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Homily #100827 ( 08min) Play – Fr. Angelo Geiger preaches on the Feast day of St. Monica where we  have the Gospel story of the only son who is raised from the dead and given back to his mother with great rejoicing. Father relates this to the conversion of St. Augustine the son on St. Monica who prayed and wept for his conversion for decades. He points out the need for prayer and penance to bring about conversions.
Ave Maria! – Mass Ordinary Form: – Readings:
1st: 1 Cor 1:17-25
Gspl: Luk 7:11-17

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Homily #100826 ( 07min) Play – On this feast day of the Seven Joys of Our Lady, celebrated by the Franciscans, commemorating the Franciscan Crown of the Seven Joys of Lady. Fr Angelo Geiger preaches on the Gospel account of the Annunciation where Our Lady finds joy in the message of the angel that she was to conceive by the Holy Spirit and have the presence of God within her. He ralates this to St. Francis who, after his conversion, was liberated from all that held him back from following Christ and was able to find joy in the ever-present Lord despite the fact that he had no earthly possessions.
Ave Maria!   Readings: 1st: Song 2:1-14
Gspl: Luk 1:26-38

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Homily #100824 ( 06min) Play – On the Feast of St Bartholomew Fr. Angelo preaches on one of the Four Marks of the Church that of the Apostolic Succession that the current bishops are successors of the Apostles in an unbroken chain.
Ave Maria! St. Bartholomew, Apostle – Mass: EF, Mihi Autem – Readings:
1st: 1co 12:27-31
Gsp: luk 6:12-19

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Ave Maria! Linda Andrade Rodrigues of South Coast Today (online version of New Bedford’s Standard Times) published an article about us today, St. Maximilian Kolbe’s Feast Day. She had many kind words about us and Mother Teresa’s Order in New Bedford. We will have to explain to her,  though, that we are not quite ready for canonization. Thanks, Linda!

The saints who live among us | SouthCoastToday.com.

August 14, 2010 12:00 AM

NEW BEDFORD — Trappist monk and author Thomas Merton wrote, “Oh my God! You see what a barren and desolate place this world is —- send us saints!”

The answer to his prayers, our city is blessed by the good works of saints.

Walk along our streets, and you’ll see Mother Teresa’s nuns in their white and striped-blue habits, ministering in our neighborhoods.

Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta sent her order, the Missionaries of Charity, to New Bedford, and on June 14, 1995, she visited the city, worshipped at the Church of St. Lawrence Martyr and touched the lives of countless SouthCoast residents.

Dressed in simple gray robes with sandaled feet, the Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate reach out to this city’s homeless and forgotten, and offer spiritual guidance to a constant stream of strangers who wander through the doors of Our Lady’s Chapel in downtown New Bedford. More …

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Homily #100716 ( 10min) Play – Today is the feast of Our Lady of Mt Carmel which commemorates the apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary to St Simon Stock a Carmelite Monk. During the apparition Our Lady gave St Simon the scapular, an apron-like piece of cloth worn outside of all Carmelites’ habits (and by any lay person who wants to wear it under their clothes) as a sign of their trust in Our Lady’s intercession. Father explains the symbolism of the scapular and the importance of Marian apparitions and devotions for upholding Christian doctrine and devotion.
Ave Maria! – Mass: – Readings:
Genesis 3:9-15, 20
First Samuel 2:1, 4-5, 6-7, 8
Luke 2:27-35

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Homily #100715 ( 11min) Play – Today is the Feast day of St. Bonaventure and Fr. Angelo preaches on how St Bonaventure combined true sanctity and high education and so he became the Seraphic Doctor in the footsteps of his spiritual father, St. Francis, the seraphic saint. St Bonaventure focused on the importance of the will in theology as opposed to St Thomas who focused on the intellect. He also worked to ‘refound’ the order when it was in danger of splitting.
Ave Maria! St. Bonaventure – Mass: OF, – Readings:
1st: wis 8:2-7, 16-18
Resp: psa 16:5-5, 7-8, 9, 11
2nd: 1co 2:6-13
Gsp: mat 5:13-19

