Homily #080523 ( 10min) Play – Fr Angelo, reflecting on the Gospel, highlights the permanency of marriage based on its lofty dignity established by God from the beginning. Listen as Father covers the basis for the high moral standard in marriage as asked for by Our Lady of America in 1956. Holy Mary pray for us.
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Homily #140228b ( 04min) Play – Fr. Joachim on Our Lord’s teaching regarding marriage and the high standard He sets and yet gives the grace to live up to it.
Ave Maria!
Mass: Friday 7th Week of Ordinary Time – Wkdy – Form: OF
Readings: 
1st: jam 5:9-12
Resp: psa 103:1-2, 3-4, 8-9, 11-12
Gsp: mar 10:1-12

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Homily #140228 ( 00min) Play Jesus speaks about the indissolubly of marriage. It is a bond that God has made that cannot be broken. Today in the world people often believe the opposite of this. Where there is a lack of faith there is also a lack of devotion and commitment to our calling. It is hardness of heart that can keep us from being faithful. Where we find difficulty in committing ourselves all we need to do is ask for help from God and he will help us remain faithful.
Ave Maria!
Mass: Friday 7th Week of Ordinary Time – Wkdy – Form: OF
Readings: 
1st: jam 5:9-12
Resp: psa 103:1-2, 3-4, 8-9, 11-12
Gsp: mar 10:1-12

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Homily #141005n (26min) Play – In this hard-hitting homily, Father tells us that at various times, the forces of hell have raged against Christ and His Church with particular ferocity. One such time was the mass rebellion against the Church’s teaching on birth control, and we are in the midst of another when they are raging against the Christian Family. In order to firmly plant our understanding of marriage and the family on the Rock of Jesus Christ, Father comments on the teachings of the Catechism of the Catholic Church on marriage and the family, showing that the love of spouses is the form of human love that–though dimly–reflects the love of Christ for His Church and for each one of us. For marriage to be Christian it must be built on the Rock of Christ, and though this is demanding, God gives the grace to the spouses through His sacramental blessing on their union. Marriage without Christ or His Cross is doomed to fail, since it is only through the grace of the sacrament of marriage that human love can be elevated to faithfully reflect the love that God has for humanity. In this context, we see that the fidelity and self-sacrifice of spouses is intrinsically linked to the faith love of God for humanity. And it is in this context we can see how divorce is alien to a truly Christian understanding of marriage. And for those in difficult situation, whether through their fault or not, peace and joy can only be found by remaining faithful to the teachings of Christ and the requirements of revealed truth and divine love.
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Mass: 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time – Sunday – Form: OF
Readings: 
1st: isa 5:1-7
Resp: psa 80:9, 12, 13-14, 15-16, 19-20
2nd: phi 4:6-9
Gsp: mat 21:33-43

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Since his arrival to the Diocese of Bologna in Italy, Cardinal Caffarra has developed a specific pastoral ministry for divorced and remarried people.

CARD. CARLO CAFFARRA

Archbishop of Bologna (Italy)

“I wanted to reach out to those people who felt rejected by the Church. I wanted to meet with them to tell them one thing: The Church does not reject you. Jesus loves you.”

He began by meeting with 200 divorced and remarried couples to thoroughly explain Church doctrine. Through his experience, the Cardinal said, divorced couples have been able to understand the Church’s stance on receiving Communion.

via Card. Caffarra: Church Doctrine on divorced couples doesn’t mean they’re rejected.

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Archbishop Stankevis explained that such a low number of divorces inside the Church is due in part to a ‘serious preparation for marriage, because we have an obligatory course for persons who want to get married in the Church’

BY ELISE HARRIS/CNA/EWTN NEWS 10/17/2014 Comment

Archbishop Zbigevs Stankevis of Riga, Latvia

– Latvian Bishops’ Conference

VATICAN CITY — In synod discussions last week, the Baltic Sea nation of Latvia caught the attention many synod fathers, who were keen to hear why the number of divorces among their Catholic population is so low.

“In Latvia, it is a pity, but we have the highest number of divorces: 86% of marriages are divorced civil marriages. But when our civil mass media started to check how it is in the Church, they discovered that we just have 16%, and they asked why,” Archbishop Zbig?evs Stankevi?s of Riga told CNA Oct. 9.

via Marriage Prep Key to Low Divorce Rate Among Catholics in Latvia | Daily News | NCRegister.com.

