Homily #120503 ( 10min) Play – On the Feast of Sts. Philip and James Fr. Angelo preaches on the Apostolic succession of the bishops that constitutes the Apostolicity of the Church, one of the four marks of the Church to recognize the true Church. As any bishop lays hands on a new bishop they pass on what they have received from their successor and this goes back to the Apostles handing on what Jesus Himself gave to them and is the key to how Jesus fulfills His promise that the Holy Spirit will always be with His Church. This is a great assurance and source of Hope. Let us rejoice in it and give thanks to God.
Ave Maria!
Mass: Sts. Philip and James – Feast – Form: OF
Readings: 
1st: 1co 15:1-8
Resp: psa 19:2-3, 4-5
Gsp: joh 14:6-14

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Homily #120412 ( 10min) Play – On Easter Sunday Jesus appeared to the disciples and they thought that they were seeing a ghost because they did not understand and trust Our Lord’s words that He would rise again. Jesus helps them by eating in front of them and showing them his wounds to let them know that He completely overcame the power of death, letting them apprehend the magnitude of His victory when the clouds of doubt and defeat where weighing upon the early Church. Let us remember this Easter joy when we witness the many tribulations and seeming defeats for the Church that will inevitably come.
Ave Maria!
Mass: Thursday of Easter Week – Wkdy – Form: OF
Readings: 
1st: act 3:11-26
Resp: psa 8:2, 5, 6-7, 8-9
Gsp: luk 24:35-48

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It is easy to say, “I believe in God.” But to say that “I believe that God is in control” can be very hard ­really to give him the evidence of the heart, of the soul bowed down before him, sometimes in confusion at what he seems to be doing (and not doing) and some­times in real anguish – and to believe. This is the evi­dence he is asking of us.  We tend to think of faith as a lovely thing. Faith is not just a matter of speaking, but it is a matter of believing when it is difficult to believe …  

Saint Claude de la Colombiere, the apostle of hope, said: “I hope, and I will always hope. And I will never cease hoping. When it is clear that there is no longer any reason to hope, then I will hope all the more.” But in his determination to give all his anxieties over to God, even he had to discover, as we do, that this is very hard to accomplish. We do not really want to let go of them. They are debilitating, they are degenera­tive of our forward action, and yet it can be very hard to let go of our anxieties. We ask: “But how is it going to turn out? It is getting more confused all the time; the skeins are more tangled all the time.” Hope is such a strong thing, because it is hope in the face of almost everything not presenting human reason for hope.

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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

Ave Maria!

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.

Ave Maria!

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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.
Ave Maria!
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

Ave Maria!
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.
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 #127 – Fr Agnellus Mary Murphy ( 08min) >>> Play

Ave Maria!

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

Ave Maria!

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