Jan 02 – Homily – Fr Agnellus: The Newness of the Nativity
Wednesday, January 4th, 2012
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Audio (MP3)Jan 02 – Homily – Fr Dominic: Make Straight the Path of the Lord
Monday, January 2nd, 2012
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“Gloria in Excelsis Deo!” (Lk 2:14)
Sunday, December 25th, 2011Ave Maria Meditations
The Child is born! The secret was shared first to humble shepherds who had been told the news by the light of glory of the Angels. They were the first to adore HIM: the shepherds coming to see the Good Shepherd in His newborn state. There had been difficulties and hardships before the birth, and at the time of the birth, and more to come after the birth. But The Child had been born and the world would never be the same. Every child is made in the image and likeness of God. For every child conceived, there is a plan. And every child, in some way, changes the world around them. Let us all do everything we can to give them the chance.
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Dec 25 – Homily – Fr Dominic: The Humility of Jesus
Sunday, December 25th, 2011
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Dec 24 – Homily – Fr Bonaventure: The Canticle of Zechariah
Saturday, December 24th, 2011Dec 21 – Homily – Fr Bonaventure: The Visitation
Wednesday, December 21st, 2011Video – Immaculate Music #35: Dining Room Christmas Concert in Rome
Tuesday, December 20th, 2011
Ave Maria! Here are a few improvised Christmas carols from our “dining room concert” in honor of the feast of St. Stephen, patron saint of our founder Fr. Stefano Manelli. The “concert” was held last year in our convent in Rome. Ave Maria! +++ |
Dec 18 – Homily – Fr Angelo: Last Sunday of Advent
Sunday, December 18th, 2011
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Dec 04 – Homily – Fr Bonaventure: The True Christmas Gift
Sunday, December 4th, 2011
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Dec 03 – Homily – Fr Dominic: Happiness in Christ
Saturday, December 3rd, 2011
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Nov 28 – Homily – Fr Dominic: Preparation for Holy Communion
Monday, November 28th, 2011
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Dec 30 – Homily – Fr Angelo: The Virgin Birth
Thursday, December 30th, 2010
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Video – Fi News #95: Hermeneutics of Continuity
Sunday, December 26th, 2010
Ave Maria! Merry Christmas! Christmas Mass offered by Father Stefano in the ordinary form of the Mass, an example of hermeneutics of continuity. Fr. Stefano Maria Manelli was born in Fiume/Rijeka (Hrvatska), Italy on May 1, 1933. His parents were Servant of God Settimio Manelli and Servant of God Licia Gualandris, spiritual children of St. Pio of Pietrelcina. He was the sixth of the twenty-one children. He received his first communion from Padre Pio himself in 1938 He entered (more…) |
ROME REPORTS TV News Agency
Saturday, December 25th, 2010|
December 25, 2010. ‘May the birth of the Prince of Peace remind the world where its true happiness lies; and may your hearts be filled with hope and joy, for the Saviour has been born for us,’ said the Pope during his Christmas speech, the Urbi et Orbi message. The Pope also denounced the situation of Christians in China and asked God to ‘inspire political and religious leaders to be committed to full respect for the religious freedom of all’. via ROME REPORTS TV News Agency. |
With You Always
Saturday, December 25th, 2010Ave Maria Meditations
[Jesus speaks:] I was born, born for you, in a cave, in December, in the cold, homeless, in the middle of a winter’s night, in the unheard-of poverty of the extremely poor, in solitude, in an abandonment unique in this world. What, my children, do I want you to learn from my birth? To believe in my love, to believe that I have loved you until now. To hope in me, who have loved you so dearly. I want to teach you to despise the world, which was so unimportant to me. I want to teach you poverty, lowliness, solitude, humility, penance. I want to teach you to love me, for I was not content with giving myself to the world in the Incarnation, sanctifying it invisibly in the visitation; no, that did not satisfy my love. From the moment of my birth onward, I showed myself to you, giving myself wholly to you, putting myself in your hands. From then on, you could touch me, hear me, possess me, serve me, console me. Love me now; I am so close to you. In my unimaginable goodness, I did not merely give myself to you at my birth for a few hours or years: I am still in your hands, and shall be henceforth until the end of the world. Think of the unending good fortune I brought you in my birth: the ability to serve me – to serve me by serving the Church, to serve me by serving your neighbor, to serve me myself, living there near you in the tabernacle. Not only can you serve me, you can also console me … How happy you should be to be able to console me at every moment of your lives! By becoming so small, so gentle a child, I was crying out to you: Have trust! Come close to me! Do not be afraid of me, come to me, give me what children need: loving embraces. Do not be afraid, do not be so frightened in the presence of such a gentle baby, smiling at you and holding out his arms to you. He is your God, but he is all smiles and gentleness. Do not be afraid. Blessed Charles de Foucauld
The Lord Jesus took compassion on us in order that He might call us to Himself and not scare us away. He comes as someone gentle, someone humble. St. Ambrose |