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Homily #141217n ( 013min) Play – Fr. Matthias comments on Pope Francis’ catechism of December 17th, which was dedicated to the recent Extraordinary Synod on the Family.
Ave Maria!
Mass: Weekdays of Advent – Dec 17 – Form: OF
Readings: 
1st: gen 49:2, 8-10
Resp: psa 72:3-4, 7-8, 17
Gsp: mat 1:1-17

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Homily #141228n ( 20min) Play – Father Matthias quotes and comments on statements from Pope Francis and other pontiffs about the right ordering of the family, emphasizing that love, sacrifice, and obedience are fundamental to the nature of the family, and that if we disrupt this proper order, which we see exemplified in the Holy Family, the family and society will collapse. Fidelity to the truths about the family is essential, and Father warns us that any ideas which contradict the nature and dignity of marriage (as the life-long, faithful, and fruitful union between one man and one woman) and the family are not from God.
Ave Maria!
Mass: Holy Family – Feast – Form: OF
Readings: 
1st: sir 3:2-6, 12-14
Resp: psa 128:1-2, 3, 4-5
2nd: col 3:12-21
Gsp: luk 2:22-40

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Part III – Life in Christ – #2373 – 2400

Fr. Mahan continues with his discussion of the 6th Commandment “You shall not commit adultery” (Ex 20:14) where the Catechism applies this to need to the gift of a child and offenses against marriage.

NAB Ex 20:13 – http://www.usccb.org/bible/exodus/20#02020014.

CCC Part III – Life in Christ – #2373
http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/p3s2c2a6.htm#2373

III. THE LOVE OF HUSBAND AND WIFE (Cont.)
– The gift of a child
IV. OFFENSES AGAINST THE DIGNITY OF MARRIAGE
– Adultery
– Divorce
– Other offenses against the dignity of marriage
– In Brief: 6th Commandment

Ave Maria!
“Tour of the Catechism of the Catholic Church” is given by Fr. Daniel J. Mahan, S.T.L., pastor of St. John the Apostle Catholic Church in Bloomington, Indiana, and St. Jude the Apostle in Spencer. He will cover the entire Catechism in about 100 videos, giving an outline of the content along with clear easy to follow explanations. It will be based on the 2nd Edition of the Catechism.

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Fr. Matthias Sasko, FI, gives the 3rd of six talks for the 2021 Lenten Reflections at Our Lady’s Chapel in New Bedford, Massachusetts titled “What Will Heaven be Like?” where, in this session, he explains Death and Judgement.

00:00 – Intro
01:55 – Review of Last Session
06:29 – Death – “Now and at the hour of our death.”
08:15 – Eternal Wedding Banquet or Divorce
09:37 – Analogy – Marriage Ratified and Consummated – Living Grace,
– – – – – – Living faith in grace = Ratified
– – – – – – Living Vision in Glory = Consummated
11:38 – What is Death? Separation
– – – – – – Soul separates from body = natural death
– – – – – – Grace from soul = supernatural death
– – – – – – Second Death Apocalypse 20: 6-14, St Francis
16:08 – State of the Soul after Death – no body – immediate judgement
– – – – – – We will have Identity, Desires, Mental actions
19:34 – Reincarnation is not possible
22:52 – Individual Judgment – by Christ, Immediate
– – – – – – no vision of God yet
25:29 – Three ellements of judgement
– – – – – – 1. The “trial”
– – – – – – 2. Pronouncement of Sentence
– – – – – – 3. Execution of Sentence – Immediately – Mary’s role
35:31 – Final Judgement – First Judgement made Public
– – – – – – World, Time ends: New Heaven, Earth Ap 21: 1
39:54 – Final Perseverance
41:11 – How to prepare for death
42:02 – To die well, Live well
45:39 – Prayer, Devotion to Our Lady, and Sacraments
48:24 – Pray for us at now, and at the Hour of our death
49:28 – QA
50:22 – Would we die if Adam & Eve had not sinned?
53:20 – Is the Soul Immortal?
54:09 – What will be the role of St Francis for dying Franciscans
55:26 – Can we pursue our hobbies in Heaven? How will God fulfill all our desires?
59:23 – When does a soul leave a body? Brain death
01:06:07 – Does a person get another chance to merit for grace after death?
01:07:09 – What are Near-Death Experiences?

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