October 25, 2014
Oct 25 – Homily – Fr Maximilian W: Penance or Perish, Turn To Mary
Homily #141025n ( 05min) Play - Father emphasizes Our Lord's words: we all must recognize our sins, repent of them, and do penance or we will perish. Father also relates the story of…
October 26, 2014
Oct 26 – Homily – Fr Maximilian W: Love Grows From Prayer
Homily #141026n ( 10min) Play - In today's Gospel, our Lord summarizes the 10 Commandments, which make more explicit how we live out the call to love God and our Neighbor. Father emphasizes…
October 28, 2014
Oct 28 – Homily – Fr Maximilian W: Apostolos
Homily #141028n ( 04min) Play - Father comments on the Gospel of today, telling us that the word "Apostle" comes from the greek "apostolos" meaning "sent." At Our Lord's Ascension, He sent out…
October 31, 2014
Oct 31 – Homily – Fr Matthias: The Dual Purpose of Law
Homily #141031n ( 05min) Play - In today's Gospel, Father tells us it shows the dual purpose of God's Laws: first, to show the majesty and glory of God, and, second, to benefit…
November 2, 2014
Nov 02 – Homily – Fr Matthias: Learn From the Suffering Souls
Homily #141102n ( 15min) Play - Father reminds us that at the moment of death, our fate is fixed. The soul, if it is separated from God by mortal sin, seeks to flee…
November 3, 2014
Nov 03 – Homily – Fr Maximilian W: Great Hope
Homily #141103n ( 04min) Play - As we remember the dead of the Franciscan Order, we also consider our own resurrection in Christ. We in the Church Militant still have to make the…
November 4, 2014
Nov 04 – Homily – Fr Maximilian W: Reach Out With St. Charles
Homily #141104n ( 07min) Play - Father Maximilian comments on the readings of the day and relates them to today's saint, St. Charles Borromeo. Ave Maria! Mass: St. Charles Borromeo - Mem -…
November 5, 2014
Nov 05 – Homily – Fr Matthias: Either Forwards or Backwards
Homily #141105n ( 05min) Play - Drawing from today's reading and the Father of the Church, Fr. Matthias tells us we cannot "coast" in the spiritual life. Either we are advancing or moving…
November 6, 2014
Nov 06 – Homily – Fr Maximilian W: Us Straying Sheep
Homily #141106n ( 05min) Play - Father comments on today's Gospel, telling us that there is more joy in heaven over the conversion of one sinner than ninety-nine just. And if we examine…
November 7, 2014
Nov 07 – Homily – Fr Matthias: Draw From the Treasury of the Church
Homily #141107n ( 04min) Play - Father reminds us today of the Holy Souls in Purgatory, how dear they are to Our Lord and the Church, and he urges us to, especially in…
November 8, 2014
Nov 08 – Homily – Fr Maximilian W: He Defended the Mother of God
Homily #141108n ( 04min) Play - Today the friars celebrate Bl. John Duns Scotus, and Father tells us that he lived the detachment that today's Gospel teaches, always seeking God alone with all…
November 9, 2014
Nov 09 – Homily – Fr Maximilian W: The Sacred Temple
Homily #141109n ( 10min) Play - Today we celebrate the dedication of the Pope's Cathedral, the Cathedral of the entire Catholic Church. Father gives a short history of the Lateran Basilica, and then…
November 11, 2014
Nov 11 – Homily – Fr Maximilian W: He Did What He Was Obliged To Do
Homily #141111n ( 03min) Play - Father Maximilian applies the words of today's Gospel, "we have done what we were obliged to do" to St. Martin of Tours who was faithful to his…
November 12, 2014
Nov 12 – Homily – Fr Matthias: An Ecumenical Saint
Homily #141112n ( 14min) Play - Father gives us the events leading up to the life of St. Josaphat, his life and work, and finally his death at the hands of belligerent schismatics.…