06/02/2026
Photos and Highlights of Cardinal Burke’s Homily from the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe
Yesterday, our Shepherd Raymond Cardinal Burke offered the Operation Storm Heaven Holy Mass for the intentions of the Rosary Warriors, as well as all the intentions that were submitted.
The Traditional Latin Mass on the feast of St. Angela Merici, who founded the Ursulines in 1535, was offered at the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in La Crosse, Wisconsin. The traditional liturgical calendar sometimes has different dates for feast days.
At the beginning of the homily, His Eminence greeted and thanked the Rosary Warriors of Operation Storm Heaven “for embracing the situation of our world and of the Church in a very loving way by praying faithfully the Holy Rosary. This powerful prayer by which our Lady obtains for us so many graces to live faithfully in Christ, in the world, and in the Church.”
Cardinal Burke asked us to reflect on three central aspects of our faith.
Month of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
“Number one is the Sacred Heart of Jesus. We begin the month dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, and all of us want, during this month, to give our hearts more completely to our Lord, to unite our hearts more perfectly to His most Sacred Heart, in imitation and with the help of the Blessed Virgin, her Immaculate Heart, and under the protection of St. Joseph, his most pure heart.”
Reflecting on St. Angela Merici and the Blessing of Religious Sisters.
“Secondly, today we reflect in a particular way upon one of the great saints of the Church, St. Angela Merici, the foundress of the Ursuline Sisters. We ask in a particular way that all communities of women who imitate the virginity of the Heart of Jesus, the fidelity, generosity, and purity of His heart, by giving themselves completely to Him as His brides, that they may be blessed. That they may, by the witness of their lives and by their apostolates, bring great good to the whole Church and, therefore, to our world.”
Virginity in the Church, a Great Treasure - St. Paul, God’s Holy Jealousy, and the Call to Complete Love.
“The third reality is virginity itself. St. Paul, in the first reading today, tells about his jealousy for the Church, which was God's own jealousy, His jealousy for our love. That He wants us to love Him with all our hearts, and that we might be with Him forever in heaven, that we might be saved from all sin, repentant of our sins, and also grow in the practice of the virtues, in the imitation of the saints, our Blessed Mother, and in oneness of heart with Him.
And so, virginity in the Church is a great treasure, which is for all of us, no matter what our vocation in life may be. It is not only a witness to us but also an inspiration to us to be ever more faithful, ever more generous, ever purer in our love of God, in accord with the call that He has given to each of us.
And that we can obtain that grace in a very particular way through the praying of the Holy Rosary, drawing nearer with Our Lady to the mysteries of our faith, so that we might live those mysteries in our daily lives, as we say in the prayer at the conclusion of the Rosary, to obtain what they contain.
Let us then now, as we are about to have our Lord descend to the altar to make new for us sacramentally, sacrificially, Calvary, let us open our hearts, letting His grace dispel all darkness, and at the same time, animate our hearts with His love.”
Here is the link to the Holy Mass. The homily begins at 18:54. Over 2,000 have viewed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CC9tcsqFeC0
