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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 #100916 ( 12min) Play – Preaching on the account of Mary Magdalen’s washing of Christ’s feet in the house of the Pharisees where Our Lord responds to the indignant hosts by giving a parable of the two debtors, Fr Dominic explains the need to have depth to our love of God. He gives fourteen things we can ask ourselves taken from the City of God by Mary Agreda to determine if we have this depth:

1. Do I think about God a lot?
2. Am I inclined to do God’s commandments?
3. Am I afraid to offend God?
4. Am I Grieved by sin?
5. Do I rejoice at the good?
6. Do I love to speak of God?
7. Do I delight in the presence of God?
8. Does not thinking of God displease me?
9. Do I love what God likes and hate what he hates?
10. Do I strive to bring everyone to God?
11. Do I pray with confidence?
12. Are we grateful to God?
13. Do I use God’s gifts to good use?
14. Do I strive to control the passions?

Ave Maria! Sts Cornelius and Cyprian – Mass: OF, – Readings:
1: 1 Cor 15:1-11
R: Ps 118:1-2,16-17,28
G: Lk 7:36-50

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Homily #100723 ( 03min) Play – Preaching on today’s Gospel Fr. Ignatius tells us not to worry about the many things that normally preoccupy people as was the case with the disciples who were arguing over which of them was greater. Jesus tells them to cast all their concerns on to the Lord.
Ave Maria! St. Apollinaris, Bishop and Martyr – Mass: EF, Sacerdotes Dei – Readings:
1st: 1pe 5:1-11
Gsp: luk 22:24-30

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Homily #100129 ( 13min) Play – St. Francis de Sales was Bishop of Geneva where through acts of charity and preaching of the truth he brought many Protestants back to the faith whose itchy ears were turning to novel doctrines.
Ave Maria! St. Francis of Sales, Bishop, Confessor, and Doctor of the Church – Mass: EF, In Medio Ecclesiae – Readings: 1st: 2ti 4:1-8 – Gsp: mat 5:13-19

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St. Dominic: Feast Day is August 8th

Tradition associates the origin of the Rosary with St. Dominic as you can see depicted in this painting but it was not exactly the Rosary as we know it today.

Dominic Guzman (1170-1221 AD) was a Spanish priest who in southern France encountered the Albegensian heresy. He was having great difficulty and not very successful in touching hard hearts. But when he began to preach the rosary, he had great success.  It was Our Lady’s special devotion and her intercession was strong with its praying.

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Homily #080613 ( 00min) Play – On the Feast of St Anthony of Padua, Fr. Ignatius preaches on the life of this great saint focusing on the unique gifts God gave him of preaching and working miracles which he used for the building up the Body of Christ.
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Homily #080601 ( 21min) Play – “We will know them by their fruit.” Fr. Bonaventure explains the two natures of this fruit, 1. Preaching the orthodox Faith and 2. Doing what is preached. Father gives many historical and Biblical examples.
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Homily #080520 ( 10min) Play – St. Bernadine was a Franciscan who sang the praises of Mary in the 15th Century and advocated a strict observance of poverty.? Listen as Fr. Angelo explains how powerful a reformer this saint was for the Franciscans and for the Church.
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