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Ave Maria Meditations

Almighty and ever-living God, I approach the sacrament of Your only-begotten Son Our Lord Jesus Christ, I come sick to the doctor of life, unclean to the fountain of mercy, blind to the radiance of eternal light, and poor and needy to the Lord of heaven and earth.

Lord, in your great generosity, heal my sickness, wash away my defilement, enlighten my blindness, enrich my poverty, and clothe my nakedness. May I receive the bread of angels, the King of kings and Lord of lords, with humble reverence, with the purity and faith, the repentance and love, and the determined purpose that will help to bring me to salvation. May I receive the sacrament of the Lord’s Body and Blood, and its reality and power.

Kind God, may I receive the Body of Your only-begotten Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, born from the womb of the Virgin Mary, and so be received into His mystical body and numbered among His members.

Loving Father, as on my earthly pilgrimage I now receive Your beloved Son under the veil of a sacrament, may I one day see him face to face in glory, who lives and reigns with You forever.  Amen.

- Saint Thomas Aquinas

Homily #120128 ( 03min) Play – We can certainly come to rest in Holy Mother Church because She is truly invincible.
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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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Roving Reporter #128 – 2012 Students for Life Conference ( 10min) >>> Play

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The mission of All Girls Allowed is to restore life, value, and dignity to girls and mothers, and to reveal the injustice of China’s One-Child Policy.  Since 1980, (more…)

Homily #120127 ( 05min) Play – We must be willing to go out and preach the Gospel to all creatures and God will reap the harvest.
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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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Roving Reporter #127 - 2012 Students for Life Conference ( 11min) >>> Play

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NOTE: I missed a “7″, in 1.877.777.1277 The Sisters of Life is a contemplative / active religious community of women founded in 1991 by John Cardinal O’Connor for the protection and enhancement of the sacredness of every human life. Like all religious communities, we take the three traditional vows of poverty, chastity and obedience. We also are consecrated under a special, fourth vow (more…)

Mass: Ordinary Form - Sts. Timothy and Titus – Memorial 
Readings: Thursday 3rd Week of Ordinary Time
1st Reading: 2Samuel 7:18-19, 24-29
Responsorial Psalm: 132:1-2, 3-5, 11, 12, 13-14
Gospel: Mark 4:21-25

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Ave Maria Meditations

Did you ever wonder about this passage: “Every one who speaks a word against the Son of man will be forgiven; but he who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven” (Lk12:10)?  St Mark, too, reports the Lord as saying that this blasphemy never has forgiveness and that one who offends in this way is guilty of an eternal sin.

St Matthew in his turn quotes these solemn words of Christ in a context that allows for a better understanding of their import. He relates that the people were astonished at Christ’s miracles, so much so that they wondered: Can this be the Son of David? Yet the Pharisees would not submit to the evidence of the many miracles performed before their very eyes. Their only explanation was to attribute Christ’s amazing signs, his divine works, to the agency of the devil. Such was the hardness of their hearts that they would not accept the obvious. It is only by Beelzebub, the prince of demons, they said, that this man casts out demons. Precisely here do we find the unpardonable nature of the blasphemy against the Holy Spirit. They exclude the sources of pardon itself.  (more…)

Homily #120125 ( 09min) Play – Of ourselves we can do nothing, but with God we can do everything.
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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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Roving Reporter #126 – ( 11min) >>> Play

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Leticia Velazquez is interviewed by Friar Roderic at the March for Life Exhibit Hall at the Hyatt Regency in DC. She explains her book “A Special Mother is Born” that has 33 inspirational stories by parents who have special needs children, including her own story about her daughter Christina who has Down Syndrome and another by Presidential Candidate Rick Santorum.

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Face of Pro-Life #165 – Type the Caption here ( 30min) >>> Play

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Deacon David Carter of Mount Olive Pentacostal Church in Worcester, MA discusses the Black Genocide and the role that Planned Parenthood plays in this and the need for everyone to speak out about this terrible atrocity, especially leaders of the black community.

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January 22nd marks the sad anniversary of the Roe vs. Wade decision that legalized abortion across the United States.  More than 50 million unborn children have perished since.  This statue in Slovenia shows a bit of the anguish that many mothers come to know after their abortions.  Let us pray that the truth of the value of all life, born and unborn, will be once again championed all over the world.

Eternal Father, Source of Life, open our hearts to see and desire the beauty of Your plan for life and love. Fill us with Your Holy Spirit so that our love will be generous and self-giving and we may be blessed with joy.

Grant us great trust in Your mercy. Forgive us for not receiving your gift of life and heal us from the effects of the culture of death. Instill in us and in all people a sense of the sacredness of every human life.  Inspire our efforts to protect and care for the most vulnerable, especially women who are pregnant and their unborn children, the sick and the elderly.

Strengthen us in the hope that with You nothing is impossible. We ask this in the Name of Jesus who by His Cross makes all things new. Amen.

From the Sisters of Life

Roving Reporter #125 – Three Years Later With Lila Rose ( 07min) >>> Play

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The last time AirMaria interviewed Lila Rose was a few months before she entered the One True Church, the Catholic Church. Here we are again with Lila three years later.

For those of you that are new to Lila, here is a little info about her from the Live Action website.

Lila Rose, a recent UCLA graduate, (more…)

Third Sunday After Epiphany

22 January 2012

“Be of one mind towards one another.”

Rom. 12:16

Today’s readings show the radical difference between the gospel message of Jesus and the way in which the world lives. Jesus taught the need for a life of charity and the practice of virtue to all of his followers. In today’s Gospel (Mt. 8:1-13), we see how Jesus Himself exemplifies His great love for men (more…)

Face of Pro-Life #167 – ( 30min) >>> Play

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Fra Augustine talks about his efforts to start radio stations inculding the newest one in Bloomington, IN called WOMB -  With Our Mother Blest Radio - 89.9 FM that has a motto: We are 100% Pro-Life, No Contraception, No Abortion, No Euthanasia…NO EXCEPTIONS!!! He mentions the pro-life efforts they do, including broadcasting the prayers in front of the local Planned Parenthood.

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Ave Maria Meditations

Are you at peace in the midst of the painful chal­lenges of life and of suffering? I am talking about sub­stantial, deep peace, compatible with agitation, with all our daily upsets. May God grant you that grace, may he make you see in his pure light what he wants for you and what you can do for his glory and for those who are so dear to him.

This dear, good God is a marvelous artist; he knows how to knead us, to work us in view of the work that he wants to do in us and through us. Everything is good to him: suffering, illnesses, the events of our lives, the joy even, when he wishes it, although that is not the usual way. He detaches us from the world, from ourselves, from spiritual consolations, and leads us to loving him alone and into the happiness of which he is the principle, without any searching for his gifts. When you have left everything for him, you are sure of find­ing him, aren’t you? .. Let us unite our sufferings, our self-denial, our sacrifices; let us pray a lot; let us act in complete union with our Lord; and let us ask him to use our poor gifts for those we love and for his Church.

Elisabeth Leseur