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Homily #100516 ( 17min) Play – On this Seventh Sunday of Easter, the last Sunday before Pentecost, Fr. Angelo preaches on the need to practice vigilance in prayer as the Apostles and Mary practiced between the Ascension of the Lord and the coming of the Holy Spirit during Pentecost. We remember this and follow their example in the liturgical season by praying the Novena, the nine days of prayer between the Ascension, last Thursday, through to Pentecost Sunday.
Ave Maria! Mass readings
1: Acts 1:1-11
R: Ps 47:2-3,6-9
2: Eph 1:17-23
G: Lk 24:46-53

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Homily #100502 ( 09min) Play – Fr. Ignatius preaches on the first reading from James and explains how the meekness of Jesus conquers all, and how we are to follow in His footsteps submitting to the will of the Father and to His truth.
Ave Maria! Fourth Sunday after Easter – Mass: EF, Cantate Domino – Readings: 1st: jam 1:17-21 – Gsp: joh 16:5-14

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Homily #100425 ( 22min) Play -  Today is Good Shepherd Sunday, the forth Sunday in Easter where the readings refer to Jesus as the Good Shepherd, specifically how he leads His sheep to eternal life. It is also the Church-wide prayer day for vocations to the priesthood. Fr. Angelo preaches on the need for good shepherds, especially in the face of Church scandals and in the face of a society that is in a state of moral decay which is leading so many to eternal death.

Jesus said:
“My sheep hear my voice;
I know them, and they follow me.
I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish.
No one can take them out of my hand.
My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all,
and no one can take them out of the Father’s hand.
The Father and I are one.”

Ave Maria! Mass readings
1: Acts 13:14,43-52
R: Ps 100:1-2,3,5
2: Rev 7:9,14-17
G: Jn 10:27-30

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Homily #100419 ( 06min) Play – Our Lord advises us to labor for existence in the Life to come. How much society would change for the good if all labored for what is truly good, and would remember that those who live only for this present moment will indeed find themselves forever in Hell.
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Homily #100418t ( 07min) Play – Peter and the others went back to doing as they did before they met the Christ, and when suddenly our Lord appears in their presence, Peter being uncovered quickly clothes himself and jumps into the water after Christ.
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In my last post I promised more on the Holy Sepulcher and the Holy Grail and their relation to an Easter catechesis and the tradition of chivalry. There is much there to reflect on, much to be researched and assimilated, so it will take at bit more time.

Meanwhile, however, I thought I would point out that in the Office of Readings this week we have been reading from the the Jerusalem Catechesis, or otherwise known as the Catechetical Lectures of St. Cyril of Jerusalem (+386).  The Catechesis consists in twenty-three lectures, the first eighteen of which were delivered to the candidates for baptism during Lent and the last five to the newly baptized during Easter, and is an excellent example of the mystogogia. In fact, at the end of the prologue for Lectures St. Cyril makes sure his readers understand that his instructions are only for those whose Baptism is imminent, and is to be seen neither by the other catechumens nor heathens. (more…)

This was originally posted on MaryVictrix on Holy Thursday, April 1st and was meant to be the first part of the post just below.

Homily #100407 ( 03min) Play – In today’s Gospel Our Lord appears to the apostles for the third time and suddenly they catch a big load of fish. Fr. Angelo preaches on the need to trust in the Lord that He will provide for our needs, despite our deficiencies, especially He will give us the true Bread from Heaven in the Eucharist.
Ave Maria! Easter Wednesday – Mass: EF, Venite – Readings: 1st: act 3:13-15, 17-19 – Gsp: joh 21:1-14

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Homily #100406 ( 08min) Play – The appearance of our Lord in the Upper Room, sad to say, caught the Apostles off guard.   We too are many times  by the unexpected things that arise in our life, and we find ourselves getting angry with God.
Ave Maria! Easter Tuesday – Mass: EF, Aqua Sapientiae – Readings: 1st: act 13:16, 26-33 – Gsp: luk 24:36-47

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Homily #100404t ( 06min) Play – The cross is the means to glory. God permits evil to have it’s hour, it’s fifteen minutes.

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Homily #100404 ( 11min) Play – Fr. Angelo preaches on the Resurrection and how it removes what separates us from God, that is,  sin, guilt, disbelief and death. As Jesus escapes from the sealed tomb, which is a symbolic barrier to rising, so too the fact that the angels then rolled back the stone and revealed the empty tomb is a removal of the barrier to our belief and trust in Christ and so removes the obstacles to eternal light and life for us all.
Ave Maria! Easter Sunday – Mass: EF, Resurrexi – Readings: 1st: 1co 5:7-8 – Gsp: mar 16:1-7

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Homily #100403 ( 05min) Play – Fr. Ignatius preaches for the Easter Vigil Mass by reflecting on the rich Liturgy the Church gives us. Alleluia! Christ is Risen!
Ave Maria! Mass readings
1: Gen 1:1-2:2
R: Ps 104:1-2,5-6,10,12-14,24,35
G: Mk 16:1-7

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Homily #100402 ( 23min) Play – On Good Friday all the Church bells are silent starting from yesterday at the Last Supper Mass, not to be heard again until the Vigil Mass on Saturday. It is replaced by the wooden clapper to remind us of the Cross and specifically of the nails being pounded through Our Lord’s venerable hands and into the Cross for the remission of our sins. Listen as Fr Bonaventure unfolds the events of Good Friday on this silence, looking forward to the joy of the bells of Easter.
Ave Maria! Mass readings
1: Isa 52:13-53:12
R: Ps 31:2,6,12-13,15-17,25
2: Heb 4:14-16; 5:7-9
G: Jn 18:1-19:42

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Homily #100224 ( 06min) Play – Fr. Bonaventure preaches that during Lent we are to fast and mortify our body in preparation for Good Friday but we are also to feast on the vivifying Word of God in preparation for Easter just as Jonah called for a fast in Nineveh so that they would live.
Ave Maria! Mass readings
1: Jon 3:1-10
R: Ps 51:3-4,12-13,18-19
G: Lk 11:29-32

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