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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. Benedict Grant Griswold, CT Homily

March 24, 2014

Mar 24 – Homily – Fr Benedict: Temporal and Spiritual Goods

Homily #140324 ( 10;39 min) Play Jesus says that no prophet is accepted in his own country. We don't always appreciate where or how the word of God can enter into our lives.…

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Fr. Benedict Grant Griswold, CT Homily

March 25, 2014

Mar 25 – Homily – Fr Benedict: The Greatest Work of the Holy Spirit

Homily #140325 ( 18min) Play At the Annunciation the greatest work of the Holy Spirit in the history of time was fulfilled - the Incarnation of God. Ave Maria! Mass: Annunciation of the…

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Fr. Benedict Grant Griswold, CT Homily

March 26, 2014

Mar 26 – Homily – Fr Benedict: Fulfillment of the Law

Homily #140326 ( 11:02 min) Play Jesus is the fulfillment of the law and fulfillment of all prophets and prophesies. The fulfillment of the law is to love God above all things and…

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Fr. Benedict Grant Griswold, CT Homily

March 27, 2014

Mar 27 – Homily – Fr Benedict: Know the Enemy

Homily #140327 ( 00min) Play In today's Gospel our Lord is falsely accused of driving out a demon with the help of Be-el'zebul. Our Lord answers:"Every kingdom divided against itself is laid waste,…

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Fr. Benedict Grant Griswold, CT Homily

March 28, 2014

Mar 28 – Homily – Fr Benedict: The Greatest Commandment

Homily #140328 ( 12:02 min) Play We are called to be perfect in love. The heart of which is repentance in which we return to the Lord and turn away from sin, evil…

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Fr. Benedict Grant Griswold, CT Homily

March 29, 2014

Mar 29 – Homily – Fr Benedict: Contrition of Heart

Homily #140329 ( 14:45 min) Play The sinner strikes his heart as an external sign representing his contrition. The sinful heart is the cause of sin and whose pride needs to be crushed…

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Fr. Benedict Grant Griswold, CT Homily

April 14, 2014

Apr 14 – Homily – Fr Benedict: The Perfect Righteousness of Jesus

Homily #140414 ( 07:44 min) Play Mary Magdalene used perfumed oil to anoint the head and feet Jesus. The fragrance of the oil represents faith. The act of anointing Christ's head and feet represents the…

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Fr. Benedict Grant Griswold, CT Homily

May 4, 2014

May 04 – Homily – Fr Benedict: Hopes and the Fire of God’s Love

Homily #140504 ( 13min) Play - The disciples on the road to Emmaus had hopes that were not in line with God's will. It wasn't until that Our Lord revealed the truth to…

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Fr. Benedict Grant Griswold, CT Homily

May 5, 2014

May 05 – Homily – Fr Benedict: Seek Jesus in the Sign of the Eucharist

Homily #140505 ( 10min) Play - In the readings today Our Lord begins to move into the "Bread of Life" discourses and explains the difference between the spiritual soul that seeks signs versus…

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Fr. Benedict Grant Griswold, CT Homily

May 9, 2014

May 08 – Homily – Fr Benedict: John 6: The Bread of Life

Homily #140508 ( 09min) Play - Our Lord uses various literary techniques to emphasize the essence of the Bread of Life discourse in the Gospel of John - that we must eat the…

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