December 16, 2013
Dec 16 – Homily – Fr Joachim: Live as if You Believe
Homily #131216b ( 08min) Play - Fr. Joachim preaches on today's readings that testify to the divinity of Christ and how we should live our lives based on this conviction and especially during…
December 16, 2013
Dec 16 – Homily – Fr Ignatius: God Will Teach You Only If You’re Humble
Homily #131216 ( 04min) Play - If we want God to reveal His truth to us, to enlighten our minds and teach us His way, we must be humble, sincere, and upright. Ave…
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
Dec 17 – Homily – Fr Louis Maximilian: Preparing with Mary
Homily #131217b ( 10min) Play - Fr. Maximilian preaches on how we should prepare with Mary as we enter the final week of Advent. He points out that this final week is very…
December 17, 2013
Dec 17 – Homily – Fr Ignatius: The True Messiah Brings Justice and Peace
Homily #131217 ( 05min) Play - St. Matthew writes to the Jews, telling them of the true Messiah, Son of Abraham and the patriarchs, the true King Who brings light to all nations.…
Pope Francis and Our Lady
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…
Fr. Z. and the Neo-Orthodoxy
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 18, 2013
Dec 18 – Homily – Fr Louis Maximilian: The Coming Protagonist
Homily #131218b ( 09min) Play - Fr. Louis explains how Jesus is the unique protagonist of the great drama which is the history of the human race which is comes to the crucial…
Inconvenient Facts
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 Louis Maximilian: Fruitful Cooperation
Homily #131219b ( 15min) Play - Fr. Louis take his key from the Gospel reading on Zachariah's encounter with the angel to highlight the importance of human cooperation in God's plan. This is…
December 19, 2013
Dec 19 – Homily – Fr Ignatius: If You Don’t Ask, You Won’t Receive
Homily #131219 ( 03min) Play - Each day we should ask Our Lady for all the graces She wants to give us. Many graces are not given because we don't ask for them.…
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…
December 19, 2013
Dec 18 – Homily – Fr Maximilian: Ever Ancient, Ever New
Homily #131218n ( 10min) Play - As we approach Christmas, the liturgy begins its proximate preparation for Christmas. Fr. Maximilian comments on today's collect for us, comparing it to St. Augustine's phrase "Ever…