SAINT AGNES CATHEDRAL 533 South Jefferson Springfield, MO 65806
EXTRAORDINARY FORM OF THE MASS (LATIN)
CELEBRANT Rev. Jeffery A. Fasching
January 20th, 2013 Second Sunday after Epiphany
Epistle: Rom. 12:6-16; Gospel: Jn. 2:1-11
Mass schedule January 21st through January 25th
Monday-Saint Agnes * Virgin & Martyr-NO LATIN MASS
Tuesday-SS. Vincent & Anastasius, Martyrs
Wednesday-Saint Raymond of Penafort, Confessor
Thursday-Saint Timothy, Bishop & Martyr
Friday-Conversion of Saint Paul
The Wedding Feast at Cana in Galilee is the second luminous mystery of the Holy Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Jesus Christ works His first public miracle because His Mother asks Him to! When we ponder this mystery in the life of Christ we should realize how it pleases God when we approach Him through His Blessed Mother. Mary is the most powerful intercessor of all the saints. In fact, one single sigh to her Son is more powerful than the prayers of all the angels and saints combined! Mary’s prayer is the prayer of a Mother, whereas the prayers of saints and angels are prayers of servants. All that the Mother asks of the Son is granted to her.
Mary has a heart full of love and mercy for poor sinners. She desires to see us happy in this life. We have only to turn to her if we want to be heard. It is true that God loved us so much that He died for us, but in the heart of Our Lord there is also justice for sinners. In the heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary there is nothing but mercy. When Jesus Christ is ready to punish a sinner, Mary intercedes and begs pardon for the sinner and Jesus cannot refuse her anything! The Most Holy Virgin places herself between her Son and us. The greater we sin, the more tenderness and compassion she feels for us.
Let us renew our devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary and approach God through her with all our needs.
Sincerely in Christ,
Fr. Jeff Fasching
Prayers at the Foot of the Altar
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Friday, January 18, 2013
Saturday, January 14, 2012
To God Through Mary
The self-manifestation at the wedding of Cana is the second luminous mystery in the life of Jesus Christ. Before Jesus changed the water into wine His disciples already believed that Jesus was the Messiah. However, with this first public miracle the disciples began to experience a much deeper faith. At Cana, the Blessed Virgin Mary obtained from her Son the temporal need of providing for the guests at the wedding. This mystery emphasizes the importance of relying on the Blessed Virgin Mary’s prayers for all our own needs.
Mary’s prayers are unparalleled in effectiveness with God because they are the prayers of a Mother, whereas the prayers of the saints are prayers of servants. Since Jesus Christ has an infinite love for His Mother, Mary’s prayers cannot go unanswered. We have an opportunity to grow in our devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary whenever we choose. Let us beg God through her prayers to draw us closer to Christ our Savior.
Sincerely in Christ,
Rev. Jeffery A. Fasching
Mary’s prayers are unparalleled in effectiveness with God because they are the prayers of a Mother, whereas the prayers of the saints are prayers of servants. Since Jesus Christ has an infinite love for His Mother, Mary’s prayers cannot go unanswered. We have an opportunity to grow in our devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary whenever we choose. Let us beg God through her prayers to draw us closer to Christ our Savior.
Sincerely in Christ,
Rev. Jeffery A. Fasching
Friday, September 16, 2011
Regulation of the Liturgy
In a well-known text of the Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy (no. 10), Vatican II explains the special place of the Eucharist in the life of the Church:
The liturgy is the summit toward which the activity of the Church is directed; it is also the fount from which all her power flows. For the goal of apostolic endeavor is that all who are made sons of God by faith and baptism should come together to praise God in the midst of His Church, to take part in the Sacrifice and to eat the Lord’s Supper.
…The renewal in the Eucharist of the covenant between the Lord and mankind draws the faithful into the compelling love of Christ and sets them afire. From the liturgy, therefore, and especially from the Eucharist, as from a fountain, grace is channeled to us; and the sanctification of man in Jesus Christ and the glorification of God, to which all other activities of the Church are directed as toward their goal, are most powerfully achieved.
Some strongly object to the conciliar text just cited. Some see it as evidence of a major problem facing the Church today, namely the tendency to place higher priority on church ceremony than of the urgent task of creating a better world, as Gaudium et Spes says we must do. The text, some say, encourages the erroneous idea that one can be a good Christian by seeking refuge in the peaceful celebration of the liturgy, while evading one’s responsibilities toward solving the problems of modern society. Some argue that it is not the liturgy that is the summit toward which all activity of the Church should be directed, but the transformation of the world according to the values of God’s Kingdom. Apostolic works should have as their goal, not the better performance of liturgy, but the building up of God’s kingdom in the world. What is your opinion?
