and drinketh My Blood, abideth in Me, and I in him…He that eateth this bread shall live for ever!”
Sincerely in Christ,
Fr. Jeffery Fasching
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Thursday, June 7, 2012
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Visible Bonds of Unity
Vatican II's Constitution on the Church (#146) mentions some of the more important visible bonds by which the faithful are united to the Church:
They are fully incorporated into the society of the Church who, possessing the Spirit of Christ, accept her entire system and all the means of salvation given to her, and through union with her visible structure are joined to Christ, who rules her through the Supreme Pontiff and the bishops. This joining is effected by the bonds of professed faith, of the sacraments, of ecclesiastical government, and of communion.
Note the visible bonds mentiond here:
-professed faith,
-sacraments,
-ecclesiastical govermnent,
-cummunion (sharing) of love and support (Acts 2.42).
These visible bonds permit a certain pluralism in their expression according to the particular traditions and practices of different cultures.
There must be unity in essentials, but beyond that, following the principles of Saint Augustine, freedom and love should prevail: "In essentials unity, in non-essentials liberty, in all things charity" ("In essentialibus unitas, in contingentibus libertas, in omnibus caritas").
Sincerely in Christ,
Rev. Jeffery A. Fasching
They are fully incorporated into the society of the Church who, possessing the Spirit of Christ, accept her entire system and all the means of salvation given to her, and through union with her visible structure are joined to Christ, who rules her through the Supreme Pontiff and the bishops. This joining is effected by the bonds of professed faith, of the sacraments, of ecclesiastical government, and of communion.
Note the visible bonds mentiond here:
-professed faith,
-sacraments,
-ecclesiastical govermnent,
-cummunion (sharing) of love and support (Acts 2.42).
These visible bonds permit a certain pluralism in their expression according to the particular traditions and practices of different cultures.
There must be unity in essentials, but beyond that, following the principles of Saint Augustine, freedom and love should prevail: "In essentials unity, in non-essentials liberty, in all things charity" ("In essentialibus unitas, in contingentibus libertas, in omnibus caritas").
Sincerely in Christ,
Rev. Jeffery A. Fasching
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
The Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God
Saint Paul reminds us that if we want to please God our Father, we must learn from His Son Jesus Christ. We must learn the details of His life. We must adopt his attitudes. We must contemplate His life. If we truly love Jesus Christ we will sincerely want to know all about His life and character so that we can become more like Him.
There is absolutely no quicker way to conform ourselves to the person of Jesus Christ than by meditating upon the mysteries of His life. We do this when we pray the Holy Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Saint Louis Marie de Montfort writes that: “All our perfection consists in being conformed, united and consecrated to Jesus Christ; and therefore the most perfect of all devotions is, without any doubt, that which the most perfectly conforms, unites and consecrates us to Jesus Christ. Now Mary, being the most conformed of all creatures to Jesus Christ, it follows that of all devotions, that which most consecrates and conforms the soul to our Lord is devotion to His Holy Mother; that the more a soul is consecrated to Mary, the more it is consecrated to Jesus Christ.”
There are guidelines for a sound theology and devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary. In his Apostolic Exhortation Marialis Cultus, Pope Paul VI laid down a number of guidelines that govern authentic Marian devotion. First he states that Marian piety must have a Trinitarian, Christological, pneumatological, and ecclesial aspect:
…It is extremely fitting that exercises of piety directed towards the Virgin Mary should clearly express the Trinitarian and Christological note that is intrinsic and essential to them.
(Trinitarian Aspect) Marian devotion, like all authentic Christian worship, keeps its focus on the Blessed Trinity. It sees Mary in relation to the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost; and leads to the Father, through the Son, in the Holy Ghost…
(Christological Aspect) In the Virgin Mary, everything is relative to Christ and dependent upon Him. It was with a view to Christ that God the Father from all eternity chose her to be the all holy Mother and adorned her with gifts of the Spirit granted to no one else…In the expressions of devotion to the Virgin the Christological aspect should have particular prominence…
Pneumatological Aspect) Marian piety should give prominence to…the Person and work of the Holy Ghost with regard to Mary’s place in the mystery of redemption…
(Ecclesial Aspect) It…should also clearly show the place that Mary occupies in the Church, “the highest place and the closest to us after Christ.”
Sincerely in Christ,
Rev. Jeffery A. Fasching
There is absolutely no quicker way to conform ourselves to the person of Jesus Christ than by meditating upon the mysteries of His life. We do this when we pray the Holy Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Saint Louis Marie de Montfort writes that: “All our perfection consists in being conformed, united and consecrated to Jesus Christ; and therefore the most perfect of all devotions is, without any doubt, that which the most perfectly conforms, unites and consecrates us to Jesus Christ. Now Mary, being the most conformed of all creatures to Jesus Christ, it follows that of all devotions, that which most consecrates and conforms the soul to our Lord is devotion to His Holy Mother; that the more a soul is consecrated to Mary, the more it is consecrated to Jesus Christ.”
There are guidelines for a sound theology and devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary. In his Apostolic Exhortation Marialis Cultus, Pope Paul VI laid down a number of guidelines that govern authentic Marian devotion. First he states that Marian piety must have a Trinitarian, Christological, pneumatological, and ecclesial aspect:
…It is extremely fitting that exercises of piety directed towards the Virgin Mary should clearly express the Trinitarian and Christological note that is intrinsic and essential to them.
(Trinitarian Aspect) Marian devotion, like all authentic Christian worship, keeps its focus on the Blessed Trinity. It sees Mary in relation to the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost; and leads to the Father, through the Son, in the Holy Ghost…
(Christological Aspect) In the Virgin Mary, everything is relative to Christ and dependent upon Him. It was with a view to Christ that God the Father from all eternity chose her to be the all holy Mother and adorned her with gifts of the Spirit granted to no one else…In the expressions of devotion to the Virgin the Christological aspect should have particular prominence…
Pneumatological Aspect) Marian piety should give prominence to…the Person and work of the Holy Ghost with regard to Mary’s place in the mystery of redemption…
(Ecclesial Aspect) It…should also clearly show the place that Mary occupies in the Church, “the highest place and the closest to us after Christ.”
Sincerely in Christ,
Rev. Jeffery A. Fasching
Sunday, October 23, 2011
Jesus Christ's Words are to be Taken Literally
The Catholic response is that Jesus’ words are to be taken literally and not merely in a metaphorical sense. Why? Whenever Jesus speaks figuratively, the use of metaphor can be easily recognized from the content or context of the saying; but there is nothing in the content or context of the Eucharistic words to suggest that He was speaking metaphorically.
Jesus Himself gives us a key for interpreting His Eucharistic words in the Bread of Life discourse recorded by John (6.52-69), in which He clearly states that His “flesh is real food” and His “blood real drink”, given as nourishment for eternal life. When some of His disciples murmured at the unreasonableness of His words, Jesus did not retract or try to explain away His words, but allowed the unbelieving disciples to walk away from Him.
Sincerely in Christ,
Rev. Jeffery A. Fasching
Jesus Himself gives us a key for interpreting His Eucharistic words in the Bread of Life discourse recorded by John (6.52-69), in which He clearly states that His “flesh is real food” and His “blood real drink”, given as nourishment for eternal life. When some of His disciples murmured at the unreasonableness of His words, Jesus did not retract or try to explain away His words, but allowed the unbelieving disciples to walk away from Him.
Sincerely in Christ,
Rev. Jeffery A. Fasching
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