The first thought I had about the gospel last night when I was going over the readings was how English can sometimes be such a rough and crass sounding language.  Latin, not so.  

In English, the gospel begins "At that time, Jesus got into a boat."

Now say that out loud a few times.  

And then the Latin:

"In illo témpore: Ascendénte Iesu in navículam."

And say that out loud a few times.

Latin wins aesthetically and aurally by a landslide.

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Thanks!  That is a Fr Cekada's congregation, no?

I believe so. The sermon was about trust in God citing the example of Saint Therese. They also had a choir that was most excellent.

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I know you asked this yesterday but at the time, I had not yet heard
the sermon.

Rom 13:8-10
 Brethren: Owe no man anything except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the Law. For You shall not commit adultery. You shall not kill. You shall not steal. You shall not bear false witness. You shall not covet; and if there is any other commandment, it is summed up in this saying, You shall love your neighbor as yourself. Love does no evil to a neighbor. Love therefore is the fulfillment of the law.

When I read this Epistle, it came to mind that a very appropriate
hymn for this Mass would be Ubi Caritas, from the Holy Thursday
Mandatum liturgy (washing of the feet).

Ubi caritas et amor, Deus ibi est..., Where charity and love
are, there God is... (that is the refrain that begins the chant, and
it is repeated between verses, and is then sung at the end, just
before the Amen, which is an unusual pattern in music.  Gregorian
Chant has occasional curious, unique settings like this).

It occurred to me that when the priest is "washing" the chalice
and wiping it out with the hand linen after Communion, and while
Eucharistic adoration is being practiced by the people assisting,
this seems to be a most appropriate hymn, recalling the traditional
use of it for the mandatum, and recalling the holy perseverance of
the great St. Mary Magdalene, who remained faithful against all
odds at the feet of Our Lord during His crucifixion.  For this
is exactly where we belong today!  --At the feet of Our Lord at
the Cross.  This is where all the saints have received their
holiness and we are all called to holiness.



(It's noteworthy that the Ubi caritas chant traditionally sung
during the mandatum was "moved" to a processional function in
1970 with the Newmass.  And then in 1975 the words were changed
to "Ubi caritas est vera, Deus ibi est," with the excuse that it's more
accurate according to some early manuscripts -- IOW, the Church
has 'got it wrong' all these centuries, a common lie of Newchurch.
The simple, stark, pure and haunting melody of Ubi Caritas in its
three verses -- which traditionally were repeated as necessary
during the mandatum, since their duration is only 3 minutes and the
mandatum usually takes about 10 minutes for the pope to wash
the feet of 12 men -- is a hymn most conducive to contemplation,
as is being done following Holy Communion at Mass.)

Matt 8:23-27
 At that time, Jesus got into a boat, and His disciples followed Him. And behold, there arose a great storm on the sea, so that the boat was covered by the waves; but He was asleep. So they came and woke Him, saying, Lord save us! we are perishing! But He said to them, Why are you fearful, O you of little faith? Then He arose and rebuked the wind and the sea, and there came a great calm. And the men marveled, saying, What manner of Man is this, that even the wind and the sea obey Him?

Thoughts?  

And for those of us who don't have a mass to attend, could you please share with us what your priest said during his sermon?

My priest said this Gospel seems to have been placed here for
our own time, as if it has been here waiting for us in 2013 all
these years.  When God has decided that the crisis in the
Church has raged long enough, He will intervene and rebuke
the winds of heresy and the sea of confusion that bombards
Holy Church in our time.  

He said, "...O you of little faith, why are you fearful?"  The
Apostles had thought that He had been unaware of the problem,
that if they didn't "wake him up" that He would just have lain
there sleeping and then the boat would sink and everyone would
drown.  You know, like other boats had sunk and other people
had drowned in the past.  

But even as He appeared to be "asleep" He was aware.  God is
never unaware of anything, and we know this by our faith, but
when we are of little faith, we would lose our own awareness of
God's own awareness.  We as men can lose our awareness but
Jesus as God cannot lose His awareness.  He seemed to them
to be asleep as a test of their faith, and their faith came up
wanting.  

How does our faith test today?

Do we think that God has lost interest in His Church, or that
He is perhaps somehow 'unaware' that we are up to
our earlobes in heresy these days, and confusion,
dissension, open attacks on our Faith?  

Do we think that God has not noticed that His pope does things
and says things that make the rounds of the world in minutes,
things that are not unlike the wind and sea that buffeted the
boat of the Apostles?  

Do we think that God can't see the barque of Peter in distress?

Just as God arose and rebuked the wind and the sea and a
great calm came over them, so too God will arise and rebuke
the heresies and confusion of our time and we will have a
period of peace.  

Any of us who fears that God will not intervene is of little faith.


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Rom 13:8-10
 Brethren: Owe no man anything except to love on another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the Law. For You shall not commit adultery. You shall not kill. You shall not steal. You shall not bear false witness. You shall not covet; and if there is any other commandment, it is summed up in this saying, You shall love your neighbor as yourself. Love does no evil to a neighbor. Love therefore is the fulfillment of the law.

