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Homily #100718t ( 07min) Play – Participating in the Priesthood of Christ is to Participate in the Cross, in Christ’s sacrifice. We see an heroic example of this in St. Maximilian’s sacrifice of his life for a stranger.
Ave Maria! 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time – Mass: OF, – Readings:
1st: gen 18:1-10
Resp: psa 15:2-3, 3-4, 5
2nd: col 1:24-28
Gsp: luk 10:38-42

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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 #100429 ( 11min) Play – Today is the feast of St. Catherine of Sienna virgin and Doctor of the Church who served the poor and respectfully confronted the weakness of Bishops and even Popes. In doing so she follows the example of Jesus in today’s Gospel when he washes the feet of His disciples and prophesizes about Judas’ betrayal.
Ave Maria! Mass readings
1: Acts 13:13-25
R: Ps 89:2-3,21-22,25,27
G: Jn 13:16-20

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Homily #100414 ( 11min) Play – Fr. Ignatius starting from the example of St. Justin the Martyr, who testified to his faith by the sacrifice of his life, shows that faith has more surety than pure reason. Father points out that St Justin was also famous for his reasons to believe and he compares this with President Obama’s assertion at Notre Dame that faith necessarily involves doubt and the most basic, natural morals can be called into question.
Ave Maria! St. Justin, Martyr – Mass: EF, Narraverunt – Readings: 1st: 1co 1:18-25, 30 – Gsp: luk 12:2-8

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This was originally posted on MaryVictrix on Holy Thursday, April 1st and was meant to be the first part of the post just below.

Homily #100116 ( 05min) Play – St Berard and Companions were the first martyrs in the Franciscan Order when they were killed after having preached to the Mohammedans. Father explains that martyrdom is the ideal in that it is the ultimate sacrifice and so the ultimate love and sanctity. He further explains that we are all called to martyrdom but more to the martyrdom by “slow fire”.
Ave Maria! St Berard and Comp – Mass: EF – Readings: 1st: 1co 4:9-14 – Gsp: mat 10:16-22

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Homily #100110 ( 09min) Play – Today we celebrate, according to the Old Calendar, the feast of the Holy Family in honor of Jesus, Joseph and Mary.  (Baptism of Our Lord according to the New Calendar.) Fr Ignatius preaches on the importance of the family and how far we have slid in regard to marriage statistics. He stresses that this loss of family life is related to lack of love, first to love God and then to love our neighbor and then he stresses the connection between love and sacrifice.
Ave Maria! Sunday after Epiphany – Feast of the Holy Family – Mass: EF, Exsultat Gaudio – Readings: 1st: col 3:12-17 – Gsp: luk 2:42-52

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Homily #091212 ( 10min) Play – Fr. Bonaventure explains how terribly morbid and depraved the Aztec culture was, despite being very organized, in that they sacrificed tens of thousands of humans of humans each year to the Aztec serpent god. Listen as Father explains the astonishing rapidity that this culture ceased these bloody sacrifices and embraced Catholicism, all through the intercession of Mary, Our Lady of Guadalupe.
Ave Maria! Mass readings
1: Zech 2:14-17
R: Jdt 13:18-19
G: Lk 1:26-38

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Ave Maria Meditations

Faith, Hope, and Charity

“And now there remain faith, hope, and charity, these three: but the greatest of these is charity.” (1 Cor. 13: 13).

For St. Paul life was Christ, a life of faith in the Son of God. Death was gain, a passing in joyful hope from this earthly habitation to the blessedness of Heaven. Both in life and death he belonged to God and was motivated solely by love of God and neighbor. Faith, hope and charity were the source of his unparalleled zeal for souls. These theological virtues, poured into the soul by the Holy Spirit, practiced heroically by ones generous response, and ordered to union with God, are the foundation for any authentic and fruitful missionary zeal.

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Homily #091108 ( 16min) Play – In today’s Gospel the widow who gave up her last mite in the synagogue offering was praised by Jesus. Fr. Bonaventure explains that we will be judged by what we do with the gifts that are given to us by Our Lord.  He also explains the Via Media (the Middle Road) that is between the sin of excess and the sin of neglect.
Ave Maria! Mass readings
1: 1 Kings 17:10-16
R: Ps 146:7-10
2: Heb 9:24-28
G: Mk 12:38-44

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Homily #090909 ( 05min) Play – The Mass is central to the spiritual life where the Sacrifice of Calvary is made present. But, we need to be prepared for receiving these graces.
Ave Maria! Readings EF – 1st: gal 5:16-24 – Gsp: mat 6:24-33

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Homily #090807s ( 18min) Play – “Whoever wishes to come after me must deny himself,
take up his cross, and follow me.
For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it,
but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.”

Ave Maria! Mass readings

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Homily #090701 ( 08min) Play – On this feast of the Precious Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ Fr. Bonaventure explains how the Blood of Christ is the fulfillment of the Jewish sacrifice of animals and how the Blessed Virgin Mary prepared this ultimate sacrifice.
Ave Maria!

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