You have likely noticed that we have changed the heading design of the Shrine bulletin. It now includes the monogram IHS. This an abbreviation, using the first three letters of the Holy Name of Jesus in Greek, which is written IHΣOYΣ. In Latin the sigma Σ looks like S, hence the IHS Christogram. In the…
From the Friars: Let Us Seek Silence In today’s gospel, Jesus manifests the glory of his divinity to three of his apostles, and in dialogue with Moses and Elijah, reveals that he is the promised and expected Messiah. This passage ends with a declaration and a mandate from the Father: “This is my beloved Son:…
From the Friars: The Lust of the Eye In the first reading today, we have the temptation of the first Adam who fell for the deception of the devil. In the Gospel, Jesus the New Adam conquers the father of lies with the power of the truth. In both cases we see the enemy, who…
From the Friars: Sister Death Remember that you are dust and to dust you shall return. We begin Lent with a reminder of the reality of death and the fact that our bodies will decompose, if they are not reduced to ashes by cremation. When God created the first man, He formed his body from…
One of the great benefits of attending daily Mass is to hear the scriptural readings for the day. God is always speaking to us in various ways but the passages from the Bible that are read at the Holy Mass have a privileged place for that particular day. It is as if The Lord is…
From the Friars: God’s Plan from the Beginning This past week during daily Mass, we have been reading from the beginning of the book of Genesis. Often, when we think of the story of Adam and Eve, we remember the “bad news” about the “Fall of Man” in Chapter 3. However, John Paul II has…
Article – Liturgical Leeway Beginning on February 11, 2023, we will celebrate the Saturday 9:00am Mass in Latin. This will continue to be a Novus Ordo Mass and not the Traditional Latin Mass (TLM). The proper prayers and readings will usually be in English, but on occasions in Spanish. Booklets will be provided in English…
From the Friars: The Salt of the Earth When a person has a conversion experience and they become a disciple of Jesus, they realize that they must change their life. They must reject sin and strive to do good according to God’s Commandments. Part of the Christian’s obligation is to avoid occasions of sin, not…
From the Friars: Blessed are Those Who Mourn One Sunday, I believe in 2007, I celebrated Mass in the local parish church in San Marcos, Nicaragua where our community had a friary. After Mass I was approached by a man with a young boy. He was very friendly but I could not understand what he…
From the Friars: Dueling Postulants “For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and spirit, of joints and marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.” Heb4:12 In his motu propio of 9/30/19, ‘Aperuit illis’, Pope Francis declared that the 3rd…