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Homily #100313ms ( 11min) Play -
In the story of Susanna and the Elders, and then again in the story of the woman caught in adultery, Our Lord shows how He came to bring about the triumph of His mercy.
By His justice He gives us what we deserve. By His mercy, He gives us far better than what we deserve, He gives us what we don’t deserve – He gives us life when we deserve death.

Ave Maria! Saturday of the Third Week in Lent – Mass: EF, Verba Mea Auribus – Readings: 1st: dan 13:1-9, 15-17, 19-30, 33-62 – Gsp: joh 8:1-11

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Homily #100307m ( 07min) Play – Fr. John Joseph exhorts us to pray with the Samaritan woman, uniting our prayers with hers and asking, “Lord, give me this living water. Give me this grace of yours to serve you more faithfully. Help me in my trials. Help me to overcome my sins, my defects, and my faults, while at the same time being patient with ourselves.”

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Homily #100113m ( 08min) Play – Today we celebrate the feast of The Baptism of Our Lord.   Fr. Johannes explains how the Epiphany and Baptism of Our Lord are, in many ways, two aspects of one in the same mystery.
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Homily #100110m ( 15min) Play – Today we celebrate the Solemnity of the Baptism of Our Lord.  Fr. John Joseph explains what it means to follow the example of Jesus Christ, to be baptized and live as true children of God.
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Homily #100108ms ( 11min) Play – As we continue to reflect on the mystery of the Epiphany of Our Lord, the scriptural readings and prayers of Holy Mass, Fr. Johannes exhorts us to ask our Blessed Mother and St. Joseph to give us the grace always to recognize that Jesus Christ does not take away anything from us when we give him our hearts. On the contrary, He gives us everything.
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Homily #100104ms ( 10min) Play – Today we celebrate the feast of one saint and blessed:  St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, the first American-born saint, foundress and first superior of the Sisters of Charity, and who laid the foundation for the Catholic parochial school system in the United States, and Bl. Angela of Foligno, mystical writer, mother, “Teacher of Theologians”.

Fr. Johannes explains the importance of the Christian vocation and the increasing need for the protection of our children’s education in today’s world…

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Homily #100101m ( 00min) Play – Today we celebrate the Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of God.  Fr. John Joseph explains how fitting it was that God should create His Immaculate Mother so awesome, wonderful, and spectacular.  We might be tempted to think that She is distant from us, but this special feast reminds us that She is not only God’s Mother, but ours as well.
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Homily #091220m ( 18min) Play – “Most blessed are you among women…” (Luke 1:42)  Fr. John Joseph explains that as we come to know Our Lord, Our Lord will give us the gift to know the greatest thing that we could know in His creation, Our Lady.
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Homily #091214ms ( 16min) Play – Today we celebrate the feast of St. John of the Cross, priest and doctor of the Church, patron of contemplatives, mystics, and Spanish poets.

Fr. John Joseph touches on how St. John was a great spiritual mystic and spiritual director, known for his teaching on the “Dark Night of the Soul“.

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Homily #091213m ( 09min) Play – The third Sunday of Advent is called “Gaudete Sunday“, when the pink Advent candle is lit, priests wear rose-colored vestments, and we rejoice and are glad, for the Lord is near…
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Homily #091210m ( 13min) Play – Today we celebrate the feast of Our Lady of Loreto, which refers to the Translation of the Holy House of Loreto, the house in Nazareth where Mary was born and where the Annunciation occurred.  According to tradition, angels lifted up and transported the little house several times, finally to its current resting place in Loreto, Italy.

Father John Joseph explains how Our Lady exemplifies the role of the mother in the home. The home is where children can see the faith of their parents, where they learn their Christian virtues and what it means to be Catholic.

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Homily #091209m ( 11min) Play – “Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am meek and humble of heart…” (Matt. 11:29)  Fr. John Joseph reminds us to bear in mind the meekness of Our Lord.  We, too, must follow in His ways, taking up our cross of suffering to follow in His footsteps, for our sanctification and that of our brothers in Christ.
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Homily #091208ms ( 14min) Play – Today we celebrate the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary.  Fr. Johannes explains that it wasn’t fitting for Christ to become man in the womb of someone defiled by sin, so Mary was created pure, holy, spotless and immaculate – clothed in divine grace from the first moment of Her conception.

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Homily #091208m ( 18min) Play – Today we celebrate the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary.  Fr. John Joseph explains how sin never had any part in the one who was to be the Mother of God, and how in our own lives we must strive to imitate Her purity.  It was a gift given to Her, but it’s a gift also given to us so that we can share in that grace.
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Homily #091206m ( 08min) Play – John called to repentance the Jewish people, the people of God.  This is a time to share in that work and to point out Christ. This is our job as Catholics, to be witnesses of Christ.  Christ in our own lives must increase.  He must grow and we must become little, as it were to disappear, so that only Christ lives in us…
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