St. Agnes Cathedral, Springfield, MO
NEWS FROM THE EXTRAORDINARY FORM MASS
Feb.28th- Second Sunday in Lent
--Epistle: 1 Thess. 4:1-7 --Gospel: Matt. 17: 1-9
Weekday Latin Mass Schedule & Martyrology:
Tuesday-Friday: 12:15 PM - Confession available from 11:30-12:00 noon
Mar 1: Monday of the Second Week in Lent
Mar 2: Tuesday of the Second Week in Lent
Mar. 3: Wednesday of the Second Week in Lent
Mar. 4: Thursday of the Second Week in Lent
Mar. 5: Friday of the Second Week in Lent
Mar.6: Saturday of the Second Week in Lent
REVISED SCHEDULE OF SUNDAY LITURGY
1:00-2:00- Confessions/2:30- Holy Mass
*Important Notices:
-Anyone wishing to update the Contact List for our members can contact Fr. Orthel. The current list is becoming dated and might be expanded to include physical address locations. Anyone knowing of a good Name/Address program please let Fr. Orthel know.
-To find out more information on the Latin mass in Springfield, please visit
www.molatinmass.comOn Slander
By Saint Francis de Sales
From rash judgments proceed mistrust, contempt for others, pride, and self-sufficiency, and numberless other pernicious results, among which stands forth prominently the sin of slander, which is a veritable pest of society. Oh, wherefore can I not take a live coal from God’s Altar, and touch the lips of men, so that their iniquity may be taken away and their sin purged, even as the Seraphim purged the lips of Isaiah. He who could purge the world of slander would cleanse it from a great part of its sinfulness!
He who unjustly takes away his neighbour’s good name is guilty of sin, and is bound to make reparation, according to the nature of his evil speaking; since no man can enter into Heaven cumbered with stolen goods, and of all worldly possessions the most precious is a good name. Slander is a kind of murder; for we all have three lives—a spiritual life, which depends upon the Grace of God; a bodily life, depending on the soul; and a civil life, consisting in a good reputation. Sin deprives us of the first, death of the second, and slander of the third. But the slanderer commits three several murders with his idle tongue: he destroys his own soul and that of him who hearkens, as well as causing civil death to the object of his slander; for, as S. Bernard says, the Devil has possession both of the slanderer and of those who listen to him, of the tongue of the one, the ear of the other. And David says of slanderers, “They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders’ poison is under their lips.”
Practice of Christian Perfection
By Saint Louis Marie Grignion de Montfort
Nothing is so necessary
Friends of the Cross, do you not flatter yourselves that you are, or desire to become, the friends of God? Well then, resolve to drink the cup that you must drink in order to become his friends: "They drank the cup of the Lord and became the friends of God." Benjamin, the beloved son of Jacob, was given the cup, while his other brothers received nothing but wheat. The beloved disciple of Christ, so dear to his Master's heart, went up to Calvary and drank of his cup. "Can you drink the cup that I am going to drink?" To desire God's glory is excellent, but to desire and pray for it without resolving to suffer all things is both foolish and extravagant: "You do not know what you are asking..." "We must experience many hardships before we enter the kingdom of heaven." To enter this kingdom you must suffer many crosses and tribulations.
