Homily #120104 ( 05min) Play- Fr. Dominic preaches on the need to be holy and how to do it by doing all the little things of virtue and avoiding those of vice.

Ave Maria!
Mass: Mass: St. Elizabeth Ann Seton - Mem – Form: OF
Readings: Wkdays before Epiphany – Jan 4 – Wkdy

1st: 1jo 3:7-10
Resp: psa 98:1, 7-8, 9
Gsp: joh 1:35-42

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Homily #111105 ( 07min) Play – On this First Saturday of the month we celebrate the Mass, Mary Help of Christians and Fr. Dominic preaches on the need to ask for God’s help in becoming holy, overcoming our sins and growing in virtue, and to ask Our Lady to pray for us in this regard.

Ave Maria!
Mass: The BVM, Help of Christians – Opt Mem – Form: OF
Readings:
1st: rev 12:1-3, 7-12
Resp: jth 16:13, 14, 15
Gsp: joh 2:1-11

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Homily #111101s ( 09min) Play – On the morning of All Saints Day Fr. Dominic preaches on how the crowd of saints are very much interested in our efforts to become Holy and are interceding with God on our behalf that we are able to persevere though all the same difficulties that they themselves have overcome.
Ave Maria!
Mass: All Saints – Solemnity – Form: 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 #110815 ( 08min) Play – On this Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Fr. Bonaventure encourages us to be strengthened in the virtue of hope by this great gift bestowed upon Our Lady, and to seek the true joys of heaven, not the false joys in the world.
Ave Maria!

Mass: Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Solemnity – Form: OF
Readings: 
1st: rev 11:19, 12 1-6, 10
R: psa 45:10, 11, 12, 16
2nd: 1co 15:20-26
Gsp: luk 1:39-56

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Homily #110520 ( 07min) Play – St Bernadine of Siena was a preacher of Vice and Virtue, Punishment & Glory – as St Francis has commended his friars to do.
Ave Maria!
Mass: Extraordinary Form; St. Bernardine of Siena
Readings:
Epistle: 2Co 4:5-11
Gospel: Matthew: 19:27-29

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Homily #101009 ( 06min) Play – In today’s Gospel a woman publicly praises Jesus’ mother and He seems to deflect it. Fr. Dominic explains this is not so and instead praises her obedience.  Father exhorts us to strive for greater and greater obedience in imitation of Mary.
Ave Maria! St. Denis and Companion – Mass: OF, – Readings:
1st: gal 3:22-29
Resp: psa 105:2-3, 4-5, 6-7
Gsp: luk 11:27-28

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Homily #101001s ( 06min) Play – We cannot fathom the infinite virtues that fill the Heart of Christ. Every saint shines more in one virtue then another, but Christ contains all in their perfection.
Ave Maria! Votive Mass of the Most Sacred Heart – Mass: EF, – Readings:
1st: eph 3:8-19
Gsp: joh 19:31-37

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Homily #100829t ( 06min) Play – God lust is when we desire to put ourselves at the center of the universe. Pride invites us to do good for the wrong reasons. In order to have great virtue we must have deep humility.

Ave Maria! 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time – Mass: OF, – Readings:
1st: sir 3:17-18, 20, 28-29
Resp: psa 68:4-5, 6-7, 10-11
2nd: heb 12:18-19, 22-24
Gsp: luk 14:1, 7-14

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Mary Vitamin for July 21st

Topic: Prayer makes for a profitable day

Quote:
Father Stefano Manelli, FI
When we entrust everything to our sweet Mother, nothing but profit comes of
it — in virtue, in grace, in love.
Devotion to Our Lady, (Academy of the Immaculate), 103.

Meditation:
Fr. Charles M. Mangan,
A deep interior life is very “practical” because it gives the person a real
clarity and calm when making decisions. Those who pray frequently and desire to
love and serve God above all else are blest with the ability to understand the
most important realities and to choose well with tranquility and peace.
Catechism on Redemptoris Custos, (Eternal Life: 2003), 11. [ q#43]

Resolution:
Persevering with my prayer life not only helps with the problems of today but
will lead to good choices in the future. Today when I say my usual prayers I
will remember that I am laying a path of gold for my future and my family.
Nothing but profit comes from praying to God through Our Lady.

Marian Vow:
The final entry of the Marian Seraphic Pathways, handbook to the MIM, includes
the blessing of Holy Father St. Francis.
And may anyone observing these things be filled in heaven with the blessings of
the most High Father, and on earth be filled with the blessings of the most
beloved Son with the Holy Spirit, the Paraclete, and with all the powers of
heaven and with all the Saints. And I, Brother Francis, least of the brethren,
your servant, as much as I can, confirm for you, inwardly and outwardly, this
most holy blessing. Amen. (SFT).
Marian Seraphic Pathways, #72

I give this resolution to the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Thanks be to God for graces received.

Related sites: Castle of the Immaculate

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Homily #100619 ( 06min) Play – Our Lord tells us in today’s Gospel that we should not worry about material things but rather trust that He will provide. Fr. Bonaventure puts this in a modern context that we should not put our hopes in various materialistic ideologies like capitalism or communism which are merely different forms of greed. We should instead strive to gain the treasure of virtue.
Ave Maria! Mass readings
1: 2 Chr 24:17-25
R: Ps 89:4-5,29-34
G: Mt 6:24-34

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