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Homily #110327 ( 15min) Play – Fr. Angelo preaches on today’s Gospel where Our Lord comes to the well in Samaria and converses with a women about the living water that he has and how anyone who drinks this water will not thirst again.  Father highlights the fact that the spiritual water he is offering is different from the physical water in the well and infinitely more satisfying but uses His own physical thirst to lift up the woman from the physical to the spiritual realm. She, in turn, goes and gathers her own townspeople to Christ. This all sheds light on the wonder of the incarnation where the true God becomes true man in order for man to truly share in His divinity and to share in the work of spreading this truth.
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Mass: Sunday 3rd Week of Lent – Form:
Readings:
1st: exo 17:3-7
Resp: psa 95:1-2, 6-7, 8-9
2nd: rom 5:1-2, 5-8
Gsp: joh 4:5-42

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Homily #101220 ( 06min) Play – Today we have the Gospel account of the Incarnation when Our Lord was made flesh when the archangel Gabriel appeared to Mary. Fr. Dominic preaches on how Mary is the means to bring this about, focusing on the role that she places in accepting the message with her fiat, “Let it be done to me according to your word.” From the beginning of creation God choose to come to us through Mary so we must come to Him through her.
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Mass: Monday in the 4th Week in Advent – – Form: OF
Readings:
1st: 2sa 7:1-5, 8-11, 16
Resp: psa 89:2-3, 4-5, 27, 29
Gsp: luk 1:67-79

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Homily #101219 ( 24min) Play – Today on the last Sunday in Advent Fr. Bonaventure McGuire explains how the marriage of Joseph is a true marriage in the light of Mary’s Perpetual Virginity and how this means that St. Joseph’s fatherhood is a true fatherhood over Jesus and true husband of Mary, and therefore true head of the Holy Family. Father stresses the great marvel that such a stupendous dignity of the stewardship of these awesome treasures were entrusted to a mere man. The key to making sense of these truths is that the marriage between Joseph and Mary was uniquely orientated to the incarnation and in turn the general orientation of all creation to this mystery makes sense of all history, of every little action done in love of Christ, and how the incarnation is then our one true hope.
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Mass: 4th Sunday of Advent – Form: OF
Readings:
1st: isa 7:10-14
Resp: psa 24:1-2, 3-4, 5-6
2nd: rom 1:1-7
Gsp: mat 1:18-24

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Homily #101205 ( 20min) Play – On this Second Sunday in Advent Fr. Bonaventure preaches on the judgment of God when he comes again. This judgment will be based on how well we regard the first coming either by anticipating it if we lived before the incarnation or cherish it after. This desire of God to become united to man in the Incarnation is central to understand our purpose in the created order and the key to world peace and happiness in this life and eternal bliss in the after-life.
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Mass: 2nd Sunday of Advent – Form: OF
Readings:
1st: isa 11:1-10
Resp: psa 72:1-2, 7-8, 12-13, 17
2nd: rom 15:4-9
Gsp: mat 3:1-12

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Conferences #96 – Fr. Peter Fehlner at Washington Theological Union ( 57min) >>> Play

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In this 3rd talk of the Newman-Scotus Symposium presented by the Conventual Franciscans at the Washington Theological Union on Oct 22-24, 2010, Fr. Peter Damian Fehlner gives a talk titled “Scotus and Newman in Dialogue – Scotus Metaphysician – Newman Phenomenologist.” He  points out that Newman agreed and even specifically refers to Scotus’ opinion of the motive for the incarnation, that is, the Franciscan Thesis, the Absolute Primacy of Christ, that Christ would have come even if Adam had not sinned. And in regard to the Immaculate Conception, which Scotus was so prominent in giving a theological basis, is key to understanding the difference between Protestants and Catholics and why Catholics are orthodox. Also, both Scotus and Newman have been accused by Harold Weatherby of being the seeds (more…)

Conferences #93 – Fr James McCurry opens the Newman-Scotus Symposium ( 11min) >>> Play

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Fr James McCurry gives an inspirational welcome and introduction to the Newman-Scotus Symposium at the Washington Theological Union on Oct 22, 2010. He reads a warm letter of encouragement from Friar Marco Tasca, OFM Conv., the Minster General of the Conventual Franciscans from Rome, asking the participants to energetically uncover, for all the world to see, the common intellectual treasure that these two holy and eminent British scholars share, centered on the Absolute Primacy of Christ and the primacy of Love. He reflects on the Pope’s words at the very recent beatification of Newman in Birmingham, England where he mentions Newman’s  motto “Cor ad Cor Loquitor“, “Heart speaks unto Heart” where God and man speak heart to heart. Fr. McCurry mentions the equivalent starting point for Scotus’ theology where “God wills to love. God wills to be loved. God willed to have co-lovers of himself” and so he created the world and man with the goal of the incarnation via Mary Immaculate. He ends by reciting a prayer to Our Lady written by Bl. John Cardinal Newman to give us protection and the purity of heart and mind to be good and wise Christians.

