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Homily #100319 ( 19min) Play -

Saint Joseph was by birth of the royal family of David, but was living in humble obscurity as a carpenter, until God raised him to the highest office ever accorded a mortal man, by choosing him to be the spouse of the Virgin Mother, the virginal father and guardian of the Incarnate Word. Joseph, says Holy Scripture, was a just man. He was innocent and pure, as became the husband of Mary; he was gentle and tender, as one worthy to be named the father of Jesus; he was prudent and a lover of silence, as became the master of the holy house; above all, he was faithful and obedient to divine calls. (more…)

Marycast #125 ( 08min) Play – Dr. Mark Miravalle explains why God permits disasters like the recent earthquakes and how we should respond to God when they strike.

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

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Duncan Stroik’s Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Chapel at Thomas Aquinas College – WSJ.com.

La Crosse Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe, which our friars staff, is featured in the Wall Street Journal today in an article on the architectural Renaissance being led by Duncan Stroik the shrine’s designer.

Homily #100318 ( 07min) Play – Do not think that I will accuse you before the Father: the one who will accuse you is Moses, in whom you have placed your hope. For if you had believed Moses, you would have believed me, because he wrote about me.
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Marycast #124 ( 12min) Play – Dr. Mark Miravalle underscores the importance of defending life in this culture of death of ours. He points out that covering up mass slaughter of abortion under the veil of our sophisticated, high-tech,  medical system does not make it any less barbaric. In fact, our leadership position in the world only makes us all the more culpable.

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

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From St. Patrick’s Confession:

Therefore, indeed, I cannot keep silent, nor would it be proper, so many favours and graces has the Lord deigned to bestow on me in the land of my captivity. For after chastisement from God, and recognizing him, our way to repay him is to exalt him and confess his wonders before every nation under heaven:

For there is no other God, nor ever was before, nor shall be hereafter, but God the Father, unbegotten and without beginning, in whom all things began, whose are all things, as we have been taught; and his son Jesus Christ, who manifestly always existed with the Father, before the beginning of time in the spirit with the Father, indescribably begotten before all things, and all things visible and invisible were made by him. He was made man, conquered death and was received into Heaven, to the Father who gave him all power over every name in Heaven and on Earth and in Hell, so that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord and God, in whom we believe. And we look to his imminent coming again, the judge of the living and the dead, who will render to each according to his deeds. And he poured out his Holy Spirit on us in abundance, the gift and pledge of immortality, which makes the believers and the obedient into sons of God and co-heirs of Christ who is revealed, and we worship one God in the Trinity of holy name.

And from his breastplate:

I bind unto myself today, in the strong Name of the Trinity,   by invocation of the same, the Three in One, and One in Three.   I bind this day to me forever,  by power of faith, Christ’s Incarnation;  his baptism in the Jordan river;  his death on cross for my salvation; his bursting from the spiced tomb;  his riding up the heavenly way;  his coming at the day of doom: I bind unto myself today.

I bind unto myself today the power of God to hold and lead, his eye to watch, his might to stay, his ear to hearken to my need;  the wisdom of my God to teach, his hand to guide, his shield to ward;  the word of God to give me speech, his heavenly host to be my guard.

I bind unto me these holy powers.  Against all Satan’s spells and wiles, against false words of heresy, against the knowledge that defiles,  against the heart’s idolatry, against the wizard’s evil craft, against the death-wound and the burning the choking wave and poisoned shaft,  protect me, Christ, till thy returning.

Christ be with me, Christ within me, Christ behind me, Christ before me, Christ beside me, Christ to win me, Christ to comfort and restore me, Christ beneath me, Christ above me, Christ in quiet, Christ in danger, Christ in hearts of all that love me,  Christ in mouth of friend and stranger. I bind unto myself the Name, the strong Name of the Trinity, by invocation of the same, the Three in One, and One in Three.   Of whom all nature hath creation, eternal Father, Spirit, Word: praise to the Lord of my salvation!

Homily #100317 ( 15min) Play

If the virtue of children reflects honor on their parents, much more justly is the name of Saint Patrick rendered illustrious by the innumerable lights of sanctity which shone in the Church of Ireland during many ages, and by the colonies of Saints with which it peopled many foreign countries. The Apostle of Ireland was born in Scotland towards the close of the fourth century, in a village which seems to be the present-day Scotch town of Kilpatrick, between Dumbarton and Glasgow. He calls himself both a Briton and a Roman, that is, of mixed extraction, and says his father was of a good family named Calphurnius. Some writers call his mother Conchessa, and say she was the niece of Saint Martin of Tours.

In his sixteenth year he was carried into captivity in Ireland by barbarians. There he was obliged to shepherd cattle on the mountains and in the forests, in hunger and nakedness, amid snow, rain, and ice. The young man had recourse to God with his whole heart, in fervent prayer and fasting, and from that time faith and the love of God acquired a constantly renewed strength in his tender soul. After six months spent in slavery (more…)

Have a Blessed St. Patrick’s Day!

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Arianism taught that Christ was not equal to the Father but was a creature made by the Father. This heresy swept through the Church in the 4th century and is the fruit of rationalizing and privately interpreting many Scripture passages.

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Homily #100316 ( 04min) Play – Through our Lord we are now able to get up from our sins and walk anew.
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Marycast #123 ( 9min) Play – Dr. Mark Miravalle asks us if we are willing to defend Jesus Christ and so defend His Church. He refers to a recent pop star that claimed Jesus has the disordered inclination of homosexuality and other unfortunate incidents that are blasphemous and calls us to not be silent in these cases.

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

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The Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in La Crosse, WI (where our friars staff the church) is looking to fill the full time position of Executive Director. They are now accepting applications through to April 15. More information and application go here.