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Homily #120209 ( 05min) Play – Even though Solomon saw Our Lord twice he still fell away from Him. If we don’t stay vigilant and maintain good habits we too can fall away from our God.
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Mass: Ordinary Form – Thursday 5th Week of Ordinary Time
Readings:
1st Reading: 1Kings 11:4-13
Responsorial Psalm: 106:3-4, 35-36, 37, 40
Gospel: Mark 7:24-30

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Homily #111224s ( 16min) Play – Fr. Bonaventure gives a history of the fall and salvation of mankind on this Christmas Eve as we celebrate the birth of Jesus our Redeemer and King who will conquer the world and sin with His meekness, love and self-sacrifice.
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Mass: Nativity of the Lord (Vigil) – Solemnity – Form: OF
Readings:
1st: isa 62:1-5
Resp: psa 89:4-5, 16-17, 27, 29
2nd: act 13:16-17, 22-25
Gsp: mat 1:1-25

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Homily #111120 ( 45min) Play – Fr. Bonaventure preaches on the Christ the King explaining how He is King of kings and Lord of lords. If we are truly seeking salvation we must comply to our King and be a member of his Kingdom, the Catholic Church. He relates this to the modern forms of rejecting the kingdom in the form of rejecting the Creed, the similar problem with the Traditionalists, the materialism and sensuality of today and how all these rejections of Christ the King is a rejection of reality.
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Mass: Christ the King – Solemnity – Form: OF
Readings:
1st: eze 34:11-12, 15-17
Resp: psa 23:1-2, 2-3, 5, 6
2nd: 1co 15:20-26, 28
Gsp: mat 25:31-46

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Homily #110417 ( 14min) Play – Fr. Angelo preaches on the contrast between Jesus’ triumphant entry into Jerusalem and the curses and condemnations that followed a few days later. This contrast is highlighted by the Ordinary Form where the two events of Palm Sunday and Passion Sunday are combined into one liturgical event.
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Mass: Palm Sunday – Form:
Readings:
1st: isa 50:4-7
Resp: psa 22:8-9, 17-18, 19-20, 23-24
2nd: phi 2:6-11
Gsp: mat 26:14-27:66

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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 #100905 ( 35 min) Play – In today’s Gospel Our Lord tells us that we must love Him above all things and be well prepared in our engagement with the world. He tells us this in the form of two parables, the building of the tower and the king who contemplates going into battle. Fr. Bonaventure explains this in the context of Catholic action, where our preparation consists in building up our love of, and trust in, God who has forces vastly stronger than the enemy and that action starts with prayer and contemplation and only secondarily with physical action. Father also outlines the many ways that we are in true, open and explicit battle with the modern culture and philosophy, always relating it back to its spiritual nature.
Ave Maria! 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time – Mass: OF, – Readings:
1st: wis 9:13-18
Resp: psa 90:3-4, 5-6, 12-13, 14-17
2nd: phm 1:9-10, 12-17
Gsp: luk 14:25-33

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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,(

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Homily #100501 ( 14min) Play – Today, on the Feast of St Joseph the Worker, Fr. Bonaventure preaches on how St. Joseph is the true model of a worker who centers all his work around his Son, Jesus Christ, the King of Kings. Father contrasts this to the atheistic, Communist “May Day” celebrations, also on this day, which Pius XII counteracted by establishing this feast in 1955.
Ave Maria! Mass readings
1: Gn 1:26-2:3
R: Ps 90:2, 3-4, 12-13, 14, 16
G: Mt 13:54-58

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Homily #100329 ( 08min) Play – Mary Magdalene and the crowds of Jews at Bethany recognized Jesus as the Messiah and gave public witness to this in the Gospel today. Fr Bonaventure focuses on the need to give this public witness of our devotion to the King of Kings especially when he is hated by the powerful of the world.

Ave Maria! Mass readings
1: Isa 42:1-7
R: Ps 27:1-3,13-14
G: Jn 12:1-11

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Homily #100103 ( 13min) Play – Epiphany of Our Lord marks the second part of Christmas which is the manifestation of Christ to the whole world as an introduction to His public ministry as an adult. Fr Angelo explains who the Magi were and why God lead them with the star first to King Herod in Jerusalem and only then to Bethlehem and the Christ Child. He contrasts the response of the Magi to that of Herod when they receive the message of the coming of the Messiah.
Ave Maria! Mass readings
1: Isa 60:1-6
R: Ps 72:1-2,7-8,10-13
2: Eph 3:2-3,5-6
G: Mt 2:1-12

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Homily #100102 ( 07min) Play – St John the Baptist calls all to conversion because the one born in the cave is the Divine King a Spiritual King who is the one who will lead us in this current spiritual battle, leading people from secularity to Baptism and the peace that comes from above.
Ave Maria! Mass readings
1: 1 Jn 2:22-28
R: Ps 98:1-4
G: Jn 1:19-28

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Homily #091206 ( 31min) Play – Advent is a time to be stirred and Fr. Bonaventure gives a stirring homily to prepare us for the coming of the Lord. He explains how Christ’s coming, as marked by John the Baptist, stirred up the leaders of His time, including Tiberius, Herod, Pilot,and Caiaphas. So listen to this homily and find out how we must put aside our baubles and avoid something called “acedia.”
Ave Maria! Mass readings
1: Bar 5:1-9
R: Ps 126:1-6
2: Phil 1:4-6,8-11
G: Lk 3:1-6

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Prayer Honoring Christ The King

Jesus, you are my highest Authority.
Jesus, you are my most beloved King.
Jesus, you are my most holy and just Judge.
Jesus, you are my merciful Savior.
Jesus, you are my most worthy Priest.
Jesus, you are my risen and blessed Lord. (more…)

Homily #090822s ( 20min) Play – Our Lord and Lady showed us the way to reign, and it comes about through service and sacrifice.

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Homily #090705 ( 18min) Play – Jesus the King and Savior of the Jews was not received by them because He came as one of them. This was made very clear when He went to Nazareth where He grew up and, despite performing miracles and preaching the full richness of the Gospel, He was rejected. But it is this rejection that He uses to save the Jews and all humanity.

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