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Homily #120201 ( 09min) Play – Fr. Angelo preaches on the Gospel for today where Our Lord goes to His home town of Nazareth where He is not given the same honor he received elsewhere. Father exhorts us to charitably, humbly speak up and give good example when it is needed even if we do not expect a warm welcome.
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Mass: Wednesday 4th Week of Ordinary Time – Wkdy – Form: OF
Readings:
1st: 2sa 24:2, 9-17
Resp: psa 32:1-2, 5, 6, 7
Gsp: mar 6:1-6

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Homily #120102 ( 06min) Play – Let us take the Christmas Spirit with us into this New Year.
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Mass: Ordinary Form –  Sts Basil the Great and Gregory Nazianzen - Memorial 
Readings:
1st Reading: 1John 2:22-28
Responsorial Psalm: 98:1, 2-3ab, 3cd-4
Gospel: John 1:19-28

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Homily #111225 ( 14min) Play – How do we become humble?
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Mass: Ordinary Form - Nativity of the Lord (Day) – Solemnity
Readings:
1st Reading: Isaiah 52:7-10
Responsorial Psalm: 98:1, 2-3, 3-4, 5-6
2nd Reading: Hebrews 1:1-6
Gospel: John 1:1-18

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Conferences #135 – Type the Caption here ( 09min) >>> Play

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Master Sargent Mike Cutone gives his conference on Catholic Leadership going through the acronym L.E.A.D.E.R.S.H.I.P. as he has outlined in his book. In this segment he is on “H” for “Humility”. Recognizing who one really is before God, practicing the virtue of humility to discern the truth in every situation, and receiving sanctifying grace through the Sacrament of Confession. Jesus commands us to study and imitate His humility and He gives us an example of humility throughout His whole life which motivated His apostles to imitate Him and to be faithful to their mission.

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Homily #111127k ( 08min) Play – Draw Close. We must be humble and schooled by the Virgin in order to receive the sweetness of  the humble Heart of Jesus.
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Mass: 1st Sunday of Advent – Sunday – Form: OF
Readings:
1st: isa 63:16-17, 19
Resp: psa 80:2-3, 15-16, 18-19
2nd: 1co 1:3-9
Gsp: mar 13:33-37

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Homily #110703t ( 09min) Play – The gift of wisdom can make a child more intelligent than those who govern our country.
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Mass: 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time – Sunday – Form: OF
Readings:
1st: zec 9:9-10
Resp: psa 145:1-2, 8-9, 10-11, 13-14
2nd: rom 8:9, 11-13
Gsp: mat 11:25-30

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Ave Maria Meditations

Ways of acquiring this virtue of humility:

Among the ways of attaining humility is, in the first place, ardently to desire it, to value it and to ask God for it. Then our aim should be to foster docility-in resolutely carrying out the advice received in spiritual direction, to receive fraternal correction joyfully and thankfully, to accept humiliation in silence for love of God, to obey quickly and wholeheartedly and, above all, to strive to attain this precious virtue through the exercise of charity in continual details of cheerful service to others. Jesus is the supreme example of humility. No one has ever had a dignity comparable to his and no one has ever served mankind with such tender care as He: I am among you as one who serves.

If we imitate Our Lord, we will accept others as they are and pay no attention to all those little annoyances which; in themselves, are of little importance. Humility disposes us to patience, and helps us to be patient with our own defects and with the defects of the people around us. We will render many little services in the course of our daily lives without expecting anything in exchange; and we will learn from Jesus and Mary how to get along with everyone and to understand other people, defects and all. If we try to see others as Our Lord sees them, it will be easy to accept them as he accepts them. (more…)

Homily #110518 ( 04min) Play – St. Felix of Cantalice was know as “Friar Deo Gratias”.
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Mass: Extraordinary Form; St. Felix of Cantalice, Dominus Pauperum
Readings:
Epistle: Colossians 3:12-17
Gospel: Matthew 11:25-30

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Homily #110517 ( 06min) Play – St Paschal Baylon is known as the Saint of the Blessed Sacrament.
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Mass: Extraordinary Form; St. Paschal Baylon, In Omnia Opera
Readings:
Epistle: 1 Co 1:26- 31
Gospel: Matthew 11:25- 30

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Day #5: Hiddenness

MARY: Do you know what is the real cause of the life and the beauty of a flower? … You see its brilliant shades, smell its delicate fragrance and yet you don’t recognize that all of this buds forth from those humble roots which are hidden in the barren and often muddy earth. It is the humble earth that secures the vital part of a flower and in it that the roots are hidden and these cannot give life to the flower if they are not hidden! Virtue is always born from an intimate and profound hiddenness! Flowers must certainly be seen for Jesus says: “Let your good deeds be seen by others”, but the seeds from which they bud, the life of the heart must remain concealed and hidden.

