Homily #080725 ( 14min) Play – Today we celebrate the Feast of St. James the Apostle, and the 40th anniversary of the Encyclical Humanae Vitae. In today’s homily Father Ignatius speaks about our disordered desire for independence from authority, and the nature of the Married State in relation to the Church’s teaching against contraception.
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The Mystery of Faith: TRANSUBSTANTIATION

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The words of Our Lord cannot be watered down: the ­bread which I

shall give is my flesh for the life of the world.

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This is the mystery of Faith, we proclaim immediately after the

Consecration at Mass. It has been and is the touchstone of the Catholic

faith. By transubstantiation, the species of bread and wine are no

longer common bread and common drink, but rather the sign of

something sacred and the sign of spiritual food. But they take on a

new expressive­ness and a new purpose for the very reason that they

contain a new reality: which we are right to call ‘ontological’. For

beneath these appearances there is no longer what was there before

but something quitedifferent, since on the conver­sion of the bread and

wine’s substance, or nature, into the Body and Blood of Christ,

nothing is left of the bread and wine but the appearances alone.

Beneath these appearances Christ is present whole and entire, bodily

present too, in his physical reality although not in the manner in

which bodies are present in a place.

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We look at Jesus present in the Tabernacle, perhaps just a few yards

away, and we tell him that we know, through faith, that he is present.

In Holy Communion Christ himself, perfect God and perfect man,

gives himself to us; he is mysteriously hidden, but wishes to

communicate divine life to us. When we receive him in this sacrament,

his Divinity acts on our soul by means of his glorious Humanity, with a

far greater intensity than when he was here on earth. None of the

people who were cured – Bartimaeus or the paralyzed man of

Capharnaum or the lepers -were as close to Christ as we are every time

we go to Holy Communion.

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The effects produced by that Living Bread, Jesus, in our soul

are immeasurable and of an infinite richness. The Church expresses it

clearly in the following words: All the effect which material food and

drink have with regan1 to the life of the body, sustaining, res­toring and

delighting it, is carried out by this sacrament with regan1 to the

spiritual life.

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Hidden under the sacramental species, Jesus waits for us. He has

remained there so that we can receive him and be strengthened in his

love. We must examine our faith today; let us ask ourselves what our

love is like, how do we prepare ourselves for Communion, when so

many people neglect Our Lord entirely. We must say with Peter: we

have known and believed that you are the Christ. You are our

Redeemer, our raison d’etre.

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The effects of Communion on the soul: it sus­tains, restores,

delights. Communion sustains the life of the soul in away similar to that in

which food sustains the body. The reception of the Blessed Eucharist

keeps Catholics in God’s grace, since the soul recovers its energies from

the continual wear and tear it suffers through the wounds of original

sin and of personal sins. It maintains the life of God in the soul, freeing

it from lukewarmness; and it helps us to avoid mortal sin and

struggle effectively against venial sins. The Blessed Eucharist increases

supernatural life also: it makes it grow and develop. And while it fills

the soul spiritually, it gives it an increasing desire for eternal goods.

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Finally, the grace we receive in each Communion delights the person

who receives with good dispositions. Nothing can be compared to the

joy of the Holy Eucharist, to the friendship and nearness of Jesus,

present within us. Jesus Christ, during his life on earth, never passed by

any­where without pouring out his abundant blessings, from which we

can deduce how great and precious must be the gifts which those who

have the happiness of receiving Him in Holy Communion must share;

or rather, that all the hap­piness we can have in this life consists in

receiving Our Lord in Holy Communion.

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Communion is the remedy for our daily needs, the medicine of

immortality, the antidote against death, and food by which to live

forever in Jesus Christ. It grants to the soul the peace and joy of Christ

which is truly a foretaste of eter­nal happiness. Among all the practices of piety there is none whose sanctifying effectiveness can be compared to the worthy reception of this sacrament. In it, not only do we receive grace, but the Source and Fountainhead from which all

grace flows.

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All the sacraments are ordained towards the Blessed Eucharist: it is the pivotal sacrament. Hidden under the accidents of bread, Jesus wants us to come and receive him frequently. The banquet, he tells us, is ready. Many indeed are those who are absent, and Jesus waits for us to tell all those others that he is also waiting for them in the Tabernacle.

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We must ask Our Lady to help us go to Communion every day with better dispositions.

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BY ESTEFANIA AGUIRRE/ EWTN NEWS/CNA 12/20/2012 Comments (1)

VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI authorized an investigation on Dec. 20 that could result in proclaiming Pope Paul VI (1897-1978) a saint.

The Holy Father formally allowed the move as the Congregation for the Causes of Saints wrote a decree stating that Paul VI had “heroic virtue,” the first step necessary in the canonization process.

via ‘Humanae Vitae’ Author Pope Paul VI Moves Toward Sainthood | Daily News | NCRegister.com.

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Cardinal Montini was worried during the conclave, knowing full well what was waiting for for him. During his 15 years as Pope, he fearlessly confronted the challenges of his time through 7 surprising gestures.

