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Father Bradford’s Sermon on The Third Sunday after The Epiphany

25 Monday Jan 2021

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Father Bradford preached this sermon at Mass on The Third Sunday after The Epiphany on January 24, 2021 at St Lawrence Church. 

As Father said, “But those who are followers of Christ know they are not the initiators or controllers of salvation. Our reward, and our glory, is in our being connected to Jesus, Who chooses to make use of us as He fishes for the souls of men.“

Father Bradford’s sermons back to 2014 are here.

Father Bradford’s Sermon on The Second Sunday after The Epiphany

22 Friday Jan 2021

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Father Bradford preached this sermon at Mass on The Second Sunday after The Epiphany on January 10, 2021 at St Lawrence Church. 

As Father said, “Once we know the Lord, we no longer choose what we will do for Him. Rather, from now on, Blessed Jesus chooses what He will do in, and through, us.“

Father Bradford’s sermons back to 2014 are here.

Father Bradford’s Sermon on The Baptism of Our Lord Jesus Christ

11 Monday Jan 2021

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Father Bradford preached this sermon at Mass on The First Sunday after The Epiphany: The Baptism of Our Lord Jesus Christ on January 17, 2021 at St Lawrence Church. 

As Father said, “Christ was, and is, God’s merciful Presence of love for penitents. That is an image you and I need to keep indelibly in our minds. Jesus Christ is very near to us as we kneel today, or any day, sorrowing for our own sins, and seeking to make things right with God.“

Father Bradford’s sermons back to 2014 are here.

Our Sunday Mass resumes January 10th

05 Tuesday Jan 2021

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Father Bradford has received a report from the individual who attended the funeral last Wednesday and subsequently developed Covid-like symptoms: they are negative for Covid and suffering from Type B ‘flu.

There is therefore no need for those who attended the funeral Mass to continue to self-isolate. Our regular Sunday Mass will be celebrated at Saint Lawrence church this Sunday, January 10th at the usual time of 11:30 in the morning. It is a blessing to report no further reports of symptoms have been received. 

Father Bradford’s Sermon on the Solemnity of The Epiphany

04 Monday Jan 2021

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Father Bradford preached this sermon on the Solemnity of The Epiphany January 3, 2021 at Mass at his home. (Mass at St Lawrence Church was cancelled because a worshipper at a funeral Mass Wednesday, December 30th had become sick with Covid-like symptoms but had not yet been tested.)

As Father said, “… the Epiphany Collect says it best: ‘lead us, who know thee now by faith, to thy presence, where we may see thy glory face to face.’”

Father Bradford’s sermons back to 2014 are here.

Father Bradford’s Sermon on the Solemnity of Mary

04 Monday Jan 2021

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Father Bradford preached this sermon on The Solemnity of Mary, The Holy Mother of God on January 1, 2021 at Mass at St Lawrence Church. 

As Father said, “On this day Holy Church remembers, and gives thanks for, Our Lady. Those thanks are for her consent to make possible the Incarnation, and for the fact her consent was voluntary, and not automatic.“

Father Bradford’s sermons back to 2014 are here.

Mass cancelled for January 3rd

02 Saturday Jan 2021

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Father Bradford has announced, “Mass is cancelled for Sunday, January 3rd. A worshipper at a funeral Mass Wednesday, December 30th has become sick with Covid-like symptoms but has not yet been tested. Anyone who attended the funeral Mass should self-isolate until we know the test results. Anyone who attended the funeral Mass and becomes sick with Covid-like symptoms is asked to notify me.“

If there is a need to report Covid-like symptoms, you may do so by email through office@saintgregoryordinariate.org; these will be forwarded to Father Bradford. 

Further information will be posted on our websites and distributed through additional emails until the matter is resolved. Please keep the sick individual and all those who attended the funeral Mass in your prayers. Thank you for your cooperation during these unsettled and unsettling times. 

Father Bradford’s Sermon on the Solemnity of the Holy Family

01 Friday Jan 2021

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Father Bradford preached this sermon on The Solemnity of the Holy Family, December 27, 2020 at Mass at St Lawrence Church. 

As Father said, “By His wonderful birth at Bethlehem, Our Blessed Lord has sanctified the life of the home. He intends the family as the first place we grow in the knowledge and practice of His love, for the fulfilling of His will that we share one another’s burdens.“

Father Bradford’s sermons back to 2014 are here.

Read the January issue of our parish paper

01 Friday Jan 2021

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If you signed up to receive Contra Mundum by mail, you should receive your January 2021 issue soon. You can also read it here on our website as well as all of the back issues.

Our parish paper provides updates on upcoming events and news for our our combined congregation and community. It also contains sermons and articles by Father Bradford, and articles and writings by contemporary and classic authors:

  • “The Elephant in the Closet” by Father Bradford
  • “The Secret of God’s Presence,” a sermon preached by Father Bradford
  • “The Word of God Follows the Voice in the Wilderness” by Saint Gregory Nazianzen
  • “He Knew Himself to be Loved by Christ” by Saint John Chrysostom
  • “The Hidden Years” by Baroness Maria von Trapp

 

Father Bradford’s Sermons on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day

28 Monday Dec 2020

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Father Bradford preached this sermon on Christmas Eve and this sermon on Christmas Day, December 24 and 25, 2020, at Mass at St Lawrence Church. 

As Father said on Christmas Day, “The great good news of the manger scene is that Almighty God has become one of us, part of us, and therefore we in Him. You and I know this is where we belong, because we have been born into the family of grace.”

Father Bradford’s sermons back to 2014 are here.

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