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Homily #111230 ( 11min) Play – On the feast of the Holy Family Fr. Angelo preaches on how the Christian life consists in following the example of Christ who came to us in a family. He compares the incarnation, with its mixture of the natural and supernatural, to the family and the sacraments of the Church, especially Holy Matrimony.
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Mass: Holy Family – Feast – Form: OF
Readings:
1st: sir 3:2-6, 12-14
Resp: psa 128:1-2, 3, 4-5
2nd: col 3:12-21
Gsp: luk 2:22-40

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Face of Pro-Life #145 – Mike Casey on Marriage in RI ( 29min) >>> Play

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Mike Casey of RI National Organization for Marriage gives a rundown of the state of marriage in the US and particularly in the smallest state of the union, Rhode Island, and compares this to what happened in New York. He mentions how 31 times people voted directly on this issue across the nation and every time voted against same sex marriage, how it is being pushed on children at school which is taking the place of parents and even by the medical profession in doctor offices, how protocol was thrown out the window in the NY push for gay marriage, how there is an implied threat to sue if the bill does not get passed and so will win it through the courts, how gay pride day marches are pornographic and even if they were heterosexual should be banned, and how this all adds up to a long slow slide toward the demise of the building block of society, marriage and family.

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Variety #152 – Card. Burke in La Crosse WI ( 10min) >>> Play

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Cardinal Burke gave the homily at the first Mass of the 2011 Canon Law Conference in La Crosse, WI on the feast of St Teresa Benedicta of the Cross. She was a Jew and a renowned philosopher who converted to Catholicism and became a Carmelite nun until she was deported by the Germans to Auschwitz, where she was killed in the gas chambers. She entered Carmel in 1933 just after Hitler came to power Germany. Cardinal Burke compares the ordered mind of this great Catholic Saint and Martyr against the disordered destructive thinking and actions of the Nazis and points out how a well ordered legal system exemplified by Canon Law can be a great deterrent from such disorder. This begins in a a very personal way in a well ordered love in  the form of  fidelity to one’s vocation whether to the married life or religious life, all patterned on the loving relationship between God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

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Face of Pro-Life #129 – Fr. Angelo and Corinn Dahm on single Motherhood ( 30min) >>> Play

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In this episode Fr. Angelo and Corinn Dahm discuss the connection between the general lack of marriage and abortion. Corinn begins by quoting a statistic that 87% of women that have abortions are not married. They further relate this to the general loss of the sense of family and the orientation of sexuality to that end and how this effects our society.

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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 #101107t ( 05min) Play – “Marriage is the highest form of friendship.” -St. Thomas Aquinas

“Mary loved God unto virginity.” -Fr. Peyton
Ave Maria! 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Shortened) – Mass: OF, – Readings:
1st: 2ma 7:1-2, 9-14
Resp: psa 17:1, 5-6, 8, 15
2nd: 2th 2:16-3:5
Gsp: luk 20:27, 34-38

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Homily #101107 ( 13min) Play – In today’s Gospel the Sadducees try to trip up Jesus with a question on marriage and in regard to life after death. He answers that there is life after death, but that marriage is not for the after life. Fr. Bonaventure takes these basic statements about marriage (where life begins) and death (where life ends) and preaches on the meaning and sanctity of human life. He mentions the reasons why God Created us, the relationship between God and man, and how Jesus and Mary is key to both of these and to attaining life everlasting.

Ave Maria! 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time – Mass: OF, – Readings:
1st: 2ma 7:1-2, 9-14
Resp: psa 17:1, 5-6, 8, 15
2nd: 2th 2:16-3:5
Gsp: luk 20:27-38

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Roving Reporter #115 – The Fruit of Love ( 04min) >>> Play

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Marriage Day at the Aldrich Mansion – Sunday, August 16

The Marriage Day Celebration included live worship music, guest speakers, plenty of food, and activities for children. Tickets were sold for a cook-out style meal but attendees could also bring a picnic lunch. The highlight of the Sunday afternoon event was for married couples to renew their vows together at a beautiful waterfront setting.

This was a great opportunity to take a stand for marriage as it was created: between a man and a woman. Our goal is to esteem marriage to its proper place in society and make a statement that Rhode Islanders believe strongly in this cherished institution.

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Variety #77 – Peter Wolfgang  ( 33min) >>> Play

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Peter Wolfgang, Executive Director of the Family Institute of Connecticut (FIC), gives a talk at the Knights of Columbus Council #2087 in North Grosvenordale, CT for their fund-raising event to benefit FIC. He relates the current atmosphere of anti-religious bigotry prevailing in politics with that in the time of Fr. McGivney in New Haven, CT in late 1800′s that prompted him to start the Knights of Columbus. He especially mentions the grossly Anti-Catholic bill SB-1098 introduced in the CT  Legislature in 2009 and the recent ACLU attack on FIC, a local Baptist Church in Bloomfield and a high school in Enfield, CT which you can read about here. Peter points out that the irrationality of these attacks suggest a vindictive payback to Catholics and Baptist for joining ranks with FIC to successfully stop gay marriage in the CT legislature.

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Homily #100602 ( 06min) Play – Fr. Bonaventure uses today’s Gospel were the Sadducees try to trap Our Lord with a question on marriage to preach on the importance of the Hierarchy in upholding and spreading true doctrine.
Ave Maria! Mass readings
1: 2 Tim 1:1-3,6-12
R: Ps 123:1-2
G: Mk 12:18-27

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Face of Pro-Life #89 – Susan Boyce with the Health Care facts that will surprise you.  ( 30min) >>> Play

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Susan Boyce explains how the federal health care plan which seems to have been defeated when Scott Brown won the late Ted Kennedy’s Senate seat in Massachusetts is not at all defeated and still needs to be vigorously opposed. There is a real danger of stealth efforts to bypass normal rules by sneaking it into reconciliation without bringing it past the new senator. She further outlines the many problems that still exist in the plan, including half a trillion of new spending that will increase costs and taxes on employers reducing the number of jobs, unelected boards with unprecedented powers to dictate what gets funded, who gets health care or not. There are many indications that this rationing will be based on how ‘useful’ you are to society, similar to the Nazis.

It would also be a blow to religious freedoms due to the lack of conscience clauses in regard to abortion and abortifacients, mandated home visits, government oversight of marriage counseling. And, of course, abortion funding is still in the plan.

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Homily #100205 ( 10min) Play – In Herod’s unlawful marriage we see adultery, lust, murder and more.
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Homily #100130 ( 05min) Play – Fr Ignatius highlights the importance of chastity according to your state in marriage. He points out that it is common sense and when it is not followed it is only because it is difficult.
Ave Maria! St. Martina, Virgin and Martyr – Mass: EF, Loquebar De Testimoniis – Readings: 1st: sir 51:1-8,12 – Gsp: mat 25:1-13

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Face of Pro-Life #78 – ( 29min) >>> Play

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Fra Isaac Haas, FI outlines his experience in the battle for marriage while he worked with National Organization for Marriage (NOM) before he became a friar. He covers the reason for NOM being created, how it counters the very well funded machine that is advocating for the radical changes in the definition of marriage which has far ranging consequences in regard to religious freedom and the ill effects on family and children.

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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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