Homily #100924m ( 4 min) Play – In today’s Gospel Our LORD’s mercy towards a repentant sinner is misunderstood by the Pharisee. Fr. Ignatius preaches on four elements found in the Gospel: Faith, Repentance, Love and Mercy. Ave Maria! – Mass EF: – Readings: Hosea 14.2-10; Luke 7.36-50;

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Homily #100923m ( 8 min) Play – On the Solemnity of St.Pio of Pietrelcina, Fr.Ignatius preaches on the intimate filial devotion the saint had for Our Blessed Mother, which is a model for all of us to imitate.
Ave Maria! – Mass EF: – Readings: 1 Cor 4.9-14; Luke 12.32-34;

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Homily #100922ms ( 7 min) Play – “Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His saints” (Psalm 116:15). This homily was preached during the Transitus of St.Pio, a ceremony celebrated in the vigil of the Solemnity. Ave Maria!

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Homily #100922m ( 06 min) Play – “This kind”,  says our LORD in today’s Gospel, “can go out by nothing, but by prayer and fasting.” Fr.Ignatius preaches on the necessity of prayer and penance as exhorted by Our Lady of Fatima, to cast out daemons from today’s world.
Ave Maria! – Mass EF: – Readings: Amos 9.13-15;  Nehem 8.1-10; Mark 9.16-28

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Homily #100920 ( 07min) Play – It is the mystery of iniquity when Lucifer and his followers chose…  When man is given all good things from the hand of God and still chooses…
Ave Maria!

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Ave Maria!

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!

Ave Maria!

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Homily #100830 ( 06min) Play – Today we celebrate the feast of St. Rose of Lima, one of those saints that strove for perfection from the dawn of reason. St. Rose found much spiritual nourishment in reading the lives of the saints.
Ave Maria! St. Rose of Lima, Virgin – Mass: EF, Dilexisti – Readings:
1st: 1cor 7:25-34
Gsp: mat 13:44-52

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Homily #100812 ( 06min) Play – Light carries God’s imprint and darkness symbolizes the absence of God. Can anyone think of a building that does not let in the light, how about your local windowless Masonic Temple.
Ave Maria!

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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

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