Sunday, September 12th, 2010
Marian Shrines of the World #4 – Our Lady of Las Lajas ( 8 min) >>> Play |
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Ave Maria!
September 16 is the feast day of Our Lady of Las Lajas, the Marian shrine highlighted in this episode of Marian Shrines of the World. Join Fr. Andre as he tells the story of this beautiful Colombian shrine and the miraculous image associated with it. This episode is not to be missed!
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Sunday, September 5th, 2010
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Homily #100905 ( 35 min) Play – In today’s Gospel Our Lord tells us that we must love Him above all things and be well prepared in our engagement with the world. He tells us this in the form of two parables, the building of the tower and the king who contemplates going into battle. Fr. Bonaventure explains this in the context of Catholic action, where our preparation consists in building up our love of, and trust in, God who has forces vastly stronger than the enemy and that action starts with prayer and contemplation and only secondarily with physical action. Father also outlines the many ways that we are in true, open and explicit battle with the modern culture and philosophy, always relating it back to its spiritual nature.
Ave Maria! 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time – Mass: OF, – Readings:
1st: wis 9:13-18
Resp: psa 90:3-4, 5-6, 12-13, 14-17
2nd: phm 1:9-10, 12-17
Gsp: luk 14:25-33
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Sunday, August 29th, 2010
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Homily #100829 ( 13min) Play – Will we follow Him? Fr. Angelo Geiger preaches on today’s Gospel where Our Lord admonishes us to live a sacrificial, spiritual life and not be worried about things of this world. For as the Gospel states, the Lilies of the field which work not nor spin not are clothed by God more gloriously than Solomon. He points out that to not follow this basic spiritual discipline is to live inconsistently when so many follow harder discipline in the secular corporate world.
Ave Maria! Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost – Mass: EF, Protector Noster – Readings:
1st: gal 5:16-24
Gsp: mat 6:24-33
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Wednesday, August 25th, 2010
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MaryCast Specials #86 ( 10min) Play – Dr. Mark Miravalle announces a year long worldwide Rosary Crusade for the 5th Marian Dogma Starting from August 15th 2010 to August 15th 2011. The broad based initiative has been endorsed by Cardinal Aponte of Puerto Rico, Mother Angelica of EWTN, Archbishop M. Chinnappa of India and Ambassador Howard Dee, Sr. Briege McKenna and Fr. Kevin Scallon, Ambassador Mercedes Tuason and Dr. Judith Gentle. You can read the full Declaration at Mother of All Peoples.
Along with the daily Rosary, we also encourage you to pray daily the Prayer of the Lady of All Nations, given by Our Lady for the proclamation of the fifth Dogma in the ecclesiastically approved apparitions in Amsterdam (local approval, May 31, 2002). You may also add the prayer below for the fifth Marian Dogma.
Lady of All Nations Prayer
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of the Father, send now your Spirit over the earth.
Let the Holy Spirit live in the hearts of all nations, that they may be preserved from degeneration, disasters, and war.
May the Lady of all nations, the Blessed Virgin Mary, be our Advocate.
Amen.
Prayer for the Fifth Marian Dogma
Most holy Mary, Mother of God, we pray,
Come quickly and save us from degeneration, disaster and war.
Come quickly, we pray, Mother of All Nations.
Come, most holy Mother,
Our Co-redemptrix, Mediatrix of all graces and Advocate.
Protect us with your motherly mantle.
Please do not delay.
Protect our world in this hour of need.
To ask questions regarding Mary, email Dr Mark Miravalle: marycast@airmaria.com
Ave Maria!
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Sunday, August 22nd, 2010
Marian Shrines of the World #3 – Our Lady of the Rosary of Pompeii ( 8 min) >>> Play |
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Ave Maria!
Join Fr. Andre as he discusses the life of Blessed Bartolo Longo and the Marian Shrine of Our Lady of the Rosary of Pompeii.
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Friday, July 30th, 2010
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Thursday, July 29th, 2010
 Mission Down Under #8 – SCENE 2010 in Sydney ( 5 min)>>> Play |
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Ave Maria!
