Crux Fidelis: Faithful Cross
April 3, 2015
Crux Fidelis: Faithful Cross
Ave Maria Meditations CRUX fidelis, inter omnes arbor una nobilis; nulla talem silva profert, flore, fronde, germine. Dulce lignum, dulci clavo, dulce pondus sustinens! FAITHFUL Cross! above all other, one and only…
The Alleluia Battle Anthem
April 4, 2015
The Alleluia Battle Anthem
A blessed Easter to all. I remembered all my readers this evening at the Easter Vigil at St. Mary Majors. This is a repost from several years ago. Crucem Sanctam subiit A military…
Light and Christmas and Easter
April 5, 2015
Light and Christmas and Easter
Ave Maria Meditations During the two great holy nights of the church year, Christmas and Easter, the symbolism of light fuses with the symbolism of night. On both locations the church uses the…
April 5, 2015
Apr 05 – Homily – Fr Maximilian W: Darkness and Light
Homily #150405n ( 12min) Play - Father comment on Easter's imagery of the darkness of sin and the light of Christ, and tells us that it is the Resurrection that makes possible our…
April 6, 2015
Apr 06 – Homily – Fr Joachim: Overwhelming Joy
Homily #150406n ( 06min) Play - Father Joachim speaks about the overwhelming joy that we find at Easter. Ave Maria! Mass: Monday of Easter Week - Wkdy - Form: OF Readings: 1st: act 2:14,…
Announcement of a Year of Jubilee!
April 8, 2015
Announcement of a Year of Jubilee!
Ave Maria Meditations There will be many special graces available during a Jubilee Year...(Dec. 8, 2015- Nov. 20, 2016) WHAT IS A HOLY YEAR? In the Roman Catholic tradition, a Holy Year, or…
April 8, 2015
Apr 08 – Homily – Fr Maximilian W: On the Road to Emmaus
Homily #150408n ( 05min) Play - Father comments on today's Gospel reading. Ave Maria! Mass: Wednesday of Easter Week - Wkdy - Form: OF Readings: 1st: act 3:1-10 Resp: psa 105:1-2, 3-4, 6-7, 8-9…
Shades of 50 Shades of Grey
April 9, 2015
Shades of 50 Shades of Grey
Report: outbreak of debilitated judgment, commonly diagnosed as Missing Conclusion Syndrome, frequently occurring in Catholic journalists, but more often in clerics and academics. Also known as the “Do Not Judge” fallacy. Reduced to its…
April 9, 2015
Apr 09 – Homily – Fr Joachim: Proclaim the Name
Homily #150409n ( 05min) Play - Father tells us that if Peter didn't have the courage to proclaim the name of Jesus in today's reading, the man wouldn't have been healed. Likewise, if…
April 11, 2015
Apr 11 – Homily – Fr Alan: Religious Freedom
Homily #150411b ( 10min) Play - Fr. Alan keying off the first reading today in Acts 4:13-21, where the officials try to deter the apostles from preaching the Gospel, discusses the issue of…
April 11, 2015
Apr 10 – Homily – Fr Matthias: Greatest Love and Purity
Homily #150410n ( 05min) Play - Father relates the commentary from Cornelius a Lapide on today's gospel, telling us why St. John was the first to recognize Our Lord when he called from…
Divine Mercy
April 11, 2015
Divine Mercy
Ave Maria Meditations From the Diary of Saint Faustina: Speak to the world about My mercy...It is a sign for the end times. After it will come the Day of Justice. (848). Tell…
April 12, 2015
Apr 12 – Homily – Fr Louis Maximilian: Pope Francis on Mercy
Homily #150412n ( 14min) Play - Father Louis reads selections and then comments on Misericordia Vultus (Pope Francis' Papal Bull of Indiction for the Jubilee Year of Mercy). Read it for yourself here.…