Archive for February, 2008
Monday, February 25th, 2008
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Ave Maria!
In response to some objections that there is no need for the proclamation of the fifth Marian Dogma: Coredemptrix, Mediatrix and Advocate, we embed here a CNA News Video and link to the associated article about Pius IX’s motive for proclaiming the dogma of the Immaculate Conception of Mary which was recently confirmed by historian Francesco Guglietta. The historian affirms that combating the modern error of naturalism was the pope’s motive for highlighting this prerogative of Our Lady at that time. Today, in an era marked by a universal denial of the need for redemptive suffering and by its panicked flight from any suffering whatever, isn’t it time for the proclamation of the dogma of the Coredemption, which so brilliantly shows the vital efficacy of human suffering when offered up in union with Christ’s sufferings?
Notice, too, how the pope sought a consensus from the Bishop’s to help him come to his decision. Interesting, indeed, in light of the recent request by five cardinals to have all the bishops petition that the dogma be proclaimed.
Ave Maria!
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Monday, February 25th, 2008
February’s Theme: Religious Life
Ave Maria!
“Reciprocal love is the principal thing and is above everything else. This is the characteristic of every Christian and even more so of the religious: we must have love for one another as men, as Christians, as religious. The friary in which there is no reciprocal love is a living hell, and those who dwell therein are demons.” (SK #987B)
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Monday, February 25th, 2008
No Apologies #34 – “No sincere critic can deny their integrity.”( 05min) >>> Play |
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Ave Maria!
In this episode we take a look at the integrity of the four gospels and point out that there is no reason to believe that the writers were motivated to lie.
Ave Maria!
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Monday, February 25th, 2008
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Homily #080225 ( 09min) Play – Even though the villagers of Jesus’ own town had no faith and so He worked no miracles among them, they actually saw a miracle when they took Him up to the brow of the hill with the intention of throwing Him off and then He walked straight through their midst and left them.
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Sunday, February 24th, 2008
February’s Theme: Religious Life
Ave Maria!
“For a good life in common one must always seek to please the other members of the community and to do well one’s own duties, without getting involved in things which are not of our competence, with the upright intention of pleasing God and the Immaculate alone.” (SK #987B)
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Sunday, February 24th, 2008
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Homily #080224 ( 19min) Play – In this episode of HOMILIES Fr. Angelo gives a discourse on the Samaritan woman’s encounter with Jesus?at Jacob’s well.
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Saturday, February 23rd, 2008
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Homily #080223 ( 06min) Play – In today’s gospel (Mass readings), the parable of the prodigal son teaches us all of the purpose of Christ’s coming, for he came in order to reconcile sinners, and we see in the prodigal son what happens to mankind when he begins to pursue the path of a sinful life.
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Saturday, February 23rd, 2008
Face of Pro-Life #22 – The problem of abortion within the African-American Communities ( 29min) >>> Play |
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Ave Maria!
In this episode, Joe Collison discusses the disturbing crisis of abortions within the African-American communities. He explains how Margaret Sanger, founder of the American Birth Control League which eventually became Plan Parenthood Parenthood, initially had planned to perpetuate her absurd beliefs within the Black Communities. Her eugenic state of mind has been injected and still continues to thrive in our society today. Listen to why we need to continue to fight the good fight and to preserve the truth of the incomparable value of every human person. Ave Maria!
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Saturday, February 23rd, 2008
The Cornerstone #42 – Final Episode of The Cornerstone ( 7min) Play |
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Ave Maria!
In the previous episode, Fr. Maximilian spoke of the “Alpha” and the “Omega” of the spiritual life which is: Jesus Christ. And in this episode, Father recapitulates all he has spoken of ever since the – “Alpha” – first episode, because we have now reached the “Omega” of this series, the final episode. It has been a captivating experience as Father led us to a deeper understanding of the Absolute Primacy of Christ, the subordinate primacy of Our Lady and the importance this has on our spiritual lives. Especially the role of Our Lady on mediating the graces which conform us to Christ. We hope you enjoyed this series, and we thank you for joining us!
Ave Maria!
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Saturday, February 23rd, 2008
February’s Theme: Religious Life
Ave Maria!
“Dear sons, don’t ever be afflicted over seeing your own defects, but entrust them completely to the Immaculate, so that She Herself may transform them into a greater good. For the following month though, make a greater effort to let yourself be led by the Immaculate in everything, to accept everything that She sends you and to always be serene, in fact, this ought to be the disposition of every child of the Immaculate.” (SK #824A)
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Saturday, February 23rd, 2008
February’s Theme: Religious Life
Ave Maria!
“However much each one of us faithfully serves the Immaculate, that much less will we seek ourselves and our own satisfaction, instead we will strive ever more to please the Immaculate alone, so much the more glory we will give Her and that many more souls we will save.” (SK #926)
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Friday, February 22nd, 2008
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Marycast #7 ( 10min) Play – In this segment of MaryCast Dr. Miravalle expounds on a principal prophecy contained in the Old Testament with regards to Mary and her child Jesus (Emmanuel), as proclaimed by Isaiah: “Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign. Behold a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and his name shall be called Emmanuel” (Isaiah 7:14).
Ave Maria!
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Friday, February 22nd, 2008
The Holy Father met with the delegates to the general congregation of the Society of Jesus on February 21 and gave them an ear full. There is no full English translation of his address to the Jesuits yet, but a CWN story reports that different news sources seem to confirm that his talk was not mere flattery:
“The themes of the salvation of all people in Christ, of sexual morality, of marriage and the family — continually discussed and questioned today — must be deepened and enlightened in the context of contemporary reality, but maintaining the harmony with the magisterium that will avoid provoking confusion and concern among the people of God,” he told them.
Pope Benedict also objected to the idea some Jesuits have that the order’s special fourth vow of obedience to the pope is limited to obeying him when he asks an individual Jesuit or the entire order to undertake a specific mission.
The pope said the “fuller meaning” of the vow, according to the thought of Jesuit founder St. Ignatius of Loyola, is “to love and serve the vicar of Christ on earth with that ‘effective and affective’ devotion that makes you his precious and irreplaceable collaborators in his service of the universal church.”
It seems funny that this would need to be explained to educated men. Or does it?
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Friday, February 22nd, 2008
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Homily #080222 ( 16min) Play – “I will entrust to you the keys of the kingdom of heaven” (Mt. 16:19). For the feast of the Chair of St. Peter, Fr. Bonaventure gives an informative exposition of the primacy of Peter using these words of Our Lord as his basis.
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Thursday, February 21st, 2008
Roving Reporter #23 – Interview with Mary Torinelli ( 25min) >>> Play |
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Ave Maria!
During November of 2007 The Roving Reporter and Fr. Angelo were going on retreat and were invited to stop by at Our Lady’s House, Our Lady of Ephesus House of Prayer, in Jamaica, VT on the way. It so happens that they ended up staying there! After their retreat Fr. Angelo, the stand-in Roving Reporter, interviews Mary Torinelli on the history of Our Lady of Ephesus House of Prayer. Listen to how the founding of a replica of Our Lady’s House came about.
Link: Our Lady of Ephesus House of Prayer
Ave Maria!
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