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You are currently browsing the AirMaria.com weblog archives for February, 2007.
Ave Maria! “She is truly Coredemptrix…that’s the perennial teaching of the Church, whether you like the word or not, whether you like the teaching or not, it is in fact what the Church has always taught…that’s what makes us Catholics – that we believe that what we do counts!” Ave Maria! |
Ave Maria! “We must die to ourselves each day”, “Die to our own opinions”, “Die to our self love”. Ave Maria! |
Ave Maria! Fr. Apostoli, in betwee&:n being spiritual director of the CNM Trade Show, giving spiritual retreats, his shows on EWTN: Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen: A Prophet for our Times, The Word Was Made Flesh, his activities at the Franciscans of the Renewal, and writing all his books, gives a hearty recommendation for Air Maria! Ave Maria! |
Ave Maria! Fr. Bonaventure Mary McGuire, F.I. preaches the homily on the Gospel of Mark where Peter confesses that Jesus is the Messiah at Caesarea Philippi. By this confession Peter is given the keys of the Kingdom of God. But when he tries to convince the Lord that He should not undergo the Crucifixion, Our Lord reprimanded him. By this example Fr. Bonaventure tells us how we must submit to God and the Church and Our Lady in humility and often to take up our cross in order to gain eternal life. Ave Maria! |
Ave Maria! We are excited to present Fr. Maximilian Mary Dean, F.I. and Michael Grogan as they sing “I Will Lead You Into Solitude” written by St. Alphonse Ligouri in this first installment of our new weekly series “Immaculate Music.” This is the first song of a concert filmed live at St. John the Evangelist Roman Catholic Church, Binghamton, NY on the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity, May 22nd, 2005. This Concert has fifteen songs, each beginning with a short meditation, all of which you will be seeing in the coming weeks.
The CD / DVD set of this concert is available at our bookstore on MaryMediatrix.com. It is called “O Holy & Immaculate Heart.” Ave Maria! |
Ave Maria! Using the Biblical verses Exodus 3:14, the Burning Bush that speaks to Moses and Luke 1:26, the Annunciation of the Angel Gabriel to Mary, John Primeau discusses with Fr. Peter Mary Fehlner, F.I. the Perpetual Virginity and Immaculate Conception of Our Lady as signs of Our Lord being sent by the Father. Fr. Peter makes the connection between the Bush that burns with the Spirit of the Lord but is not consumed and the Virginity of Our Lady that is made fruitful by the Holy Spirit while not being consumed, she remains a virgin throughout. Filmed at NACEPF, courtesy of John Primeau. Ave Maria! |
Ave Maria! “Be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees and the yeast of Herod”. “Do you still not understand?” Fr. Angelo Mary Geiger explains what Our Blessed Lord is teaching to His disciples in today’s Gospel reading and helps us to accept how much we need humility and faith to understand Our Lord’s words, the humility and faith which Our Blessed Lady and Her Most Chaste Spouse, St. Joseph possessed. Ave Maria! |
Ave Maria! As Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate we have the privilege of Celebrating the Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes today (Feb. 12th) as this Feast was suppressed as it fell on Sunday Feb. 11th. Ave Maria! |
Ave Maria! On the Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time and World Day of Prayer for the Sick Fr. Angelo Mary Geiger preaches the homily on the Beatitudes in Our Lord’s Sermon on the Mount in Matthew. He underscores how Our Lord’s suffering on the Cross makes sense of the Beatitudes because in conquering death He makes all suffering endured in union with His to be a blessing, including the suffering of the sick. He mentions the importance of the last rights and sacrament of the sick. Ave Maria! |
Ave Maria! On the Feast Day of St. Scholastica, Fr. Joachim Mudd shares with us a story on her sanctity and her last meeting outside the walls of Monte Casino with her twin brother, St. Benedict. Ave Maria! |
Ave Maria! In this entry of Standing Fast, Fr. Angelo Geiger F.I. talks about Our Lady of Victories and the Battle of Lepanto won by the Christian forces against the Ottoman empire in 1571. More than ever we need our Lady to overcome the evil launched against us by both secularists and Islamic fundamentalists. Ave Maria! |
Ave Maria! Fr. Angelo Geiger, F.I. preaches the homily this morning at our Chapel in Griswold, CT. He focuses on the need for humility in order to have faith. Ave Maria! |
Ave Maria! Beginning with The Wedding Feast at Cana (John 2:1) Fr. Peter Fehlner discusses with host John Primeau the connection between the Divine Motherhood of Mary and her role as Intercessor and the general importance of Parenthood in the upbringing of their children. Ave Maria! |
Ave Maria! Using the ever-present highway signs, “Buckle-up, Its The Law,” Fr. Peter Fehlner, F.I. springs into the subject of obligation and freedom according to the teaching of Bl. John Duns Scotus. These signs demonstrate the paradox that the more independent we get from God, the more arbitrary law becomes, the more buckling-up we must do and so the very freedom we seek is lost and along with it our very personhood. Freedom, in the sense of autonomy from God, is not what makes us true persons, but rather love, and love is never more pure than when loving God. And loving God involves being thankful to God for creating us and redeeming us on the Cross. Using the old version of “thank you,” which is, “much obliged,” he makes the connection between love and obligation and thus between obligation and being a true person. He covers law, obligation, freedom, secularity, communes, license, conscience, synderisis, pragmatism, the difference between contentment and happiness. Whew! all in less than ten minutes. So buckle-up! You’ll need it with this one… Ave Maria! |
