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Homily #120418 ( 05min) Play - John 3:16  is a summery of the salvation God wrought for us. It  also reveals what our Lady has done for us.  What a great grace this is; the Marian form of religious life we profess.
Ave Maria!
Mass: Wednesday 2nd Week of Easter – Wkdy – Form: OF
Readings: 
1st: act 5:17-26
Resp: psa 34:2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9
Gsp: joh 3:16-21

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Homily #120417 ( 04min) Play – Religious life originates from the life of our Lord and His Apostles.
Ave Maria!
Mass: Tuesday 2nd Week of Easter – Wkdy – Form: OF
Readings: 
1st: act 4:32-37
Resp: psa 93:1, 1-2, 5
Gsp: joh 3:7-15

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Homily #120416 ( 00min) Play – Unless you be born again you can not see the kingdom of God. It is the spiritual womb of Mary that we are to enter for the first time to be born again.
Ave Maria!
Mass: Monday 2nd Week of Easter – Wkdy – Form: OF
Readings: 
1st: act 4:23-31
Resp: psa 2:1-3, 4-6, 7-9
Gsp: joh 3:1-8

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Homily #120413 ( 07min) Play -  This is not the first time our Lord advises his apostles on casting their fishing nets. It’s not just about catching fish, it goes deeper…listen here as Fr. Ignatius helps point out some of the hidden lessons.
Ave Maria!
Mass: Friday of Easter Week – Wkdy – Form: OF
Readings: 
1st: act 4:1-12
Resp: psa 118:1-2, 4, 22-24, 25-27
Gsp: joh 21:1-14

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Homily #120411 ( 06min) Play – Fr. Ignatius preaches on the Resurrection and how Christ is preparing the disciples for the radical faith needed to carry out the mission for which He has destined them. So too we are given a share in His mission of evangelizing the world and must make good use of the graces He gives us for this.
Ave Maria!
Mass: Wednesday of Easter Week – Wkdy – Form: OF
Readings: 
1st: act 3:1-10
Resp: psa 105:1-2, 3-4, 6-7, 8-9
Gsp: luk 24:13-35

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Homily #111007 ( 06min) Play – All Christians need to avail themselves of this most powerful prayer. If you have the Rosary in your hand its like holding Our Lady by the hand.
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Mass: Extraordinary Form – The Most Holy Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Gaudeamus, II Class, Commemoration of St. Mark, Pope & Confessor - PDF - Missale
Readings: – Proper – Epistle: Poverbs 8:22-24, 35 - Gospel: Luke 1:26-38

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Homily #111006 ( 03min) Play – The Carthusian Order, which St. Bruno founded, has a remarkable record – it has never been reformed!
Ave Maria!
Mass: Extraordinary Form: 3rd Day in the Octave of Our Holy Father Saint Francis of Assisi;  Commemoration of St Bruno & St Mary Francis of the Five Wounds. Os Iusti - Text - Missale
Readings: – Epistle: Sirach 31:8-11 - Gospel: Luke 12:35-40

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Homily #111005 ( 05min) Play – “For this cause I bow my knees to the Father of Our Lord Jesus Christ, of whom all paternity in heaven and earth is named“.
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Mass: Ordinary Form: Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost – Ferial, Miserere Mihi Domine
Readings:
Epistle: Ephesians 3:13-21
Gospel: Luke 14:1-11

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Homily #111004 ( 05min) Play – We are all called to practice the virtue of Poverty – firstly material poverty. which leads to spiritual poverty.
Ave Maria!
Mass: Extraordinary Form: St. Francis of Assisi, Confessor – 1st Cl, Mihi Autem
Readings:
Epistle: Galatians 6:14-18
Gospel: Matthew 11:25-30

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Homily #111003 ( 05min) Play – This homily is a very good short summation of the “Little Way” of St. Therese of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face.
Ave Maria!
Mass: Ordinary Form: St. Therese of the Child Jesus – 3rd Cl, Veni De Libano
Readings:
Epistle: Isaiah 66:12-14
Gospel: Matthew 18:1-4

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Homily #111002 ( 00min) Play –  Fr. Ignatius preaches on today’s Gospel where Our Lord asks the Pharisees Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day? When the Pharisees would not answer Our Lord answers by healing the sick man on the Sabbath and so teaches that we should practice charity always and everywhere.
Ave Maria!
Mass: Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost – Sunday – Form: EF, Miserere Mihi Domine
Readings:
1st: eph 3:13-21
Gsp: luk 14:1-11

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Homily #110930 ( 04min) Play – Fr. Ignatius Manfredonia is back in the US for a short visit. Here’s a good short homily – welcome back Father!

Ave Maria!
Mass: Extraordinary Form: St. Jerome, Confessor and Doctor of the Church – 3rd Cl, In Medio Ecclesiae
Readings:
Epistle: 2Timothy 4:1-8
G0spel: Matthew 5:13-19

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Conferences #144 – Fr. Ignatius on the Cardinal Virtues ( 34min) >>> Play

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Fr. Ignatius finished the Theological Virtues in the first three talks of his mission in England. Now in this forth and final talk he covers the Human Virtues CCC 1804 which the the Catechism breaks down into Cardinal Virtues of Prudence, Justice, Fortitude and Temperance, (CCC 1805-9) and the Virtues and Grace (CCC 1810-1811) which Fr. Ignatius calls the Moral Virtues and lists them as Humility and Chastity. All of these he explains how practice in a heroic degree and urges us to do so.

Ave Maria!

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Conferences #143 – Fr. Ignatius on Charity ( 61min) >>> Play

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In this third talk for the Mission on Heroic Virtue in England, Fr. Ignatius explains the theological virtue of charity, the queen of virtues.

CCC 1822-1829 – “Charity is the theological virtue by which we love God above all things for his own sake, and our neighbor as ourselves for the love of God…”

He considers this charity towards God under three aspects: 1) God as the immediate object of love 2) The way in which we love God 3) Zeal for God’s honor

Ave Maria!

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Conferences #142 – Fr. Ignatius heroic virtue, faith and Hope ( 55min) >>> Play

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In this second talk by Fr. Ignatius on Heroic Virtue he covers two of the three theological virtues: Faith and Hope. Extensively referencing the Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC) for Faith (CCC 1814-1816) and for Hope (CCC 1817-1821), he explains what these virtues are, what they do for us, and,what is needed to develop them.

Ave Maria!

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