Homily #120330m ( 14min) 

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Fr. John Joseph reflects over the compassion of Our Lady and how great love is wrapped up with great suffering and sacrifice. It was with great love and sacrifice that Mary brought forth Our Lord at Bethlehem, and it is with great love and sacrifice that She, cooperating with Her Son, brings us forth on Calvary.
Ave Maria!
Mass: Commemoration of the Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary – Ferial – Form: EF, Stabant Iuxta
Readings: 
1st: jth 13:22,23-25
Gsp: joh 19:25-27

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Homily #101101m ( 15 min) Play – “And therefore we also having so great a cloud of witnesses over our head, laying aside every weight and sin which surrounds us, let us run by patience to the fight proposed to us:” (Heb 12:1). On the Solemnity of All Saints, we honor even those hidden saints who are known only to God. May Our Lady Queen of all saints, with the multitude heavenly hosts intercede for us and protect us in our journey, that we may rejoice with them in the presence of the LORD for all eternity.
Ave Maria! All Saints – Mass: OF, – Readings:
1st: Rev 7:2-4, 9-14
Resp: Psa 24:1-2, 3-4, 5-6
2nd: 1 Jo 3:1-3
Gsp: Mat 5:1-12

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Homily #101009m ( 8 min) Play – In today’s Gospel a woman praises the Mother of God. He clarifies to the woman that Our Lady is evenmore blessed, for She “heard the word of God and kept it.” Fr. John Joseph concludes with a mention of  Ave Maria! Saturday in the 27th Week in Ordinary Time – Mass: OF, – Readings:
1st: gal 3:22-29
Resp: psa 105:2-3, 4-5, 6-7
Gsp: luk 11:27-28

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Homily #100926m ( 14 min) Play – In today’s Gospel, Our LORD gives us the parable of the rich man and Lazarus. Fr. John Joseph preaches on the importance  of charity and humility being necessary conditions to enter the kingdom of heaven. Ave Maria! 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time – Mass: OF, – Readings:
1st: Amo 6:1, 4-7
Resp: Psa 146:7, 8-9, 9-10
2nd: 1Tim 6:11-16
Gsp: Luk 16:19-31

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Homily #100920m ( 9 min) Play – In today’s Gospel, Our LORD speaks about setting up a lit candle “upon a candlestick, that they who come in may see the light”. Fr.John Joseph preaches on how the light of Christ shines through us to the word,,  when we practice His presence in our daily lives.
Ave Maria! Monday in the 25th Week in Ordinary Time – Mass: OF, – Readings:
1st: Pro 3:27-34
Resp: Psa 15:2-3, 3-4, 5
Gsp: Luk 8:16-18

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Homily #100830m ( 13 min) Play – In His hometown, our Lord Jesus preached on the fulfillment of the Holy Scriptures, which though fell into deaf ears. Fr John Joseph preaches on the importance of accepting Holy Scriptures as inspiration to bear our Cross faithfully and willingly. Let us be “doers of the word, and not hearers only.” (Jas 1:22) Ave Maria!  Monday in the 22nd Week in Ordinary Time – Mass: OF, – Readings:
1st: 1Co 2:1-5
Resp: Psa 119:97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102
Gsp: Luk 4:16-30

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Homily #100823m ( 12 min) Play – On the feast of St. Rose of Lima, Fr. John Joseph preaches on the importance of suffering in our lives as a participation in the Cross of Christ. Ave Maria! Monday in the 21st Week in Ordinary Time – Mass: OF, – Readings:
1st: 2 Thes 1:1-5, 11-12
Resp: Psa 96:1-2, 2-3, 4-5
Gsp: Matt 23:13-22

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Homily #100818m ( 15 min) Play – Fr. John Joseph preaches on the parable of the workers in the vineyard (Matt 20), and on the responsible role of the shepherds (Eze 34) – of those in authority, in different aspects of our daily lives. Ave Maria! Wednesday in the 20th Week in Ordinary Time – Mass: OF, – Readings:
1st: Eze 34:1-11
Resp: Psa 23:1-3, 3-4, 5, 6
Gsp: Matt 20:1-16

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Homily #100815m ( 14min) Play – On the Solemnity of the Assumption of Our Blessed Mother, Fr. John Joseph speaks about the intimate union She bore with Her Divine Son, both in sufferings as well as in glorification.
Ave Maria! – Mass: – OF: Readings:
1: Rev 11:19; 12:1-6,10
R: Ps 45:10-12,16
2: 1 Cor 15:20-27
G: Lk 1:39-56

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Homily #100814m ( 10min) Play – On this Solemnity of St. Maximilian Mary Kolbe, priest and Martyr of Auschwitz, Father exhorts us to follow St. Maximilian’s example to forgive and love our enemies, even to the point of laying down our lives for them.

Ave Maria! St. Maximilian Kolbe – Mass: OF, – Readings:
1st: wis 3:19
Resp: psa 116:1017
2nd: 1jo 3:1318
Gsp: joh 15:1217

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