August 22, 2014
Aug 22 – Homily – Fr Ignatius: Singular Grace = Singular Glory
Homily #140822 ( 09min) Play - To say Our Lady's glory in Heaven is unimaginable, is an understatement. Ave Maria! Mass: Queenship of Blessed Virgin Mary - Mem - Form: OF Readings: 1st: isa 9:1-6…
Our Lady: Throne of Grace
August 22, 2014
Our Lady: Throne of Grace
Ave Maria Meditations Our Lady is the throne of grace, in a very profound way. To her we can apply these words from the epistle to the Hebrews: Let us then with confidence…
August 23, 2014
Aug 23 – Homily – Fr Joachim: St. Rose of Pennance
Homily #140823b ( 11min) Play - Fr. Joachim on the life of St. Rose of Lima, Peru, who was the first saint from the new world and lived a very penitential life. Father points…
August 23, 2014
Aug 23 – Homily – Fr Ignatius: Trials, Patience & Grace
Homily #140823 ( 08min) Play - Jesus and St. Rose of Lima teach us about the hidden treasure and the pearl of great price, i.e., of the Kingdom of Heaven in the soul, in…
August 23, 2014
Aug 23 – Homily – Fr Louis Maximilian: Good and Bad Example
Homily #140823n ( 12min) Play - Father Louis Maximilian takes two points from today's Gospel. First is the need for good example, both to ourselves (i.e. a sincere and consistent life) and to…
August 24, 2014
Aug 24 – Homily – Fr Ignatius: Providence & the Church
Homily #140824 ( 09min) Play - We must accept God's inscrutable ways with Faith, humility and loving resignation, within the bosom of Holy Mother Church, who alone can guarantee us true biblical doctrine.…
August 24, 2014
Aug 24 – Homily – Fr Maximilian W: The Anointed and His Minister
Homily #140824n ( 11min) Play - Father Maximilian goes over some of the themes present in today's Gospel reading, focusing particularly on Jesus as the Messiah, the Anointed One, and His appointment of…
August 25, 2014
Aug 25 – Homily – Fr Elias: Louis IX, King and Saint
Homily #140825b ( 11min) Play - Fr. Elias on the life of St. Louis, King of France and patron saint of the Franciscan Third Order. He is a great example of how to combine…
August 25, 2014
Aug 25 – Homily – Fr Maximilian W: First the Soul
Homily #140825n ( 05min) Play - Father Maximilian contrasts the Pharisees condemned by Our Lord in today's reading with today's Saint, the great King St. Louis IX, who didn't stop at appearances, but…
August 25, 2014
Aug 25 – Homily – Fr Ignatius: Dedication of the Church
Homily #140825 ( 07min) Play - Upon entering the church, we should sense that we are in the consoling presence of Our Lady, in Her embrace, in Her womb with Jesus. Ave Maria! Mass:…
August 26, 2014
Aug 26 – Homily – Fr Matthias: The Rosary of the 7 Joys of Mary
Homily #140826n ( 08min) Play - Father Matthias speaks of the history of the Rosary of the Seven Joys of Mary, also called the Franciscan Crown, focusing on its origin and on its…
August 26, 2014
Aug 26 – Homily – Fr Angelo: What is Perfect Joy?
Homily #140826 ( 14min) Play - Jesus speaks to us of supernatural charity and that the fruit of this love is joy. On this feast of the Seven Joys of Our Lady, Father Angelo…
Journalist James Foley Turned to the Rosary for Strength
August 26, 2014
Journalist James Foley Turned to the Rosary for Strength
Ave Maria! James Foley who recently died at the hands of his ISIS captors turned to praying the Rosary in his previous captivity in Libya. No doubt he did so again in his…
August 27, 2014
Aug 27 – Homily – Fr Joachim: St Monica, Prayers and Patience
Homily #140827b ( 07min) Play - Fr. Joachim on the life of St Monica that was so focused on the conversion of her pagan family including her son Augustine. All of them converted…