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Homily #110815 ( 08min) Play – On this Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Fr. Bonaventure encourages us to be strengthened in the virtue of hope by this great gift bestowed upon Our Lady, and to seek the true joys of heaven, not the false joys in the world.
Ave Maria!

Mass: Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Solemnity – Form: OF
Readings: 
1st: rev 11:19, 12 1-6, 10
R: psa 45:10, 11, 12, 16
2nd: 1co 15:20-26
Gsp: luk 1:39-56

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Conferences #142 – Fr. Ignatius heroic virtue, faith and Hope ( 55min) >>> Play

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In this second talk by Fr. Ignatius on Heroic Virtue he covers two of the three theological virtues: Faith and Hope. Extensively referencing the Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC) for Faith (CCC 1814-1816) and for Hope (CCC 1817-1821), he explains what these virtues are, what they do for us, and,what is needed to develop them.

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Homily #110602s ( 08min) Play – On this Solemnity of the Ascension of Our Lord, Fr. Dominic preaches on our hope in the promise that Our Lord left us before His Ascension into heaven.
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Mass: Ascension of the Lord Thursday – Solemnity – Form: OF
Readings:
1st: act 1:1-11
Resp: psa 47:2-3, 6-7, 8-9
2nd: eph 1:17-23
Gsp: mat 28:16-20

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Homily #110522 ( 23min) Play – Today Fr. Bonaventure preaches on how Our Lord strives to strengthen His disciples at the last supper before the Crucifixion so that they will be able to persevere until they see His resurrection and so see what awaits them. Father then explains the glories of the resurrected body to see what great hope we have and how much anyone would give for such gifts.

Ave Maria!
Mass: Sunday 5th Week of Easter – Form:
Readings:
1st: act 6:1-7
Resp: psa 33:1-2, 4-5, 18-19
2nd: 1pe 2:4-9
Gsp: joh 14:1-12

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Homily #110430 ( 07min) Play – Our Lord is completely victorious over death

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Mass: Ordinary Form: Saturday within the Octave of Easter – Solemnity
Readings:
1st Reading: Acts 4:13-21
Responsorial Psalm: 118:1, 14-15, 16-18, 19-21
Gospel: Mark 16:9-15

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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.
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Mass: Quinquagesima Sunday – Form: EF, Esto Mihi
Readings:
1st: 1co 13:1-13
Gsp: luk 18:31-43

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Variety #127 – Fr Agnellus Mary Murphy ( 08min) >>> Play

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This is the message of Fatima; there is a point of departure and there is point of arrival.

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Homily #110213l ( 13min) Play – Fr. Peter speaks today about the need for hope in the face of today’s difficulties and disappointments. That hope is found in our Lord and the promises He made to His Church.

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Mass: Sixth Sunday after Epiphany – Form: EF, Adorate Deum
Readings:
1st: 1th 1:2-10
Gsp: mat 13:31-35

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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 #101121 ( 21min) Play – Today is the Solemnity of Christ the King and Fr. Bonaventure preaches on how this feast is the greatest means for introducing and maintaining the virtue of hope against the despair of our atheistic, materialistic culture.
Ave Maria! Solemnity of Christ the King – 34th Sunday in Ordinary Time – Mass: OF – Readings:
1st: 2sa 5:1-3
Resp: psa 122:1-2, 3-4, 4-5
2nd: col 1:12-20
Gsp: luk 23:35-43

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Homily #100815t ( 07min) Play – Twentieth century age of progress or age of victims? St. Maximilian Kolbe’s martyrdom was a light in the darkness of the twentieth century. In the assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mother we have great hope in the resurrection of God’s faithful.

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Homily #100225 ( 04min) Play – Fr. Bonaventure preaches on today’s Gospel that tells us of the need to love God above all else because he knows what we need and we can love all others through Him.
Ave Maria! Mass readings
1: Esth C:12,14-16,23-25
R: Ps 138:1-3,7-8
G: Mt 7:7-12

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Homily #100131t ( 09min) Play – Faith is not practiced in mind only but with your whole self. Hope is Faith in action, and Charity must precede all virtues.

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Homily #100124 ( 14min) Play – From today’s Gospel Fr Bonaventure preaches on the fact that Jesus is God and our Salvation. He contrasts this to the ancient heresy of Gnosticism that placed the hope of salvation in human knowledge. Listen as he explains that this was an early form of Modernism, containing a very dangerous, prideful intellectualism which has become an almost universal mindset today and how only Christ can guide us away from shipwreck.

Ave Maria!

Third Sunday in Ordinary Time
Mass readings
1: Neh 8:2-4,5-6,8-10
R: Ps 19:8-10,15
2: 1 Cor 12:12-30
G: Lk 1:1-4; 4:14-21

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Marycast #108 ( 10min) Play – Dr. Miravalle discusses how Our Lady of America tells us that suffering is very fruitful in a spiritual, redemptive sense and that it is, in fact, unavoidable. Listen to this startling but hopeful message that Our Lady has given to Americans.

To ask questions regarding Mary, email Dr Mark Miravalle: marycast@airmaria.com

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