He sold the tiara

Believing that the Pope is not a monarch, he renounced the triple tiara one year after the conclave. It was sold with the money going to Mother Teresa of Calcutta. No Pope has used the tiara since.

A group of American Catholics purchased the tiara for $1 million. Today, it is housed at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C.

The First traveling Pope

Pope VI exchanged the boat of Peter for an airplane. He visited 19 countries throughout

via Seven facts you didn’t know about Paul VI.

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via “Mondays with Mary” – Blessed Pope Paul VI on the Blessed Virgin Mary | TOM PERNA.

I’ve said in my posts before that it’s an exciting time to be a Catholic. Yesterday’s beatification of Pope Paul VI is yet another indication of this time. We now have three popes that served nearly one after the other in the 20th century as saints of the Catholic Church. Although Paul VI has not been officially canonized, we know that he is there in Heaven with his predecessor, Pope St. John XXIII and his successor, Pope St. John Paul II.

In honor of our newest beatification, I now give you some of the words on the Blessed Virgin Mary from Blessed Pope Paul VI –

1. “This pious practice, by which the Blessed Virgin Mary is honored and the Christian people enriched with spiritual gifts, gladdens and consoles us. Mary remains ever the path that leads to Christ. Every encounter with her can only result in an encounter with Christ himself” – Mense Maio #2

2. “The general norm ‘Through Mary to Jesus’ is therefore valid also for the imitation of Christ. Nevertheless, let our faith not be perturbed, as if the intervention of a creature in every way similar to us, except as regards sin, offended our personal dignity and prevented the intimacy and immediacy of our relationships of adoration and friendship with the Son of God.” – Signum Magnum, Part 2, Section 2.

via “Mondays with Mary” – Blessed Pope Paul VI on the Blessed Virgin Mary | TOM PERNA.

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Fr Ignatius gives the homily at Bloomington, IN on May 29, 2020, on how we must show our love by practicing it, leading souls to eternal life, and this is especially true of pastors, including popes like St. Paul VI whose feast it is today.

Ave Maria!

Mass: Friday 7th Week of Easter – Wkdy
Readings: http://usccb.org/bible/readings/052920.cfm
1st: act 25:13-21
Resp: psa 103:1-2, 11-12, 19-20 0
Gsp: joh 21:15-19

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Fr Terrance gives the homily at Bloomington, IN, on Nov 16, 2022, on the communication between Pope Paul VI and Archbishop Lefebvre, founder of the SSPX (Society of St. Pius X) as the pope was trying to convince his wayward son to cease his rebellion. The pope points out that Lefebvre had a distorted theology on Tradition and the Church. This refers to recently published unedited writings of Paul VI from the book “La barca di Paolo” by Leonardo Sapienza, “The Barque of Paul” https://www.amazon.it/barca-Paolo-Leonardo-Sapienza/dp/8892215051

Notes:

Letter of June 29, 1975, after SSPX was suppressed – http://www.trueorfalsepope.com/p/lefebvre-june-29-letter-from-paul-vi.html

Lefebvre and his followers compared himself to Athanasius, who fought almost single-handedly against the majority of bishops.

But Paul VI points out Athanasius was backed by the preceding ecumenical council, the Council of Nicea, whereas Lefebvre railed against the preceding ecumenical council, Vatican II.

Faculties were taken away from Lefebvre, but he ignored this, performing illicit masses and priestly ordinations in front of thousands with large crowds of journalists.

Paul VI’s private audience with Lefebvre at Castel Gandolfo Sept. 11th of 1976 – some of this is included in an article here: https://www.ncronline.org/vatican/paul-vi-accused-archbishop-lefebvre-acting-antipope

Paul VI: Lefebvre you have taken the position of an Anti-Pope, Denied Papal infallibility, called the pope a modernist and disobeyed the pope in front of large crowds.

Lefebvre blames everyone but himself.

Problems do exist in the Church since the council that Pope Paul admitted and strived to correct

But disobedience is not edification of the Church.

The final letter of Paul VI on the errors of Lefebvre. Oct. 11th, 1976, There are 2: 1) a “distorted concept of Tradition” & 2) a “warped ecclesiology” – a warped understanding of the Church itself. http://www.trueorfalsepope.com/p/lefebvre-october-11-letter-from-pope.html

2009 BXVI problems are primarily doctrinal

Turned small t into big T

Ditched the Tradition of Papal primacy, putting himself in league with Luther, Luther applied personal interpretation to the Bible, and Lefebvre did the same to Tradition.

Ironically rejected the collegiality of Vatican II in favor of strict Papal Supremacy but then disobeyed the supreme pope.

Denied the indefectibility of the Church calling the Catholic Church a “Conciliar” & a “schismatic” Church

Msgr. John Magee, secretary of Pope Paul VI, says the pope did great penance as a just reparation for the grave offenses to God that Lefebvre committed.

