Video – A Day With Mary #20: Fr. Giles speaks on Our Lady
Wednesday, February 8th, 2012
Ave Maria! Fr. Giles speaks on Our Lady during the “Day With Mary” held at Holy Spirit Catholic Church in City Beach, Western Australia on 4 February 2012. +++ |
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Audio (MP3)Jan 07 – Homily – Fr Dominic: The Wedding Feast of Cana
Saturday, January 7th, 2012
Homily #120107 ( +++ |
His Likeness to His Mother was one of His Eternal Joys
Tuesday, December 27th, 2011An Ave Maria Meditation encore
He chose his Mother … When we reflect upon the joy which it is to ourselves to think of Mary, to brood upon her supernatural loveliness, and to study the greatness of her gifts and the surpassing purity of her virtues, we shall get such faint idea, as lies within our compass, of the unspeakable gladness which it must have been to the Word to have chosen Mary, and to have created her through that very choice. He must choose a Mother who shall be worthy of being the Mother of God, a Mother suitable to that tremendous mystery of the Hypostatic Union, a Mother fitted to minister that marvelous Body out of her own heart’s blood, and to be herself for months the tabernacle of that most heavenly Soul. All God’s works are in proportion. When he appoints to an office, his appointment is marked by extreme fitness. He elevates nature to the level of his own purposes. He enables it to compass the most supernatural destinies by fulfilling it with the most incredible graces. There was no accident about his choice of Mary. She was not merely the holiest of living women on earth at the time when he resolved to come. She was not a mere tool, an instrument for the passing necessity of the hour, to be used, and flung aside, and lie indistinguishable in the crowd, when her use was gone. This is not God’s way. He does not deal thus with the least of his elect. His whole revelation of himself renders such a supposition as impossible as it would be profane. There is nothing accidental or of mere ornament in the works of the Most High. His operations have no excrescences, no extrinsic appendages. God does not use his creatures. They enter into his purposes, and are an integral part of them; and every part of a divine work is one of that work’s perfections. This is a characteristic of divine working, that every thing about it is a special perfection. (more…) |
Dec 15 – Homily – Fr Dominic: Franciscans and Our Lady
Thursday, December 15th, 2011
Homily #111215 ( +++ |
Video – Our Lady and St. Philomena – Dr. Miravalle: Mcasts145
Wednesday, November 16th, 2011
MaryCast Specials #145 ( To ask questions regarding Mary, email Dr Mark Miravalle: marycast@airmaria.com Ave Maria! +++ |
Variety #169: Perth Abp Hickey Speaks on Our Lady at “Day With Mary”
Friday, October 21st, 2011
Ave Maria! Archbishop Barry James Hickey speaks on Our Lady at the “Day With Mary” held at Our Lady Help of Christians Parish, East Victoria Park, Perth, Western Australia on September 3, 2011. +++ |
Oct 08 – Homily – Fr Dominic: Cause of Our Joy
Saturday, October 8th, 2011
Homily #111008 ( Ave Maria! +++ |
Video – Today’s Sorrows of Our Lady – Dr. Miravalle: Mcasts132
Tuesday, September 20th, 2011
MaryCast Specials #132 ( To ask questions regarding Mary, email Dr Mark Miravalle: marycast@airmaria.com Ave Maria! +++ |
Thoughts on the Holy Name of Mary
Monday, September 12th, 2011September 12: Most Holy Name of Mary
Eight days after the birth of the Blessed Virgin, her holy parents, Saint Joachim and Saint Anne, inspired by God, gave her the name of Mary. The name Mary means Lady, and also Star of the Sea. Just to say her holy name is a prayer. It gives everyone who does so favor with God and power over the devil. Blessed Pope Innocent XI set up the feast of the Holy Name of Mary in 1683 to thank her for the victory which the Catholic army under John Sobieski, King of Poland gained over the Turks (Mohammedans), who were trying to sack Vienna and move in and conquer all the Catholics of the West. Mary’s name occurs in the first part and in the second part of the Hail Mary. In the middle of the Hail Mary, one speaks the Holy Name of Jesus. Great apostles of the Holy Name of Mary have been Saint Anthony of Padua and Saint Bernard of Clairvaux. Saint Bernard of Clairvaux says, “O most holy Virgin Mary, your name is so sweet and admirable that one cannot say it without becoming inflamed with love toward God and toward you.” Others of particular note are St. Louis Marie de Montfort, St. Alphonsus Liguori and St. Maximilian Kolbe. The Holy Father, Bl. John Paul II, choose as his motto Totus Tuus which is to say, “I am all yours (Mary).” |
Mary! It all Began with her Fiat.
