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Homily #091226 ( 05min) Play -  …they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit that spoke. Now, hearing these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed with their teeth at him.
Ave Maria! St. Stephen, First Martyr – Mass: EF, Sederunt Principes – Readings: 1st: act 6:8-10, 7:54-60 – Gsp: mat 23:34-39

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Homily #091225m ( 09min) Play – Today we  celebrate the Solemnity of the Nativity of the Lord.  Fr. John Joseph explains how Our Lord came to us newly born in rags and in poverty. Throughout this year let us bear in mind the poor in Christ, who He came to redeem, especially the neglected, the forgotten, the least of all.
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Homily #091225 (10min) Play – Who’s birthday do we celebrate today but that of the Second Person of the Blessed Trinity. As the rays of sun pass through the glass of a window, so from the womb of the Blessed Virgin did come the Infant Jesus, leaving in tact her Virginity. How many children are not permitted to have a birthday; through abortion.
Ave Maria! The Nativity of Our Lord – Third Mass During the Daytime – Mass: EF, Puer Natus Est – Readings: 1st: heb 1:1-12 – Gsp: joh 1:1-14

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It is only the Child lying in the manger who pos­sesses the true secret of life. For this reason he asks us to welcome him, to make room for him within us, in our hearts, in our homes, in our cities, and in our societies. The words of John’s Prologue echo in our minds and hearts: “To all who received him … he gave power’ to become children of God” (1: 12).

Let us endeavor to be among those who welcome him. Before him one cannot remain indifferent. We too, dear friends, must continuously take sides. What will our response be? With what attitude will we welcome him? The simplicity of the shepherds and the seeking of the Magi who scrutinized the signs of God by means of the star come to our help. The docility of Mary and the wise prudence of Joseph serve as an example to us …

The love that Jesus, born in Bethlehem, brought into the world binds to himself in a lasting relation­ship of friendship and brotherhood all who welcome him. Saint John of the Cross says: “In giving us all, that is, his Son, in him God has now said all. Fix your eyes on him alone … and you will find in addition more than you ask and desire.”

Pope Benedict XVI

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Marycast #105 ( 10min) Play – Concluding the theme of controversies during the Second Vatican Council as chronicled in the book , The Rhine Flows into the Tiber by Rev. Ralph Wiltgen, Dr. Miravalle discusses how a certain Bishop Karol Wojtyla (the future Pope John Paul II) argued against Fr. Karl Rahner, S.J. who wanted to minimalize Mary by hiding the council’s Marian teaching  in Lumen Gentium, a document about the Church. Although the final vote of where the section would be placed was narrowly in favor of Rahner and the Rhineland theologians, the content in the section was very pro Mary.

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

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Homily #091224s ( 13min) Play – Grace comes in the silence of the night. It is not that there was no room in the Inn, it’s that there was no room in the heart of man. See how God comes to us in so humble a manner, in quite while man sleeps. To night we find in the Liturgy that the Church puts us in the shoes of the shepherds, let us remain there and adore in silence.
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FI News #60 -Friars begging door to door online December 2009 ( 03min) >>> Play

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Homily #091224 ( 04min) Play – On the Vigil of Christmas (Christmas Eve) Father gives the account of the arrival of the Holy Family in Bethlehem. He notes how they are poor, chaste, docile to the will of God and full of charity. Let us imitate them and contemplate these great events.
Ave Maria! Vigil of the Nativity of Our Lord – Mass: EF, Hodie Scietis – Readings: 1st: rom 1:1-6 – Gsp: mat 1:18-21

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Homily #091223 ( 05min) Play – Continuing his Advent theme on Confession, Fr. Ignatius stresses the need for frequent confession throughout the year not just in the seasons of penance. Such a habit has 8 benefits that Pius XII outlined:

1. Self Knowledge
2. Christian Humility Grows
3. Bad Habits corrected
4. Spiritual neglect and tepidity is resisted
5. Conscience is purified
6. Will is strengthened
7. Salutary self-control is attained
8. Grace is gained in virtue of the sacrament itself

Ave Maria! Fourth Sunday in Advent – Mass: EF, Rorate Coeli – Readings: 1st: 1co 4:1-5 – Gsp: luk 3:1-6

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MaryCast Specials #65 ( 10min) Play – Dr. Miravalle goes through scripture leading to the Nativity of Christ and how important a role Mary played and what this means in regard to preparing for Christmas, both for own and for loved ones,  and even for our whole society.

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

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The Lord has shown His great mercy. Enkindle in your hearts ardent desires and burning wishes for Our Lord to come to you in the virtue of His charity, love of the Father, and of every human being. Say with the Royal Prophet, “I opened my mouth and panted.” And your Savior will respond, “Surely I come quickly; you shall see Me very soon.”

Your eyes at the midnight Mass will gaze upon the elevated Host and your lips will utter, “My Lord and my God.” A few minutes more and the little Infant will have come to you. His Immaculate Mother did not hold Him more truly in her arms that first Christmas midnight than you will have Him, Heart to heart. Then all the love of that Infant Redeemer will be poured out upon you. It’s a thirst of the heart of every creature that desires to be loved, and the love which can alone satisfy that craving is the Divine Love.

Let your heart delight in the love your God has for you, personally, individually. No soul ever in ardent fervor desires to unite herself to our Lord in Holy Communion, as our Lord desires to unite Him­self to her. So Holy Communion is a delight to your Infant Savior; because He loves you, oh, how immea­surably! He tells you in His Heart to heart interview that He has become a little Infant so that you may love Him with a human love without fear. He wants you to confide in Him, approach to Him with a con­viction that His Great Majesty is annihilated that you may no longer see in Him but a little Child, with a body and soul just as you have. And the mystery of love is this: that He unites His Body to your body and your soul to His Soul, so that yours may be a member of His very own.

This Christmas Holy Communion will unite you to our Lord, it is my prayer, more intimately than ever before in all your lives so that even the smallest of your actions may by this union be animated with divine Life – and all for the honor of the Father and the salvation of souls. May you participate in His life of charity, and may a divine light illumine you to see the depths and heights of the charity of a God made Man to redeem that which was lost. You participate in the spirit and the immense charity of Christ so as to be born this Christmas to a new life of charity – for “he that abides in charity, abides in God.”

+St. Katherine Drexel

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Homily #091222 ( 04min) Play – There is one penance that is above all other penances; the sacrament of confession. Make a good through confession in preparation for Christmas. Remember, though a person may hide a serious sin from the priest out of shame, it is not hidden from God. Although the person receive absolution from the priest, the sin remains and is not forgiven.
Ave Maria! Fourth Sunday in Advent – Mass: EF, Rorate Coeli – Readings: 1st: 1co 4:1-5 – Gsp: luk 3:1-6

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No Apologies #114 ( 05min) >>> Play

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Many people point to the existence of the Spanish Inquisition as a proof that the Catholic Church could not be founded by Christ. This claim is illogical in itself and also false because it’s based on a false conception of the Inquisition. Today we look at one of the pillars of that false conception: pulling it out of it’s historical context.

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Marycast #104 ( 10min) Play – Continuing on the theme of controversies during the Second Vatican Council, as chronicled in the book The Rhine Flows into the Tiber by Rev. Ralph Wiltgen, Dr. Miravalle discusses how fortunate it was that the suggestions of Fr. Karl Rahner, S.J. were not fully followed.

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

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Homily #091220m ( 18min) Play – “Most blessed are you among women…” (Luke 1:42)  Fr. John Joseph explains that as we come to know Our Lord, Our Lord will give us the gift to know the greatest thing that we could know in His creation, Our Lady.
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