SAINT AGNES CATHEDRAL 533 South Jefferson Springfield, MO 65806
EXTRAORDINARY FORM OF THE MASS (LATIN)
CELEBRANT Rev. Jeffery A. Fasching
August 19th, 2012; 12th Sunday after Pentecost
Epistle: II Cor. 3:4-9; Gospel: Lk. 10:23-27
Mass Schedule August 20th through August 24th
Monday –Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, Abbot and Doctor--NO LATIN MASS
Tuesday-Saint Jane Frances de Chantal, Widow
Wednesday-Immaculate Heart of Mary
Thursday-Saint Philip Benizi, Confessor
Friday-Saint Bartholomew, Apostle
The best reasons for praying the Holy Rosary are the following:
1) For world peace… “Say the Rosary every day to obtain peace for the world.” (Our Lady of Fatima, 1917). The Popes have highly recommended the Rosary to promote peace throughout the world.
2) A means for preserving the home…”There is no surer means of calling down God’s blessings upon the family…than the daily recitation of the Rosary”… Pope Pius XII
3) For courage in the hardships of life …”a powerful means of renewing our courage will undoubtedly be found in the Holy Rosary”…Pope Leo XIII
4) As a ready and easy means of preserving the faith…”We have elsewhere brought it to the attention of the devout Christian that not least among the advantages of the Rosary is the ready means it puts in his hands to nurture his faith, and to keep him from ignorance of his religion and the danger of error”…Pope Leo XIII
Many saints have had mystical experiences of hell. One well know account is contained in the report on the Fatima apparitions which Lucia Santos, one of the seers of Fatima, submitted to Dom Jose, bishop of Leiria, on 31 August 1941. Lucia writes that during the apparition of 13 July 1917, Our Lady gave the three children a momentary glimpse of hell to encourage them to pray for sinners.
After the vision ended, Our Lady urged the children to pray and offer many sacrifices to save sinners from hell. The Holy Rosary is a most powerful means to do so! It is a weapon to combat evil. It is a powerful means of obtaining Christian perfection and graces from God.
Sincerely in Christ,
Fr. Jeffery Fasching
Prayers at the Foot of the Altar
Showing posts with label Holy souls. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Holy souls. Show all posts
Friday, August 17, 2012
Friday, March 16, 2012
Mary, The New Eve
It was fitting that she, the New Eve, who was to cooperate so intimately with her Son in the work of our redemption, be entirely free of sin. She who was to be associated with her Son in His victory over Satan must never have been under the dominion of Satan.
In revealing to us Mary’s Immaculate Conception and perfect holiness, God places before our eyes a concrete model of what we are to love, and, loving, strive to be. He gives us a model that is at once perfect and yet lowly, lovable, and imitable. Despite her unique privilege and lofty holiness, Mary is the most imitable of the saints, because her greatness is in her lowliness. She is the handmaid of the Lord. Mother, yes, but first handmaid. Blessed because she believed.
In gazing upon the Immaculate Virgin, utterly free of the disorders of our sinful nature, the devout faithful feel a new hope in their own humanity. In contrast to our experience of a world given to sin, corruption, lying, cheating, cruelty, and lust, we see a fellow creature that is utterly pure and good, totally given to love, a mother’s love for all. For mortals trapped in this valley of tears to look upon the sinless Virgin is like prisoners buried in a dungeon being allowed to see the bright sun and breathe pure air once more.
Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us!!
In Christ,
Rev. Jeffery A. Fasching
In revealing to us Mary’s Immaculate Conception and perfect holiness, God places before our eyes a concrete model of what we are to love, and, loving, strive to be. He gives us a model that is at once perfect and yet lowly, lovable, and imitable. Despite her unique privilege and lofty holiness, Mary is the most imitable of the saints, because her greatness is in her lowliness. She is the handmaid of the Lord. Mother, yes, but first handmaid. Blessed because she believed.
In gazing upon the Immaculate Virgin, utterly free of the disorders of our sinful nature, the devout faithful feel a new hope in their own humanity. In contrast to our experience of a world given to sin, corruption, lying, cheating, cruelty, and lust, we see a fellow creature that is utterly pure and good, totally given to love, a mother’s love for all. For mortals trapped in this valley of tears to look upon the sinless Virgin is like prisoners buried in a dungeon being allowed to see the bright sun and breathe pure air once more.
Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us!!
In Christ,
Rev. Jeffery A. Fasching
Sunday, November 20, 2011
Thy Kingdom Come
From a notebook on Prayer by Origen, priest:
The kingdom of God, in the words of our Lord and Savior, does not come for all to see; nor shall they say: Behold, here it is, or behold, there it is; but the kingdom of God is within us, for the word of God is very near, in our mouth and in our heart. Thus it is clear that he who prays for the coming of God's kingdom prays rightly to have it within himself, that there it may grow and bear fruit and become perfect. For God reigns in each of His holy ones. Anyone who is holy obeys the spiritual laws of God, who dwells in him as in a well-ordered city. The Father is present in the perfect soul, and with him Christ reigns, according to the words: We shall come to him and make our home with him...