Matt 8:23-27
 At that time, Jesus got into a boat, and His disciples followed Him. And behold, there arose a great storm on the sea, so that the boat was covered by the waves; but He was asleep. So they came and woke Him, saying, Lord save us! we are perishing! But He said to them, Why are you fearful, O you of little faith? Then He arose and rebuked the wind and the sea, and there came a great calm. And the men marveled, saying, What manner of Man is this, that even the wind and the sea obey Him?

Thoughts?  

And for those of us who don't have a mass to attend, could you please share with us what your priest said during his sermon?

The Epistle of St. Paul to the Romans, xiii. 11-14.
    Brethren: Knowing the season, that it is now the hour for us to rise from sleep. For now our salvation is nearer than when we believed. The night is passed, and the day is at hand. Let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and put on the armour of light. Let us walk honestly, as in the day: not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and impurities, not in contention and envy; but put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ.

    What is understood here by sleep?
    Sin, in which man, as if sunk in a torpor, no longer sees the light of the Gospel, no longer hears the warning of his conscience, neglects the means of salvation, and lives without care, until he awakes, alas! too late, as from a dream.

    What is understood by night and day?
    By night is to be understood ignorance, infidelity, and sin. The day represents faith, grace, and reconciliation with God.

    What are the works of darkness?
    All sin, especially that which is unknown to men, but seen and known by God, of Whose grace it deprives us.

    What is the armor of light?
    It consists in faith, hope, charity, and good works, the spiritual arms with which we have to overcome the world, the flesh, and the devil.

    What does it mean to put on the Lord Jesus Christ?
    It means that Christians should think, speak, and act like Jesus, adorning themselves by the imitation of Him as with precious garments.


The Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ, According to St. Luke, xxi. 25-33.
    At that time Jesus said to His disciples: There shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, by reason of the confusion of the roaring of the sea and of the waves: men withering away for fear, and expectation of what shall come upon the whole world. For the powers of heaven shall be moved; and then they shall see the Son of man coming in a cloud, with great power and majesty. But when these things begin to come to pass, look up, and lift up your heads, because your redemption is at hand. And he spoke to them in a similitude: See the fig tree, and all the trees; when they now shoot forth their fruit, you know that summer is nigh. So you also, when you shall see these things come to pass, know that the kingdom of God is at hand. Amen, I say to you, this generation shall not pass away, till all things be fulfilled. Heaven and earth shall pass away, but My words shall not pass away.

    Why does the Church cause this Gospel concerning the Last Judgment to be read to-day?
    To prepare our hearts by penance for the coming of Jesus as our judge.

    What signs shall precede the Last Judgment?
    The sun shall be darkened, the moon shall not give light, the stars shall fall from heaven; the heavens themselves shall pass away with a great noise, the elements shall melt with heat, and the earth with all that is in it shall be burned up. At the command of God the world shall be shaken to its centre; fearful tempests shall arise; the sea and waves shall roar, and wild struggle and destruction take the place of quiet and order. Men shall wither away with fear, not knowing whither to fly. Then shall appear the holy cross, the sign of the Son of man - terror to sinners who have hated it, a consolation to those who have loved it.

    How will the Last Judgment begin?
    At the command of God the angels, with the sound of the trumpet, shall summon all men to judgment (I. These. iv. 15). The bodies and souls of the dead shall be again united, and the wicked shall be separated from the righteous, the just on the right, the wicked on the left (St. Matt. xxv. 33). The angels and the devils will be present, and Christ Himself will appear in a bright cloud with such power and majesty that the wicked, for fear, will not be able to look at Him, but will say to the mountains, "Fall on us," and to the hills, "Cover us" (St. Luke xxiii. 30).

    Why will God hold a general and public judgment?
    1. That all may know how just He has been in the particular judgment of each one. 2. That justice may at last be rendered to the afflicted and persecuted, while the wicked who have oppressed the poor, the widow, the orphan, the religious, and yet have often passed for upright and devout persons, may be known in their real characters and be forever disgraced. 3. That Jesus Christ may complete His redemption, and openly triumph over His enemies, who shall see the glory of the Crucified, and tremble at His power.

    How will the Last Judgment proceed?
    The books will be opened, and from them all men will be judged; all their good and bad thoughts, words, and deeds, even the most secret, known only to God, will be revealed before the whole world, and according to their works men will be rewarded or be damned forever. The wicked "shall go into everlasting punishment, but the just into life everlasting" (St. Matt. xxv. 46).

Exhortation.

    The Church, during the season of Advent, reminds thee O Christian, of the coming of Christ to judgment, that thou mayest with the more zeal apply thyself to profit by His first coming; for they only will be justified and glorified who have acknowledged and received Him as their Redeemer. Examine thyself, therefore, to-day, and during this week, whether thou hast believed in Him, loved Him, admitted Him into thy heart, and kept His holy commands. Begin at once penance and good works, that thou mayest with confidence await the judgment-day of the Lord.

Aspiration.

    Thou art just, O Lord! and just is Thy judgment. Oh, penetrate my soul with holy fear, that I may be kept from evil deeds, and incited to good works. Would that I could say, with St. Jerome, "Whether I eat or drink, or whatever I do, it is as if I heard the awful summons of the trumpet, 'Ye dead, arise, and come to judgment!'"


From Goffine's Devout Instructions on the Epistles and Gospels for the Sundays and Holy Days, 1896

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