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Day #17: The Passions and the Flesh

MARY: The demon penetrates into you by means of the passions and, (more…)

Day #16: Renouncing the Demon

THE SOUL: I know that in holy Baptism I renounced the demon and I?m happy with that renunciation. (more…)

Day #15: The Spirit of Jesus Christ

MARY: Opposed to the spirit of the world, which is a mass of duplicity, resentment, struggles, presumption and degradation, is the spirit of Jesus Christ, (more…)

Day #14: The Spirit of the World

MARY: You live in the world and you cannot withdraw yourself from it materially, but you must be there
without living in its spirit. (more…)

Day #13: Holy Baptism

MARY: The grace of God has enriched you from your birth. (more…)

Homily #100919 ( 06min) Play – Fr. Ignatius preaches on the first reading and the need to recognize the one true faith and the need to be a member of the one Church founded by Christ.

Ephesians 4:1-6:

1 I therefore, a prisoner in the Lord, beseech you that you walk worthy of the vocation in which you are called: 2 With all humility and mildness, with patience, supporting one another in charity. 3 Careful to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. 4 One body and one Spirit: as you are called in one hope of your calling. 5 One Lord, one faith, one baptism. 6 One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in us all.

Ave Maria! Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost – Mass: EF, Iustus Es Domine – Readings:
1st: eph 4:1-6
Gsp: mat 22:34-36

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Homily #100113 ( 06min) Play – We celebrate today the Baptism of Our Lord according to the old calendar. Fr. Ignatius stresses the importance of Baptism and to do it with a valid formula and soon after birth and, finally, to live a life worthy of Baptized Christians.
Ave Maria! Baptism of Our Lord Jesus Christ – Mass: EF, Ecce Advenit – Readings: 1st: isa 60:1-6 – Gsp: joh 1:29-34

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From the Encyclical Letter of Ven. Pius XII: Mystici Corporis (on the Mystical Body of Christ and our union with It with Christ)

He wished to make known and proclaim His Spouse through the visible coming of the Holy Spirit with the sound of a mighty wind and tongues of fire. For just as He Himself when He began to preach was made known by His Eternal Father through the Holy Spirit descending and remaining on Him in the form of a dove, so likewise, as the Apostles were about to enter upon their ministry of preaching, Christ our Lord sent the Holy Spirit down from Heaven, to touch them with tongues of fire and to point out, as by the finger of God, the supernatural mission and office of the Church.

The Rosary: The First Luminous Mystery

THE BAPTISM OF THE LORD

• John is baptizing in the Jordan proclaiming a baptism of repentance.
• “I am the voice of one crying in the desert, make straight the way of the Lord.”
• “One mightier than I is coming after me.”
• “I have baptized you with water, He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.”
• Seeing Jesus, John exclaims: “Behold the Lamb of God.”
• After Jesus’ baptism a voice from Heaven: “This is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased.”
• The Spirit descends upon Jesus in the form of a dove.
• In this heavenly manifestation is instituted the sacrament of baptism.
• The divine Trinity is manifested: the voice of the Father is heard as the Spirit descends upon the Son.
• Filled with the Holy Spirit, Jesus was led by the Spirit into the desert for 40 days.

Spiritual Fruit: Gratitude for the gift of Faith

The Voice is John, the Word is Christ

John is the voice, but the Lord is the Word who was in the beginning. John is the voice that lasts for a time; from the beginning Christ is the Word who lives for ever. Take away the word, the meaning, and what is the voice? Where there is no understanding, there is only a meaningless sound. The voice without the word strikes the ear but does not build up the heart.

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Homily #100102 ( 07min) Play – St John the Baptist calls all to conversion because the one born in the cave is the Divine King a Spiritual King who is the one who will lead us in this current spiritual battle, leading people from secularity to Baptism and the peace that comes from above.
Ave Maria! Mass readings
1: 1 Jn 2:22-28
R: Ps 98:1-4
G: Jn 1:19-28

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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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Ave Maria!

Both Protestants and Catholics believe that you need to be “born again” (John 3:3) in order to be saved.  Protestants believe this takes place when your personal Savior is accepted.  Catholics  understand from vs. 4-5 that this takes place at Baptism.

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Homily #090908 ( 04min) Play – On Our Lady’s Birthday Fr. Ignatius focuses on this evenings prefession of first vows for our four Novices and relates this to our Baptismal vows.

The first few seconds of the homilies were not captured.
Ave Maria! Readings EF – 1st: pro 8:22-35 – Gsp: mat 1:1-16

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Homily #090704 ( 07min) Play – Fr. Bonaventure explains today’s Gospel that the fasting of the new testament will be done in the name of Christ and in conjunction with the sacraments and so be new wine.
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Homily #090111 ( 12min) Play -

And a voice came from the heavens,
“You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased.”

Fr. Ignatius Manfredonia explains why Christ was baptized, cleansed of sins, when He is Holiness Himself. He did it to fulfill all holiness and to purify the waters of the earth for all future Christian Baptisms and so open up heaven to us sinners.
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Homily #080922 ( 9min) Play – The light all receive in baptism is faith. We must be witnesses to our faith in the world by taking up our cross daily and follow Christ for the conversion and sanctification of the world, in imitation of the recent example of St Maximilian Mary Kolbe.
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