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Homily #120203s ( 16min) Play – Fr. Dominic preaches on the need for Catholics to be strong in today’s world as our president pushes his health-care into our Catholic hospitals.
In our own lives we must remove all that draws us into offending God i.e. sin. Work is such a blessing in regard to filling our time and keeping us out of trouble.

Ave Maria!
Mass: St. Blase – Opt Mem – Form: OF
Readings: Friday 4th Week of Ordinary Time
1st: sir 47:2-11
Resp: psa 18:31, 47, 50, 51
Gsp: mar 6:14-29

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Homily #120114s ( 00min) Play – America is facing so many crises today – economic, moral, cultural, environmental,  - but the real crisis is the crisis of Faith.
Ave Maria!
Mass: Extraordinary Form – The Blessed Virgin on Saturday, Missa: Vultum Tuum… 
Readings:
Lesson: Titus 3:4-7
Gospel: Luke 2:15-20

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Homily #111224s ( 16min) Play – Fr. Bonaventure gives a history of the fall and salvation of mankind on this Christmas Eve as we celebrate the birth of Jesus our Redeemer and King who will conquer the world and sin with His meekness, love and self-sacrifice.
Ave Maria!
Mass: Nativity of the Lord (Vigil) – Solemnity – Form: OF
Readings:
1st: isa 62:1-5
Resp: psa 89:4-5, 16-17, 27, 29
2nd: act 13:16-17, 22-25
Gsp: mat 1:1-25

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Homily #111215s ( 17min) Play – As we celebrate the Feast of Mary Queen of the Seraphic Order we also celebrate the first profession of Fra Camillo Mary. Fr. Angelo explains how Mary is so important in following Christ in a radical way as this newly professed friar is ready to do. Let us embrace Our Lady and so be able to follow Christ as He has planned for each us.
Ave Maria!
Mass: Queen of the Seraphic Order – Feast – Form: OF
Readings:
1st: sir 24:7-8, 10-14
Resp: psa 45:10, 13-18
Gsp: luk 1:26-33

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Homily #111208s ( 15min) Play – On the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception we have the privilege of having the Co-founder of our order the Franciscans of the Immaculate here in Griswold. He preaches on St Maximilian Kolbe and how his whole life was dedicated toward understanding who Mary Immaculate is and to spread devotion and knowledge of her throughout the world using the most modern means.
Ave Maria!
Mass: The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary – 1st Cl – Form: EF, Gaudens Gaudebo
Readings:
1st: wis 8:23-35
Gsp: luk 1:26-28

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Homily #111101s ( 09min) Play – On the morning of All Saints Day Fr. Dominic preaches on how the crowd of saints are very much interested in our efforts to become Holy and are interceding with God on our behalf that we are able to persevere though all the same difficulties that they themselves have overcome.
Ave Maria!
Mass: All Saints – Solemnity – Form: OF
Readings:
1st: rev 7:2-4, 9-14
Resp: psa 24:1-2, 3-4, 5-6
2nd: 1jo 3:1-3
Gsp: mat 5:1-12

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Homily #110908s ( 09min) Play – Our Lady herself is the fullness of time, the sign and the New Ark of the Covenant. The birth of the Virgin Mary is the sign of the coming of Christ into the world, a sign that the time is ripe.

Today we rejoice that our brother Friar Faustino is renewing his vows. This is a way of life here and now that most resembles the life lived in eternity.
Ave Maria!
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Homily #110731ls ( 17min) Play-

His Eminence Raymond Leo Cardinal Burke preaches at the 3rd Anniversary of the dedication of the main church at the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe of which he is the founder. He focuses how the Lord dwells with us and the importance of places of worship which reflects the fact that Christ is God made man and dwells in a special way in our churches in the Holy Eucharist.  He relates this in particular to the request that Our Lady made to Bishop Zumarraga through St. Juan Diego to build a chapel. He exhorts us to make our hearts, homes and churches a dwelling place for Our Lord.
Ave Maria!
Mass: Dedication of a Church – Form: OF
Readings:
Ezekiel 43:1-2, 4-7
Ephesians 2:19-22
Luke 19:1-10

