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Homily #101002 ( 08min) Play – On this the Feast of the Guardian Angels Fr. Ignatius preaches on the nature of these heavenly helpers. He mentions how they are superior to us and so we can not name them but they are given to us by God as helpers toward our salvation and sanctification which is a great grace.
Ave Maria! The Holy Guardian Angels – Mass: EF, Benedicite Dominum – Readings:
1st: exo 23:20-23
Gsp: mat 18:1-10

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Homily #101001 ( 07min) Play – Today is the feast day of St Therese of Lisieux of the Child Jesus. Fr. Ignatius celebrates this in the Extraordinary Form as a votive Mass since her feast day is on the 3rd of October in the old calender. He preaches on St. Therese’s life who through the help of her very devout parents was given a very good start on the road to sanctity. He describes how even though she was an almost entirely unknown nun who died at the young age of 24 in a cloistered convent, her great sanctity was discovered by the outside world and she was Canonized as a saint, made a patron of missionaries throughout the world, declared a doctor of the Church and virtually every Catholic Church has set-up a statue of her.
Ave Maria! Votive for St. Theresa of the Child Jesus – Mass: EF, Veni De Libano – Readings:
1st: isa 66:12-14
Gsp: mat 18:1-4

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Homily #100930 ( 04min) Play – Today is the Memorial of St. Jerome Doctor of the Church and writer of the Latin Vulgate. Fr. Ignatius points out that in order to get the truth that is in scripture you must have the right interpretation and thus God has not only given us scripture but an infallible interpreter of it as scripture itself clearly states in 1Tim 3:15 Pillar and foundation of truth is the Church. And Mat 16:18 On this rock (Peter) I will build my Church and the gates of hell (error) will not prevail against it.

Ave Maria! St. Jerome, Confessor and Doctor of the Church – Mass: EF, In Medio Ecclesiae – Readings:
1st: 2ti 4:1-8
Gsp: mat 5:13-19

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Homily #100929 ( 05min) Play – Fr. Ignatius preaches on the feast of St. Michael the Archangel (Feast of the Three Archangels in the Ordinary Form). He mentions the strong devotion that St. Francis had for St. Michael and the importance of the St. Michael prayer.
Ave Maria! The Dedication of St. Michael the Archangel (Michaelmas Day) – Mass: EF, Benedicite – Readings:
1st: rev 1:1-5
Gsp: mat 18:1-10

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Homily #100928 ( 04min) Play – Father Ignatius preaches on how much it can cost to follow the Gospel. It cost St. Wenceslaus peace in in his family and ultimately his life.
Ave Maria! St. Wenceslaus, Martyr – Mass: EF, In Virtute - Readings:
1st: wis 10:10-14
Gsp: mat 10:34-42

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Homily #100904 ( 07min) Play – God chooses the weak in order t0 bring good into the world. This was certainly the case with St. Rose of Viterbo and it can also be with us. God uses souls in a state of grace to bring about good in the world. We need to seek God’s will in our lives. How do we do this? Listen to this very good explanation of how to discern God’s will in your life.
Ave Maria! St. Rose of Viterbo – Mass: EF, – Sorry, No Online Readings Available:

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Homily #100903 ( 05min) Play – Today Fr. Ignatius celebrates a votive Mass in honor of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. He bases his homily on a reading different from those from the Mass where our Lord describes his Heart as meek and humble. Taking up this yoke of meekness and humility is easy and sweet and is much easier to bear than the yoke of pride and anger that so many choose.

As Our Lord says in Mat 15:28-29:

28 Come to me all you that labor and are burdened, and I will refresh you. 29 Take up my yoke upon you, and learn of me, because I am meek, and humble of heart: And you shall find rest to your souls. 30 For my yoke is sweet and my burden light.

Ave Maria! Votive Mass of the Most Sacred Heart – Mass: EF, – Readings:
1st: eph 3:8-19
Gsp: joh 19:31-37

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Homily #100811 ( 04min) Play – Fr. Ignatius sings the praises of St Clare as model of virginity and modesty despite her great beauty.
Ave Maria! – St Clare of Assisi – Mass: EF – Readings: 1st: Song 2:10-14
Gspl: Mat 25:1-13

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Homily #100810 ( 04min) Play – Fr Ignatius preaches on the life and example of St Lawrence Martyr who out of love for God was willing to be detached from every thing we naturally hold dear including friends and even life itself.
Ave Maria! St. Lawrence, Martyr – Mass: EF, Confessio Et Pulchritudo – Readings:
1st: 2co 9:6-10
Gsp: joh 12:24-26

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Homily #100809 ( 07min) Play – The Devil uses scripture to try to deceive us by quoting scripture and nothing is more often quoted than Matthew 7:1 “Judge not and you will not be judged.” Another often used phrase is, “Hate the sin, love the sinner.” Father explains the limits of these statements to show how saintliness is not silliness.

