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October 25, 2016

Oct 25 – Homily – Fr Alan: Christian Marriage vs. Feminism

Fr. Alan explains how a Christian understanding of the relationship between husband and wife, as a sacramental reflection of the relationship between Christ and the Church, is the antidote to the corrosive effects on…

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Oct 31 – Homily – Fr Matthias: Luther—Commemoration with Catholic memory

Fr. Matthias Sasko Homily New Bedford, MA

October 31, 2016

Oct 31 – Homily – Fr Matthias: Luther—Commemoration with Catholic memory

Fr. Matthias comments on the significance of the papal visit to Sweden. Ave Maria! Mass: Monday in the 31st Week in Ordinary Time - Wkdy Readings: 1st: Phi 2:1-4 Resp: Ps 131:1, 2,…

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Nov 01 – Homily – Fr Alan: All Saints – that means you, too!

Fr. Alan Wharton Homily New Bedford, MA

November 1, 2016

Nov 01 – Homily – Fr Alan: All Saints – that means you, too!

Fr. Alan explains that the “communion of the saints” involves the whole Church – in heaven, in purgatory, and on earth – and that today’s celebration reminds us of our membership in the…

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Nov 07 – Homily – Fr Matthias: St. Didacus of Alcalá

Fr. Matthias Sasko Homily New Bedford, MA

November 7, 2016

Nov 07 – Homily – Fr Matthias: St. Didacus of Alcalá

Humility was the most outstanding virtue of this saint. Ave Maria! Mass: Monday in the 32nd Week in Ordinary Time - Wkdy Readings: 1st: Tit 1:1-9 Resp: Ps 24:1-2, 3-4, 5-6 0 Gsp:…

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Nov 08 – Homily – Fr Alan: Absolute Primacy of Christ, Even on Election Day

Fr. Alan Wharton Homily New Bedford, MA

November 8, 2016

Nov 08 – Homily – Fr Alan: Absolute Primacy of Christ, Even on Election Day

Blessed John Duns Scotus' doctrine on the Absolute Primacy of Christ is the theological completion of St. Francis' mystical intuition, and affirms that Christ, the Incarnation of the Eternal Word, is the reason…

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Nov 14 – Homily – Fr Matthias: St. Nicholas Tavelic and companions

Fr. Matthias Sasko Homily New Bedford, MA

November 14, 2016

Nov 14 – Homily – Fr Matthias: St. Nicholas Tavelic and companions

Just as we have received the faith from others who had the courage to transmit it to us, so we need to courageously share it with others, despite our fears.Ave Maria! Mass: St.…

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Nov 15 – Homily – Fr Alan: St. Albert the Great, Champion of Truth

Fr. Alan Wharton Homily New Bedford, MA

November 15, 2016

Nov 15 – Homily – Fr Alan: St. Albert the Great, Champion of Truth

St. Albert the Great, Bishop and Doctor of the Church, is credited with laying the foundation for the great Scholastic synthesis of all truth, both natural and divinely revealed, which was the crowning…

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Nov 21 – Homily – Fr Matthias: Consecrating our lives to God through Mary

Fr. Matthias Sasko Homily New Bedford, MA

November 21, 2016

Nov 21 – Homily – Fr Matthias: Consecrating our lives to God through Mary

Father explains that our actions have the value that we assign to them by our intention. Little things done with a supernatural intention are worth much; big things with no supernatural intention are…

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Nov 22 – Homily – Fr Alan: St. Cecilia, Virgin Martyr of Legend Confirmed by Graces

Fr. Alan Wharton Homily New Bedford, MA

November 22, 2016

Nov 22 – Homily – Fr Alan: St. Cecilia, Virgin Martyr of Legend Confirmed by Graces

Father explains how the critically accepted data of St. Cecilia's cult are signs of heaven's confirmation of the great holiness of this virgin martyr. While the "legend"of her martyrdom may not qualify as…

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Nov 29 – Homily – To Glory Faster, With a Lighter Burden

Fr. Ignatius Manfredonia Homily New Bedford, MA

November 29, 2016

Nov 29 – Homily – To Glory Faster, With a Lighter Burden

Father explains how the Seraphic (Franciscan) saints, sons and daughters of Holy Father Francis, all reached glory by living the Rule - but those who were more zealous and faithful in observance went…

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Dec 05 – Homily – Fr Matthias: Imitating the Stretcher Bearers

Fr. Matthias Sasko Homily New Bedford, MA

December 5, 2016

Dec 05 – Homily – Fr Matthias: Imitating the Stretcher Bearers

The men carrying the paralytic are the unnoticed actors in today's Gospel episode, but without them the paralytic's spiritual and physical cure would not have been possible. Like them, let's pray and offer…

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Dec 06 – Homily – Fr Alan: St. Nicholas vs. Santa Claus

Fr. Alan Wharton Homily New Bedford, MA

December 6, 2016

Dec 06 – Homily – Fr Alan: St. Nicholas vs. Santa Claus

The figure of the real and holy bishop Nicholas has in recent centuries been co-opted and transformed into the secularized and mostly pagan Santa Claus. Christian parents should know how to gently guide…

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Dec 12 – Homily – Fr Matthias: Why St. Juan Diego?

Fr. Matthias Sasko Homily New Bedford, MA

December 12, 2016

Dec 12 – Homily – Fr Matthias: Why St. Juan Diego?

When St. Juan Diego protested his unworthiness, Our Lady told him that She did not lack servants and messengers to carry out Her will, but nevertheless it was he who was Her necessary…

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Dec 20 – Homily – Fr Alan: Christmas is a Pro-Life Holiday

Fr. Alan Wharton Homily New Bedford, MA

December 20, 2016

Dec 20 – Homily – Fr Alan: Christmas is a Pro-Life Holiday

On Christmas we celebrate the birth of the Word of Life. To "keep Christ in Christmas," we have to keep the faith with the Gospel of Life. The holiday that cheers us can…

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Jan 02 – Homily – Fr Matthias: Hermeneutic of Continuity

Fr. Matthias Sasko Homily New Bedford, MA

January 2, 2017

Jan 02 – Homily – Fr Matthias: Hermeneutic of Continuity

There have been heresies in the Church since the time of the Apostles. The remedy? "Let what you heard from the beginning remain in you." Continuity with what the Apostles taught from…

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