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Homily #120205 ( 09min) Play – We know that behind the clouds is the sun. We need to spread the Gospel, the Good News of Jesus Christ. He takes the misery of life upon Himself and gives us joy.
Ave Maria!
Mass: Ordinary Form – 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Readings:
1st Reading: Job 7:1-4, 6-7
Responsorial Psalm: 147:1-2, 3-4, 5-6
2nd Reading: 1Corinthians 9:16-19, 22-23
Gospel: Mark 1:29-39

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Homily #111013l ( 11min) Play- From the days reading Fr. Peter Fehlner preaches on the Ten Commandments and how we should do what is right and avoid doing what is wrong. Right and wrong needs to be determined by objective criterion, based on Christian teaching. By doing so we can begin to follow in the footsteps of Jesus and Mary.

Ave Maria!

Mass: Thursday 28th Week of Ordinary Time – Wkdy – Form: OF
Readings:
1st: rom 3:21-29
Resp: psa 130:1-2, 3-4, 5-6
Gsp: luk 11:47-54

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Homily #110617 ( 05min) Play – We have many treasures in this world but they can not give happiness. Therefore strive after the heavenly treasure that will give happiness in this world and in the next.
Ave Maria!
Mass: Friday 11th Week of Ordinary Time – – Form: OF
Readings:
1st: 2co 11:18, 21-30
Resp: psa 34:2-3, 4-5, 6-7
Gsp: mat 6:19-23

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Homily #110327 ( 15min) Play – Fr. Angelo preaches on today’s Gospel where Our Lord comes to the well in Samaria and converses with a women about the living water that he has and how anyone who drinks this water will not thirst again.  Father highlights the fact that the spiritual water he is offering is different from the physical water in the well and infinitely more satisfying but uses His own physical thirst to lift up the woman from the physical to the spiritual realm. She, in turn, goes and gathers her own townspeople to Christ. This all sheds light on the wonder of the incarnation where the true God becomes true man in order for man to truly share in His divinity and to share in the work of spreading this truth.
Ave Maria!
Mass: Sunday 3rd Week of Lent – Form:
Readings:
1st: exo 17:3-7
Resp: psa 95:1-2, 6-7, 8-9
2nd: rom 5:1-2, 5-8
Gsp: joh 4:5-42

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Homily #110314 ( 06min) Play – Fr. Dominic preaches on the need to help our neighbor because of their dignity as people but also because we minister to God when we take care of he poor because they are made in His image. This is beautifully conveyed in the Gospel today in the parable of the sheep and the goats.

Ave Maria!

Mass: Monday of the First Week in Lent – Form: EF, Sicut Oculi

Readings:

1st: eze 34:11-16

Gsp: mat 25:31-46

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Homily #110306 ( 09min) Play – Quinquagesima Sunday is the last Sunday before Lent and is a preparation for it. In today’s Gospel Our Lord tries to prepare His disciples for the scandal of the crucifixion by warning them before hand that it is coming as well as to give them the hope of the following resurrection.  Father likens this hope to an enlightenment as exemplified in the receiving of sight of the blind man later in the same Gospel.
Ave Maria!
Mass: Quinquagesima Sunday – Form: EF, Esto Mihi
Readings:
1st: 1co 13:1-13
Gsp: luk 18:31-43

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Variety #128 – Fr Jeremy Davies ( 14min) >>> Play

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Yes to the Word of God and then life of the Word in our souls. A transformation from selfishness to a love that loves God with our whole being. We see this in Francisco and Jacinta.

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Homily #110213t ( 09min) Play -

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When we read the Gospel we make that little Cross on our foreheads, our lips, and our hearts. We ask that the truth of the Gospel might be in our minds, on our lips and in our hearts.

When we know the truth we become Theologians, when we speak the truth we become Prophets, but when we live the Truth we become Saints. That’s true freedom!

