May 28 – Homily – Fr Ignatius: St. Augustine of Canterbury
Thursday, May 28th, 2009
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Homily #090528 ( +++ |
Ave Maria!– May’s Theme: Mary Most Holy “The Apostles, when they heard that Mary was about to leave them, broke into sorrowful mourning, like little children who are about to become orphans. Mary consoled them, assuring them that She was not at all abandoning them but that from heaven She would have continued to assist and help them.” |
Marycast Specials #55 ( To ask questions regarding Mary, email Dr Mark Miravalle: marycast@airmaria.com Ave Maria! |
One Minute Meditation
O Mary, Spouse of the Holy Spirit, make me docile to His divine motions. MEDITATION from Fr. Gabriel of St. Mary Magdalene OCD: “The Blessed, Virgin Mary,” says St. Augustine, “was the only one who merited to be called the Mother and Spouse” of God. She became the Mother of God because she was the Spouse of the Holy Spirit: “the Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Most High shall overshadow thee” (Lk 1:35), said the Angel, explaining the mysterious, divine manner in which she would become a mother, the Mother of the Son of God. At that moment the Holy Spirit, who had already possessed Mary’s soul from the first moment of her Immaculate Conception, came upon her with such exceptional plenitude that He formed within her the sacred Body of Jesus. Justly, therefore, does Mary deserve the name of Spouse of the Holy Spirit: she is His possession, His sanctuary, His temple. The divine Paraclete may well say to her in the words of the Canticle: “My sister, my spouse, is a garden end a fountain sealed up” (4:12). Mary is a garden enclosed:” because she was never defiled-even for an instant by the shadow of sin, was never subject to the winds of unruly passions, never taken up with any affection for creatures. Filled with grace from her conception, Mary is always the faithful Spouse of the Holy Spirit, attentive docile to all His impulses and inspirations. If Mary’s sublime privileges are reserved for her at we can, nevertheless, imitate her interior dispositions: keeping our heart, in imitation of hers, always attentive and docile to the action of the Holy Spirit. |
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Ave Maria!– May’s Theme: Mary Most Holy “When assisting at Holy Mass renew your faith. Keep your mind elevated to the mystery that is being celebrated before your eyes. Bring yourself with your mind’s eye to Calvary, and if you want to assist there fruitfully and with devotion, think of the Sorrowful Virgin at the foot of the Cross.” |
Marycast Specials #56 ( Ave Maria! |
One Minute Meditation
![]() Pope Benedict XVI: MARY’S FAITH Just as Abraham’s faith was the beginning of the Old Covenant, Mary’s faith, enacted in the scene of the Annunciation, is the inauguration of the New. For Mary, as for Abraham, faith is trust in, and obedience to God, even when he leads her through darkness. It is a letting go, a releasing, a handing over of oneself to the truth, to God. Faith, in the luminous darkness of God’s inscrutable ways, is thus a conformation to him … Mary, saying Yes to the birth of the Son of God from her womb by the power of the Holy Spirit, places her body, her entire self, at God’s disposal as a place for his presence. In her Yes, then, Mary’s will coincides with her Son’s. The unison of these yeses – “a body you have prepared for me” – makes the Incarnation possible, for, as Augustine says, Mary conceived in Spirit before she conceived in her body. |
Ave Maria!– May’s Theme: Mary Most Holy “What tongue could ever worthily describe the triumphant entry of Mary into heaven? If the triumphs that are prepared down here stir so much admiration and such enthusiasm to move and attract numerous people to behold them, what could one ever say of the triumph prepared by God Himself for His Mother?” |
Ave Maria! During the 2009 Spring Encampment two Squires, Adam Girard and Paul Ethier were inducted into the Knights of Lepanto. Ave Maria! |
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Ave Maria! St. Paul and St. James are clear that both faith and good works are necessary for righteousness and salvation. Ave Maria! |
Ave Maria! This is a re-post of a video we made at La Crosse, WI of the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe prior to its completion. We are posting it again to give everyone a view of the site where the Marian Coredemption Conference will be held on May 31, 2009. Plan to attend either in person or by our Live Coverage here on AirMaria, starting at 8:00 am Eastern Time. Here is the original post: In anticipation of the opening of the new Our Lady of Guadalupe Shrine in Lacrosse, WI on July 31, 2008, this Roving Reporter Special tours us through this new beautiful shrine, which at the time was under construction, and will be staffed by the Franciscans of the Immaculate. Deo Gratias! for more information on this Marian shrine: http://www.guadalupeshrine.org/Home/Home.asp Some photos from New Liturgical Movement Ave Maria! +++ |
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Ave Maria! The Italian video website is now offering video on demand along side of their scheduled programming. Yes, much of their programing is in Italian but they do have concerts that everyone can enjoy, including Sandals and Fiddlebacks that you have seen here, and some Traditional Latin Liturgies including the recent FI Ordinations in Tarquinia celebrated by Archbishop Burke and the Mass at the Lateran Archbasilica celebrated by Cardinal Canizares and they have many excellent pictorial slide shows of the various FI Missions around the world. Deo Gratias! |