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Ave Maria! This short video presents the visit of St. Pio of Pietrelcina’s relics brought to Perth by Fr. Ermelindo Di Capua, a Capuchin from San Giovanni Rotondo. It also gives a condensed summary of St. Pio’s life and holiness in the process. +++ |
Ave Maria MeditationsSt. Leopoldo Mandic is known as an Apostle of the Confessional and also as an Apostle of Unity. Feast Day is July 30th.
SAINT OF THE CONFESSIONAL To be a good confessor one must first of all gain the confidence of the penitent. In this Fr. Leopoldo succeeded wonderfully. His very person, so small as to be scarcely visible in the semi-darkness of cell, his features calm and radiating kindness, his eyes full of serenity, his measured and paternal gestures, all combined to awake confidence from all who approached. Often he would get up and go to meet the penitent as if he were greeting an old and expected friend. Nothing he did or said could in any way humiliate the visitor and cause him to close his heart. He paid attention to everything, knowing that confidence is built on a variety of imponderables which may often appear insignificant. So much skill and so much virtue naturally disposed the penitent to listen with a receptive mind to the instruction and exhortations which followed. What he said was not just a routine affair, the same for everyone; he said what was needed by each individual soul in a manner easily understood by the person in question, using dialect and popular phrases if they would help. This was a point he considered very important. |
Ave Maria Meditations
St. Lawrence of Brindisi (1559-1619) Doctor of the Church God is love, and all his operations proceed from love. Once he wills to manifest that goodness by sharing his love outside himself, then the Incarnation becomes the supreme manifestation of his goodness and love and glory. So, Christ was intended before all other creatures and for his own sake. For him all things were created and to him all things must be subject, and God loves all creatures in and because of Christ. Christ is the first-born of every creature, and the whole of humanity as well as the created world finds its foundation and meaning in him. Moreover, this would have been the case even if Adam had not sinned. Saint Lawrence of Brindisi |
Homily #090518 ( +++ |
From the swashbucklers garrisoned in his hometown in Sicily, the young Philip Latini learned a dubious skill that was immensely popular in the 17th century: swordsmanship. Indeed, he acquired the reputation of being the best blade in Sicily…
But mortally wounding his opponent after being challenged to a dual, he knew his life must change. +++ ST BERNARD OF CORLEONE : Feast day is January 12th (more…) |
Homily #090112 ( |
AVE MARIA MEDITATIONS
July 30th: St. Leopoldo Mandic A Saint of the Confessional and a Saint for the Cause of Unity The august Mother of God is in truth co?redemptress of the human race and source of all grace. In fact on the one hand we have in her the most perfect obedience to God?s laws and, after her Son, the most perfect innocence: He impeccable by His nature, she impeccable by grace. On the other hand we see her as Our Lady of Sorrows, as He was the Man of Sorrows. If, therefore, by eternal decree of God, the Immaculate Virgin was the moral victim of sorrow as her Son was the physical victim, and if God?s avenging justice found no shadow of fault in them, it follows inevit?ably that they were paying the price of the sins of others, that is of mankind. (more…) |
 Saint Lawrence of Brindisi is the Apostolic Doctor and the doctor of conversions and missions. He said that the Savior would have become man even if the first man, Adam, had not sinned. No other doctor stated more clearly how much God desires to share love with us with these profound words. From this comment, we understand that God is a Lover first and afterwards a Savior. It is primarily through his love in the person of Jesus Christ as Savior that we know how to be saved.Jesus’ coming reveals why we need to continue his mission with him and have a mission or purpose for others. Conversion and sanctification can be a life-long process acted out daily. (more…)
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Homily #080421 ( |
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