I will say this; our Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI, then Cardinal Ratzinger, wrote the following in his memoires: “I am convinced that the crisis in the Church that we are experiencing today is to a large extent due to the disintegration of the liturgy.” Sancrosanctum Concilium states:
“Regulation of the sacred liturgy depends solely on the authority of the Church, that is, on the Apostolic See, and, as laws may determine, on the bishop. Therefore no other person, not even a priest, may add, remove, or change anything in the liturgy on his own authority.”22
Sincerely in Christ,
Rev. Jeffery A. Fasching
The liturgy is the summit toward which the activity of the Church is directed; it is also the fount from which all her power flows. For the goal of apostolic endeavor is that all who are made sons of God by faith and baptism should come together to praise God in the midst of His Church, to take part in the Sacrifice and to eat the Lord’s Supper.
…The renewal in the Eucharist of the covenant between the Lord and mankind draws the faithful into the compelling love of Christ and sets them afire. From the liturgy, therefore, and especially from the Eucharist, as from a fountain, grace is channeled to us; and the sanctification of man in Jesus Christ and the glorification of God, to which all other activities of the Church are directed as toward their goal, are most powerfully achieved.
Some strongly object to the conciliar text just cited. Some see it as evidence of a major problem facing the Church today, namely the tendency to place higher priority on church ceremony than of the urgent task of creating a better world, as Gaudium et Spes says we must do. The text, some say, encourages the erroneous idea that one can be a good Christian by seeking refuge in the peaceful celebration of the liturgy, while evading one’s responsibilities toward solving the problems of modern society. Some argue that it is not the liturgy that is the summit toward which all activity of the Church should be directed, but the transformation of the world according to the values of God’s Kingdom. Apostolic works should have as their goal, not the better performance of liturgy, but the building up of God’s kingdom in the world. What is your opinion?
I will say this; our Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI, then Cardinal Ratzinger, wrote the following in his memoires: “I am convinced that the crisis in the Church that we are experiencing today is to a large extent due to the disintegration of the liturgy.” Sancrosanctum Concilium states:
“Regulation of the sacred liturgy depends solely on the authority of the Church, that is, on the Apostolic See, and, as laws may determine, on the bishop. Therefore no other person, not even a priest, may add, remove, or change anything in the liturgy on his own authority.”22
Sincerely in Christ,
Rev. Jeffery A. Fasching
Saturday, April 23, 2011
Holy Saturday
The whole earth is silent and still on this day. Christ our Lord is asleep in the tomb. Our Lord has died in the flesh and hell trembles with fear. Christ descends into hell with the mission of freeing those who live in darkness and the shadow of death. Christ bears His Cross, the weapon He used to win the victory over satan and death. Christ commands all those who are asleep to rise from the dead and promises to give each person His light. Christ did not create humanity to be prisoners in hell. He therefore orders all to come forth to receive His light.
Friday, January 28, 2011
Christ is the Light of the World
Christ is the true Light. He called His disciples the light of the world. Since we have been enlightened by His disciples, we are lights for the Gospel as well. We must therefore never fail to live in the light. If we do, we deprive others of the light that many so desperately need. The light that is Christ should always shine in us.
Sincerely in Christ,
Rev. Jeffery A. Fasching
Sincerely in Christ,
Rev. Jeffery A. Fasching
Sunday, January 16, 2011
The Wedding Feast at Cana
The Wedding Feast at Cana in Galilee is the second luminous mystery in the life of Jesus Christ. In this great mystery we acknowledge the need to rely on the Blessed Virgin Mary for absolutely all our needs. Mary has compassion on the couple whose chief steward for the wedding finds himself with no more wine. The Blessed Virgin pleads with her Son to come to their aid. Christ's response is appropriate. He asks the question how does this affair concern Him? And yet Christ performs His first public miracle simply because His mother asks it of Him.
It works the very same way when we approach our Lord through the Blessed Virgin Mary. Christ can never refuse anything His mother asks of Him. What confidence we should have that our prayers will be answered when we rely on the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary!
Let us renew our devotion to Mary and our confidence in the power of her intercessory prayer.
Sincerely in Christ,
Rev. Jeffery A. Fasching
It works the very same way when we approach our Lord through the Blessed Virgin Mary. Christ can never refuse anything His mother asks of Him. What confidence we should have that our prayers will be answered when we rely on the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary!
Let us renew our devotion to Mary and our confidence in the power of her intercessory prayer.
Sincerely in Christ,
Rev. Jeffery A. Fasching
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