Links relating to this subject:

Ecco il verbale segreto dell’incontro fra Paolo VI e Lefebvre – La Stamp – True or False Pope: Lefebvre Letters – https://www.lastampa.it/vatican-insider/it/2018/05/17/news/ecco-il-verbale-segreto-dell-incontro-fra-paolo-vi-e-lefebvre-1.34017221

True or False, Lefebvre – http://www.trueorfalsepope.com/p/lefebvre-letters.html

Ave Maria!

Mass: St Gertrude the Great – Opt Mem
Readings: Wednesday in the 33rd Week in Ordinary Time – http://usccb.org/bible/readings/111622.cfm
1st: rev 4:1-11
Resp: psa 150:1-6
Gsp: luk 19:11-28

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Fr Matthias gives the homily at Bloomington, IN, on Jan 22, 2023, on how Jesus in today’s gospel told us to “Repent, for the kingdom of God is at hand” and how this relates to penance as taught by St. John XXIII and St. Paul VI.

Notes:

John XXIII penance 1962 Jesus begins with the message of penance, not of doctrine, we must do penance to prepare our souls, to remove all obstacles to be open to the message of salvation.

Paenitentiam Agere – On Doing Penance – https://www.vatican.va/content/john-xxiii/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_j-xxiii_enc_01071962_paenitentiam.html

Paul VI – 1966 – Paenitemini – https://www.vatican.va/content/john-xxiii/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_j-xxiii_enc_01071962_paenitentiam.html

Purposes of penance – fasting, abstaining, prepares oneself to encounter God, prepare our souls for prayer.

Penance’s is a personal religious exercise with the aim to love and surrender to God, and the need to mortify the flesh that is at enmity to the spirit liberates the human spirit from the demands of essential passions. Fortifies the spirit against the flesh. Makes body obedient to soul and the soul to God.

Not just for those outside trying to get into the Church, but those in the

John XXIII for repentance, first interior, detestation of sin, then outward penance to make amends for their and others’ sins.

Penances we should not waste.

Accepting the difficulties of life is a penance we should not waste, accepting that we are not God and that we have insecurities. Unite our sorrows and pain with that of Christ.

Offer voluntary suffering by willful fasting and such

Ave Maria!

Mass: 3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time – Sunday
Readings:  – http://usccb.org/bible/readings/012223.cfm
1st: isa 8:23-9:3
Resp: psa 27:1, 4, 13-14
2nd: 1co 1:10-13, 17
Gsp: mat 4:12-23

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Fr Matthias gives the homily at Bloomington, IN on May 12, 2023, on the life of St. Leopold Mandic and how he worked for unity between Catholics and Eastern Orthodox.

We understand from the first reading that the pagans were hearing the gospel and entering the Church and this was a significant event, as the true faith had not been shared with the Gentiles before. The whole world, including those outside God’s chosen people, were called to communion with God. St. Leopold Mandic, a Franciscan saint, desired to share the gospel and worked for the conversion of the Orthodox to the Catholic Church.

We can offer our daily work and good deeds for a holy purpose like St. Leopold. God is all-powerful, and we can offer our good works for others’ conversion. Unity of Christians means conversion to the Catholic Church, as God does not want many religions or Christian denominations. These divisions are due to human intervention against God’s will.

Catholics should remember that their exalted condition results from the grace of Christ, and they should live up to that grace and mercy. The gospel should be shared with others, not to boast, but to offer God’s mercy. As St. Paul VI stated, it is crucial to preach the gospel and help others receive salvation. Tomorrow’s feast of Our Lady of Fatima reminds us of Our Lady’s concern for the conversion of Russia and all nations not in communion with the Catholic Church. We must respond to God’s grace and mercy and share it with others.

Congregation for The Doctrine of The Faith Declaration “Dominus Iesus” on The Unicity and Salvific Universality of Jesus Christ and The Church, Paragraph 4 & 22,  – https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/documents/rc_con_cfaith_doc_20000806_dominus-iesus_en.html

Apostolic Exhortation – Pope Paul VI – Evangelii Nuntiandi (Proclaiming the Gospel) paragraph 80 – https://www.vatican.va/content/paul-vi/en/apost_exhortations/documents/hf_p-vi_exh_19751208_evangelii-nuntiandi.html

00:00 – Introduction
00:20 – The Gospel Reaching Pagans and Gentiles
01:01 – St. Leopold Mandich: A Brief Biography
02:02 – St. Leopold’s Ministry: Hearing Confessions
02:57 – Offering Our Good Works for a Holy Purpose
04:11 – Unity of Christians and Conversion to the Catholic Church
05:22 – Religious Pluralism and God’s Will
07:01 – The Responsibility of Being Catholic
08:05 – St. Paul VI: Thoughts on Evangelization
09:13 – Our Lady of Fatima, Conversion of Russia

Ave Maria!

Mass: St. Leopold Mandic – Opt Mem – http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=6983
Readings: Friday 5th Week of Easter – http://usccb.org/bible/readings/051223.cfm
1st: act 15:22-31
Resp: psa 57:8-12
Gsp: joh 15:12-17

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