On Gaudete Sunday and the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Fr. Garrigou-Lagrange's teaching on the four ends of the Holy Sacrifice, adoration, thanksgiving, reparation and petition, shows that Christ's intercession continues in the Eucharist after Mass, and that prayer united to it for the Church, her bishops and priests, sinners and the peace of nations is certain to bear fruit. With St. Louis de Montfort's teaching that prayer in common is an army attacking the devil, like a bundle of sticks that cannot be broken, the parish is called to pray together right after Holy Communion, while Our Lord is still present within us.Listen with the full transcriptGo to episodeSermon of the Day podcast