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"Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. Make straight your hearts, level the ground of your conscience, and let the Word of God come to you." (Sermon 109)
"Let us prepare for his coming, not with earthly feasting and revelry, but with fasting, mortification, and prayer. Let us cleanse our hearts of all sin and make them a fit dwelling place for the Lord." (Sermon 192)
"Cleanse your heart, therefore, of all that is earthly, and prepare a manger for your Savior in it."
"He who desires to be filled with the light of Christ must first empty himself of the darkness of the world."
"The Word was made flesh to dwell among us, and the Word was God. He came to us in humility, and we must come to him in humility."
"He who has promised will come; doubt not because he has delayed. He will come at the right moment. Let him find you watchful." (Sermon 191)
"Let us celebrate the festive day [when it arrives] on which He Who Is the great and eternal Day came from the great and endless day of eternity into our own short day of time."
"For what greater grace could God have made to dawn on us than to make his only Son become the son of man, so that a son of man might in his turn become son of God?"
With a little comedic intro... Our Church and our Nation need our prayers, especially now, in light of the assassination attempt on former president Donald Trump. This prayer was composed by the first bishop of the USA, John Carroll, cousin to Charles Carroll, the only Catholic to sign the Declaration of Independence.
Welcome to Septuagesima! For those of you who don't follow my other channel, Gregorian Chant Academy, here is a video I made last year explaining the amazing mysteries and significance of the season of Septuagesima and Lent, etc. Needless to say, this is just a brief overview and there is soooo much more that could be said about this. Enjoy!
You may not hear from me very often but that is partially because I don't want to post simply for the sake of posting, or for the sake of popularity. When I post, I want it to be of value. Plus, I think as a society we spend far too much time on the internet and social media anyway. But today, I do have something to share and I'd like to share with you a little poem, beautifully written by Malcom Guite, about how careful we all need to be over our speech (and our thoughts). If you are not familiar with Malcom Guite, he is an Anglican priest (but with a lot of very Catholic ways of thinking at times) as well as an amazing poet and pipe smoking enthusiast from Britain. This poem is titled "What If" but could just as easily be titled "Every Idle Word". Anyway, without any further ado, here is his poem.
“But I say unto you, that every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.” Mathew 12:36-37
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For anyone seeing this, I'm BACK! I've been super busy the past several months but I'm finally back with another interview, Independence Day Special Edition! Originally, I was supposed to be interviewing Dr Alan Harrelson of The Pipe Cottage, but due to his brand being attacked by the Cancel Culture recently, he has decided to cancel all interviews for the time being. Taking his place and returning to the show is my dad, William F. Jasper. We will be recording tomorrow, July 2, and I hope to release on July 5th or there abouts. So, if you're reading this, stay tuned and I'd delighted to have you join us! God bless America!