Sincerely in Christ,
Rev. Jeffery A. Fasching
The kingdom of God, in the words of our Lord and Savior, does not come for all to see; nor shall they say: Behold, here it is, or behold, there it is; but the kingdom of God is within us, for the word of God is very near, in our mouth and in our heart. Thus it is clear that he who prays for the coming of God's kingdom prays rightly to have it within himself, that there it may grow and bear fruit and become perfect. For God reigns in each of His holy ones. Anyone who is holy obeys the spiritual laws of God, who dwells in him as in a well-ordered city. The Father is present in the perfect soul, and with him Christ reigns, according to the words: We shall come to him and make our home with him...
Sincerely in Christ,
Rev. Jeffery A. Fasching
Saturday, November 5, 2011
Praying From the Heart
Saint Paul says we must be strengthened in the Lord, and in the might of His power! We must put on the armor of God. This is the only we can successfully stand against the snares of the devil. Satan goes about the world constantly seeking the ruin of souls. Our fight is not against flesh and blood, but against principalities and powers. We must girt our loins with truth, who is Jesus Christ, and embrace justice, peace and faith as our weapons against satan and his minions.
We must constantly have recourse to prayer and meditation in order to remain vigilant against the onslaught of satan. Prayer from the heart is the prayer most pleasing to God. Although Christ has already won the victory over satan, we nevertheless must still contend with evil attacks. We must renounce our own will, practice mortification and purity of heart. This purity is an absolute necessity for contemplating God and knowing Him by the light of faith.
When Saint Paul says girt one's loins with truth, we must learn to cast of the spirit of the world which is contrary to that of Jesus Christ. The spirit of the world consists in the denial of the supreme dominion of God; a denial which is manifested in practice by sin and disobedience.
Satan attacks through concupiscence of the flesh and of the eyes. He tempts us with pride and by disobedience to God's laws. Satan wants to bring error and darkness to the mind and corrupt our will. He makes sin appealing to us in persons, places and things. However, we must have recourse to prayer and realize we have won the victory in Christ.
Sincerely in Christ,
Rev. Jeffery A. Fasching
We must constantly have recourse to prayer and meditation in order to remain vigilant against the onslaught of satan. Prayer from the heart is the prayer most pleasing to God. Although Christ has already won the victory over satan, we nevertheless must still contend with evil attacks. We must renounce our own will, practice mortification and purity of heart. This purity is an absolute necessity for contemplating God and knowing Him by the light of faith.
When Saint Paul says girt one's loins with truth, we must learn to cast of the spirit of the world which is contrary to that of Jesus Christ. The spirit of the world consists in the denial of the supreme dominion of God; a denial which is manifested in practice by sin and disobedience.
Satan attacks through concupiscence of the flesh and of the eyes. He tempts us with pride and by disobedience to God's laws. Satan wants to bring error and darkness to the mind and corrupt our will. He makes sin appealing to us in persons, places and things. However, we must have recourse to prayer and realize we have won the victory in Christ.
Sincerely in Christ,
Rev. Jeffery A. Fasching
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
All Souls' Day
Today we recommend to God the souls in purgatory in order that we may help alleviate their terrible suffering. We pray that God in His mercy may quickly bring them to His glory. When the poor souls finally do enter into heaven, they will certainly pray for those who have prayed for them.
Let us today recommend to Jesus Christ and to the Blessed Virgin Mary all the souls in purgatory, but especially the souls of our relatives, benefactors and friends. We must also remember to pray for our enemies.
Jn. 6: 51-55
At that time Jesus said to the multitudes of the Jews: I am the living bread, which came down from heaven. If any man eat of this bread he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give, is My Flesh for the life of the world. The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying: How can this Man give us His Flesh to eat? Then Jesus said to them: Amen, Amen, I say unto you, except you eat the Flesh of the Son of man, and drink His Blood, you shall not have life in you. He that eateth My Flesh, and drinketh My Blood, hath everlasting life; and I will raise him up in the last day.
In Christ,
Rev. Jeffery A. Fasching
Let us today recommend to Jesus Christ and to the Blessed Virgin Mary all the souls in purgatory, but especially the souls of our relatives, benefactors and friends. We must also remember to pray for our enemies.
Jn. 6: 51-55
At that time Jesus said to the multitudes of the Jews: I am the living bread, which came down from heaven. If any man eat of this bread he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give, is My Flesh for the life of the world. The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying: How can this Man give us His Flesh to eat? Then Jesus said to them: Amen, Amen, I say unto you, except you eat the Flesh of the Son of man, and drink His Blood, you shall not have life in you. He that eateth My Flesh, and drinketh My Blood, hath everlasting life; and I will raise him up in the last day.
In Christ,
Rev. Jeffery A. Fasching
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