Category Archives: Sermons

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. Father began the sermon by reciting the Hail Mary.   “Vado ad eum, qui misit me: et nemo ex vobis interrogat me: Quo vadis?” No, I’m not going to preach the sermon in Latin. These are words from today’s […]

Monsignor began the sermon by reciting the Hail Mary.   “At that time Jesus said to the Pharisees: I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd giveth his life for his sheep.”   My dear faithful today is called informally Good Shepherd Sunday. There is a corollary to Our Lord’s statement about Himself that He […]

In the Name of the Father, and of the Sun, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. Father began the sermon by reciting the Hail Mary   “Whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world; and this is the victory, which, overcometh the world, our faith”. My dear faithful, we are still in the midst of […]

Monsignor Patrick Perez, April 12, 2020 Easter Sunday   Monsignor began the sermon by reciting the Hail Mary.   My dear faithful, just a couple of thoughts for today. We are in an unusual situation here and I’m sure you are all feeling it. But there are a few things here you need to keep before […]

1 DOMINICA INFRA OCTAVAM NATIVITATIS One day St. Francis went to pray in the old church of St. Damiano, outside Assisi. And, as he prayed in front of the Crucifix placed on the altar, he had a vision of Christ that pierced his heart, to the point that he could no longer recall the Lord’s […]

Monsignor began the sermon by reciting the Hail Mary. This week has been a marvelous week. It’s about the coming of Christ, more at the end of time rather than just celebrating His birth in Bethlehem. But it’s also very much about the Blessed Virgin. We’ve had just a wonderful week; in the same week […]

1 IN CONCEPTIONE IMMACULATA BEATÆ MARIÆ VIRGINIS ORIGINAL IN ITALIAN: Vera Madre son Io d’un Dio che è Figlio e son figlia di Lui, benché sua Madre; ab aeterno nacqu’Egli ed è mio Figlio, in tempo Io nacqui e pur gli sono Madre. Egli è mio creator ed è mio Figlio, son Io sua creatura […]

DOMINICA XXI POST PENTECOSTEN “In Thy will, Lord, are all things, and there is none that can resist Thy majesty. Thou hast made heaven and earth, and all things that are under the cope of heaven.” That was the Introit of today, which are the words of Mordechai, taken from chapter 13 of the book […]

DOMINICA VIII POST PENTECOSTEN Last year, on this 8th Sunday after Pentecost I insisted on two topics: 1) The Divine Will is manifested in the call we all received to live in sanctity and to die persevering in it. 2) We must use our intelligence in the business of our salvation (which is the only […]

In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. Monsignor began the sermon by reciting the Hail Mary. I am continuing my series of sermons on the natural gifts proper to our nature, as opposed to Supernatural Gifts; and today I want to do the gift of reading. […]