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Homily #120318 ( 45min) Play – On this Laetare Sunday, Fr. Bonaventure preaches on today’s Gospel, starting with a question from the St. Pius X Catechism, which asks:

1. Q: Are you a Christian?
   A: Yes, I am a Christian, by the grace of God.
2. Q: Why do you say: By the grace of God?
   A: I say: By the grace of God, because to be a Christian is a perfectly gratuitous gift of God, which we ourselves could not have merited.
3. Q: Who is a true Christian? (more…)

A Day With Mary #21 – St Peter’s Catholic Church ( 19min) >>> Play

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During the pontificate of John Paul II a collection of votive masses in honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary were put together and made available especially for use on Saturdays and special occasions . Votive masses are not normally permitted during privileged seasons (more…)

Ave Maria Meditations

Look at His Glorious Cross
Here is the gateway to Heaven
Opened at last for the lost;
See such a price for the sins of mankind,
And His love is paying the cost.
Towering over history
Look at His Glorious Cross

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 O Glorious Cross, Remedy for Every Affliction, Antidote for Every Poison, Medicine for Every Weakness!

September 14
The Exaltation of the Glorious Cross

Glory in the Cross

“It is for us to glory in the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ in whom is our health, life and Resurrection: through whom we have been saved and set free” (Introit). Celebrating today the mystery of the Cross, we fix our gaze not upon an instrument of torture and of shame but, rather, upon the Tree of Life whose leaves are for the healing of the nations (Rev 22:2). We lift our eyes to the royal throne of the King of glory, the sign of the Son of Man that will appear in the heavens at the end of the age (Mt 24:30). To the eyes of faith, the Cross shines like the sun over the eastern horizon.

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Homily #110521 ( 05min) Play – Fr. Dominic preaches on the great merit that Our Lady acquired at the foot of the Cross and so she became a great treasure for us.
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Mass: Blessed Virgin Sat or Votv (Eastertide) – Votive – Form: EF, Salve Sancta Parens
Readings:
1st: sir 24:14-16
Gsp: joh 19:25-27

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Homily #110417 ( 14min) Play – Fr. Angelo preaches on the contrast between Jesus’ triumphant entry into Jerusalem and the curses and condemnations that followed a few days later. This contrast is highlighted by the Ordinary Form where the two events of Palm Sunday and Passion Sunday are combined into one liturgical event.
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Mass: Palm Sunday – Form:
Readings:
1st: isa 50:4-7
Resp: psa 22:8-9, 17-18, 19-20, 23-24
2nd: phi 2:6-11
Gsp: mat 26:14-27:66

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Fi News #105 – Installing the Cross ( 09min) >>> Play

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See the cross for our new friary in Bloomington, Indiana being blessed and then installed on the top of the bell tower. A great meditation for Passion Sunday as the sign of Our Lords victory over sin and death is raised on high. Deo Gratias!

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Homily #110130 ( 27min) Play – In today’s homily Fr. Angelo explains how often the things that Jesus said that seem to be contradictions are really paradoxes. The hallmark of the Catholic Religion is that Faith is reconcilable with reason.
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Mass: 4th Sunday in Ordinary Time – Form: OF
Readings:
1st: zep 2:3; 3:12-3
Resp: psa 146:6-7, 8-9, 9-10
2nd: 1co 1:26-31
Gsp: mat 5:1-12

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Mission Down Under #10 – Australia’s First Saint ( 15 min) >>> Play

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Join the friars in Perth, Australia as they take part in celebrating the canonization of Australia’s First Saint – St. Mary of the Cross MacKillop

Filmed on location at St. Mary’s Cathedral, Perth and Notre Dame Campus, Fremantle.

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Fi News #82 – Marian Friary in Progress ( 06min) >>> Play

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Here is a video of the construction on the new Marian Friary of Our Lady Coredemptrix which started on March 25th, 2010 on the Feast of the Annunciation and shows the process up through August.The friary will be 22,000 square feet and have room for 28 friars with two floors, a partial basement and a bell tower that will be 86 feet high. The bell tower will have 3 bells from a local church that recently closed and the top 16 ft will be an illuminated cross. The friary is being built adjacent to the existing chapel on the property and will have direct access to the chapel’s main floor from the friary’s 2nd floor and to the chapel’s basement from the friary’s first floor.

The planned opening is spring 2011. Keep this project in your prayers.

Below are some pictures of some more progress since the video was taken. We will keep you posted

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Variety #87 – Those Bloom’n Butterflies of Bloomington ( 01min) >>> Play

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At our Bloomington, Indiana friary the butterflies discovered our blooming flowers in front of the statue of Mary at the foot of the cross making an impromptu and very apropos display of the beauty of God’s creatures. Enjoy!

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Fi News – Fr Ignatius Manfredonia Celebrating in the Extraordinary Form

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After three years of being guardian at Our Lady of Guadalupe Friary in Griswold, CT, USA (which is headquarters for AirMaria) Fr. Ignatius will be leaving for Italy on October 13th to continue his studies for his doctorate in Moral Theology at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross in Rome. Fr. Dominic Murphy, who has been transferred from New Bedford, MA where he was guardian, has already assumed the role of guardian at the friary and you can see his first homily on AirMaria here.

We will definitely miss you, Fr. Ignatius, and we will pray for the success of your studies and for every grace from God. Arrivederci!

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Ave Maria Meditations

The focus of our celebration today is the Cross of Christ. Many might be tempted to ask why we Christians celebrate an instrument of torture, a sign of suffering, defeat and failure. It is true that the Cross expresses all these things. And yet, because of him who was lifted up on the Cross for our salvation, it also represents the definitive triumph of God’s love over all the evil in the world.

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There is an ancient tradition that the wood of the Cross was taken from a tree planted by Adam’s son Seth over the place where Adam was buried. On that very spot, known as Golgotha, the place of the skull, Seth planted a seed from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, the tree in the midst of the Garden of Eden. Through God’s providence, the work of the Evil One would be undone by turning his own weapons against him.

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Homily #100718t ( 07min) Play – Participating in the Priesthood of Christ is to Participate in the Cross, in Christ’s sacrifice. We see an heroic example of this in St. Maximilian’s sacrifice of his life for a stranger.
Ave Maria! 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time – Mass: OF, – Readings:
1st: gen 18:1-10
Resp: psa 15:2-3, 3-4, 5
2nd: col 1:24-28
Gsp: luk 10:38-42

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Homily #100701 ( 04min) Play – Today we celebrate the feast of the Most Precious Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ and Fr. Ignatius focuses on how this sacrifice fulfills the Old Testament and renders the old sacrifices useless because of the infinite worth of Christ’s. He also points out that we are called by Christ to take up our cross and follow him. Let us persevere in this.
Ave Maria! The Feast of the Most Precious Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ – Mass: EF, Redemisti Nos – Readings: 1st: heb 9:11-15 – Gsp: joh 19:30-35

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Roving Reporter #109 – Climbing the Mount with Fra Giles M. ( 11min) >>> Play

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Recently, the friars at our house of theological studies made an “opera di amore” (an act of love) by erecting a new cross in the mountains of Cassino, Italy. We hope you enjoy this photo collage of their journey and we expect that some of you will see some familiar faces along the way.

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