Homily #100829 (13min) Play – Will we follow Him? Fr. Angelo Geiger preaches on today’s Gospel where Our Lord admonishes us to live a sacrificial, spiritual life and not be worried about things of this world. For as the Gospel states, the Lilies of the field which work not nor spin not are clothed by God more gloriously than Solomon. He points out that to not follow this basic spiritual discipline is to live inconsistently when so many follow harder discipline in the secular corporate world.
Homily #100808 (08min) Play – Our Lord restores speech to the mute, and with this gift comes the great responsibility to control what comes out of the mouth. It takes a small flame to start a forest fire; small as the tongue is, it can cause great harm.
Ave Maria! Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost – Mass: EF, Deus In Loco – Readings:
1st: 1co 15:1-10
Gsp: mar 7:31-37
Homily #100720 (06min) Play – There are two ends for every person’s life, eternal Life or eternal Death. The person who dies with one mortal sin on their soul is lost in Hell for all eternity. Missing Mass on Sunday is a mortal sin.
Ave Maria! St. Jerome Emilian, Confessor – Mass: EF, Effusum – Readings:
1st: isa 58:7-11
Gsp: mat 19:13-21
Homily #100507 (04min) Play – “…my Father is the husbandman. 2 Every branch in me that bears not fruit, he will take away: and every one that bears fruit, he will purge it, that it may bring forth more fruit.” -John 15; 1,2
Ave Maria! St. Stanislaus, Bishop and Martyr – Mass: EF, Protexisti – Readings: 1st: wis 5:1-5 – Gsp: joh 15:1-7
Homily #100216 (07min) Play – The Messiah will be the Son of God, and the Blind Man knew this. Our Lord knows what we kneed, but still He wants us to ask. Let us imitate this seeing blind man, and persist in our prayer though others discourage us.
Ave Maria! Quinquagesima Sunday – Mass: EF, Esto Mihi – Readings: 1st: 1co 13:1-13 – Gsp: luk 18:31-43
Homily #091222 (04min) Play – There is one penance that is above all other penances; the sacrament of confession. Make a good through confession in preparation for Christmas. Remember, though a person may hide a serious sin from the priest out of shame, it is not hidden from God. Although the person receive absolution from the priest, the sin remains and is not forgiven.
Ave Maria! Fourth Sunday in Advent – Mass: EF, Rorate Coeli – Readings: 1st: 1co 4:1-5 – Gsp: luk 3:1-6
Ave Maria! Found this on Gloria.tv from our Mass in the Lateran Basilica on April 16, 2009, 800th anniversary of the approbation of the Rule of St Francis which took place at … this very basilica. Enjoy!
Highlights from the Solemn High Mass according to the Extraordinary Form, celebrated in Saint John Lateran Basilica, by the Franciscan Friars and Sisters of the Immaculate. All sacred music sung by the Friars and Sisters (Polyphony and Gregorian Chant) This is the first time that the traditional Mass has been celebrated in the pope’s chair since Vatican II. Quite a magnificent sight to behold! Video from Gloria TV
Homily #091119 (04min) Play – St. Elizabeth of Hungary showed how hungry she was for heaven when she found the pearl of great price, the Gospel, and put aside all she had.
Homily #091118 (04min) Play – Fr. Ignatius reminds us to keep our eyes on our goal, that is, heaven, and so be able to endure the many trials of life.
Ave Maria! Readings EF – Common of the Dedication of a Church, Mass: Terribilis – 1st: rev 21:2-5 – Gsp: luk 19:1-10