Homily #110812 ( 03min) Play – A short homily is a good homily!
Ave Maria!
Mass: Friday 19th Week of Ordinary Time – Wkdy – Ordinary Form
Readings:
1st: Joshua 24:1-13
Resp: Psalm 136:1-3, 16-18, 21-22, 24
Gsp: Matthew 19:3-12

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Variety #152 – Card. Burke in La Crosse WI ( 10min) >>> Play

Ave Maria!

Cardinal Burke gave the homily at the first Mass of the 2011 Canon Law Conference in La Crosse, WI on the feast of St Teresa Benedicta of the Cross. She was a Jew and a renowned philosopher who converted to Catholicism and became a Carmelite nun until she was deported by the Germans to Auschwitz, where she was killed in the gas chambers. She entered Carmel in 1933 just after Hitler came to power Germany. Cardinal Burke compares the ordered mind of this great Catholic Saint and Martyr against the disordered destructive thinking and actions of the Nazis and points out how a well ordered legal system exemplified by Canon Law can be a great deterrent from such disorder. This begins in a a very personal way in a well ordered love in  the form of  fidelity to one’s vocation whether to the married life or religious life, all patterned on the loving relationship between God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

Ave Maria!

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Conferences #125 – The Seven Sorrows of Blessed Virgin Mary ( 39 min) >>> Play

Ave Maria!

This is an excerpt from a Lenten Mission on the Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin given by Fr. Johannes M.M. Smith, at St. Francis of Assisi Church in Auburn, NY. The parish mission was from March 14-18, 2011. This talk is on the sixth and seventh sorrows of Our Lady.

Ave Maria!

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Homily #110325 ( 10min) Play – “Do what ever He tells you” – this is the best advice Our Blessed Mother has given us.
Ave Maria!
Mass: Annunciation of the Lord – Solemnity – Form: OF
Readings:
1st: Isa 7:10-14
Resp: Psa 40:7-8, 8-9, 10, 11
2nd: Heb 10:4-10
Gsp: Luk 1:26-38

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Homily #110322 ( 08min) Play – What did Our Blessed Lord mean when he said, “Call no man your father”?
Ave Maria!
Mass: Tuesday 2nd Week of Lent – – Form: OF
Readings:
1st: Isa 1:10, 16-20
Resp: Psa 50:8-9, 16-17, 21, 23
Gsp: Mat 23:1-12

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Homily #110302m ( 09min) Play – Fr. Johannes preaches about the 4 different kinds of soil that the seed of God’s Word can find in our hearts.
Ave Maria!
Mass: Sexagesima Sunday – Form: EF, Exsurge
Readings:
1st: 2Co 11:19-33, 12:1-9
Gsp: Luk 8:4-15

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Homily #110121m ( 11 min) Play – On the Feast of St. Agnes, the noble Roman Virgin who suffered martyrdom rather than lose the treasure of her virginity, Fr. Johannes shares some insights on the close connection between purity and martyrdom. This is radically opposed to modern culture, which is marked by impurity and murder. Immaculate Virgin Mother of God, Queen of virgins and martyrs, pray for us! Ave Maria!
Mass: St. Agnes, Virgin and Martyr – – Form: EF, Me Exspectaverunt Peccatores
Readings:
1st: Sir 51.1-8,12
Gsp: Matt 25.1-13

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Homily #110119m ( 18 min) Play – Drawing on the Magisterium and the teachings of the Saints, Fr. Johannes reflects on the presence of Our Lady at Cana, on Calvary and at every Holy Mass.
Ave Maria!
Mass: Second Sunday after Epiphany – Form: EF, Omnis Terra
Readings:
1st: Rom 12.6-16
Gsp: Joh 2.1-11

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Homily #110118m ( 15 min) Play – Fr. Johannes preaches on the rich symbolism involved in the Gospel passage of the wedding feast at Cana, and on Our Lady’s important role in bringing us the “New Wine” of the Kingdom of God.
Ave Maria!
Mass: Second Sunday after Epiphany – Form: EF, Omnis Terra
Readings:
1st: Rom 12.6-16;
Gsp: Joh 2.1-11;

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Homily #110113m ( 13 min) Play – Fr. Johannes expounds on the mystery of Our Lord’s Baptism and the wonderful gift of our own Baptism given to us through our Holy Mother Church.
Ave Maria!
Mass: Baptism of Our Lord Jesus Christ – – Form: EF, Ecce Advenit
Readings:
1st: Isa 60:1-6
Gsp: Joh 1:29-34

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