How many times do you not love to appear virtuous before those who see you and seek the vain praise of others’ Then you remove the root from being hidden, it unhappily dries up and also the flower wilts and dies. The paid gardener cuts the flower and ties it to an artificial stem so that it may be admired … but in doing this he kills it! When you seek human praise, you cut the flower of virtue and you place it on an artificial stem … After empty praise it is nothing more than a mass of withered leaves. Therefore love hiddenness and desire that only God sees you and reads the secret of your heart.

THE SOUL: O Mary, open your humble Heart to me as a refuge so that I may hide myself in it! Human
praise disturbs me, agitates me, makes me so ugly and I recognize that I get worse after praise. I?m full of pride and I can?t free myself of it except by hiding myself in God! O Mary, give me the strength to flee human praise and my vanity!

ASPIRATION: O Mary, give me humility of heart.

LITTLE WORK: When something redounds to your praise, don?t say it for the love of holy humility.

About the Meditations

The daily School of Mary meditations come from the book, A Month with Mary. To obtain a copy of this or other books published by the Academy of the Immaculate, visit our on-line bookstore at http://www.marymediatrix.com/bookstore/academy

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Variety #119 – Fr Agnellus Murphy FI ( 08min) >>> Play

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There was pride in their building and trust in themselves and in this occasion of sin God saw a need to humble them.

In order for the “A Day with Mary” to be fruitful, it must be built with humility.

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Homily #110102s ( 10min) Play – Fr. Angelo has the second Mass for today which is a special Mass for the drawing of the Epiphany Cards that takes place after Mass. It also the occasion of the unveiling of our new icon for our Pro-life Shine which is Our Lady Helper in Childbirth that has an ancient tradition attached to it. Fr. Angelo preaches on how it is important to focus on the three Magi because they were coming to Christ, the source of light, from the darkness of their paganism. This display of humility (to look beyond what they were masters of) should be imitated by us modern men who are such masters of science and so move from our new paganism to find the true light.
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Mass: Epiphany of the Lord – Solemnity – Form: OF
Readings:
1st: isa 60:1-6
Resp: psa 72:1-2, 7-8, 10-11, 12-13
2nd: eph 3:2-3, 5-6
Gsp: mat 2:1-12

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Homily #101222 ( 04min) Play – In today’s Gospel reading we have the Magnificat where Our Lady proclaims the great things that the Lord has done for her. In doing so she demonstrates her humility, pointing out her own lowliness and the greatness of God. Let us strive for the same docility to God’s will as Mary had and receive similar blessings.
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Mass: Weekdays of Advent – Dec 22 – – Form: OF
Readings:
1st: 1sa 1:24-28
Resp: 1sa 2:1, 4-5, 6-7, 8
Gsp: luk 1:46-56

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Ave Maria Meditations

The active nature of humility:

In the account of the life of Saint Anthony, Abbot, it is said that God showed him the world beset with the snares the devil had prepared to entrap men. Following the vision, the saint was filled with fear, and asked, Lord, who can escape so many snares? And he heard a voice that answered, Anthony, he who is humble can escape, for God gives his grace to the humble, but the proud fall into all the traps the devil sets. Yet the devil does not dare to attack the humble man.

If we want to serve the Lord, we must desire ask for the virtue of humility with insistence. To truly desire this virtue, we should keep in mind that the opposite of humility – the capital sin of pride – is the greatest obsta­cle to the vocation we have received from the Lord. It is what harms family life and friendship, what opposes our true happiness most of all. It is the devil’s foremost ally in our soul, with which he tries to undo the work that the Holy Spirit is constantly carrying out. (more…)

Homily #101024t ( 00min) Play – Type here
Ave Maria! 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time – Mass: OF, – Readings:
1st: sir 35:12-14, 16-18
Resp: psa 34:2-3, 17-18, 19, 23
2nd: 2ti 4:6-8, 16-18
Gsp: luk 18:9-14

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