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Homily #090926 ( 09min) Play – Jesus tells His disciples, “The Son of Man is to be handed over to men.” The apostles do not understand this. However, Fr. Bonaventure explains how the Blessed Virgin Mary did understand and how important this is to the mystery of salvific suffering.
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ROSARY FOR PRIESTS

John Cardinal Carberry

IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER, AND OF THE SON, AND OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. AMEN.

Dear Jesus, how can we ever properly thank You for our priests?  They have given up everything for us, forsaking the world to nourish our souls with the Eucharist and to heal our wounds through holy confession

End forth Your Holy Spirit right now, in a flood-nay-a supernatural torrent of grace in swift and sure answer to this plea, bringing consolations and courage and purity and joy to our beloved priests. As only You can do, whisper into their hearts that we love them so.  As only You can do, enwrap each man wearing a cassock and collar (and habit)  in the loving maternal arms of Your Mother who wept with You and stayed with You during Your hours of suffering during Your crucifixion.

We ask this in Your Holy Name, the Name above all names:  Jesus!  Amen.

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Prayer for Priests to be said after every decade of the rosary , after the Fatima prayer:

God, our Father, please send us holy priests, all for the Sacred and Eucharistic Heart of Jesus, all for the sorrowful and Immaculate Heart of Mary, all in union with Saint Joseph.

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Homily #090923m ( 12min) Play – Padre Pio carried his extraordinary cross for more than 50 years, may he intercede for us with Our Lady to have the courage to carry the Cross after Our Lord..
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Mary is the Mother of the penitent Sinner.

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A noble youth named Eskil was sent by the prince, his father, to Hildensheim, a city of Saxony, to study; but he gave himself up to a disorderly life.  He afterwards fell so dangerously ill that he received Extreme Unction.  While in this state he had a vision: he found himself shut up in a fiery furnace, and believed himself already in hell (more…)

Homily #090924 ( 05min) Play – Commemoration of the founding of the Mercedarian Order and the apparition of Our Lady of Ransom which was established to raise donations to ransom Christians who were held prisoner by the Moors.
Ave Maria!  Readings EF – 1st: ecc 24:14-16 – Gsp: luk 11:27-28

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Homily #090924m ( 07min) Play – Let us give some bit of time, whether once a week or a weekend, to offer our services to the Lord in taking care of the needs of God’s temple, the church.
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Homily #090923 ( 06min) Play – Saint Pio, still affectionately called Padre Pio, is one of our Patron Saints at the Franciscans of the Immaculate. Fr. Ignatius outlines the life of this great saint, miracle worker and mystic who died in 1968.
Ave Maria! Readings EF – 1st: 1co 4:9-14 – Gsp: luk 12:32-34

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Marycast #73 ( 10min) Play – In this episode, Dr. Miravalle discusses what the Church means when She declares that a certain apparition or private revelation is “approved,” and worthy of belief, or “condemned”.  Who in the Church discerns the authenticity of an apparition?  What crucial role does the local bishop play in the process?  Listen as Dr. Miravalle concludes this important and fascinating short series.

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Roving Reporter #78 – Fr. Peter Fehlner with Pierluigi Molla ( 13min) >>> Play

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Pierluigi Molla is the son of Saint Gianna Molla who died in 1962 after giving birth to his little sister.  St. Gianna developed a fibroma in her uterus during the second month of her pregnancy which required immediate surgery to save her, but since it would certainly terminate her pregnancy she put it off to save her child. Despite the best efforts of the doctors they could not save the heroic mother.

Pierluigi came to Our Lady of Guadalupe Shrine in La Crosse, WI to give a pro-life talk on the first anniversary of the opening of the Shrine. While he was there he graciously consented to an interview with Fr. Peter, the rector of the shrine, and shares his memories of his mother and his thoughts on  what her life gave witness to.

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Homily #090922m ( 07min) Play – It’s not a matter of just hearing the Word of God, but implementing it and putting it to practice in our lives..
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St. Padre Pio: PRAY, HOPE, AND DON’T WORRY!

Padre Pio’s Prayer After Holy Communion

Stay with me, Lord, for it is necessary to have You present so that I do not forget You;

You know how easily I abandon You.

Stay with me, Lord, because I am weak and I need Your strength,

that I may not fall so often.

Stay with me, Lord, for You are my life and without You I am without fervor.

Stay with me, Lord, for You are my light and without You I am in darkness.

Stay with me, Lord, to show me Your will.

Stay with me, Lord, so that I hear Your voice and follow You.

Stay with me, Lord, for I desire to love You very much and alway be in Your company.

Stay with me, Lord, if You wish me to be faithful to You.

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Homily #090921m ( 13min) Play – Our Lord passes by the tax-collector  and says to him, “Come and follow me..”
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Homily #090922 ( 11min) Play – Today’s Gospel is used by Protestants and Catholics alike to support the idea that Marian devotion should be minimized. Fr. Angelo counters that this is not the correct interpretation and the early Christians thought that way.
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