Mater Dei Catholic Parish

A parish of the Catholic Diocese of Dallas, served by the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter

PHOTOS: Holy Week at Mater Dei – 2015

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We offer a sincere thanks to all of those who work extra hard behind the scenes to make these holy days beautiful – the Mater Dei choirs, the Altar Boys (and the parents who get them here), our seminarian visitors Deacon Timothy O’Brien and Charles Ike, our Altar Flower and Altar Society teams, , the Sunday Social team and those arranging the Easter Egg hunts, the photographers who share their images for the parish website and social media, the Mater Dei Parish staff and priests and all others who have helped this Lenten season!

Palm Sunday (March 29th)

 

Holy Thursday (April 2)

 

Good Friday (April 3)

AUDIO: Lenten Parish Mission – Fr. Jacques Philippe

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Fr. Jacque PhillippeThe Parish Lenten Mission at Mater Dei Latin Mass Parish in 2015 featured Fr. Jacques Philippe, a priest of the Community of the Beatitudes and author of Searching for and Maintaining Peace, Thirsting for Prayer,Interior Freedom, The Way of Trust and Love, and many other books.

Spiritual Poverty and Living According to the Beatitudes

Click on links below to download audio.

Night One – March 2nd
Review of Beatitudes and Poverty of Spirit in the light of the Old Testament

Night Two – March 3rd
Poverty of spirit in relation to God and to oneself

Night Three – March 4th
Poverty of spirit in relation to our neighbor

Night Four – March 5th
Poverty of spirit in relation to our own life (Spiritual Poverty in Prayer)

 

Fr. Jacques Philippe on Spiritual Poverty

Human beings are more than the sum of the good they can accomplish. They are children of God, whether they do good or cannot yet manage to do anything. Our Father in heaven does not love us because of the good we do. He loves us for ourselves, because he has adopted us as his children forever.

This is why humility, spiritual poverty, is so precious: it locates our identity securely in the one place where it will be safe from all harm. If our treasure is in God, no one can take it from us. Humility is truth. I am what I am in God’s eyes: a poor child who possesses absolutely nothing, who receives everything, infinitely loved and totally free. I have received everything in advance from the freely bestowed love of my Father, who said to me definitively: “All that is mine is yours.”
– Interior Freedom p.124

Meals are being coordinated for Discalced Carmelite Nuns’ Easter feast.

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Discalced Carmelite Coat of ArmsMeals are being coordinated for Discalced Carmelite Nuns’ Easter feast. There is a list of needed items on the Carmelite table in the Parish Hall. You can purchase an item and then place it properly marked in the freezer/refrigerator or on the Carmelite table. The items will be dropped off to the nuns for the next 3 Sundays.

If possible, please notify Cheryl Truty of the items you wish to donate for a balanced menu. Cheryl can be reached at materetmagistra1@gmail.com or 214-802-7524.

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