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Homily #110811 ( 06min) Play – St Clare of Assisi, as her name means, was truly a light to the world and her mother name her so by an inspiration. Now she is a light to our eyes as well.
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Mass: St. Clare of Assisi – Solemnity – Ordinary Form
Readings:
1st: Hos 2:16, 17, 21-22
Resp: Psalm 45:11-12, 14-16
2nd: 2Cor 4:6-10, 16-18
Gsp: John 15:4-10

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Homily #101213 ( 12min) Play – Our Lady of Guadalupe is the Patroness of our chapel here in Griswold CT and therefore this Feast is upgraded to a Solemnity. Yesterday Guadete Sunday (3rd Sunday of Advent) fell on Dec 12 so this Solemnity is transferred to today. “We rejoice and give thanks for the patronage of Our Lady of Guadalupe, for all of America, for our country, and particularly for this place, this place of prayer – its a place where we gather to honor Our Blessed Mother and to worship Her Divine Son.”
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Mass: Our Lady of Guadalupe – Solemnity – Form: OF
Readings:
1st: zec 2:14-17
Resp: jth 13:22-23
2nd: rev 11:19, 12:1-6a,10
Gsp: luk 1:26-38

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Homily #101121 ( 21min) Play – Today is the Solemnity of Christ the King and Fr. Bonaventure preaches on how this feast is the greatest means for introducing and maintaining the virtue of hope against the despair of our atheistic, materialistic culture.
Ave Maria! Solemnity of Christ the King – 34th Sunday in Ordinary Time – Mass: OF – Readings:
1st: 2sa 5:1-3
Resp: psa 122:1-2, 3-4, 4-5
2nd: col 1:12-20
Gsp: luk 23:35-43

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Homily #101101 ( 12min) Play – Fr. Dominic preaches on the need to desire sanctity in order to get to heaven and this is why we honor all the saints on this Solemnity of All Saints, to spur our desire. This desire must extend beyond our first fervor of a moment of conversion, and be fostered until the day we depart from this life. We must have purity of heart to achieve peace with God and peace among men in the likeness of Mary Immaculate. To get this long-lasting desire we must pray for it.
Ave Maria! All Saints – Mass: OF, – Readings:
1st: rev 7:2-4, 9-14
Resp: psa 24:1-2, 3-4, 5-6
2nd: 1jo 3:1-3
Gsp: mat 5:1-12

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Homily #100923 ( 07min) Play – Sorry, the first half of the homily did not get recorded. Today Fr Bonaventure preaches on the life of St Pio of Pietrelcina more commonly known as St. Padre Pio a Capuchin priest who is a modern example of a miracle worker who died in 1968. Father enumerates some of the miraculous events and gifts that Padre Pio had and describes his life as one great miracle since he lived almost a supernatural life. The Franciscans of the Immaculate celebrate this Mass as a Solemnity since he is one of our patron saints.  Fr Stefano, our founder, is a spiritual directee of Padre Pio.
Ave Maria! St. Pio of Pietrelcina – Mass: OF, – Readings:
1st: deu 10:8-9
2nd: gal 6:15-17
Gsp: joh 19:25-37

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Homily #100815 ( 18min) Play – Today we celebrate the Solemnity of the Assumption of Mary, body and soul into Heaven and Fr. Bonaventure preaches on the connection between Mary’s prerogatives to the Kingship of Christ and so relates her dignity to his, her Queenship to his Kingship , His Ascension to to her Assumption. All granted by one and the same decree of predestination revealed by Paul in Eph 1:3-10. And given this connection between Mary, the New Eve, and Jesus, the New Adam, Father stresses the connection of upholding the honor of Our Lady with the general defense of Christianity against secularism and atheism.
Ave Maria! Readings:
1: Rev 11:19; 12:1-6,10
R: Ps 45:10-12,16
2: 1 Cor 15:20-27
G: Lk 1:39-56

