December 12, 2013
Am I Not Here Who Am Your Mother?
Ave Maria Meditations Some of the words of Our Lady to St. Juan Diego: Know for certain, littlest of my sons, that I am the perfect and perpetual Virgin Mary, Mother of the…
December 13, 2013
Fi News: Australian Postulant Invested as Novice
Ave Maria! On December 7th, 2013, at Our Lady of Guadalupe Chapel in Griswold, CT, our postulant from Australia joined the current class of novices by officially becoming a Franciscan Friar of the…
December 14, 2013
Queen of the Seraphic Order
Ave Maria Meditations encore Our Lady is Queen of the Seraphic (Franciscan) Order Feast Day is December 15th Saint Francis' Greetings to the Blessed Virgin: Hail, Lady and Queen, holy Mary, Mother…
December 14, 2013
Dec 14 – Homily – Fr Maximilian: Union with God-Much Prayer, Much Sacrifice, Much Mortification
Homily #131214n ( 05min) Play - Today's gospel shows that Elijah was supposed to return before the Messiah, and Our Lord tells us that this prophesy was fulfilled by John the Baptist. This…
December 15, 2013
PHOTOS: Pope Francis with FI Superior
December 16, 2013
Dec 16 – Homily – Fr Angelo: Don’t Ever Leave This Place
Homily #131216n ( 17min) Play - Today we celebrate the Patronal Feast of Our Lady's Chapel, Our Lady Queen of the Seraphic Order. Fr. Angelo shows how this late development in the life…
December 17, 2013
Pope Francis and Our Lady
In the above photograph Fr. Fidenzio Volpi, Apostolic Commissioner of the Franciscans of the Immaculate greets the Holy Father at the latter’s arrival at St. Mary Major on December 8th. The Friars of…
December 17, 2013
Fr. Z. and the Neo-Orthodoxy
Fr. Z. and the Neo-Orthodoxy More traditional than the Pope and letting him know it.Filed under: Uncategorized Tagged: Evangelii Gaudium, Fr. John Zuhlsdorf, Pope Francis From MaryVictrix.com
December 17, 2013
The Real Presence: From Advent to the Host
Ave Maria Meditations Neither Advent nor the tomb is Christ's final rest in the world. He rests in the midst of the world now, in the Host. He is as silent, as secret…
December 18, 2013
Inconvenient Facts
Inconvenient Facts If Rorate Caeli calls it “nakedly biased,” you can be sure it contains facts they would rather you completely disregard.Filed under: Uncategorized Tagged: Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate, Michael Miller, Pat…
December 19, 2013
Dec 19 – Homily – Fr Angelo: Advent—Penance For Our Lack of Faith
Homily #131219n ( 13min) Play - Today's readings present us with two miraculous conceptions- that of Samson and of John the Baptist. Father Angelo describes how these are prefigurements to the Annunciation, then…