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Homily #110126 ( 07min) Play – Fr. Bonaventure preaches on the today’s Gospel where Our Lord gives us the Parable of the Sower who casts seed about and some lands on the path, some on shallow soil, some among briars and some on good, deep soil. Father points out that Our Lord when he is talking about the souls with deep soil, who are the only ones who persevere in faith, is referring to humble souls who let the word of God take deep root within them.
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Mass: Sts. Timothy and Titus – Memorial – Form:
Readings: Wednesday 3rd Week of Ordinary Time
1st: heb 10:11-18
Resp: psa 110:1, 2, 3, 4
Gsp: mar 4:1-20

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Homily #100912 ( 23min) Play – In today’s Gospel we have the parables of mercy, the lost coin, the lost sheep, and to top it off, the parable of the prodigal son. Fr Dominic, during his first homily as the guardian of the friary here in Griswold, emphasizes the greatness of this mercy that is almost too good to be true if it weren’t spoken by Truth Himself. We need mercy and, fortunately, God wants to give it if we humble ourselves with true contrition for our sins and a firm resolve to reform our lives and persevere in this. This firmness of our resolve is the necessary and only worthy response to this great mercy that our great God is offering.  He also exhorts us to show mercy to others and pray for each other and to make use of the sacrament of mercy, that is, Confession, and the intercession of the saints. All of which is consistent with a firm resolve to amend our lives.
Ave Maria! 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time – Mass: OF, – Readings:
1st: exo 32:7-11, 13-14
Resp: psa 51:3-4, 12-13, 17, 19
2nd: 1ti 1:12-17
Gsp: luk 15:1-32

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Homily #100701 ( 04min) Play – Today we celebrate the feast of the Most Precious Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ and Fr. Ignatius focuses on how this sacrifice fulfills the Old Testament and renders the old sacrifices useless because of the infinite worth of Christ’s. He also points out that we are called by Christ to take up our cross and follow him. Let us persevere in this.
Ave Maria! The Feast of the Most Precious Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ – Mass: EF, Redemisti Nos – Readings: 1st: heb 9:11-15 – Gsp: joh 19:30-35

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Homily #100507 ( 04min) Play – “…my Father is the husbandman. 2 Every branch in me that bears not fruit, he will take away: and every one that bears fruit, he will purge it, that it may bring forth more fruit.” -John 15; 1,2
Ave Maria! St. Stanislaus, Bishop and Martyr – Mass: EF, Protexisti – Readings: 1st: wis 5:1-5 – Gsp: joh 15:1-7

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Homily #100328 ( 27min) Play – Today is Palm Sunday where we start Mass with the Procession of Palms to celebrate the victorious entrance of Jesus into Jerusalem but it ends in recounting the Crucifixion, with Our Blessed Lord being nailed to the Cross. Fr. Bonaventure preaches on the need to persevere in the Love for Our Lord even when others condemn and ridicule Him.
Ave Maria! Mass readings
1: Isa 50:4-7
R: Ps 22:8-9,17-20,23-24
2: Phil 2:6-11
G: Lk 22:14—23:56

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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 #090122 ( 21min) Play – Fr. Angelo gives the homily for the our March for Life group at the chapel of the Immaculate Heart. He stresses the need to persevere even though we are experiencing set-backs and uses the example Fr. Walter Ciszek who had many set-backs trying to evangelize in Soviet Russia.
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Homily #081009 ( 11min) Play – Twenty-seventh Thursday in Ordinary Time – Fr. Angelo Geiger explains the passage in the Gospel, “ask and you will receive; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.” We must persevere in our prayer.
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