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Homily #111208s ( 15min) Play – On the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception we have the privilege of having the Co-founder of our order the Franciscans of the Immaculate here in Griswold. He preaches on St Maximilian Kolbe and how his whole life was dedicated toward understanding who Mary Immaculate is and to spread devotion and knowledge of her throughout the world using the most modern means.
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Mass: The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary – 1st Cl – Form: EF, Gaudens Gaudebo
Readings:
1st: wis 8:23-35
Gsp: luk 1:26-28

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Homily #110814 ( 26min) Play – On this Solemnity of St. Maximilian Mary Kolbe, patron and protector of the Franciscans of the Immaculate, Fr. Bonaventure preaches on the life and martyrdom of this “Apostle of the End Times” who was totally conformed to Jesus Crucified because he was totally consecrated to the Immaculate Virgin.
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Mass: St. Maximilian Kolbe, priest and martyr  – Solemnity – Form: OF
Readings:
1st: wis 3:1 9
Resp: psa 116:1017
2nd: 1jo 3:13 18
Gsp: joh 15:12 17

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On the evening of October 16, 1917 (First Vespers of the Feast of Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque, Saint of the Sacred Heart), Saint Maximilian and six Franciscan friars erected the first company of the new army of Mary with the hope in the divine promise Gen 3:15 “ipsa conteret caput tuum.”

What is so significant about this date?

Well just three days before, the Blessed Virgin Mary made her [last] apparition to the three children Lucia, Francisco, and Jacinta in Fatima, Portugal.

The great Marian movement founded by Saint Maximilian Kolbe and the message of Fatima are linked in their origins.

via Fatima and Saint Maximilian Kolbe ~ Canterbury Tales by Taylor Marshall.

Ave Maria! Linda Andrade Rodrigues of South Coast Today (online version of New Bedford’s Standard Times) published an article about us today, St. Maximilian Kolbe’s Feast Day. She had many kind words about us and Mother Teresa’s Order in New Bedford. We will have to explain to her,  though, that we are not quite ready for canonization. Thanks, Linda!

The saints who live among us | SouthCoastToday.com.

August 14, 2010 12:00 AM

NEW BEDFORD — Trappist monk and author Thomas Merton wrote, “Oh my God! You see what a barren and desolate place this world is —- send us saints!”

The answer to his prayers, our city is blessed by the good works of saints.

Walk along our streets, and you’ll see Mother Teresa’s nuns in their white and striped-blue habits, ministering in our neighborhoods.

Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta sent her order, the Missionaries of Charity, to New Bedford, and on June 14, 1995, she visited the city, worshipped at the Church of St. Lawrence Martyr and touched the lives of countless SouthCoast residents.

Dressed in simple gray robes with sandaled feet, the Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate reach out to this city’s homeless and forgotten, and offer spiritual guidance to a constant stream of strangers who wander through the doors of Our Lady’s Chapel in downtown New Bedford. More …

Mary Vitamin for August 5th

Topic: The Woman of the Bible and Our Mother

Quote:

[Mary] is the real, physical Mother of the Messiah; she is the real mystical Mother of the Church, the new people of God. This is the thread, that, without a break in continuity, starts with Genesis and reaches to Revelation, passing through Cana and Calvary.

Father Stefano Manelli, FI, All Generations Shall Call Me Blessed, (Academy of the Immaculate: 1989), 356.

Meditation:

Fr. Stefano Manelli, FI

On this subject, a passage interesting and rich in insight, accurate as it is delicate, has been written by I. de La Potterie:

A very important insight of modern exegesis has brought to light how the mystery of Mary in some way forms a synthesis of all of the preceding revelation about the people of God, (more…)

Homily #100614 ( 06min) Play – Fr. Bonaventure celebrates a votive Mass to St Maximilian Kolbe. In today’s Gospel Our Lord tells us to turn the other cheek and no longer seek the law of retaliation but the law of reparation as did Jesus on the Cross and St Maximilian at Auschwitz.
Ave Maria! Mass readings
1: 1 Kings 21:1-16
R: Ps 5:2-3,4-7
G: Mt 5:38-42

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MaryCast Specials #77 ( 09min) Play – Dr. Mark Miravalle gives a compelling argument for how the proclamation of the 5th Marian Dogma can bring about a new Pentecost since Mary was so instrumental for the first one where the Holy Spirit, her spouse, descended on the Apostles. He mentions the comparison that St. Maximilian Kolbe made of the spousal relationship between Mary and the Holy Spirit with that of the union of two natures, human and divine, in the person of Jesus Christ.

To ask questions regarding Mary, email Dr Mark Miravalle: marycast@airmaria.com

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Homily #090920 ( 22min) Play – In Mk 9:30-37 the Apostles do not understand when Our Lord says, “The Son of Man is to be handed over to men and they will kill him, and three days after his death the Son of Man will rise.” Fr. explains that this habitual attitude in the Apostles is still the natural human attitude prevailing today.  Listen as Father shows how the foolishness of God is wiser than the wisdom of men.
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from St. Maximilian Kolbe: AIM HIGHER

Intention

1. The perfection of every action depends on the perfection of our intention.

2. One acts and suffers everything joyfully for the Immaculata. Regardless of the unpleasantness we meet in life, let us accept all with the intention of strengthening our love toward the Immaculata.

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Suffering

Notwithstanding its being paved at times with crosses and sufferings, the way of the Immaculata is not so difficult, so dark, so unclear that we can always feel her motherly warmth. A cross consists of two pieces of wood, crossed at one point. In every day life our cross consists in our will crossing the will of God. In or­der to remove it, it is necessary to conform our­selves to the will of God. In practice it is necessary that we put off our own will. The saints did not understand life without suffering.for suffering for love nourishes love. (more…)

Homily #081027 ( 08min) Play – 30th Mon Ordinary Time – Fr. Angelo preaches for this votive Mass to St Maximilian Kolbe who died as a martyr of charity. He relates this to the Gospel that says charity summarizes the entire law of God.
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Standing Fast #9 – Fr. Angelo on St. Maximilian Kolbe, Knight of the Immaculate>>> Play

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In today’s episode of Standing Fast, Fr. Angelo explains how the book of Genesis contains the ‘First Gospel’ which gives us a first look at the constant war against Satan. St. Maximilian Kolbe understood that Our Lady was the answer to winning the battle, and that she would indeed crush the head of the serpent.

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Homily Video #1 – Our Lady Queen of the Seraphic Order >>> Play

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On the Feast of Our Lady Queen of the Seraphic Order Fr. Angelo gives a homily on the special relationship between Our Lady and the Franciscan of the Immaculate as we strive to follow the Spirituality of St. Maximilian Kolbe.

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