July 21, 2017
Mary and the Persecuted Church
Ave Maria! Watch these beautiful testimonies from various members of the persecuted Church expressing their unfailing love and devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary.
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July 16, 2017
Jul 16 – Homily – Fr Jacinto: What makes all the Difference?
In today's Gospel, Our Lord presents us with the parable of the sower. God is the divine sower who is casting his grace upon all people with various dispositions of soul. Fr.…
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July 15, 2017
Jul 15 – Homily – Fr Jacinto: “Oh Good Things to Come”
Fr. Jacinto provides an introduction into the life and spirituality of St. Bonaventure, a great saint who has contributed much to the Franciscan order and the Church at large. Ave Maria! Mass:…
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July 1, 2017
Jul 01 – Homily – Fr Jacinto: Missionary Inspirations
Fr. Jacinto provides us with a summary of the heroic life of St Juniper Serra, focusing in a particular way on his missionary spirit and encouraging us also to cultivate a similar…
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June 11, 2017
Jun 11 – Homily – Fr Jacinto: The Greatest Mystery
After celebrating the great mysteries of our faith in receding weeks, today we celebrate the greatest mystery of them all - The Most Holy Trinity. The Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches…
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June 10, 2017
Jun 10 – Homily – Fr Jacinto: A Valuable Lesson
Our Lord teaches us a valuable lesson in the parable of today's Gospel. Where the rich had put in large sums of money from there surplus, the poor widow, putting in just a…
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June 4, 2017
Jun 04 – Homily – Fr Jacinto: The Holy Spirit
On this great Solemnity of Pentecost Fr. Jacinto reflects upon the Holy Spirit and the importance of His role in our spiritual lives. Ave Maria! Mass: Pentecost Sunday - Solemnity Readings: 1st:…
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May 28, 2017
May 28 – Homily – Fr Dominic: A Particularly Christian Paradox
Jesus tells us to be in the world but not of the world. Other religions are completely of this world (paganism, deism), project this world into the higher reality (Islam), or reject…
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May 27, 2017
May 27 – Homily – Fr Angelo: Jesus Tells It Plainly
In today's Gospel, Jesus is speaking with His disciples, His 'inner circle,' at the Last Supper. He tells them that He is about to stop speaking in parables and tell them clearly…
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May 21, 2017
May 21 – Homily – Fr Angelo: We are Not Orphans, But Witnesses
Today's Gospel links love and obedience, and this is fingernails on chalkboard, Fr. Angelo tells us, to the modern world enamoured with rights without obligations and love without commitment. The words of…
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April 23, 2017
Apr 23 – Homily – Fr Jacinto: To Live Divine Mercy, FINCH and ABC
In the Gospel reading, we see two appearances of Jesus to the disciples, first without Thomas, who doubted when he was told that Jesus was risen, and then while Thomas was there,…
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April 22, 2017
Apr 22 – Homily – Fr Jacinto: Impossible!
In today's Gospel, Jesus rebukes the disciples for their slowness to believe. But their doubt and weakness is our certainty and strength. For the proofs Jesus offered the disciples ground our faith…
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April 16, 2017
Apr 16 – Homily – Fr Dominic: Easter Sunday 2017
Father Dominic gives the Easter Sunday homily at Our Lady of Guadalupe Shrine in Griswold, CT. Ave Maria! Mass: Easter Sunday (Opt 1) - Solemnity Readings: 1st: act 10:34, 37-43 Resp: psa…
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April 9, 2017
Apr 09 – Homily – Fr Jacinto: Holy Week Homework
This week we remember the week that was the culmination of human history, and changed the world forever. Through the liturgy, we are brought into contact with these events and enabled to…
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April 8, 2017
Apr 08 – Homily – Fr Jacinto: A Sign of Contradiction
Simeon prophesied that Jesus would be a sign of contradiction, and we see that in today's Gospel. The raising of Lazarus lead some to believe in Him, but others to harden their…
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