Ave Maria! Vigil of St. Lawrence, Martyr – Mass: EF, Dispersit – Readings:
1st: sir 51:1-8,12
Gsp: mat 16:24-27

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Ave Maria!

Br. Anthony Josemaria a member of our Third Order has published an article in Homiletic and Pastoral Review on the tragic Catholic holocaust that occurred in Nagasaki when the Bomb dropped. Great article Br. Anthony!

The Catholic Holocaust of Nagasaki—“Why, Lord?”

The witness of the Catholics
of Nagasaki shows
God’s providence in the darkest of times.

By Brother Anthony Josemaria

On August 9, 1945, God’s inscrutable providence allowed an atomic bomb named “Fat Man” to be dropped from a B-29 into the heavily populated city of Nagasaki. The epicenter of the blast was the Urakami district, the heart and soul of Catholicism in Japan since the sixteenth century. My purpose in this article is to share an insight into God’s purpose in allowing this horrible event, a discovery made from reading (the recent Ignatius Press reprint of) Fr. Paul Glynn’s marvelous book A Song for Nagasaki. The book is subtitled, The Story of Takashi Nagai: Scientist, Convert, and Survivor of the Atomic Bomb.1

via The Catholic Holocaust of Nagasaki—“Why, Lord?”.

Also mentioned on Insight Scoop and New Advent.

Homily #100723 ( 03min) Play – Preaching on today’s Gospel Fr. Ignatius tells us not to worry about the many things that normally preoccupy people as was the case with the disciples who were arguing over which of them was greater. Jesus tells them to cast all their concerns on to the Lord.
Ave Maria! St. Apollinaris, Bishop and Martyr – Mass: EF, Sacerdotes Dei – Readings:
1st: 1pe 5:1-11
Gsp: luk 22:24-30

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Mary Vitamin for July 22nd
Feast of St. Mary Magdalen

Topic: Gaining the affection of Mary by practicing courtesy

Quote:
St. Alphonsus di Liguori
Saint Gregory Nazianzen assures us that there is nothing by which we can with
greater certainty gain the affection of Mary then by charity towards our
neighbor.
St. Alphonsus di Liguori, The Glories of Mary, (Tan Books), 479.

Meditation:
The charity and courtesy of St. Mary Magdalen

Why was St. Mary Magdalene unable to recognize the risen Christ? Why did she not
recognize the Messiah after the Resurrection if she was one of the few that
recognized the Messiah when “there was no beauty”? Was the Lord testing St. Mary
Magdalene’s charity? Did He want to leave a testimony of her great love? She
treated someone to whom she thought stole the body of her Lord with great
respect. After she spoke, Jesus revealed His identity to her.

But Mary stayed outside the tomb weeping. And as she wept, she bent over into
the tomb and saw two angels in white sitting there, one at the head and one at
the feet where the body of Jesus had been.
And they said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping?” She said to them, “They have
taken my Lord, and I don’t know where they laid him.”
When she had said this, she turned around and saw Jesus there, but did not know
it was Jesus. Jesus said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you
looking for?” She thought it was the gardener and said to him, “Sir, if you
carried him away, tell me where you laid him, and I will take him.”
Jesus said to her, “Mary!” She turned and said to him in Hebrew, “Rabbouni,”
which means Teacher.
John 20:11-17

Resolution:
Today, I will work to win the affection of the Blessed Virgin Mary by speaking
with courtesy.

Marian Vow:
St. Claude de la Colombiere
We have no reason to despise anyone. A humble man sees only his own faults. It
is a sign of little virtue to notice the imperfections of others. A person may
be imperfect today who in a little while, recognizing this, may rise to great
sanctity.
Mother M. Philip, I.B.V.M., arr. & ed. The Spiritual Direction of Saint Claude
de la Colombiere,(

Related sites: Castle of the Immaculate

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Mary Vitamin is a daily Email support for Marian mental prayer. Each day (Monday through Friday) members will receive a brief Marian quote with a corresponding Marian meditation and resolution. The Mary Vitamin is designed to make mental prayer a little simpler and bring Our Lady into your day in a systematic way.

Homily #100718 ( 07min) Play – Fr. Ignatius preaches on the first reading from Paul’s Epistle to the Romans which exhorts us to live according to the spirit as opposed to the flesh, that is, to live selflessly and to control inordinate desires. He compares this wisdom to that of modern psychology which calls this “repression”.
Ave Maria! Eighth Sunday after Pentecost – Mass: EF, Suscepimus Deus – Readings:
1st: rom 8:12-17
Gsp: luk 16:1-9

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Homily #100701 ( 04min) Play – Today we celebrate the feast of the Most Precious Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ and Fr. Ignatius focuses on how this sacrifice fulfills the Old Testament and renders the old sacrifices useless because of the infinite worth of Christ’s. He also points out that we are called by Christ to take up our cross and follow him. Let us persevere in this.
Ave Maria! The Feast of the Most Precious Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ – Mass: EF, Redemisti Nos – Readings: 1st: heb 9:11-15 – Gsp: joh 19:30-35

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