JESUS: ?He who eats my flesh and drinks my Blood will have eternal life and I will raise him up on the last day … He who feeds on me lives because of me … Your fathers ate the manna and died, but he who feeds on me will not die … I am the bread of life come down from heaven.? (more…)
Homily #110526 (04min) Play – Fr. Bonaventure preaches on today’s Gospel where Our Lord during the last supper teaches His disciples how much He loves us, so much so that He is ready to give up his life. This is the basis for following His commandments, how we should desire not to lose that precious love through misdeeds.
Ave Maria!
Mass: St. Philip Neri – Memorial – Form: OF
Readings: Thursday 5th Week of Easter
1st: act 15:7-21
Resp: psa 96:1-2, 2-3, 10
Gsp: joh 15:9-11
MARY: Jesus was not content merely to open to you the channels of grace with the Sacraments; he wished to give you himself so that you could live totally by him and in him. (more…)
Yes, we did win the ‘Silver Fish Award’ at the Vatican’s International Catholic Film Festival in the categories of Best Film, and Best Actor/Actress. This is for the feature length motion picture titled “Duns Scoto” on the life of Bl. John Duns Scotus that the FI’s in Italy produced in conjunction with TVCO. Not bad for our first feature length video. Well done Fr. Alfonso Bruno and team! Deo Gratias!
Here is the English trailer from TVCO:
You can see more on this film Duns Scoto with these AirMaria articles:
Face of Pro-Life #136 – Leticia Velasquez on Down Syndrome (30min) >>> Play
Ave Maria!
Leticia Velasquez enlightens us on the life of the great geneticist Dr. Jerome Lejeune and explains the plight of Down Syndrome children who are being aborted at the rate of 90% where the high-tech process of prenatal testing masks a rather Hitlarian industrial elimination of the weakest members of our society. She discusses:
How abortion for Down Syndrome is promoted to society and individual mothers.
How these Hitlarian policies are coming very close to Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World
The beauty of Down Syndrome Children
How the work of Dr. Jerome Lejeune was used to abort these children, against his intentions
How Dr. Lejeune’s cause for beatification has been accepted by the Vatican
Her interview with the wife of Dr. Lejeune
How his research has lead to the opening of new cures for many of the symptoms of Down Syndrome
1. Mary, Mother of God, you are the Mother of mankind and therefore the Help of Christians, the all-powerful suppliant. You abound in divine life for yourself; for us you abound in grace. Your part in distributing God’s grace is a result of the part you played in obtaining it. Although it is true that Jesus in glory, by means of His divine wounds, is our intercessor before the Father and all God’s gifts come to us through His merits, you are the all-powerful suppliant, through whom every prayer reaches up to Him and every grace comes down. From the moment you said, “Be it done to me according to thy word,” the Father in heaven made Jesus and you, as it were, a redemptive pair; you, of course, have always been dependent on Him. In all of the mysteries of Jesus, in every part of His life, the Father always thought of you two together; together you labored to save men.
You were charged with dispensing the supernatural life to men because this was fitting. But you help Christians also by your prayers. You express your wishes to God, those wishes which have to do with our needs—needs of body and needs of soul. Because of your dignity, you reach to the borders of the divine. He who gives grace, takes your prayers for commands.
Homily #110524 (12min) Play – Today we Franciscans celebrate the dedication of the Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi as a feast. Fr. Bonaventure preaches on the greatness of St Francis and the importance of reverencing holy places and church buildings. He stresses how this is not idolatry as some would claim or a waist of money as others say, but rather celebrating what God can do when He gives extraordinary gifts of grace to His saints and how we should imitate St. Francis in his reverence for churches, winning many of these same graces.
Ave Maria!
Mass: Dedication of the Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi – Feast – Form: OF
Readings:
1st: rev 21:1-5
Resp: psa 95:1-7
Gsp: joh 10:22-30
There will be a Day of Prayer and talks in honor of Our Lady of All Nations at the Shrine of Our Lady of the Island, Manorville, Long Island, NY (shrine run by the Montfort Fathers), Saturday, May 28, 9:30am to 5:00pm. The AirMaria crew will be there along with Fr. Angelo who will be a speaker and the main celebrant. Other speakers will be Dr. Mark Miravalle, Professor of Mariology at Franciscan University and President of Vox Populi and Judith Gentle, Professor of Theology and Mariologist and an author and international lecturer. Come, learn and grow closer to Our Lord and Lady with these talks and many prayers and devotions, asking for heavenly help in these perilous times.
Schedule with Conference Speakers:
9:30 am – Assembly in the St. Bernadette Chapel
10:00 – Dr. Mark Miravalle, STD
11:00 – Dr. Judith Marie Gentle
12 noon – Lunch Break
1:15 – Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
1:45 – Fr. Angelo Geiger, FI
2:45 - Break, bring a bag lunch
3:00 – Holy Mass
4:00 – Rosary and Divine Mercy with Procession to the Shrine
5:00 pm – Finish
For more information, please contact:
Andrea – 718-591-6270
Elena – 718-633-2482
Rory – 732-401-0412
Shrine of Our Lady of the Island
258 Eastport Manor Rd
Manorville, NY 11949-3380
(631) 325-0661
Fr. David Bertolotti 917-951-0612 ourladyoftheisland.org?
MARY: A soldier who wants to keep himself really faithful to his duty should not be one who serves under constraint; he should have an ideal toward which he aspires. (more…)
Homily #110523 (06min) Play – Today Fr. Bonaventure preaches on the first reading where Paul and Barnabus must convince the people of Lystria from offering sacrifice to them after Paul miraculously cures a crippled man. He uses this to underline the need for the one true faith in the living God.
Ave Maria!
Mass: Monday 5th Week of Easter – – Form:
Readings:
1st: act 14:5-18
Resp: psa 115:1-2, 3-4, 15-16
Gsp: joh 14:21-26
Homily #110522 (23min) Play – Today Fr. Bonaventure preaches on how Our Lord strives to strengthen His disciples at the last supper before the Crucifixion so that they will be able to persevere until they see His resurrection and so see what awaits them. Father then explains the glories of the resurrected body to see what great hope we have and how much anyone would give for such gifts.
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