The Gospel reading for last Sunday featured the Parable of the Good Samaritan who came to the aid of a traveler badly beaten by robbers. Two members of the Jewish religious hierarchy, a priest and a Levite, had passed him by before the compassionate Samaritan came to his rescue. The Gospel for this Sunday tells of an actual Samaritan who is himself a victim: one of ten lepers who cry out to Our Lord for mercy as He is making His way to Jerusalem.
Continue readingFor tomorrow's Feast of the Assumption we share the Latin Mass schedule as announced in Charlotte and across the area.
Continue readingThis Sunday (August 11, 2024) is the Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost. In the Gospel reading for the day, Jesus is confronted by “a certain lawyer [who] stood up, tempting Him, and saying: Master, what must I do to possess eternal life?” Jesus responds by asking what he had learned from the Law.
Continue readingThis Sunday (August 4, 2024) is the Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost. On Tuesday, August 6th, the Church will celebrate the Transfiguration of Our Lord Jesus Christ.
Continue readingThe Feast of the Holy Maccabees will be celebrated tonight Thursday, August 1st, beginning at 7:00 p.m. at Saint Thomas Aquinas Church in accordance with the traditional liturgical calendar.
Continue readingThis Sunday (July 28, 2024) is the Tenth Sunday after Pentecost. In the Gospel for this Sunday Jesus relates the parable of the Pharisee and the publican “to some who trusted in themselves as just, and despised others” (Luke 18:9). They are represented in the parable by the Pharisee who stands proudly before God (and anyone watching) giving thanks that he is better than other men.
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