Remembering the Nazareth of England and Our Lady of Walsingham – Sep 24 – Homily – Fr Elias

Fr. Elias Mills gives the homily, on how Mary, under her titles of Our Lady of Ransom, Mercy, and Walsingham, cooperated in human redemption by giving birth to Christ the ransom, inspiring prayers for the liberation of physical and spiritual captives today.

On the feast of Our Lady of Mercy, Ransom, and Walsingham, Father Elias Mills explains how Mary cooperated in human redemption by bringing forth, offering, and possessing Jesus Christ, the divine price paid to ransom humanity from sin. Pointing to historical devotions like the 11th-century apparition of Walsingham in England and the heroic mission of the Mercedarian friars who freed captives, he calls the faithful to seek Mary’s powerful intercession today. He encourages believers to pray for those suffering from human trafficking, those trapped in modern vices and cultural falsehoods, and for the reunification of separated Christians with the Catholic Church.

– Walsingham Priory was founded in Norfolk during Edward the Confessor's reign. – https://airmaria.com/go/62zYPf
– Notable English figures validated and promoted pilgrimages to the Marian sanc... – https://airmaria.com/go/pdRazB
– Miraculous manifestations and grateful offerings brought popularity to specif... – https://airmaria.com/go/5rRQWb
Pope Pius XII – Pope Pius XII asks Mary to bring non-members into Christian unity. – https://airmaria.com/go/T3kVp6
Faith – Eastern Catholic and Orthodox churches emphasize eschatology in architecture ... – https://airmaria.com/go/s4NF8K

1 Corinthians 6:20 – Believers are bought with a great price – https://airmaria.com/go/vgPWj8
Isaiah 7:14 – The virgin shall conceive and bear Emmanuel – https://airmaria.com/go/pZFhHe
Proverbs 31:10 – The value of a truly worthy woman – https://airmaria.com/go/dw4RzD
CCC 622 – Redemption achieved through Christ giving his life – https://airmaria.com/go/faviPB
CCC 964 – Mary's union with Christ at the cross – https://airmaria.com/go/unPq9W

00:00 - Opening Prayer and Marian Feast Days
00:55 - History of Our Lady of Walsingham
02:40 - Praying for the Conversion of Separated Brethren
03:24 - St. Bonaventure on the Price of Redemption
05:57 - The Mission of Our Lady of Ransom
07:40 - Freedom from Modern Slavery and Spiritual Captivity
09:16 - Cooperating with Mary at the Foot of the Cross

Ave Maria!
Mass: Thursday in the 25th Week in Ordinary Time - Wkdy
Readings:  - http://usccb.org/bible/readings/092426.cfm
1st: Ecclesiastes 1:2-11 - All Is Vanity
Resp: Psalms 90:3-4, 5-6, 12-13, 14, 17 - A prayer of Moses, the man of God
Gsp: Luke 9:7-9 - Herod's Perplexity

More on the Readings: https://airmaria.com/r?m=951

Also on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1H2hNq5KRA