Friday, March 5th, 2010
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Homily #100305 ( 06min) Play – In today’s Gospel we read: “By the Lord this has been done; and it is wonderful in our eyes.” Both the first reading (Joseph’s prophecy that he will rule over his brothers) and the Gospel (The parable of the vineyard tenants) talk of extraordinary prophecies. Fr. Angelo preaches on how these prophecies are at first rejected but in the end they are fulfilled by this very rejection and even become the means to save the rejectors. This is especially true with Christ.
Ave Maria! Friday of the Second Week in Lent – Mass: EF, Ego Autem – Readings: 1st: gen 37:6-22 – Gsp: mat 21:33-46
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Saturday, February 13th, 2010
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Homily #100213 ( 08min) Play – Fr Angelo preaches on the Gospel for the Memorial of Our Lady on a Saturday. Our Lady and St Joseph seek our Lord for three days before finding him in the Temple, but all the while they new the questions that they had in their hearts would be answered. We too need patience in this regard.
Ave Maria! Mass readings Luk 2:43-52
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Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010
The Catekids #2 – The Catekids with real life Catechisis ( 07min) >>> Play |
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Ave Maria!
Those wonderful Catekids are at it again with the next two commandments. ‘You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain’ and ‘Remember the Sabbath Day to keep it Holy’
Ave Maria!
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Sunday, January 10th, 2010
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Homily #100110 ( 09min) Play – Today we celebrate, according to the Old Calendar, the feast of the Holy Family in honor of Jesus, Joseph and Mary. (Baptism of Our Lord according to the New Calendar.) Fr Ignatius preaches on the importance of the family and how far we have slid in regard to marriage statistics. He stresses that this loss of family life is related to lack of love, first to love God and then to love our neighbor and then he stresses the connection between love and sacrifice.
Ave Maria! Sunday after Epiphany – Feast of the Holy Family – Mass: EF, Exsultat Gaudio – Readings: 1st: col 3:12-17 – Gsp: luk 2:42-52
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Sunday, January 3rd, 2010
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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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Friday, January 1st, 2010
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Homily #091231s ( 04min) Play – According to the Extraordinary Form of the calendar the Feast on January 1st is the Circumcision of The Child Jesus which is what we will celebrate tonight. In the morning we will celebrate the Solemnity of the Mother of God according to the new rite. Tonight Father explains that the circumsision that Our Lord went through was to show us the importance of redemptive suffering even in this Season of Joy. [Note: The first minute of the homily was lost but we managed a smooth edit.  ]
Ave Maria! Octave Day of the Nativity – Mass: EF, Puer Natus Est – Readings: 1st: tit 2:11-15 – Gsp: luk 2:21-21
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Wednesday, December 16th, 2009
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Sunday, December 13th, 2009
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Sunday, November 8th, 2009
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Homily #091108 ( 16min) Play – In today’s Gospel the widow who gave up her last mite in the synagogue offering was praised by Jesus. Fr. Bonaventure explains that we will be judged by what we do with the gifts that are given to us by Our Lord. He also explains the Via Media (the Middle Road) that is between the sin of excess and the sin of neglect.
Ave Maria! Mass readings
1: 1 Kings 17:10-16
R: Ps 146:7-10
2: Heb 9:24-28
G: Mk 12:38-44
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Sunday, August 2nd, 2009
Ave Maria Meditations
August 2nd: St. Peter Julian Eymard, Apostle of Eucharistic Adoration
St. Peter Julian Eymard was born in France in 1811. He was ordained in 1834 for the Society of Mary. Because of his extraordinary love for Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament and realizing there was no Order of priests dedicated to perpetual adoration, he was permitted to found such an Order–the Congregation of theBlessed Sacrament. He also founded the Servants of the Blessed Sacrament. His written works on the Holy Eucharist are classics in that field. He died in 1868 and his feast day is August 2nd. The following are a few excerpts from his writings.
EXAMINE YOUR CONSCIENCE IN THE MORNING UNDER THE EYES OF JESUS IN THE HOST
On awakening, make the sign of the cross. On arising say: “0 Sacrament Most Holy, 0 Sacrament Divine! All praise and all thanksgiving be every moment thine! Blessed be the Holy and Immaculate Conception of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God.
ADORE our Lord as your King who has called you today to work in his amiable service and for his honor and glory. Render him this day the homage of your mind, your heart, your body and your life for he deserves it all.
THANK our Lord for having kept you alive; thank him for all the graces received during your life (baptism, first communion, vocation). Rejoice at the honor and the happiness of spending this whole day in union with our Divine Lord in his Sacrament of love: such a day may be worth an entire life, the whole of Paradise.
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Wednesday, July 29th, 2009
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Homily #090729 ( 09min) Play – Although being overly busy lead Martha to be distracted from listening to the Lord on one occasion, in today’s Gospel Martha’s action in going out to meet our Lord was an act of faith which brought her closer to Him and shows that we must be both active and prayerful.
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Monday, July 6th, 2009
Let us love, then, because he first loved us. (1Jn4:19)
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In your mercy, Lord, you called me,
Taught my sinful heart and mind,
Else this world had still enthralled me,
And to glory kept me blind.
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Lord, I did not freely chose you
Till by grace you set me free;
For my heart would still refuse you
Had your love not chosen me.
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Now my heart sets none above you,
For your grace alone I thirst,
Knowing well, that if I love you,
You, O Lord, have loved me first.
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Thursday, May 21st, 2009
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Homily #090521 ( 10min) Play – Fr. Bonaventure preaches on this Ascension Thursday about how it emphasizes that He is still present and even reigns on Earth in His Eucharistic Presence.
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Thursday, April 16th, 2009
With each passing year the unfolding of the Resurrection Gospel of Emmaus becomes more luminous, more transparent like the favorite page in an old book, the page that with each reading delights one anew. The repetition and ritual recurrence of the Word shapes and reshapes the Church, making her ever more perfectly Christ’s beloved Bride, the Companion of the New Adam, born from His pierced side. You recall that it was this very page of the Gospel that was given us by the Servant of God, Pope John Paul II as the heart of his message for the Year of the Eucharist. He presented the mystery of Emmaus as a kind of Eucharistic icon.
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