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Homily #100731m ( 13min) Play – On this memorial of St. Ignatius of Loyola, Father reflects on spiritual reading and Ignatian retreats.

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Homily #100731 ( 22min) Play – In today’s Gospel Herod has John the Baptist beheaded. Fr. Bonaventure compares the lives John the Baptist with that of Herod. John’s life stands as an ideal that leads to heaven. Herod’s life stands as warning against a life of decadence, spent in frivolous luxury and broken marriage vows which leads to Hell, and so is a most pertinent waring to our modern culture.
Ave Maria! St. Ignatius of Loyola – Saturday in the 17th Week in Ordinary Time – Mass: OF, – Readings:
1st: jer 26:11-16, 24
Resp: psa 69:15-16, 30-31, 33-34
Gsp: mat 14:1-12

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Fi News #77 – Ceremonial Remembrance ( 02min) >>> Play

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At every “Knights of Lepanto Father and Son Encampment”, the raising of shields and the lighting of fire is done in memory of two deceased Knights; Thom and Marc Girard.

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Fi News #76 – Summer Encampment Friday 2010 ( 04min) >>> Play

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The Knights of Holy Mary Victrix at Lepanto is a specific group for men only within the Mission of the Immaculate Mediatrix  (MIM). The MIM is the Roman Catholic public association of the faithful, founded by Fr. Stefano M. Manelli and attached to the religious institute that he also founded, the Franciscans of the Immaculate.  The spirituality of the MIM is unlimited consecration to Mary according to the teaching of St. Maximilian Mary Kolbe.  Thus, the Knights of Lepanto is a group of men who are formed to live consecration to Mary in a masculine way.

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Here are some scenes from the last encampment:

Filed under: Encampment, Fatherhood, Heroes, Knights, Knights of Lepanto, Manliness, Men, Pages, Religion, Retreat, Sons, Squires
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“In the name of Christ, I refuse to be anti-gay. I refuse to be anti-feminist. I refuse to be anti-artificial birth control,” the author wrote Wednesday on her Facebook page. “In the name of … Christ, I quit Christianity and being Christian. Amen.”

Rice will not be taking up vampires again, but she said she is a big fan of the HBO series “True Blood,” enjoyed the first two “Twilight” movies (she has yet to read any of the Stephenie Meyer novels) and is interested in seeing her most famous character, the vampire Lestat de Lioncourt, return to the screen.

In spite of the above story’s emphasis on Rice’s non-return to vampire novels, Rice is, it seems, reverting to the back to the state of the undead.  I have not read her novels, but apparently, her vampires are sometimes homosexual (Lestat de Lioncourt), they are feminist (The Queen of the Damned), and certainly they are wildly erotic.  So when she says that she is leaving the Church because she refuses to stand against homosexuality, feminism and artificial birth control, she seems to be allaying herself once again with the world of vampirism.

This is particularly significant for me as I research the topic of the occult and literature.  The world of darkness is alive and well in the form of “new religious movements.”  Many of them propose themselves to be compatible with Christianity.  Rice goes on:

For those who care, and I understand if you don’t: Today I quit being a Christian. I’m out. I remain committed to Christ as always but not to being “Christian” or to being part of Christianity. It’s simply impossible for me to “belong” to this quarrelsome, hostile, disputatious, and deservedly infamous group. For ten years, I’ve tried. I’ve failed. I’m an outsider. My conscience will allow nothing else.

This is the real peril of literary and theatrical occultism: the promotion of esoteric, occultist, non-conformist Christianity.  And that, my friends is blasphemous, sacrilegious and diabolical.  Satan is pedaling cheap peace, and when we accept it on his terms, he will cut our hearts out.

Filed under: Catholic, Catholic Church, Knaves, Media, News, Religion, Women Tagged: Ann Rice, Apostasy, Conversion, Occult, Vampires, Vampirism
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MaryCast Specials #84 ( 09min) Play – In this set of three episodes Dr. Mark Miravalle promotes the importance of the apparition site of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City which paved the way to one of the greatest evangelical periods in the Church when over nine million people converted to the faith in less than a decade. In this segment Dr. Mirvalle describes the interesting human interactions between Our Lady, Juan Diego and Bishop Zumarraga and the gradual awareness of Juan Diego and the bishop of the supernatural nature of the events and their meaning for today.

To ask questions regarding Mary, email Dr Mark Miravalle: marycast@airmaria.com

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Fi News #75 – Youth on the challenge course ( 04min) >>> Play

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A few shots from the spring encampment of 2010; a weekend for fathers and sons. The summer event is starting tonight.

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Variety #80 – Construction Continues ( 02min) >>> Play

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At the Friary of “Our Lady of Guadalupe” in Griswold Connecticut, bell tower construction continues. We’ll post the progress as the project moves along.

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Mary Vitamin July 30th

Topic: Fourth Sorrowful Mystery – Carrying of the Cross
In honor of the Month of the Precious Blood

Quote:
Then therefore [Pontius Pilate] delivered him to them to be crucified. And they took Jesus, and led him forth. And bearing his own cross, he went forth to that place which is called Calvary, but in Hebrew Golgotha.
John 19:16-17

Meditation:
Father Frederick Faber
It was a dreadful thing for a mother to walk the streets over her own son’s blood. (more…)

Homily #100730 ( 07min) Play – The world is always looking for high-born messiahs who can give them a good show and so the people of Nazareth rejected Jesus in today’s Gospel because he was low-born, a carpenters son and was one of their fellow townsmen. Let us not seek sensation in religion but seek eternal life.
Ave Maria! St Peter Chrysologus – Friday in the 17th Week in Ordinary Time – Mass: OF, – Readings:
1st: jer 26:1-9
Resp: psa 69:6, 8-10, 14
Gsp: mat 13:54-58

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Mission Down Under #8 – SCENE 2010 in Sydney ( 5 min)>>> Play

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This week-long event was organized by SCENE (Sydney Congress Embracing the New Evangelisation) and was designed to keep the fire of the Faith, kindled at WYD 2008, burning brightly in the hearts of the youth.

Events included talks by bishops and visiting priests, seminars and actual street evangelization, Holy Mass, adoration, vocations expo, and entertainment nights. Footage taken at SCENE 2009 can be seen here.

This video shows the location of the vocation expo as well as some footage of St. Mary’s Cathedral and centers around a train ride into the city center one day while a young fellow-participant plays the guitar.

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Mary Vitamin for July 29th

Topic: Martha and Mary
Luke 10:38-42

Quote:
St.  Francis de Sales
The two women represent our Lady.
The Sermons of St. Francis de Sales on Our Lady, (Tan Books) 62.
Tan Books

Meditation:
Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.
John 11:5

Archbishop Alban Goodier, S.J.:
And the name of Martha comes first. He could not blame her zeal; He could not find fault with her self-sacrificing charity. Nevertheless (more…)

Homily #100729 ( 09min) Play – In Gospel for the memorial of St Martha Our Lord arrives at the home of Martha, Mary and Lazarus after Lazarus dies. Here Martha runs out to greet Our Lord and expresses her great faith in Him to raise up her brother. This shows how much progress she has made since the last visit of Our Lord when He reprimanded her for being too concerned with many things. Let us pray for the grace to progress like Martha.
Ave Maria! Memorial of St Martha – Thursday in the 17th Week in Ordinary Time – Mass: OF, – Readings:
1st: jer 18:1-6
Resp: psa 146:1-2, 2-4, 5-6
Gsp: joh 11:19-27

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