Franciscan Holy Ground
Friday, April 23rd, 2010|
Assisi, Franciscan Holy Ground. |
L’Enfance Du Christ–Meditations on the Hidden Life of Christ (The Holy Family)
Monday, March 29th, 2010|
Lyrics–The Shepherd’s Farewell (English): Thou must leave thy lowly dwelling, Blessed Jesus, we implore thee Blest are ye beyond all measure, |
HOLY FAMILY AND ADORATRION OF THE CHILD
Monday, March 29th, 2010|
Collection of masterpieces depicting Holy Family and adoration of the Child by Angels and Saints. |
Hail Mary!
Wednesday, February 24th, 2010|
The Hail Mary and Hail Holy Queen recited with beautiful visuals. |
Feb 12 – Homily – Fr Angelo: Ephphatha!
Friday, February 12th, 2010
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Audio (MP3)Video – The Catekids #2: 2nd and 3rd Commandments
Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010
Ave Maria! Those wonderful Catekids are at it again with the next two commandments. ‘You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain’ and ‘Remember the Sabbath Day to keep it Holy’. Baltimore Catechism 2nd & 3rd Commandments. To contact the Catekids: catekids1@gmail.com Ave Maria! +++ |
Jan 10 – Homily – Fr Ignatius: Holy Family and Our Times
Sunday, January 10th, 2010
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A Franciscan Doctor of the Church
Tuesday, July 21st, 2009Ave Maria Meditations
St. Lawrence of Brindisi (1559-1619) Doctor of the Church God is love, and all his operations proceed from love. Once he wills to manifest that goodness by sharing his love outside himself, then the Incarnation becomes the supreme manifestation of his goodness and love and glory. So, Christ was intended before all other creatures and for his own sake. For him all things were created and to him all things must be subject, and God loves all creatures in and because of Christ. Christ is the first-born of every creature, and the whole of humanity as well as the created world finds its foundation and meaning in him. Moreover, this would have been the case even if Adam had not sinned. Saint Lawrence of Brindisi |
Jun 07 – Homily – Fr Ignatius: Most Holy Trinity
Sunday, June 7th, 2009
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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: |
Ad Jesum per Mariam
Saturday, February 14th, 2009
 MOTHER OF FAIR LOVE AND QUEEN OF THE HEART OF JESUS “Ad Jesum per Mariam” : To Jesus through Mary. THE lesson of this retreat would be incomplete and the King of Love Himself would reproach me if I did not speak to you, apostles of His Divine Heart, of Mary the Mother of fair Love; she was intimately and inseparably united to the Word in the divine plan of the Redemption. He was the Redeemer, she the Immaculate Co-Redemptrix. Let us then respect and adore the design of the Most High by keeping the Hearts of Jesus and Mary perfectly united. To them be honor and glory for ever and ever! My road to get to the Holy of Holies, to the very heart of Jesus, to the most intimate recesses of that Sanctuary of Justice and of Love, is perfectly mapped out for me. The necessary and direct road is Mary. No one goes to the Father save through the Son, “neither doth anyone know the Father, but the Son and he to whom it shall please the Son to reveal Him.” So, too, we may say that no one goes to the King unless led to Him by Mary, nor does any one know the King but he to whom His beauty is revealed by the Queen. (more…) |
Her Wrists were too Small for the Chains
Monday, January 19th, 2009Ave Maria Meditations
On January 21st the Church celebrates the memorial of St. Agnes, virgin and martyr. She came from a noble Roman family and was about thirteen years old when she suffered martyrdom. She was tortured and beheaded. Her name is included in the Roman Canon. (more…) |
Dec 28 – Homily – Fr Bonaventure: The Holy Family
Sunday, December 28th, 2008
Homily #081228 ( |
The Greatest of Thanksgivings
Wednesday, November 26th, 2008Ave Maria Meditations
 The Universal Prayer of Thanksgiving After Mass (Attributed to Pope Clement XI)
Lord, I believe in you: increase my faith. I trust in you: strengthen my trust. I love you: let me love you more and more. I am sorry for my sins: deepen my sorrow.
I worship you as my first beginning, I long for you as my last end, I praise you as my constant helper, and call on you as my loving protector. |
O Sacrament Most Holy
Monday, September 1st, 2008Ave Maria Meditations A Short Visit to the Blessed Sacrament ? In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. ? I place myself in the presence of Him, in whose Incarnate Presence I am ? Before I place myself there, I adore Thee, 0 my Savior, present here as God and man, in soul and body, in true flesh and blood.? I acknowledge and confess that I kneel before that Sacred Humanity which was conceived in Mary’s womb and lay in Mary’s bosom; which grew up to man’s estate, and by the Sea of Galilee called the Twelve, wrought miracles, and spoke words of wisdom and peace; which in due season hung on the cross, lay in the tomb, rose from the dead, and now reigns in heaven. ? I praise, and bless, and give myself wholly to Him, Who is the true Bread of my soul, and my everlasting joy. ? Ven. John Henry Cardinal Newman ? |