Aug 14 – Homily – Fr Bonaventure: St. Maximilian
Saturday, August 14th, 2010
Homily #100814 ( Ave Maria! – St. Maximilian Kolbe Mass: OF +++ |
Audio (MP3)Aug 14 – Homily – Fr Bonaventure: Patron of Our Difficult Age
Friday, August 14th, 2009
Homily #090814 ( +++ |
August 14th: St. Maximilian Maria Kolbe, pray for us!
Wednesday, August 13th, 2008?
Ave Maria Meditations
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 August 14th: St. Maximilian Maria Kolbe
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Dearest children, I desire very much to tell you, to repeat for you, now good the Immaculate is. That way I could remove forever from your little hearts all sadness, despondency and discouragement. The word “Maria” spoken by a soul steeped in doubts, aridity and even misfortune due to sin re-echoes in her heart, which loves us very much. And the greater the unhappiness of a soul sunk in its faults, the more solicitous is the care of her, the Refuge of us poor sinners. Never worry that you do not feel this love. If you have the will to love, you already give a proof that you love. What counts is the will to love. External feeling is also a fruit of grace, but it does not always follow the will. Sometimes, my dear ones, the thought, a sad longing, as if a plea or a complaint, may occur to you: “Does the Immaculate still love me?” Most beloved children! I tell you all and each one individually, in her name (mark that: in her name!), she loves every one of you. She loves you very much and at every moment, with no exception. This, my dearest children, I repeat for you in her name??? (more…) |
Aug 09 – Homily – Fr Bonaventure: Ye of Little Faith
Saturday, August 9th, 2008
Homily #080809 ( |
I Offer My Life for the Conversion of My People
Friday, August 8th, 2008Ave Maria Meditations
 August 9th: St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein)
But we have the Savior not only in the form of reports of witnesses to his life. He is present to us in the most Blessed Sacrament. The hours of adoration before the Highest Good and the listening for the voice of the eucharistic God are simultaneously “meditation on the Law of the Lord” and “watching in prayer.” But the highest level is reached “when the Law is deep within our hearts” (Ps 40:8), when we are so united with the triune God whose temple we are, that his Spirit rules all we do or do not do. Then it does not mean we are forsaking the Lord when we do the work that obedience requires of us. Work is unavoidable as long as we are subject to nature’s laws and to the necessities of life. And, following the word and example of the apostle Paul, our holy Rule commands us to earn our bread by the work of our hands. But for us this work is always merely a means and must never be an end in itself. To stand before the face of God continues to be the real content of our lives.
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