Apr 02 – Homily – Fr Bonaventure: Silent Bells of Good Friday
Friday, April 2nd, 2010
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Audio (MP3)The Friday that is called Good
Friday, April 2nd, 2010Ave Maria Meditations
“His Blood Be on Us!”
Jesus, Man of Sorrows, the crime of the Jews reminds me of my own sinning. I heard Your Father say to me, “This is My beloved Son in whom I am well pleased,” and yet my sins made me cry out, “Away with Him! Crucify Him!” I have loved death and slain the God of my salvation. (more…) |
FEAST OF THE DIVINE MERCY
Saturday, April 18th, 2009“BE MERCIFUL EVEN AS YOUR FATHER IS MERCIFUL”(Lk 6:36) The Feast of the Divine Mercy is the Sunday after Easter
“Jesus Christ taught that man not only receives and experiences the mercy of God, but that he is also called ‘to practice mercy’ towards others. ‘Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy’ (Mt 5:7). The Church sees in these words a call to action, and she tries to practice mercy …. Man attains to the merciful love of God, His mercy, to the extent that he himself is interiorly transformed in the spirit of that love towards his neighbor.” (John Paul II, Rich in Mercy, 14) The Church teaches us to be merciful in various ways: |
Apr 10 – Homily – Fr Ignatius: Great Friday
Friday, April 10th, 2009
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Divine Mercy Novena
Thursday, April 9th, 2009Ave Maria Meditations DIVINE MERCY NOVENA begins on Good Friday
The Divine Mercy Novena Divine Mercy Devotionals at EWTN Jesus asked that the Feast of the Divine Mercy be preceded by a Novena to the Divine Mercy which would begin on Good Friday. He gave St. Faustina an intention to pray for on each day of the Novena, saving for the last day the most difficult intention of all, the lukewarm and indifferent of whom He said: “These souls cause Me more suffering than any others; it was from such souls that My soul felt the most revulsion in the Garden of Olives. It was on their account that I said: ‘My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass Me by.’ The last hope of salvation for them is to flee to My Mercy.” In her diary, St. Faustina wrote that Jesus told her: “On each day of the novena you will bring to My heart a different group of souls and you will immerse them in this ocean of My mercy … On each day you will beg My Father, on the strength of My passion, for the graces for these souls.” The different souls prayed for on each day of the novena are: |
Mar 21 – Homily – Fr Bonaventure: The Passion of Jesus Christ
Friday, March 21st, 2008
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