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Homily #120208 ( 12min) Play – Truth is Jesus Christ Himself. The access to Truth comes through Holy Mother Church.
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Mass: Ordinary Form - St. Jerome Emiliani – Optional Memorial
Readings: Wednesday 5th Week of Ordinary Time
1st: 1Kings 10:1-10
Responsorial Psalm: 37:5-6, 30-31, 39-40
Gospel: Mark 7:14-23

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MaryCast Specials #133 ( 11min) Play – Mark Miravalle discusses the need to obey the Church if you claim to be Catholic. He covers all the main objections to obey the magisterium and then the many good reasons why faith should lead to obedience.

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Conferences #147 – Bp. Olmsted on the elements of faith needed for courage today ( 57min) >>> Play

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Bishop Timothy L. Olmsted of Phoenix, AZ gives a talk called “Blessed are Those Who Believe: Faith and Fidelity Today” at the Courage Annual Conference.  He covers the virtues in general and then focuses on Faith in particular and how to stay strong in this virtue when today’s world is so discouraging. He does this by examining the life of Blessed John Paul II whom he personally knew. Of the many virtues that the Blessed Pope had, Faith is what stands out the most and this is based on his devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary who as St. Elizabeth proclaimed “Blessed is she who believed”. He grew in faith despite having experienced many personal and national tragedies in Poland in World War II and the communist aftermath. This Faith involves three elements 1. Trust in God completely, 2. Ascent, a free ascent to the whole truth, 3. Obedience, to what God asks us to do.

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Homily #110729 ( 06min) Play – On this memorial of St. Martha, sister of Mary and Lazarus, Fr. Bonaventure preaches on her deep and profound faith, especially when proclaiming the same confession of St. Peter.
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Mass: St. Martha – Mem – Form: OF
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Homily #110721 ( 07min) Play – On the feast St. Lawrence of Brindisi, Fr. Dominic preaches on the life of this saint and doctor of the Church and how great things can be done with strong faith.
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Mass: St. Lawrence of Brindisi – Feast (Fran) – Form: OF
Readings:
1st: wis 8:9-16
Resp: psa 67:2, 3, 7-8
2nd: 2co 5:14-21
Gsp: luk 9:1-6

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Conferences #142 – Fr. Ignatius heroic virtue, faith and Hope ( 55min) >>> Play

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In this second talk by Fr. Ignatius on Heroic Virtue he covers two of the three theological virtues: Faith and Hope. Extensively referencing the Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC) for Faith (CCC 1814-1816) and for Hope (CCC 1817-1821), he explains what these virtues are, what they do for us, and,what is needed to develop them.

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Homily #110523 ( 06min) Play – Today Fr. Bonaventure preaches on the first reading where Paul and Barnabus must convince the people of Lystria from offering sacrifice to them after Paul miraculously cures a crippled man. He uses this to underline the need for the one true faith in the living God.
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Mass: Monday 5th Week of Easter – – Form:
Readings:
1st: act 14:5-18
Resp: psa 115:1-2, 3-4, 15-16
Gsp: joh 14:21-26

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Homily #110430 ( 07min) Play – Our Lord is completely victorious over death

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Mass: Ordinary Form: Saturday within the Octave of Easter – Solemnity
Readings:
1st Reading: Acts 4:13-21
Responsorial Psalm: 118:1, 14-15, 16-18, 19-21
Gospel: Mark 16:9-15

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Variety #127 – Fr Agnellus Mary Murphy ( 08min) >>> Play

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This is the message of Fatima; there is a point of departure and there is point of arrival.

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Variety #122 – Fr. John Carlo Spiritual Assistant Philippines ( 09min) >>> Play

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Faith is strengthened in trial. Strength gets its strength from many small things, and in the Day with Mary we find small ways to prove our faith by many small things.

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Homily #110214l ( 12min) Play – Father Peter reflecting upon seeking miracles from Christ with faith rather than cynical eye.
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Mass: Sts. Cyril and Methodius – Memorial – Form:
Readings: Monday 6th Week of Ordinary Time
1st: gen 4:1-15, 25
Resp: psa 50:1, 8, 16-17, 20-21
Gsp: mar 8:11-13

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Homily #110213 ( 26min) Play – Today Fr. Bonaventure preaches on how Christ is the fulfillment of the Old Testament law as Christ himself teaches in today’s Gospel. This is not only the fulfillment of all the aspirations of the Jewish tradition but he is the fulfillment of the natural law and so fulfills the highest aspirations of all men. He is, then, the foundation of any true and sustainable morality and so too of a lasting civilization. We should, therefore,  resist the most recent attempts to put aside this teaching  (even among Catholics) by dividing Christ into the Jesus of history and the Jesus of faith. This is used to suggest that somehow the accounts in the Bible are not historical but are rather the writings of Christians much later and so we can discount any accounts that portray Jesus as being divine or something special since this is just later additions and this is used to ignore His challenging moral teachings.
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Mass: 6th Sunday in Ordinary Time – Form: OF
Readings:
1st: sir 15:15-20
Resp: psa 119:1-2, 4-5, 17-18, 33-34
2nd: 1co 2:6-10
Gsp: mat 5:17-37

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Homily #110206t ( 08min) Play – Christ calls us to be the salt of the earth and to give light to those in darkness. Those who fall away from the faith loose their flavor, they’ve lost their identity.
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Mass: 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time – Form: OF
Readings:
1st: isa 58:7-10
Resp: psa 112:4-5, 6-7, 8-9
2nd: 1co 2:1-5
Gsp: mat 5:13-16

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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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Homily #110107 ( 07min) Play – Fr. Bonaventure preaches on the miracle of the curing of the leper in today’s Gospel. He explains that Our Lord performs miracles in order to enable people to have confidence in Him. This confidence builds on the prerequisite confidence in God, a trust that the Creator can recreate by physical healing and by saving souls. By such miracles God shows his mastery over the physical and moral order and leads us closer to Him.
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Mass: St. Raymond of Pennafort – Optnl Memorial – Form: OF
Readings: Fri post Epiphany or Jan 11
1st: 1jo 5:5-13
Resp: psa 147:12-13, 14-15, 19-20
Gsp: luk 5:12-16

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