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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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Homily #100531 ( 10min) Play – On the Feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary to St. Elizabeth, Fr. Bonaventure preaches on the central role that Mary plays in the salvation of the world. As the Holy Spirit filled the heart of St Elizabeth at the voice of Mary and the babe leaped for joy in her womb so we should except Mary into our homes and hearts and the Holy Trinity will fill our souls.
Ave Maria! Mass readings
1: Zeph 3:14-18
R: Isa 12:2-6
G: Lk 1:39-56

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Homily #100523 ( 12min) Play – Today on Pentecost Sunday we celebrate the coming of the Holy Spirit on Mary and the Apostles. Fr. Angelo focuses on the fact that the Gospel reading for this feast are from the Last Supper where Our Lord institutes the Eucharist and thus the connection between the transformative power of the Holy Spirit and that of the priestly ministry, especially during the consecration of the bread into the Eucharist and, in turn, for the transformation of ourselves into His disciples.
Ave Maria! Pentecost – Mass: EF, Spiritus Domini – Readings: 1st: act 2:1-11 – Gsp: joh 14:23-31

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Homily #100501 ( 14min) Play – Today, on the Feast of St Joseph the Worker, Fr. Bonaventure preaches on how St. Joseph is the true model of a worker who centers all his work around his Son, Jesus Christ, the King of Kings. Father contrasts this to the atheistic, Communist “May Day” celebrations, also on this day, which Pius XII counteracted by establishing this feast in 1955.
Ave Maria! Mass readings
1: Gn 1:26-2:3
R: Ps 90:2, 3-4, 12-13, 14, 16
G: Mt 13:54-58

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Marycast #126 ( 10min) Play – On March 25th, 2010, Feast of the Annunciation, a Day of Dialogue will be held in Rome on the timeliness of a papal declaration of the 5th Marian Dogma, Coredemptrix, Mediatrix and Advocate. The event will be sponsored and moderated by the Vatican Forum of Inside the Vatican magazine and and St. Thomas More College.  It will include discussions from an international group of several major Marian theologians, bishops and cardinals.

Dr. Miravalle addresses the many reasons why it is an appropriate time to proclaim the dogma and addresses  some objections. He also asks us to pray for the success of this historic event.

ZENIT – Is the Time Ripe for a 5th Marian Dogma?.

To ask questions regarding Mary, email Dr Mark Miravalle: marycast@airmaria.com

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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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Immaculate Music #28 – Christmas in Bloomington, In  ( 04min) >>> Play

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Well today  is the last day of Christmas decorations at our friaries in the Franciscans of the Immaculate. Yes, we are slow to take them down, but since we are a Marian order, we extend the Christmas season to the last feastday in the Joyful Mysteries which is  today, the Feast of the Presentation. Anyways, here is a beautiful video of the Christmas lights and decorations at our friary in Bloomington, IN. You will also get a good view of their new altar and sanctuary refurbishment. The music is by the Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate.

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Homily #100117 ( 24min) Play – The Gospel today is the account of the miracle at the marriage feast of Cana where Jesus turns water into wine at the request of His mother. Father explains how this passage is not a disparagement of His mother as some would say, but is, in fact, a great honoring of her as Jesus performs his first miracle in the context of a marriage and so underscores the importance of motherhood and family as the best remedy to our modern secular problems.
Ave Maria! Mass readings
1: Isa 62:1-5
R: Ps 96:1-3,7-10
2: 1 Cor 12:4-11
G: Jn 2:1-11

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Homily #100112 ( 05min) Play – Today we celebrate the feast of Bl. Oderic of Portunaone who was a Franciscan priest who traveled all the way to China to preach the Gospel in the early 1300′s. Thus he lived the message in the Catechism on Paragraph 74 which teaches that God wants all men to be saved. This underscores today’s Gospel where Our Lord says:

The harvest indeed is great, but the labourers are few.  Pray therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he send forth labourers into his harvest.

Let us remember to pray for more missionary priests to reap this great harvest.

Ave Maria! Bl. Oderic of Portunaone – Mass: EF, – Readings: 1st: 1th 2:2-9 – Gsp: mat 9:35-38

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