Ascending the Mountain of God Anew

We should feel very uncomfortable with the present state of affairs in the Western world. A Christian gentleman or lady is out of place in this culture of ours. If we feel like aliens in our own country...if we feel like foreigners in our own extended families...or if we feel out of place even within the modern Church...that's okay. In fact, that's good. Because if we are truly living the Catholic Faith, which is the only Faith that saves, we will be different. The first rule in the spiritual life which we must inculcate is knowing up from down. Heaven is literally upwards and hell is literally below, within the very center of the earth farthest away from the Mountain of God. This parish mission is meant to help us know up from down. We must start to climb the mountain of God and make reparation for our sins in the valley.

Sermons

calendar_today April 14, 2016
schedule 48:38

Lenten Mission on Ascending the Mountain of God Anew, Part 6: Our Lady, the Highest Peak

Modern man has traveled down the mountain so far that we are fully in Jericho, near the very abyss of hell. We are worshiping creatures as opposed to the Creator, which can especially be seen in the e...

calendar_today April 13, 2016
schedule 50:11

Lenten Mission on Ascending the Mountain of God Anew, Part 5: Reparation to the Holy Face

This parish mission is not only meant to encourage us to climb upwards in our spiritual lives, but also it is meant to promote the work of reparation within the membership of the Church. Today the goo...

calendar_today April 12, 2016
schedule 51:31

Lenten Mission on Ascending the Mountain of God Anew, Part 4: Dangers of Rebuilding Jericho

In the Old Testament, Joshua pronounced a curse upon any man who would dare rebuild Jericho after its destruction by God and His people. Mystically speaking, the rebuilding of Jericho points to the ma...

calendar_today April 11, 2016
schedule 52:04

Lenten Mission on Ascending the Mountain of God Anew, Part 3: The Catholic Church as God's Mountain

Of all the visible and sensible descriptions of the Church mentioned in the Holy Bible, perhaps the prophet Daniel provides the best for this parish mission, namely, the Mountain of God. While in the...

calendar_today April 10, 2016
schedule 46:37

Lenten Mission on Ascending the Mountain of God Anew, Part 2: The Last Four Things

Many of us have a bucket list...those things we would like to accomplish in life before we kick the bucket. Unfortunately, many of us do not have a spiritual bucket list that will help us attain salva...

calendar_today April 10, 2016
schedule 15:20

Lenten Mission on Ascending the Mountain of God Anew, Part 1: Introduction

The truth of our Lord's Ascension into heaven brings us hope. Although we are still living in this world...in this valley of tears...the mystery of the Ascension...the mystery of going upwards and cli...