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Homily #110924 ( 13min) Play – On this memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary on Saturday, Fr. Dominic preaches on how Mary’s example of obedience at the Annunciation is so important for us on our journey to holiness.
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Mass: Mem BVM Saturday – Form: OF
Luke 1:26-38

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Ave Maria Meditations

The angel Gabriel from heaven came,

His wings as drifted snow, his eyes as flame;

”All hail,” said he, “O lowly maiden Mary.”

“For know a blessed Mother you shall be,

All generations praise continually,

Your Son shall be Emmanuel, by seers foretold.”

Then gentle Mary meekly bowed her head,

“To me be as it pleases God,” she said,

“My soul shall laud and magnify His holy name.”

The salutation to Mary (Lk 1:28-32) is modeled closely on Zephaniah 3: 14- 17: Mary is the daugh­ter Zion addressed there, summoned to “rejoice”, informed that the Lord is coming to her. Her fear is removed, since the Lord is in her midst to save her. One understands why Mary was so frightened by this message (Lk 1:29). Her fear comes not from lack of under­standing nor from that small-hearted anxiety to which some would like to reduce it. It comes from the trepidation of that encounter with God, that immeasurable joy which can make the most hard­ened natures quake.” In the address of the angel, the underlying motif in the Lucan portrait of Mary surfaces: she is in person the true Zion, toward whom hopes have yearned throughout all the devastations of history. She is the true Israel in whom Old and New Covenant, Israel and Church, are indivisibly one. She is the “people of God” bearing fruit through God’s gracious power. (more…)

Homily #110325 ( 10min) Play – “Do what ever He tells you” – this is the best advice Our Blessed Mother has given us.
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Mass: Annunciation of the Lord – Solemnity – Form: OF
Readings:
1st: Isa 7:10-14
Resp: Psa 40:7-8, 8-9, 10, 11
2nd: Heb 10:4-10
Gsp: Luk 1:26-38

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Fi News #82 – Marian Friary in Progress ( 06min) >>> Play

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Here is a video of the construction on the new Marian Friary of Our Lady Coredemptrix which started on March 25th, 2010 on the Feast of the Annunciation and shows the process up through August.The friary will be 22,000 square feet and have room for 28 friars with two floors, a partial basement and a bell tower that will be 86 feet high. The bell tower will have 3 bells from a local church that recently closed and the top 16 ft will be an illuminated cross. The friary is being built adjacent to the existing chapel on the property and will have direct access to the chapel’s main floor from the friary’s 2nd floor and to the chapel’s basement from the friary’s first floor.

The planned opening is spring 2011. Keep this project in your prayers.

Below are some pictures of some more progress since the video was taken. We will keep you posted

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Homily #100826 ( 07min) Play – On this feast day of the Seven Joys of Our Lady, celebrated by the Franciscans, commemorating the Franciscan Crown of the Seven Joys of Lady. Fr Angelo Geiger preaches on the Gospel account of the Annunciation where Our Lady finds joy in the message of the angel that she was to conceive by the Holy Spirit and have the presence of God within her. He ralates this to St. Francis who, after his conversion, was liberated from all that held him back from following Christ and was able to find joy in the ever-present Lord despite the fact that he had no earthly possessions.
Ave Maria!   Readings: 1st: Song 2:1-14
Gspl: Luk 1:26-38

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Homily #100325 ( 03min) Play – Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign. Behold a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and his name shall be called Emmanuel. Isaiah 7:14

And in the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent from God into a city of Galilee, called Nazareth, To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin’s name was Mary.   Luke 1:26-27

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Marycast #126 ( 10min) Play – On March 25th, 2010, Feast of the Annunciation, a Day of Dialogue will be held in Rome on the timeliness of a papal declaration of the 5th Marian Dogma, Coredemptrix, Mediatrix and Advocate. The event will be sponsored and moderated by the Vatican Forum of Inside the Vatican magazine and and St. Thomas More College.  It will include discussions from an international group of several major Marian theologians, bishops and cardinals.

Dr. Miravalle addresses the many reasons why it is an appropriate time to proclaim the dogma and addresses  some objections. He also asks us to pray for the success of this historic event.

ZENIT – Is the Time Ripe for a 5th Marian Dogma?.

To ask questions regarding Mary, email Dr Mark Miravalle: marycast@airmaria.com

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Homily #100211 ( 10min) Play – On this feast of Our Lady of Lourdes Fr. Angelo makes the connection between the Annunciation where an angel appeared to Mary and the Apparition at Lourdes when Our Lady appears to St. Bernadette. Our Lady tells  Bernadette she is the Immaculate Conception which is just another way of saying what St Gabriel said to Mary, “Hail, Full of Grace”
Ave Maria! Apparition of Mary at Lourdes – Mass: EF, Vidi Civitatem Sanctam – Readings: 1st: rev 11:19-12:1, 10 – Gsp: luk 1:26-31

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Conference #42 – Mass at the La Cross Conference ( 29min) >>> Play

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Here are the highlights from the beautiful Mass of Pentecost at the Marian Conference in La Crosse, Celebrated by Fr. Peter Fehlner, Fr. Pablo Straub, Fr. Thomas Euteneur, Fr. Jacinto Chapin and Fr.  Joseph Hirsch and includes the Homily by Fr. Peter where he covers three points:

1. How the heart of the Celebration of Pentecost is the Annunciation.
2. Why it is called Pentecost and how it is connected to the six days of creation, the Sabbath and the giving of the Law.
3. Why Pentecost is 10 days from the Ascension and how this relates to the Jewish Jubilee and the Glory in which we will partake.

Enjoy this glorious celebration at the new National Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe.

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The hermeneutic of continuity: Mass yesterday evening

By Fr Tim Finigan
At last night’s Mass of the Annunciation, we welcomed the Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate who sang the chants from the Gradual, the Missa cum Iubilo, and motets at the Offertory and Communion. Mulier Fortis has posted some photos …

More photos at Mulieris Fortis

Homily #090325s ( 12min) Play – Evening Missa Cantata recorded from the live stream.

We must follow the obedience of the New Eve not the Old, and be humble as Christ who is God and became man for our sake.

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Homily #090325 ( 05min) Play – The Angel Gabriel came to Mary, the New Eve, and through her obedience the word became flesh, undoing the disobedience  of the first Eve.

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Homily #081212s ( 30min) Play – On the Solemnity of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Fr. Angelo preaches on the Gospel of Luke, the Annunciation. Mary goes out afterward to help Elizabeth and so too, Mary’s entire mission as Mother of God is a charitable mission to help mankind which is in need of salvation. Mary continues this mission in her appearance to Juan Diego in Mexico City in 1531, bringing about the conversion of Mexico.
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Medal of Miracles #1 – St. Catherine kneeling in front of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal, 4 min >>> Play

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This is a repost of on of the earliest videos on AirMaria, revisted today on this feast of the Miraculous Medal. Enjoy!

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This vignette of the apparition of Our Lady to St. Catherine Laboure on the occasion of her request for the Medal was produced by the Franciscans of the Immaculate in conjunction with Susan Mackewich of Gizmo Productions and Dave Wroe. We include this segment on the happy occasion of the start of Air Maria and on the Feast of the Annunciation of the Archangel St. Michael to Our Lady resulting in the blessed Incarnation of the Son of God.

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