This week-long event was organized by SCENE (Sydney Congress Embracing the New Evangelisation) and was designed to keep the fire of the Faith, kindled at WYD 2008, burning brightly in the hearts of the youth.
Events included talks by bishops and visiting priests, seminars and actual street evangelization, Holy Mass, adoration, vocations expo, and entertainment nights. Footage taken at SCENE 2009 can be seen here.
This video shows the location of the vocation expo as well as some footage of St. Mary’s Cathedral and centers around a train ride into the city center one day while a young fellow-participant plays the guitar.
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Thursday, July 8th, 2010
Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney – News.
Fra Gabriel Cortes, FI is skateboarding his way across Australia. Well, not really, but he is packing his skateboard with him on a plane trip from Perth where he’s stationed on the west coast of Australia to Sydney on the east coast to attend an Archdiocesan follow up event to the Pope’s visit there for the World Youthday 2008. The Archdiocese of Sydney’s newspaper has a great article on him and on the FI’s here.
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Saturday, June 19th, 2010
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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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Friday, June 18th, 2010
Marian Shrines of the World #2 – Our Lady of the Rocks ( 6 min) >>> Play |
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Ave Maria!
Watch as Fr. Andre enlightens us about various Marian Shrines of the World. In this episode he tells us about Our Lady of the Rocks in Perast, Montenegro.
A couple of informative links about this shrine:
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Link 2
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Friday, June 18th, 2010
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Homily #100618 ( 05min) Play – Fr. Bonaventure preaches on Our Lord’s admonition to not put our hopes in things of this world but to put our treasure in Heaven for we will not find happiness in things of this world and we wil have to give up our earthly treasures anyways.
Ave Maria! Mass readings
1: 2 Kings 11:1-4,9-18,20
R: Ps 132:11-14,17-18
G: Mt 6:19-23
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Friday, June 4th, 2010
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Homily #100604 ( 07min) Play – Fr. Bonaventure preaches on the need to recognize the divinity of Christ which Our Lord points to in the Old Testament in today’s Gospel. This is basis for holding onto our faith in a secular world.
Ave Maria! Mass readings
1: 2 Tim 3:10-17
R: Ps 119:157-168
G: Mk 12:35-37
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Monday, May 17th, 2010
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Homily #100517 ( 09min) Play – Today is the Memorial of St. Paschal Baylon who was a humble friar who had an extraordinary focus on God as being the greatest treasure, above and before all else. He especially was know for adoring God in the Eucharist. Fr. Angelo compares this to the useless and even harmful distractions that our high-tech, sensual world submerges us in.
Ave Maria! St. Paschal Baylon – Mass: EF, In Omnia Opera – Readings: 1st: 1co 1:26-31 – Gsp: mat 11:25-30
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Friday, April 30th, 2010
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MaryCast Specials #70 ( 10min) Play – Dr. Mark Miravalle points out the many natural disasters, including earthquakes and volcanoes, as well as man-made disasters like the global economic crisis that we are experiencing. Dr. suggests that God is trying to get our attention, to not think that we can be in total control. We must, in fact, trust in God, not ourselves, and one way to do this is honoring His mother by proclaiming the 5th Marian Dogma.
To ask questions regarding Mary, email Dr Mark Miravalle: marycast@airmaria.com
Ave Maria!
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Friday, April 16th, 2010
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Homily #100416 ( 05min) Play – Fr Ignatius preaches on the blessings that we have in Pope Benedict, how he has been acclaimed as perhaps the greatest theologian pope in the history of the Church. His encyclical Caritas et Veritate is so sensible as a world plan for peace, social justice and prosperity that one wonders why he is being targeted by the global mass media. Father relates this to today’s Gospel:
14 And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words: going forth out of that house or city shake off the dust from your feet. 15 Amen I say to you, it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city.
Ave Maria! Votive Mass of St Francis of Assisi – Mass: EF, – Readings: 1st: sir 50:1-, 3-7 – Gsp: mat 10:7–15
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