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Homily #120211 ( 11min) Play – On the feastday of Our Lady of Lourdes Fr. Dominic preaches on how Mary called us to prayer and penance at her apparition through St. Bernadette Soubirous.
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Mass: Our Lady of Lourdes - Feast – Form: OF
Readings: 
1st: isa 60:1-5
Resp: jth 13:22-23
Gsp: luk 1:26-38

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Homily #110504 ( 09min) Play – In today’s Gospel Our Lord tells Nicodemus that God loved the world so much that he gave it His only begotten Son. Fr. Bonaventure explores the depths of mercy revealed in this passage in that we have recourse to confession. But we must truly seek this mercy through frequent confession and by avoiding getting caught up in the sinful entertainments of our day.
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Mass: Wednesday 2nd Week of Easter – – Form:
Readings:
1st: act 5:17-26
Resp: psa 34:2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9
Gsp: joh 3:16-21

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Homily #110221 ( 07min) Play – Our Lord calls us to do Penance. Let us pray to St. Margaret of Cortona to intercede for us so that we may respond generously to this call.
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Mass: – – Form: EF
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Homily #110211 ( 08min) Play – Prayer, Penance, Healing, the Immaculate Conception are the major subjects of the visit of our Lady at Lourdes. The immaculateness of the Immaculate is the high standard that we should look to imitate, which is the fulfillment of what our Lord asks, “Be perfect as your Heavenly Father is perfect.”
Ave Maria!
Mass: Apparition of the Immaculate Virgin Mary at Lourdes – – Form: EF, Vidi Civitatem Sanctam
Readings:
1st: rev 11:19-12:1, 10
Gsp: luk 1:26-31

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Fi News #92 – Fr Gabriel M. Pelletieri ( 29min) >>> Play

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In this interview with Fr. Gabriel M. Pelletieri, Co-Founder of the Franciscans of the Immaculate, the basic points on “The Marian Plan of Franciscan Life” are covered.

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Homily #101129 ( 07min) Play – Today is the feast of All Saints of the Franciscan Order where we honor all the Franciscan saints. Fr. Dominic explains how St. Francis founded his three orders in order to produce saints and great ones. He exhorts us friars to be one of those saints by following the four Ps: Penance, Perseverance , Prayer, Preaching,
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Mass: All Saints of the Franciscan Ord. – Feast – Form: OF
Readings:
1st: sir 44:1, 10-15
Resp: psa 24:1-2, 3-4, 5-6
Gsp: mar 10:17-21

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Homily #101114 ( 10min) Play – In today’s Gospel Our Lord tells us to be prepared for the Day of the Lord when he comes the second time to judge the living and the dead. He will come publicly in the end times in full Glory and those alive at that time should indeed be ready for it. But Fr. Dominic focuses on our personal Day of the Lord when we will die and meet our Lord to be judged. This is something that all of us will face and we do not know when it will come. As such, Father exhorts us to organize our lives to be continually prepared for that day, doing prayer and penance so that we can be with Our Blessed Lord for all eternity.

Ave Maria! Mass: 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time -  OF
Readings:
1st: mal 3:19-20
Resp: psa 98:5-6, 7-8, 9
2nd: 2th 3:7-12
Gsp: luk 21:5-19

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Homily #100827 ( 08min) Play – Fr. Angelo Geiger preaches on the Feast day of St. Monica where we  have the Gospel story of the only son who is raised from the dead and given back to his mother with great rejoicing. Father relates this to the conversion of St. Augustine the son on St. Monica who prayed and wept for his conversion for decades. He points out the need for prayer and penance to bring about conversions.
Ave Maria! – Mass Ordinary Form: – Readings:
1st: 1 Cor 1:17-25
Gspl: Luk 7:11-17

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Homily #100621 ( 09min) Play – Today is the memorial of St. Aloysius Gonzaga and Fr. Angelo focuses on the the saint’s extraordinary innocence of life as well as his penance. May we, who have not followed St. Aloysius in his innocence, follow him in his penance.
Ave Maria! St. Aloysius Gonzaga, Confessor – Mass: EF, Minuisti – Readings: 1st: sir 31:8-11 – Gsp: mat 22:29-40

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Homily #100530 ( 26min) Play – For Holy Trinity Sunday and the closing Mass for the Knights of Lepanto Father-Son Encampment, Fr Angelo preaches on how the Trinity is three Persons and yet united as if it where and Army, working as one for the salvation of all men. He stresses the need to acknowledge that the Second Person of the Trinity became man to win our salvation and so enable the Holy Trinity to dwell within us. Our hearts then become the divine fortress of the Trinity and this forms the base to sally forth and practice the virtues, especially charity.
Ave Maria! Mass readings
1: Prov 8:22-31
R: Ps 8:4-9
2: Rom 5:1-5
G: Jn 16:12-15

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Homily #100322 ( 03min) Play – We see here the chosen people not repenting of their sins but the gentiles do.
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Homily #100314 ( 17min) Play – Today is Laetare Sunday, the Fourth Sunday in Lent, which is like Gaudete Sunday in Advent, a day of joy in the midst of a season of penance.  Common to both these days are the joyful rose vestments and Fr. Bonaventure relates this to the Gospel of the day which is the parable of of the Prodigal Son and how the son is robed in festive vestments due to the father’s joy in the return of his wayward son. Fr. Bonaventure highlights the importance of repentance if we fall and how all penance leads to joy if we persevere to the end.
Ave Maria! Mass readings
1: Josh 5:9,10-12
R: Ps 34:2-7
2: 2 Cor 5:17-21
G: Lk 15:1-3,11-32

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Homily #100218 ( 04min) Play – During this season of Lent the Church presents to us three forms of penance: prayer, fasting and alsmgiving. Today’s readings are both examples of humble prayers which God answers. God answers the prayers of the just.
Ave Maria! Thursday after Ash Wednesday – Mass: EF, Dum Clamarem – Readings: 1st: isa 38:1-6 – Gsp: mat 8:5-13

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