During the month of May, we turn at least a part of our spiritual attention to focus on the Mother of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, the Blessed Virgin Mary. During this month we sing hymns in honor of the Mother of God, some parishes will hold special Marian Devotions, others will have a […]
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After our time in proceeding through the season of Lent seeking to unburden ourselves of sin and growing closer to the Passion, Suffering and Death of our Lord, we now come to the joyous celebration of the Resurrection, Jesus rising from the dead and rising to life again. In our Gospel on Easter morning we
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As we now find ourselves halfway through this Lenten season it is my prayer that all of us, as faithful Polish National Catholics, have integrated the spiritual disciplines of increased prayer, increased fasting, and increased giving into our daily living. But as we perform these acts of spiritual discipline, we must also concern ourselves with
We presently find ourselves within the short liturgical season of Pre-Lent, and we are looking forward to the time of Great Lent that is to come, as well as examining our lives keeping in mind the call of the disciples that we just experienced in the past Ordinary Time season. Ash Wednesday this year will
As we begin the year 2022, we do so with a little trepidation, but also much hope. I suppose that this is true for each and every year, but it is especially true now after all that we have been through in the past two years of pandemic, significant difficulties and great change to our
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“The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who lived in a land of deep darkness on them light has shined. You have multiplied the nation, You have increased its joy; they rejoiced before You as with joy at the harvest, as people exult when dividing plunder. For the yoke of
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As we now find ourselves in a new liturgical year and in the time of late November and early December, we have entered the season of Advent, a season of waiting and preparation for the Nativity of Christ. I am always a little dismayed during this time of year because our secular culture has really
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On the second Sunday in the month of October, the Polish National Catholic Church pauses during the cycle of the Ordinary Time Sunday readings to celebrate the Solemnity of the Christian Family. This Solemnity began with the Third General Synod of the Polish National Catholic Church in 1914 when Bishop Hodur and the Synod delegates
On the 25th Sunday of Ordinary Time we continue in the time of year when we are hearing the teachings of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and especially we encounter these readings as a reflection on how we are to act on the faith in Christ that we profess. As we have been traveling
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For the past many weeks, within the Holy Gospel we have been hearing at Mass, we have been contemplating the miracle of the feeding of the five thousand with bread, then as we have traveled the weeks we have had an extended reflection upon the meaning of this sign and our encounter with this bread
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