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Homily #110602s ( 08min) Play – On this Solemnity of the Ascension of Our Lord, Fr. Dominic preaches on our hope in the promise that Our Lord left us before His Ascension into heaven.
Ave Maria!
Mass: Ascension of the Lord Thursday – Solemnity – Form: OF
Readings:
1st: act 1:1-11
Resp: psa 47:2-3, 6-7, 8-9
2nd: eph 1:17-23
Gsp: mat 28:16-20

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Homily #110102s ( 10min) Play – Fr. Angelo has the second Mass for today which is a special Mass for the drawing of the Epiphany Cards that takes place after Mass. It also the occasion of the unveiling of our new icon for our Pro-life Shine which is Our Lady Helper in Childbirth that has an ancient tradition attached to it. Fr. Angelo preaches on how it is important to focus on the three Magi because they were coming to Christ, the source of light, from the darkness of their paganism. This display of humility (to look beyond what they were masters of) should be imitated by us modern men who are such masters of science and so move from our new paganism to find the true light.
Ave Maria!
Mass: Epiphany of the Lord – Solemnity – Form: OF
Readings:
1st: isa 60:1-6
Resp: psa 72:1-2, 7-8, 10-11, 12-13
2nd: eph 3:2-3, 5-6
Gsp: mat 2:1-12

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Homily #101225s ( 18min) Play – On this day when we celebrate the birth of our dear Savior, Fr. Dominic preaches the Gospel message of the coming of Christ that is so well put in the broadest historical sense by St John the Evangelist. Father focuses on the mysterious truth of this coming. Mysterious because the most glorious all-mighty God comes to us as such a humble baby, laid in a manger, but nevertheless the stupendous truth that captures the eminent mercy and love or our God. This mercy and love is so fitting to God’s greatness that it silences all objections to this mystery.
Ave Maria!
Mass: Nativity of the Lord (Day) – Solemnity – Form: OF
Readings:
1st: isa 52:7-10
Resp: psa 98:1, 2-3, 3-4, 5-6
2nd: heb 1:1-6
Gsp: joh 1:1-18

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Homily #101215s ( 13min) Play – The Tertiary Handmaids renew their profession tonight.  Fr Angelo speaks about how St. Francis considered himself the property of Our Lady.  St. Francis always emphasized poverty and if someone said that a house belonged to the friars, St. Francis would kick the friars out of that house.  This was not quite the same however with the St. Mary of the Angels – the friars had to stay there always – not because they owned the Church, but because Our Lady owned them.

Ave Maria!
Mass: OF Form:

Readings:
1st Reading: Isaiah 9:1-6
Responsory: Psalm 113:1-8
Gospel: Luke 1:26-38

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Homily #101212s ( 19 min) Play – In this special Mass celebrated on Gaudete Sunday, which is also the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Fr. Angelo speaks of the importance of being vigilant. We rejoice with our Brothers and Sisters, members of the Third Order of the Franciscans of the Immaculate who made their first profession during this Mass.
Ave Maria!
Mass: 3rd Sunday of Advent – Form: OF
Readings:
1st: isa 35:1-6, 10
Resp: psa 146:6-7, 8-9, 9-10
2nd: jam 5:7-10
Gsp: mat 11:2-11

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Homily #101001s ( 06min) Play – We cannot fathom the infinite virtues that fill the Heart of Christ. Every saint shines more in one virtue then another, but Christ contains all in their perfection.
Ave Maria! Votive Mass of the Most Sacred Heart – Mass: EF, – Readings:
1st: eph 3:8-19
Gsp: joh 19:31-37

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Homily #100908s ( 14min) Play – today on the feast of the Birthday of the Blessed Virgin Mary we have our annual professions where our novices make first profession and those in temporary vows renew theirs. Fr. Angelo relates this generous sacrifice of their lives (to the service of God) to the calling mentioned by Paul in the first reading and the calling of Mary and Joseph to the exulted role of heading the Holy Family that is related in the Gospel. He also relates this to the sacrifices of St Maximilian (one of the patrons of our order) who pursued heroic efforts to spread the faith and how difficulties when conformed to Christ becomes effective to the conversion of others.

Ave Maria! – Mass: – Readings:
1: Rom 8:28-30
R: Ps 13:6
G: Mt 1:1-16,18-23

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