Homily #120208 ( 12min) Play – Truth is Jesus Christ Himself. The access to Truth comes through Holy Mother Church.
Ave Maria!
Mass: Ordinary Form - St. Jerome Emiliani – Optional Memorial
Readings: Wednesday 5th Week of Ordinary Time
1st: 1Kings 10:1-10
Responsorial Psalm: 37:5-6, 30-31, 39-40
Gospel: Mark 7:14-23

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Homily #120128 ( 03min) Play – We can certainly come to rest in Holy Mother Church because She is truly invincible.
Ave Maria!
Mass: Ordinary Form - St. Thomas Aquinas – Memorial 
Readings: Saturday 3rd Week of Ordinary Time
1st Reading: 2Samuel 12:1-7, 10-17
Responsorial Psalm: 51:12-13, 14-15, 16-17
Gosepl: Mark 4:35-41

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Homily #120127 ( 05min) Play – We must be willing to go out and preach the Gospel to all creatures and God will reap the harvest.
Ave Maria!
Mass: Ordinary Form - St. Angela Merici – Optional Memorial 
Readings: Friday 3rd Week of Ordinary Time
1st Reading: 2Samuel 11:1-4, 5-10, 13-17
Responsorial Psalm: 51:3-4, 5-6, 6-7, 10-11
Gospel: Mark 4:26-34

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Homily #120125 ( 09min) Play – Of ourselves we can do nothing, but with God we can do everything.
Ave Maria!
Mass: Ordinary Form –  Conversion of St. Paul – Feast 
Readings:
1st Reading: Acts 22:3-16
Responsorial Psalm: 117:1, 2
Gospel: Mark 16:15-18

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Homily #120113 ( 05min) Play – Fr Bonaventure preaches on the authority that Christ has to forgive sins and heal and how this points to His divinity which is why the witnesses to these healings exclaimed, “We have never seen anything like this.”
Ave Maria!
Mass: St. Hilary of Poitiers – Opt Mem – Form: OF
Readings: Friday 1st Week of Ordinary Time
1st: 1sa 8:4-7, 10-22
Resp: psa 89:16-17, 18-19
Gsp: mar 2:1-12

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Homily #120112 ( 04min) Play – Fr Bonaventure preaches on the healing of the leper and that by telling everyone about the cure he gave glory to God and showed his sincere gratitude.
Ave Maria!
Mass: St. Bernard of Corleone – Opt Mem – Form: OF
Readings: Thursday 1st Week of Ordinary Time
1st: 1sa 4:1-11
Resp: psa 44:10-11, 14-15, 25-26
Gsp: mar 1:40-45

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Homily #120111 ( 06min) Play – Fr. Bonaventure preaches on how the miracles that the Lord performed, such as the healings recounted in today’s Gospel, where done to bring about the moral conversion of those who witness it.
Ave Maria!
Mass: Wednesday 1st Week of Ordinary Time – Wkdy – Form: OF
Readings:
1st: 1sa 3:1-10, 19-20
Resp: psa 40:2-5, 7-8, 8-9, 10
Gsp: mar 1:29-39

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Homily #120109 ( 06min) Play – Fr. Bonaventure preaches on how the Baptism of the Lord reveals not only His divinity but  the fact that God is a Trinity and this God is Love.
Ave Maria!
Mass: Baptism of the Lord – Feast – Form: OF
Readings:
1st: isa 42:1-4, 6-7
Resp: psa 29:1-2, 3-4, 3, 9-10
2nd: act 10:34-38
Gsp: mar 1:7-11

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Homily #120108 ( 20min) Play – Fr. Bonaventure preaches on the Epiphany of the Lord pointing out that this manifestation of the divinity of the Child Jesus is in fact very miraculous and both the star in heaven that guides the Magi and the interior inspiration that motivated them to travel so far has no natural explanation because it is God who brought this about. Father also explains the role of Our Lady in this manifestation and this all points to our divinely given mission to make these same mysteries manifest to our modern world.
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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