Father Bradford has written to say he is ill with symptoms which might be Covid and is therefore self-isolating. As such, he is CANCELLING the 7:30 Mass for the Immaculate Conception on December 8th. Father Patrick Armano will celebrate our regular Sunday Mass on December 12th and, if necessary, December 19th. Please keep Father Bradford in your prayers.

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

Our parish paper provides religious instruction, news, and upcoming events 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.

This month’s issue includes:

• “What is This Word?,” a portion of a Christmas Day sermon preached by N. T. Wright
• “Everything Stands Present to God,” an excerpt from a reflection by The Very Reverend Romanus Cessario
• “God Remembers,” a reflection by Father Vincent Nagle, F.S.C.B.
• “Sons in the Son by Divine Adoption,” an excerpt from a sermon preached by Saint John Paul II
• “A Day of Universal Joy” by St Peter Canisius
• “Charity,” a sermon preached by Father Bradford

Father Bradford preached this sermon at Mass on the Twenty-fourth Sunday after Trinity, November 14, 2021, at St Lawrence Church.

In preaching on today’s Gospel, Father quoted Moses saying in Deuteronomy 30:19, “… I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse; therefore choose life, that you and your descendants may live, loving the Lord your God, obeying His voice, and cleaving to Him, for that means life to you and length of days.”

Father Bradford’s sermons back to 2014 are here.

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

Our parish paper provides religious instruction, news, and upcoming events 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.

This month’s issue includes:

• “A Strange and Wonderful Way,” a sermon preached by Father Bradford
• “Entering into the Real Paschal Mystery,” an excerpt from Gaudium et spes
• “The Real Counterforce Against Evil” by Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI
• “Father Junipero Serra” by John Garvey, President of The Catholic University of America
• “Let the Gospel Circulate in Our Life” by Pope Francis
• “The Two Comings of Christ” by Saint Cyril of Jerusalem

Father Bradford preached this sermon at Mass on the Twenty-first Sunday after Trinity, October 24, 2021, at St Lawrence Church.

As Father said, “When we begin to see things from God’s point of view, there is only one thing to do, and that is to get up and follow Him. So we are to learn from what Bartimaeus did. He ignored the wisdom of the crowd, pressed through it and came to Jesus, received his sight, and followed the Lord on the Way. For Bartimaeus and for anybody else, that is the winning combination..“

Father Bradford’s sermons back to 2014 are here.

Father Bradford preached this sermon at Mass on the Twentieth Sunday after Trinity, October 17, 2021, at St Lawrence Church.

As Father said, “The path is clear for all those who are followers of Jesus Christ. God Incarnate is a servant, and He said, “follow Me.” The path of servant-hood is the only way to the highest success. That is the success to which James and John aspired, and for which our souls, like theirs, were created: To be with Jesus.“

Father Bradford’s sermons back to 2014 are here.

Father Bradford preached this sermon at Mass on the Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity, October 10, 2021, at St Lawrence Church.

As Father said, “Jesus is indeed the Great Physician of Souls. We must never forget that. Our Blessed Lord is more than able to make you and me strong enough and wise enough to succeed in our venture for His glory. That is the Gospel, and the Gospel is good news.”

Father Bradford’s sermons back to 2014 are here.

Father Bradford preached this sermon at Mass on the Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity, October 3, 2021, at St Lawrence Church.

As Father said, “The whole purpose of God Incarnate, God coming to us in His Beloved Son, was summed up when Our Lord Jesus said, “I came that ye might have life, and have it more abundantly.” And that abundant life is something we cannot have without Him.”

Father Bradford’s sermons back to 2014 are here.

Father Bradford preached this sermon at Mass on the Feast of Saints Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael, Archangels on September 29, 2021 at St Lawrence Church. This was also the Twenty-fourth Anniversary of the Founding of the Congregation

As Father said, “We are called to greater things! Made lower than the angels, says the Psalmist, we are to be “crowned with glory and worship.” Why? With the holy angels you and I have Almighty God for our Creator and Master. But unlike the angels, by His Cross and Passion, He is also our Saviour.”

Father Bradford’s sermons back to 2014 are here.

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

Our parish paper provides religious instruction, news, and upcoming events 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.

This month’s issue includes:

• “Intimacy with God” by Father Bradford
• “Books for Your Consideration”
• “To Shine Like Gold” by Father Victor de la Vierge, OCD
• “Even Antichrist Has a Guardian Angel” by Dom Anscar Vonier, OSB
• “Enamored of Smallness” by Luis Maria Martinez
• “She Knew Where She Was Going,” a sermon preached by Father Bradford
• “Saint Who?” from Magnificat
• “The Communion of Saints” by Father Richard Phelps, SSC