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The Cornerstone #33 – Fr. Maximilian Dean on the principle of action and reaction (7min) >>> Play

A repost of past video for the AirMaria Scotus Month Nov 8th-Dec 8th

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St. Therese of the Child Jesus has said, “Love is repaid by love alone.” Elsewhere it is said in simpler form: “Love for love,” meaning God first offers us His love in the hope that we will respond by giving Him ours.

This principle of action and reaction is the heart of Bl. John Duns Scotus’ teaching. God first acts by willing Christ, the God-man, and the God-man responds with His Heart aflame for the love and glory of the Father. We also see God’s principle of action and reaction in the predestination of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Listen now as Father explains this eye-opening principle of “Love for love,” “action and reaction,” and how it plays out in all of creation, and in our lives.

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The Cornerstone #27 – Sin or no sin, Bl. John Duns Scotus believes that the Incarnation was God’s plan from the beginning. (6min) >>> Play

Repost of Previous video for Scotus Month on AirMaria

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“Click in” as Fr. Maximilian Mary recapitulates all that he has said thus far about the absolute primacy of Jesus Christ and prepares to launch into the subject of the mediation of grace and glory through the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary. Having established the absolute primacy of Jesus Christ, the Cornerstone will show where Our Lady fits into God’s plan and what that means for our spiritual life.

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This video series is based on the book A Primer on the Absolute Primacy of Christ by the host Fr. Maximilian M. Dean, FI

VIS news – Holy See Press Office: DUNS SCOTUS: CANTOR OF THE INCARNATE WORD.

On Wednesday the Holy Father gave a catechesis on Bl. Scotus, which includes a positive assessment of his doctrine on the primary motive for the Incarnation and a clear affirmation that Scotus was not responsible for Voluntarism. This is big news, considering that:

1) while still a Cardinal, Joseph Ratzinger wrote in one of his books that he disagreed with Scotus’ doctrine on the Incarnation; now, as Pope, he seems to have changed his mind and embraced Scotus’ position.

2) in his famous Regensburg Address, the Holy Father made a comment which many people interpreted as criticizing Scotus’ doctrine on the will; in this new catechesis, however, he clearly states the opposite.

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Homily #100101 ( 16min) Play – Solemnity of the Mother of God. Mary’s Divine Maternity is key to the beauty and wonder of this holy season of Christmas because it highlights the fact that Jesus is true God and true man, two natures united, yet remaining distinct, in one Divine Person. As such Mary is truely the Mother of God. Father explains how this central truth of the Incarnation has fought ancient paganism and pantheism and how it will be the main means to fight the modern forms of these errors, which Father calls Techno-Pantheism.
Ave Maria! Mass readings
1: Num 6:22-27
R: Ps 67:2-3,5-6,8
2: Gal 4:4-7
G: Lk 2:16-21

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Homily #091004 ( 23min) Play – Today is the Feast of St Francis of Assisi (New Advent), the Poverello, who is the founder of the Franciscan Orders and so his feast supersedes Sunday’s liturgy at our Franciscan friary. Fr. Bonaventure explains the importance of the love of poverty that was so central to St. Francis’ spirituality and how this relates to devotion to Christ and Mary and the importance of the incarnation and the bodily death of Christ and to the renewal of the Church in our materialistic times.
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Marycast Specials #56 ( 10min) Play – St. Maximilian Kolbe describes the Holy Spirit as “the Uncreated Immaculate Conception,” and he also describes Our Lady as the “Created Immaculate Conception.”  What can we say in regards to their union as expressed in the Incarnation of the God-man?  In this episode, Dr. Miravalle continues to discuss these profound insights offered to us by the Apostle of the Marian Era.
To ask questions regarding Mary, email Dr Mark Miravalle: marycast@airmaria.com

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Homily #090511 ( 07min) Play – The Holy Spirit is the Vivifier and Sanctifier. Let us see how these two activities are connected to each other  and to true ecumenism.
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