First Sunday of Advent

...Now the hour for us to rise from sleep. For now our salvation is nearer
than when we believed. The night is passed, and the day is at hand. Let us
therefore cast off the works of darkness, and put on the armour of light.
Let us walk honestly, as in the day: not in rioting and drunkenness, not in
chambering and impurities, not in contention and envy: But put ye on the
Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh in its concupiscences.

Today we have the start of the Church year, and much like lent Advent is very much a penitential season, that is the reason for the violet vestments during the season of advent.

The church offers for us a new beginning now,as the readings ( that both the Ordinary and Extraordinary Forms match this Sunday) from Romans show us that we should make no provisions for the flesh, these desires of the flesh will do nothing to help us prepare for the coming of Emmanual - God With us.

This Sunday is a new start for all of us, for the church, for its faithful, and in paticular for a group of young, new Catholic soilders that were confirmed in the Extraordinary form this Sunday.


Bishop Finn presided over the Sacrament today at Old St. Patrick's Oratory, For some more Pictures please see Kansas City Catholic, and please pray for the newly confirmed.

Border Showdown : Catholic Edition

As I was listening to KEXS yesterday there was an interesting bit of information that I thought I would like to pass along to everyone.

It seems that this years game between the Kansas Jayhawks and the Missouri Tigers is at its peak and the two Bishop's of the area are making a friendly wager.

As reported by KEXS the terms of the wager is as follows:

• If the Jawhawks win, Bishop Finn will attend a youth oriented event In Lawrence KS wearing a K.U. Jersey.
• If the Tigers win, Archbishop Naumann will attend a youth oriented event in Kansas City Missouri wearing a M.U Jersey

I will continue to pass along more details as they become available

Small Short Video from the Pontifical Low Mass

Here is a 60 second video of the second Confíteor at the Low Pontifical Mass that Bishop Finn Prayed in the Extraordinary form

Confíteor Deo omnipoténti,
beátæ Maríæ semper Vírgini,
beáto Michaéli Archángelo,
beáto Joanni Baptístæ,
sanctis Apóstolis Petro et Paulo,
ómnibus Sanctis, et vobis,
fratres (tibi, Pater),
quia peccávi nimis cogitatióne,
verbo et ópere: mea culpa,
mea culpa, mea máxima culpa.
Ideo precor beátam Maríam semper Vírginem,
beátum Michaélem Archángelum,
beátum Joánnem Baptístam,
sanctos Apóstolos Petrum et Paulum,
omnes Sanctos, et vos,
fratres (te, Pater),
oráre pro me ad Dóminum Deum nostrum.

My Photos From Bishop Finn's Pontifical Low Mass

I have returned from Saint Louis and it looks like I'm Late to the Blogging Party, as the Wolftracker, Joe the Dominican , The Timman, and the Benedictine Sisters have all beat me to the punch covering this Awesome First Pontifical Mass of KC-SJ Bishop Finn

Check out their coverage and then, if you like, see a few additional pictures below