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Homily #100307m ( 07min) Play – Fr. John Joseph exhorts us to pray with the Samaritan woman, uniting our prayers with hers and asking, “Lord, give me this living water. Give me this grace of yours to serve you more faithfully. Help me in my trials. Help me to overcome my sins, my defects, and my faults, while at the same time being patient with ourselves.”

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Marycast #118 ( 08min) Play – Dr. Mark Miravalle discusses the need for unity among the Christian Family. He points out that the obvious key to this unity will be the same key to the unity in any family, the mother.

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

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Homily #100128 ( 04min) Play – St. Peter Nolasco was founder of the Mercedarians who worked to gather alms to free the Christian captives of Muslims. He even went so far as to offer his very self as a substitute so that others could be set free. As such he fully lived the message in today’s Gospel :

Sell what you possess and give alms. Make to yourselves bags which grow not old, a treasure in heaven which faileth not: where no thief approacheth, nor moth corrupteth. For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

Ave Maria! St. Peter Nolasco, Confessor – Mass: EF, Iustus Ut Palma – Readings: 1st: 1co 4:9-14 – Gsp: luk 12:32-34

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Homily #100127 ( 09min) Play – St Bernard of Clairvaux preached the second crusade. But, despite the fact that he was able to  perform many miracles to confirm that this was the will of God, the crusade failed resulting in the loss of many Christian soldiers and a setback for Christian control of the Holy Land. Fr. Ignatius points out that it is sometimes God’s will that we be humbled in order to bring about greater virtue.
Ave Maria! St. John Chrysostom, Confessor and Doctor of the Church – Mass: EF, In Medio Ecclesiae – Readings: 1st: 2ti 4:1-8 – Gsp: mat 5:13-19

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Homily #100113m ( 08min) Play – Today we celebrate the feast of The Baptism of Our Lord.   Fr. Johannes explains how the Epiphany and Baptism of Our Lord are, in many ways, two aspects of one in the same mystery.
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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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Homily #100110m ( 15min) Play – Today we celebrate the Solemnity of the Baptism of Our Lord.  Fr. John Joseph explains what it means to follow the example of Jesus Christ, to be baptized and live as true children of God.
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Homily #100108ms ( 11min) Play – As we continue to reflect on the mystery of the Epiphany of Our Lord, the scriptural readings and prayers of Holy Mass, Fr. Johannes exhorts us to ask our Blessed Mother and St. Joseph to give us the grace always to recognize that Jesus Christ does not take away anything from us when we give him our hearts. On the contrary, He gives us everything.
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Fi News #62 – MSG Mike Cutone being interviewed by Steve Kitanick ( 06min) >>> Play

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Our friend, MSG Mike Cutone, who was interviewed on AirMaria back in September 2009 about his new book, The Leadership of Jesus, recently organized and held a Men’s Leadership Conference in Monson, MA. The Conference was very well attended by over 40 laymen and there was positive feedback all around at the end of the day. Real to Reel’s Steve Kiltanick caught up with Mike during the Conference and this story was recently aired in Springfield, MA.

Mike was the keynote speaker and his talk, which is basically his book in condensed form, is available to listen to here:

Audio (MP3) MSG Mike Cutone – Leadership

If you would like a copy of Mike’s book it is available at:

http://catholicsleadtheway.com/Products.html

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Homily #100104ms ( 10min) Play – Today we celebrate the feast of one saint and blessed:  St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, the first American-born saint, foundress and first superior of the Sisters of Charity, and who laid the foundation for the Catholic parochial school system in the United States, and Bl. Angela of Foligno, mystical writer, mother, “Teacher of Theologians”.

Fr. Johannes explains the importance of the Christian vocation and the increasing need for the protection of our children’s education in today’s world…

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Homily #100101m ( 00min) Play – Today we celebrate the Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of God.  Fr. John Joseph explains how fitting it was that God should create His Immaculate Mother so awesome, wonderful, and spectacular.  We might be tempted to think that She is distant from us, but this special feast reminds us that She is not only God’s Mother, but ours as well.
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Homily #091220m ( 18min) Play – “Most blessed are you among women…” (Luke 1:42)  Fr. John Joseph explains that as we come to know Our Lord, Our Lord will give us the gift to know the greatest thing that we could know in His creation, Our Lady.
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Homily #091214ms ( 16min) Play – Today we celebrate the feast of St. John of the Cross, priest and doctor of the Church, patron of contemplatives, mystics, and Spanish poets.

Fr. John Joseph touches on how St. John was a great spiritual mystic and spiritual director, known for his teaching on the “Dark Night of the Soul“.

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Homily #091213m ( 09min) Play – The third Sunday of Advent is called “Gaudete Sunday“, when the pink Advent candle is lit, priests wear rose-colored vestments, and we rejoice and are glad, for the Lord is near…
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Homily #091210m ( 13min) Play – Today we celebrate the feast of Our Lady of Loreto, which refers to the Translation of the Holy House of Loreto, the house in Nazareth where Mary was born and where the Annunciation occurred.  According to tradition, angels lifted up and transported the little house several times, finally to its current resting place in Loreto, Italy.

Father John Joseph explains how Our Lady exemplifies the role of the mother in the home. The home is where children can see the faith of their parents, where they learn their Christian virtues and what it means to be Catholic.

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