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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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