Thursday, September 8th, 2011Ave Maria Meditations! The Feast of the Nativity of Mary, September 8th
(Hail Mary, the Angelic Salutation)
Whenever I say Hail Mary, the court of heaven rejoices and the earth is lost in wonderment… And I despise the world; my heart is brim full of the love of God. When I say Hail Mary: All my fears wilt and die and my passions are quelled. If I say Hail Mary: Devotion grows within me and sorrow for sin awakens. When I say Hail Mary, hope is made strong in my breast and the dew of consolation falls on my soul more and more… Because I say Hail Mary. and my spirit rejoices and sorrow fades away…when I say Hail Mary. by Blessed Alan de la Roche |
Immaculate Heart of Mary: Pray for Us!
Saturday, July 2nd, 2011One Minute Meditation
Novena Prayer to the Immaculate Heart of Mary:
O Most Blessed Mother, heart of love, heart of mercy, ever listening, caring, consoling, hear our prayer. As your children, we implore your intercession with Jesus your Son. Receive with understanding and compassion the petitions we place before you today, especially …(special intention).
We are comforted in knowing your heart is ever open to those who ask for your prayer. We trust to your gentle care and intercession, those whom we love and who are sick or lonely or hurting. Help all of us, Holy Mother, to bear our burdens in this life until we may share eternal life and peace with God forever. |
Our Lady: Spouse of the Holy Spirit
Saturday, June 11th, 2011Ave Maria Meditations
To Mary, Spouse of The Holy Spirit: Daughter of the Most High, Mother of God, faithful Spouse of the Holy Spirit yet also Mary of Nazareth, Joseph’s wife, my mother- hear my (more…) |
The Visitation: Mary’s Generosity and Spirit of Service
Tuesday, May 31st, 2011Ave Maria Meditations
In those days Mary arose and went with haste into the hill country, to a city of Judah, and she entered the house of Zachariah and greeted Elizabeth. Our Lady puts all she has at God’s disposal. In an instant, all her personal plans – and no doubt she had many – were discarded so that she could do everything God wanted her to. She made no excuses, had no reservations. From the very first moment, Jesus is the one great ideal of her life. Throughout her life on earth Our Lady showed limitless generosity. Among the few episodes of the Gospel that refer to her, two of them speak directly of her attention to the wants of others. She generously gave of her time to look after her cousin St Elizabeth until the birth of her son, John, and she was solicitous for the well-being of the young couple and their guests at the wedding reception in Cana of Galilee. Such attitudes were second nature to her. Her neighbors in Nazareth would have much to tell us about Mary’s innumerable little services to them in their everyday lives. The Blessed Virgin never thought of herself, but of others. She did her household chores with the greatest simplicity and happiness while maintaining the deepest interior recollection, for she knew that God was within her. In Elizabeth’s house everything was sanctified by Our Lady and the Child she carried in her womb. In Mary we confirm the truth that generosity is a virtue of great souls, who know how to find their reward in the act of giving: you received without pay, give without pay. A generous person knows how to be loving and understanding and how to give material help without demanding love, understanding or help in return. He gives and forgets he has given, and in this lies his riches. He has understood that it is better to give than to receive. He realizes that to love is in its essence to give oneself to others. Far from being an instinctive inclination, love is a conscious decision of the will to draw close to other people. To be able to love truly it is important to be detached from everything and, especially, from self, to give gratuitously … This detachment from self is the source of a balanced personality. It is the secret of happiness. (more…) |
Our Lady, Co-redemptrix
Friday, May 27th, 2011Ave Maria Meditations
Mary, Co-redemptrix with Christ: The meaning of pain.
Old Simeon, having blessed the young couple, turned to Mary and, inspired by the Holy Spirit, opened her eyes to the sufferings her Son would have to undergo and to the sword of sorrow that would pierce her soul. Pointing to Jesus, he said: Behold, this child is set for the ~ and rising of many in Israel, and for a sign that is spoken against (and a sword will pierce through your own soul also), that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.
Commenting on this, St Bernard says: The time will come when Jesus will not be offered in the temple nor in the arms of Simeon, but outside the city walls on the arms of a cross. The time will come when he will not be ransomed with money but will himself redeem others, with his own blood, for God the Father has sent him as a ransom for his people. The suffering of his Mother, the sword that will pierce her soul, will have as their only cause the agony of her Son, his persecution and death, the uncertainty about when these things will happen, and the resistance to the grace of the Redemption, which will be the ruin of many. Mary’s destiny is bound up with that of Jesus, in its operation, and without any other possible reason. The joy of the Redemption and the pain of the Cross are inseparable in the lives of Jesus and Mary, as if God, through his most beloved creatures in the world, wished to show us that happiness is to be found close to the Cross. Right from the start then, the lives of Our Lord and of his Mother are stamped with the sign of the Cross. To the joy of the first Christmas is soon added privation and anxiety. From these first moments Mary already knows the pain that awaits her. And when her hour comes she will contemplate the Passion and Death of her Son with neither reproach nor complaint: Suffering as no mother could ever suffer, Mary will accept her pain in peace of mind, for she knows its redemptive significance. (more…) |
