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Fr. Benedict Grant Griswold, CT Homily

February 14, 2014

Feb 13 – Homily – Fr Benedict: Solomon’s Wisdom and His Fall

Homily #140213 ( 08min) Play - Father explains the fall of Solomon through a woman and the healing of another through the faith of a woman - a type of Our Lady, and…

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Fr. Benedict Grant Griswold, CT Homily

February 15, 2014

Feb 14 – Homily – Fr Benedict: Missionary Co-Patron Saints of Europe

Homily #140214 ( 09min) Play - Saints Cyril and Methodius were two brothers who, although desiring to live in solitude with God, were called to become missionaries to the Slavic nations. With their…

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Fr. Benedict Grant Griswold, CT Homily

February 16, 2014

Feb 15 – Homily – Fr Benedict: Our Lady on Saturday

Homily #140215 ( 11min) Play - Father explains the woman from Genesis as the helper of man and type of Our Lady. Ave Maria! Mass: The BVM, Help of Christians - Opt Mem…

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Fr. Ignatius Manfredonia Griswold, CT Homily

February 16, 2014

Feb 16 – Homily – Fr Ignatius: Life Is Short, Heaven Awaits Us

Homily #140216 ( 15min) Play - God gives us the ability to follow all the Commandments, but we must be willing to eliminate all things which cause us to sin, even if it…

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Fr. Dominic Murphy Griswold, CT Homily

February 23, 2014

Feb 23 – Homily – Fr Dominic: Forgive and Go the Extra Mile

Homily #140223 ( 09min) Play - Jesus teaches us to strive for a love of neighbor that goes beyond just forgiving those who bother or hurt us, but to even go the extra…

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Fr. Dominic Murphy Griswold, CT Homily

March 1, 2014

Mar 01 – Homily – Fr Dominic: Mary is the Fountain of Salvation

Homily #140301 ( 03min) Play - Mary is the enclosed fountain through which the Living Water - Jesus Christ - comes to us and gives us life and our salvation. Ave Maria! Mass:…

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Fr. Benedict Grant Griswold, CT Homily

March 3, 2014

Mar 02 – Homily – Fr Benedict: Total Self-Giving

Homily #140302 ( 17min) Play - Rely on God and rest in God, not worrying about others judging you. With God there is no need to be anxious about anything. In the spirit…

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Fr. Benedict Grant Griswold, CT Homily

March 3, 2014

Mar 03 – Homily – Fr Benedict: Why Not Be A Missionary?

Homily #140303 ( 11min) Play - St. Katharine Drexel was the daughter of a very wealthy partner of JP Morgan. Giving up her great inheritance, she begged the pope to send missionaries to…

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Fr. Benedict Grant Griswold, CT Homily

March 4, 2014

Mar 04 – Homily – Fr Benedict: Daily, Daily Sing To Mary

Homily #140304 ( 09min) Play - St. Casimir was the prince of Poland, known for his incredible faith and love of God, his generosity and concern for the poor, and most of all…

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Fr. Benedict Grant Griswold, CT Homily

March 5, 2014

Mar 05 – Homily – Fr Benedict: Pray In Your Inner Room

Homily #140305 ( 11min) Play - Lent begins a time of testing, purification, repentance, and atonement for our sins. We go into our "inner room" to pray - the secret room of one's…

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Fr. Benedict Grant Griswold, CT Homily

March 6, 2014

Mar 06 – Homily – Fr Benedict: Purification by Obedience

Homily #140306 ( 10min) Play - To save one's life, one must lose it, deny himself, and take up his cross. By obedience, one more perfectly offers to God the renunciation of his…

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Fr. Benedict Grant Griswold, CT Homily

March 7, 2014

Mar 07 – Homily – Fr Benedict: Food is Overrated – Learn Holy Fasting

Homily #140307 ( 12min) Play - Fasting is entering into holy ground and nothing compares to the rewards Jesus wants to give us. It should be done by discerning the time and motive,…

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Fr. Benedict Grant Griswold, CT Homily

March 9, 2014

Mar 08 – Homily – Fr Benedict: St. John of God and Almsgiving

Homily #140308 ( 12min) Play - Reflecting on prayer, then fasting, and now almsgiving in Lent, we look to St. John of God whose conversion led him from serving in the military to…

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Fr. Ignatius Manfredonia Griswold, CT Homily

March 10, 2014

Mar 09 – Homily – Fr Ignatius: We Have Lost The Sense of Sin

Homily #140309 ( 22min) Play - The loss of the sense of sin today is so great that there is little acknowledgment of our offenses against God. Very few find the need for…

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Fr. Ignatius Manfredonia Griswold, CT Homily

March 10, 2014

Mar 10 – Homily – Fr Ignatius: Idleness and Protecting the Unborn

Homily #140310 ( 13min) Play - "Do not stand idle when your neighbor's life is at stake" (Lev 19:15). Our most innocent and defenseless neighbors are the unborn. 2700 infants are being put…

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