Ave Maria!
Mass: 6th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Shortened) – 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 5:20-22, 27-28, 33-34, 37

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Homily #110204 ( 07min) Play – Today on the feast of St Joseph of Leonissa, a 16th Century Capuchin Franciscan, Fr. Angelo preaches on how we must suffer, become a spectacle to angels and men, in order to preach the Gospel.
Ave Maria!
Mass: St. Joseph of Leonissa – Optnl Memorial – Form: EF,
Readings:
1st: 1co 4:9-14
Gsp: luk 10:1-9

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Homily #110104 ( 09min) Play – Today we have the Gospel account of the feeding of the five thousand and Fr. Bonaventure relates this to the feeding of the Lord’s sheep in the sacraments especially the Blessed Sacrament, the Eucharist. He also points out how this is an example of depending on God’s providence and not ultimately on our own resources.

Ave Maria!
Mass: St. Elizabeth Ann Seton – Memorial – Form: OF
Readings: Tue post Epiphany or Jan 8
1st: 1jo 4:7-10
Resp: psa 72:1-2, 3-4, 7-8
Gsp: mar 6:34-44

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Homily #101124 ( 07min) Play – Fr. Bonaventure relates today’s Gospel to the Martyrdom of  St. Andre Dung Lac and his companions where “And you shall be hated by all men for my name’s sake. ” They suffered these persecutions but also the hope of resurrection “But a hair of your head shall not perish.”
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Mass: St. Andre Dung Lac and his companions – Memorial – Form: OF
Readings: Wednesday in the 34th Week in Ordinary Time
1st: rev 15:1-4
Resp: psa 98:1, 2-3, 7-8, 9
Gsp: luk 21:12-19

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Homily #101118 ( 08min) Play – Today’s Gospel is the account of Peter coming to Jesus who is walking on water. Peter is able to walk on the water as well, so long as he keeps focused on Jesus. But, when he looks at the violence of the waves he panics and starts to sink. Fr Dominic uses this to exhort us to keep our lives focused on the supernatural and not on the many natural troubles we may have.
Ave Maria! Dedication of the Basilicas of St Peter and Paul – Optional Memorial – Mass: OF – Readings:
1st: act 28:11-16, 30-31
Resp: psa 98:1, 2-3, 3-4, 5-6, 9
Gsp: mat 14:22-23

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Homily #101115 ( 07min) Play – Our Lord cures the blind man in today’s Gospel and says, “Receive your sight: your faith has made you whole”. Fr. Dominic relates this to the blindness of sin that blinds us to spiritual goods and to the needs of our neighbors.
Ave Maria!
Mass: St. Albert the Great – Optnl Memorial – Form: OF
Readings: Monday in the 33rd Week in Ordinary Time
1st: rev 1:1-4; 2:1-5
Resp: psa 1:1-2, 3, 4, 6
Gsp: luk 18:35-43

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Homily #101114 ( 10min) Play – In today’s Gospel Our Lord tells us to be prepared for the Day of the Lord when he comes the second time to judge the living and the dead. He will come publicly in the end times in full Glory and those alive at that time should indeed be ready for it. But Fr. Dominic focuses on our personal Day of the Lord when we will die and meet our Lord to be judged. This is something that all of us will face and we do not know when it will come. As such, Father exhorts us to organize our lives to be continually prepared for that day, doing prayer and penance so that we can be with Our Blessed Lord for all eternity.

Ave Maria! Mass: 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time -  OF
Readings:
1st: mal 3:19-20
Resp: psa 98:5-6, 7-8, 9
2nd: 2th 3:7-12
Gsp: luk 21:5-19

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Homily #101107 ( 13min) Play – In today’s Gospel the Sadducees try to trip up Jesus with a question on marriage and in regard to life after death. He answers that there is life after death, but that marriage is not for the after life. Fr. Bonaventure takes these basic statements about marriage (where life begins) and death (where life ends) and preaches on the meaning and sanctity of human life. He mentions the reasons why God Created us, the relationship between God and man, and how Jesus and Mary is key to both of these and to attaining life everlasting.

Ave Maria! 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time – Mass: OF, – Readings:
1st: 2ma 7:1-2, 9-14
Resp: psa 17:1, 5-6, 8, 15
2nd: 2th 2:16-3:5
Gsp: luk 20:27-38

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