St. John Vianney tried to escape his parish three times.[/caption]
Father Joseph Illo, pastor of Star of the Sea parish in San Francisco, gave a 16-minute homily on Sunday, August 4.
This is the feast of St. John Vianney, model priest of those called to parish life, and of St. Dominic, patron of those called to live in a religious community.
St. John Vianney came to his parish, the most backwater parish in southern France, when no one was coming to eucharistic adoration. He wore hair shirts, fasted, got up at 2-3 in the morning to hear confessions. He tried to escape his parish three times.
He preached on humility. God created us. He re-created us by taking on human flesh.
The Eucharist is the source and summit. of our faith. Maybe only 75% of Catholics believe in the eucharistic presence.
Thomas Jolly, the artistic director of the Olympics, a Frenchman, says he does not believe in God. But when he chose something to mock, he mocked the Eucharist. At first he denied he was mocking the Last Supper. Later he did admit it, “It wasn’t about Dionysius.” The best response I’ve heard is sorrow over those who were raised as Catholics who mocked God.
God is not mocked. These children of God who staged this blasphemy and proudly celebrate what they did are on their way to Hell.
Wow! A priest who preaches like…a priest!
This made my day.
I pray that all priests, bishops and even deacons preach in such a way to fulfill their calling.
And, there are times (apart from Mass) when Religious and the lay faithful are called to preach.
May we all stay close to Jesus and share His love and truth with our world so desperately in need of that.
Fr. Mark Goring addresses this in two short videos linked below. Don’t be scandalized, he is on vacation and recorded these in his pickup truck. None-the-less, you may be edified:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izYRub0XLuk&list=UUXWkyfyPE2fosQbnYOTiuZA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhjceHW6eIo&list=UUXWkyfyPE2fosQbnYOTiuZA&index=3
Father Illo is 100 per cent right. The opening ceremonies to the Paris Olympics were blasphemy and an abomination. It’s interesting this article states, “St. John Vianney came to a parish in Southern France when no one was coming to Eucharistic Adoration.” After the Paris Olympic ceremony there was widespread blackouts throughout the city. The only place not affected was the Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus where Perpetual Adoration takes place. God sent a strong message to Paris, France and the rest of the world. God will not be mocked!
So Travis Kelce’s mother was wrong about it being about Dionysius? I haven’t seen an apology or retraction from her.
his mother: Her comment was silly and disingenuous. Who could take her seriously?
Very good sermon! I always enjoy reading about gifted Saints who converted or re-converted thousands– especially, thousands of people,
who discarded lives of sin, and embraced Jesus Christ! Very inspiring! St. John Vianney was a gifted parish priest. He had many interesting, wild confrontations with the Devil– scary! I recently received some new mailings from the Benedictines of Mary, Queen of Apostles, the nuns who are affiliated with the FSSP. (I have always been on their mailing list.) They all are of the Latin Tridentine Mass, and are all very inspiring. And they are overflowing with vocations! They now have three monasteries in the USA– two in Missouri, and one in Indiana. Plus, they have a new monastery in the UK, in England! The bishops in all of the Dioceses where they are now located, are very happy to have them, and happy to have the growing FSSP, too! And they have thousands of enthusiastic supporters and donors! In recent mailings, there were lovely photos of Harrison and Isabelle Butker and their children, attending the ordinations and First Masses of newly-ordained FSSP priests. The Butkers are very supportive of the FSSP priests and nuns. They have an FSSP priest who serves as a Catholic chaplain for their team, who offers Mass and the Sacraments, at home, and when the team has to go to games, out-of-town.These nuns currently have 15 newcomers, and a waiting list of eager, young women, soon to enter their Order. They get inquiries daily, from young girls, worldwide, inspired to perhaps join their growing Order. Love their beautiful CDs, of inspiring Sacred Music! The Kelces ought to get serious about Christ, and join the Catholic Faith.
I feel sad for all these people who mock Our Lord, they deep down inside are sad, spitefull, confused, angry if they only accepted Our Lord Jesus Christ instead of mocking him they would have happier lives. I will not put them down and call them names because I’m a sinner as well and we should pray for them as we should pray for Pope Francis so as to soften his heart against the Traditional Latin Mass.
God will never soften the Pope’s heart against divisiveness, dissent, and disobedience in the Church.
Such things are against God’s own divine will.
God will never soften the Pope’s heart against the use of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass in order to divide the Body of Christ by dissenters and the disobedient.
NEVER!
To be truthful– The pope is very modern. He is extremely rejecting anything that is of Catholic tradition. That is the pope’s viewpoint.
Does worldly, prideful modernism, and the modern, post-Conciliar Catholic world
serve God? Or Man? And does the ancient Catholic Tradition, 2024+ years old, originating with Christ, when He walked the earth —- serve God? Or Man? Is it indeed– corrupt, worthless? And does openly destesting, denying and abandoning 2024+ years old Catholic Tradition serve God? Or Man? Those are serious questions for all Catholic clerical leaders. Turn your backs on worldliness, pride, modernism, sin and popularity– and serve the Lord, and lead others to His selfless, unworldly, himble service, the pathway to Heaven.
In my comment of Aug. 8th at 1:32pm, the word “humble” was misspelled, in the last sentence.
The “last supper” episode, with fashion modeling which is so french, was about five minutes out of a four-hour program. The rest of the opening ceremony was outstanding. Twenty years from no they will still be talking about Celine Dion, and the singing of the national anthem from the top of the palace, as well as everything else french.
Just saying, Would you eat a brownie with rat droppings in it and not be upset, even if it were only a small portion of the brownie?
I think the opening ceremony and the games themselves will be forgotten within two weeks of the closing ceremony. Nobody cares. The Olympic Games have become spoiled by pro athletes and wokeness. Medal wins are determined by differences of thousandths of a second or thousandths of a point in judges’ awarded, subjective scores.
Does anyone talk about the most recent winter Olympics? No. I don’t even remember where they were held. Nobody cares. It’s the current diversion for the low IQ dolt.
“SQUIRREL!!”
No, the fake “Last Supper” episode wasn’t alone in ridiculing what all those things christians are holding like sacred ones, during this Opening Ceremony.
The scene of our late queen Marie Antoinette beheaded and seated while having his head on her knees is utterly disgusting.
The poor marie Antoinette was martyred not only as a queen, but as a catholic woman.
However Revolution’s France claims to be:
– The country of Human Rights
– The country of Freedom
– The country of Capital Punishment abolition
How could such an awful scene be recalled 231 years later like an episode of pride of the french History is beyond my understanding !!!