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Homily #091222 ( 04min) Play – There is one penance that is above all other penances; the sacrament of confession. Make a good through confession in preparation for Christmas. Remember, though a person may hide a serious sin from the priest out of shame, it is not hidden from God. Although the person receive absolution from the priest, the sin remains and is not forgiven.
Ave Maria! Fourth Sunday in Advent – Mass: EF, Rorate Coeli – Readings: 1st: 1co 4:1-5 – Gsp: luk 3:1-6

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Homily #091220 ( 12min) Play – Fr. Ignatius, taking his queue from the Gospel of Luke, stresses the historicity of the Gospel accounts, and that we should be most concerned about what God thinks on all matters and not what the prevailing, changeable mindset of men of our time.
Ave Maria! Fourth Sunday in Advent – Mass: EF, Rorate Coeli – Readings: 1st: 1co 4:1-5 – Gsp: luk 3:1-6

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Homily #091218 ( 05min) Play – Fr. Angelo relates the Visitation of Mary to St Elizabeth in the Gospel today to the call to be stirred up by the might of God in the collect just as St John the Baptist was stirred up in his mother’s womb.
Ave Maria! Friday of Ember Week in Advent – Mass: EF, Prope es Tu – Readings: 1st: isa 11:1-5 – Gsp: luk 1:39-47

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Homily #091217 ( 05min) Play – John the Baptist displays his humility by deferring all honor from himself to Jesus his Lord. May the Lord give us this same humility during this grace filled season.
Ave Maria! Third Sunday in Advent – Mass: EF, Gaudete – Readings: 1st: phi 4:4-7 – Gsp: joh 1:19-28

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And Jacob was the father of Joseph the husband of Mary,

of whom Jesus was born, who is called Christ. (Mt.1:16)

Among the Jews, as among other peoples of nomadic origin, the genealogical tree was of vital importance. A person was known fundamentally of the clan or tribe to which he belonged rather than by the place where he lived.  Among the Hebrews we have the added circumstances ­of belonging to the chosen people through ties of a person’s ancestry being traced through the male. Joseph, as the husband of Mary, was the legal father of Jesus and, as such, carried the duties of a true father. Joseph, like Mary, was of the house and family of David of whom would be born the Messiah.

It would also be Joseph’s responsibility to name the Word incarnate, in accordance with the instructions given him by the angel: You shall call his name Jesus.

God had foreseen that his Son would be born of the Virgin Mary, in a family just like any other, and that in her he would develop in his humanity. The life of Jesus had to be in this respect the same as that of other men. He was to be born defenseless, in need of a father who would protect him and teach him the things that all fathers should teach their sons. The essence and ultimate meaning of Joseph’s life had to lie in the fulfillment of his mission as Mary’s husband and as the father of Jesus. He was born into the world to act as the father of Jesus and to be Mary’s most chaste spouse, in the same way that every person who comes into the world has a specific vocation from God, in which is rooted the whole meaning of his life.

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Homily #091216 ( 04min) Play – On Christmas, the best gift we can give to Our Lord is purity of heart. So, let us first ask Him for this gift during this season preparation.
Ave Maria! Wednesday of Ember Week in Advent – Mass: EF, Rorate Coeli – Readings: 1st: isa 2:2-5 – 2nd: isa 7:10-15 – Gsp: luk 1:26-28

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Homily #091213 ( 14min) Play – Today is Gaudete Sunday, the Third Sunday of Advent. In the midst of the penitential season of Advent we have the Sunday of Joy. We are preparing for the coming of the Lord but rejoicing always even when waiting since Our Lord is always present in some manner at all times.
Ave Maria! Mass readings
1: Zeph 3:14-18
R: Isa 12:2-6
2: Phil 4:4-7
G: Lk 3:10-18

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Homily #091206t ( 09min) Play – Jesus in the heart and a bullet in the back – 101 students choose…and 8 students choose…

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Homily #091206 ( 31min) Play – Advent is a time to be stirred and Fr. Bonaventure gives a stirring homily to prepare us for the coming of the Lord. He explains how Christ’s coming, as marked by John the Baptist, stirred up the leaders of His time, including Tiberius, Herod, Pilot,and Caiaphas. So listen to this homily and find out how we must put aside our baubles and avoid something called “acedia.”
Ave Maria! Mass readings
1: Bar 5:1-9
R: Ps 126:1-6
2: Phil 1:4-6,8-11
G: Lk 3:1-6

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Homily #091129t ( 08min) Play – Out of chaos, God created the world, and in chaos will He bring the world to an end.

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Homily #091128 ( 05min) Play – Fr. Bonaventure preaches on the need to avoid vice and give true worship of God. This is especially important as we approach Advent.  Today is the feast day of St. James of the March Franciscan preacher.
Ave Maria! Mass readings
1: Dan 7:15-27
R: Dan 3:82-87
G: Lk 21:34-36

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Homily #091125 ( 07min) Play – Fr. Bonaventure teaches us to not be afraid of this world, but to  keep our eyes focused on Christ as we enter the season in anticipation for His coming, Advent.

Ave Maria! Mass readings
1: Dan 5:1-6,13-14,16-17,23-28
R: Dan 3:62-67
G: Lk 21:12-19

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Ave Maria Meditations

The Real Presence: From Advent and Christmas

to Calvary and to the Blessed Sacrament

Neither Advent nor the tomb is Christ’s final rest in the world. He rests in the midst of the world now, in the Host. He is as silent, as secret and hidden, in the Host as He was in Advent or in the tomb. He trusts Himself to His creatures in the Host as He trusted Himself to our Lady in Advent; only then He gave Himself into the keeping of the one human creature who was sinless and in whom He could have His will, and now He gives Himself into the keeping of sinners.

In the Host He is immobile, dependent. He rests in the priest’s hands, on the paten, in the tabernacle. He remains with us, resting in all the cities and all the lonely and unexpected places of the world. Wherever human creatures are, He rests in their midst.

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