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Feast Day of St Joseph

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Homily #100213 ( 08min) Play – Fr Angelo preaches on the Gospel for the Memorial of Our Lady on a Saturday. Our Lady and St Joseph seek our Lord for three days before finding him in the Temple, but all the while they new the questions that they had in their hearts would be answered. We too need patience in this regard.
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Marycast #110 ( 10min) Play – Today Dr Miravalle discusses St Joseph, the Blessed Virgin Mary’s spouse and our spiritual father, as he is mentioned in the messages of Our Lady of America related to Sr Mary Ephrem Neuzil. He explains how St Joseph is the perfect example of a father in a world that has very little appreciation of this role and how he too suffered knowing the future sufferings of his Son, Our Lord.

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And Jacob was the father of Joseph the husband of Mary,

of whom Jesus was born, who is called Christ. (Mt.1:16)

Among the Jews, as among other peoples of nomadic origin, the genealogical tree was of vital importance. A person was known fundamentally of the clan or tribe to which he belonged rather than by the place where he lived.  Among the Hebrews we have the added circumstances ­of belonging to the chosen people through ties of a person’s ancestry being traced through the male. Joseph, as the husband of Mary, was the legal father of Jesus and, as such, carried the duties of a true father. Joseph, like Mary, was of the house and family of David of whom would be born the Messiah.

It would also be Joseph’s responsibility to name the Word incarnate, in accordance with the instructions given him by the angel: You shall call his name Jesus.

God had foreseen that his Son would be born of the Virgin Mary, in a family just like any other, and that in her he would develop in his humanity. The life of Jesus had to be in this respect the same as that of other men. He was to be born defenseless, in need of a father who would protect him and teach him the things that all fathers should teach their sons. The essence and ultimate meaning of Joseph’s life had to lie in the fulfillment of his mission as Mary’s husband and as the father of Jesus. He was born into the world to act as the father of Jesus and to be Mary’s most chaste spouse, in the same way that every person who comes into the world has a specific vocation from God, in which is rooted the whole meaning of his life.

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Homily #091211s ( 17min) Play – Fr. Angelo gives the homily for the vigil Mass for the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe which is a Solemnity here at Our Lady of Guadalupe Friary. He relates the story of St. Juan Diego and how Our Lady asks him to give a message to the bishop that she wants a chapel built on Tepiac Hill near the Aztec Capitol. He particulary relates how Our Lady wanted Juan Diego to become willing himself to accept the task. This is especially relavant in that today David Houseal will be entering Novitiate here at Our Lady of Guadalupe friary where he will be preparing to make religious vows that includes Consideration to Our Lady in this Missionary order of the FI. So on this joyous day and throughout the year, please keep David in your prayers as he prepares to be another Juan Diego. Oh, and his new religious name is Fra David Maria of St Joseph and and Bl. Elizabeth of the Holy Trinity or just Fra David for short.
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Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His saints.

Psalm 116:15

A happy death is one of the greatest and the last blessings of God in this life. The Church encourages us to prepare ourselves for the hour of our death. In the litany of the saints, for instance, she has us pray: “From a sudden death and unforeseen death, deliver us, O Lord,” to ask the Mother of God to intercede for us “at the hour of our death” in the Hail Mary; and to entrust ourselves to St. Joseph, the patron of a Happy Death. (Catechism of the Catholic Church 1014.)

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Marycast Specials #60 ( 9min) Play – In this episode, Dr. Miravalle discusses 2 powerful devotions to St. Joseph: the cord of St. Joseph, and the chaplet of the 7 sorrows & 7 joys of St. Joseph.  He mentions the marvelous history of the cord and the chaplet & how this devotion can aid us in growing closer to God through the Universal Patron of His Church.
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Marycast Specials #58 ( 10min) Play – In this episode, Dr. Miravalle returns to the Patron of the Universal Church, St. Joseph, and discusses various devotions to him, especially his litany.  What’s the value of praying litanies?  What good can be found in them, and why should we pray them?  Dr. Miravalle reviews some of the titles in St. Joseph’s litany & how they can help us glorify God & live our lives in a holy way.

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Short Series #36 – Virginal Marriage of Mary & St. Joseph ( 49min) >>> Play

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In the tenth presentation at our International Centenary Symposium on the Mariology of Bl. John Duns Scotus held in Durham, England, Don Joaquin Ferrer-Arellano discusses the virginal marriage of Mary & St. Joseph according to the teaching of Bl. John Duns Scotus.  The presentation is read by Fr. Johannes M.M. Smith, F.I.

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Marycast Specials #51 ( 10min) Play – In the last episode of this series, Dr. Miravalle discusses St. Joseph’s role in the apparitions at Fatima, Portugal, 1917.
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Marycast Specials #50 ( 10min) Play – In the fifth episode of this series, Dr. Miravalle discusses the relationship between Bl. Andre Bessette & St. Joseph.
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Marycast Specials #49 ( 10min) Play – In the fourth episode of this series, Dr. Miravalle discusses the devotion that Catholics had to St. Joseph in the Middle Ages.
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Marycast Specials #48 ( 10min) Play – In the third episode of this series, Dr. Miravalle discusses the role and importance of St. Joseph in the Holy Family.
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Homily #090501 ( 07min) Play – This one is a bit late, apologies. On May 1st we celebrate the feast of St Joseph the Worker. Fr. Angelo enlightens us on the dignity of human labor in the context of Catholicism as opposed to Communism or extreme Capitalism where the worker is a mere cog in the system.

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Marycast Specials #47 ( 10min) Play – In the second episode of this series, Dr. Miravalle discusses the role and importance of St. Joseph in Sacred Scripture.
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