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Homily #100629 ( 06min) Play – On the solemnity of Sts Peter and Paul the Gospel tells us of how Jesus takes his disciples to Caesar Philippi and asks them “Whom do you say that I am?” and Peter answers that he is the Christ and Our Lord tells him that he is blessed for his answer and that He will build His Church upon him.
Ave Maria! Sts. Peter and Paul – Mass: EF, Nunc Scio Vere – Readings: 1st: act 12:1-11 – Gsp: mat 16:13-19

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Fi News #74 – Corpus Christi ( 05min) >>> Play

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The friars at Bloomington, IN conduct a Eucharistic Procession on Corpus Christi with full solemnity at the Mother of Redeemer Retreat Center along with a throng of faithful. To the greater glory of God.

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Homily #100513 ( 07min) Play – Today is the Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord, a Holy Day of Obligation. Fr. Bonaventure preaches on how Jesus had to leave the Apostles physically in order to prevent Christianity from becoming a local phenomena based on the natural consolation of His presence. Rather Jesus ascended into heaven and came to every people, everywhere sacramentally for a more important spiritual consolation and benefit.
Ave Maria! Mass readings
1: Acts 18:1-8
R: Ps 98:1-4
G: Jn 16:16-20

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Homily #091231s ( 04min) Play – According to the Extraordinary Form of the calendar the Feast on January 1st is the Circumcision of The Child Jesus which is what we will celebrate tonight. In the morning we will celebrate the Solemnity of the Mother of God according to the new rite. Tonight Father explains that the circumsision that Our Lord went through was to show us the importance of redemptive suffering even in this Season of Joy. [Note: The first minute of the homily was lost but we managed a smooth edit. ]
Ave Maria! Octave Day of the Nativity – Mass: EF, Puer Natus Est – Readings: 1st: tit 2:11-15 – Gsp: luk 2:21-21

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The live broadcast of the Mass went well for the Solemnity of St. Joseph. We had about 115 viewers who viewed the Missa Cantata on AirMaria and at least two other sites who embedded the viewer, Rorate Caeli and Pro Multis Media. Thank you both for this. We had some audio problems and some glitches with the switching between the two cameras, but we are learning. The Chapel was quite full and the choir was simply heavenly as was the liturgy. All in all we have much to be thankful for. Glory be to God!

Videos Available at Ustream:

St Joseph #1 Missa Cantata – Prayers at the Foot of the Altar through the Gospel. Missed a few minutes at the beginning. Sorry about that. I was asleep at the switch.

St Joseph #2 Missa Cantata Homily – Missed 1st minute trying to restart recording. Early audio problems but gets better around 3min.

St Joseph #3 Missa Cantata – Suscipiat to Agnus Dei, includes the Consecration.

St Joseph #4 Missa Cantata – Domine non sum dignus, Communion.

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We will be broadcasting the Mass for the Solemnity of St Joseph on Thursday March 19 at 7pm Eastern from Our Lady of Guadalupe Chapel. It will be a Missa Cantata in the Extraordinary Form (Latin Tridentine). The choir will be the Northern Rhode Island Schola Cantorum Sanctae Ceciliae and here are some samples of their singing. Come join us!

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Homily #081004 ( 00min) Play – On this feast day of St. Francis of Assisi celebrated as Solemnity here at the friary, Fr. Ignatius Manfredonia sheds light on this great lover God and Him Crucified.
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Homily #080923 ( 12min) Play – Today we honor the feast day of St. Pio of Pietrelcina as a Solemnity since he is one of our Patron Saints here at the Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate. Listen as Fr. Ignatius Manfredonia, FI explains why we chose St. Pio as a Patron Saint and Protector of our Marian Order.
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Homily #080814 (35min) Play – Today on the feast of St. Maximilian Kolbe, which we celebrate as a solemnity since he is one of patrons saints, Fr. Bonaventure explains how the greatest charity is to lay down one’s life for the sake of another and in so doing outlines the life of today’s saint who prepared Poland for the trials of Nazi and Communist occupations.
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