Encountering Christ... learning from the Mass on the Move...

Taste, and see, the goodness of the Lord. - Psalm 34:8

"The liturgy and the sacraments are not mere rituals;

they are encounters with Jesus Christ.  Through our repeated celebration

of the holy mysteries, our eyes are increasingly opened, if we are faithful. 

We learn to see and hear Christ in the liturgy, to experience His ministry to us.

The fact that Jesus vanishes from their sight teaches us

that He is no longer seen with the eyes of the flesh, but with the eyes of faith

and the eyes of the heart.  Although He is gone from our earthly, fleshly, carnal sight, He is now to be seen in the sacrament of the altar and experienced in the Liturgy 
and in the other sacraments.  The Mass has reached its pinnacle

for these two disciples and for us.  They have tasted and now they see."

Msgr Charles Pope

Full text of this excellent-must-read homily:

Mass on the Move - A Homily - 3rd Sunday of Easter - Community in Mission

Oil painting above: The Supper at Emmaus ~ Giuseppe Vermiglio (1585-1635)

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That we might recognize Him... (EASTER WEDNESDAY)

“People today want Christ without His Church. 

They want the King without His Kingdom."

Timothy Cardinal Dolan

Archbishop of New York

“The disciples on the road to Emmaus so wanted to see Jesus, the One they came to know and love, the One who died on the cross.  And, yet, they did not even recognize Him as He approached and walked along with them.  It was only as He explained the Scriptures (Liturgy of the Word) and broke the Bread (Liturgy of the Eucharist) that their eyes were opened to recognize the Risen Christ. 

My dear friends, the same two elements remain with us today – and they do so because of the Church!  Would we still have the Scriptures proclaimed to us today, or the Eucharist celebrated today, if it were not for the Church?  Just as Christ opened the eyes of his disciples, He comes to open our eyes to His living presence in our midst today.

So again, I say to you: Stay close to Christ.  Ask the Lord to strengthen your faith that you may recognize Him in the Sacred Scriptures and in the Eucharist. 

I read a quote offered recently by Fr. Tom Rosica, an American, Basilian priest who is the founder of the Salt and Light Catholic Television network in Canada.  The quote is from the French writer, Francois Mauriac.  I believe it is quite relevant for us ...‘If you are friends with Christ, many others will warm themselves at your fire… On the day you no longer burn with love, many will die of the cold.’”

Bishop Paul D Etienne

Painting above: Friend of the Humble (Supper at Emmaus), Leon-Augustin Lhermitte (1892)

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Encountering Christ... learning from the Mass on the Move...

Taste, and see, the goodness of the Lord. - Psalm 34:8

"The liturgy and the sacraments are not mere rituals;

they are encounters with Jesus Christ.  Through our repeated celebration

of the holy mysteries, our eyes are increasingly opened, if we are faithful. 

We learn to see and hear Christ in the liturgy, to experience His ministry to us.

The fact that Jesus vanishes from their sight teaches us

that He is no longer seen with the eyes of the flesh, but with the eyes of faith

and the eyes of the heart.  Although He is gone from our earthly, fleshly, carnal sight, He is now to be seen in the sacrament of the altar and experienced in the Liturgy 
and in the other sacraments.  The Mass has reached its pinnacle

for these two disciples and for us.  They have tasted and now they see."

Msgr Charles Pope

Excerpt of today's homily

Full text of this excellent-must-read homily:

Mass on the Move – A Homily for the Third Sunday of Easter -

Oil painting above: The Supper at Emmaus ~ Giuseppe Vermiglio (1585-1635)

"The Lord's Day is the lord of days" (4th c homily)
yet today also remembering.... 

Feast Day - April 30
Pope St. Pius V

Italy  ~ 1504-1572

Dominican*, Church Reformer

Leadership at time of Battle of Lepanto

"Pope of the Rosary"

*His decision to keep wearing his Dominican habit

led to the custom of the pope wearing a white cassock.

 

St Pius V, pray for us!

   

Click here: St. Pius V - YouTube (2 mins)

That we may recognize Him... (Easter Wednesday)

“People today want Christ without His Church. 

They want the King without His Kingdom."

Timothy Cardinal Dolan

Archbishop of New York

“The disciples on the road to Emmaus so wanted to see Jesus, the One they came to know and love, the One who died on the cross.  And, yet, they did not even recognize Him as He approached and walked along with them.  It was only as He explained the Scriptures (Liturgy of the Word) and broke the Bread (Liturgy of the Eucharist) that their eyes were opened to recognize the Risen Christ. 

My dear friends, the same two elements remain with us today – and they do so because of the Church!  Would we still have the Scriptures proclaimed to us today, or the Eucharist celebrated today, if it were not for the Church?  Just as Christ opened the eyes of his disciples, He comes to open our eyes to His living presence in our midst today.

So again, I say to you: Stay close to Christ.  Ask the Lord to strengthen your faith that you may recognize Him in the Sacred Scriptures and in the Eucharist. 

I read a quote offered recently by Fr. Tom Rosica, an American, Basilian priest who is the founder of the Salt and Light Catholic Television network in Canada.  The quote is from the French writer, Francois Mauriac.  I believe it is quite relevant for us ...‘If you are friends with Christ, many others will warm themselves at your fire… On the day you no longer burn with love, many will die of the cold.’”

Bishop Paul D Etienne

Diocese of Cheyenne

Painting above: Friend of the Humble (Supper at Emmaus), Leon-Augustin Lhermitte (1892)