Homily #090703m ( 10min) Play – St. Irenaeus was the student of a disciple of St. John the Apostle.  Father quotes St. Irenaeus concerning Our Lady, calling her the New Eve who “through her obedience untied the knot that had been bound by Eve.”  St. Irenaeus also calls Her the “Cause of Salvation for Herself and for all the children of Eve.”
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Homily #090720ms ( 13min) Play – Our sanctity is always through the intervention of Our Lady and Father explains how this was the case with Jerome Emiliani.  As Saint Bonaventure said, “I’ve never heard of a saint who did not have devotion to Our Lady, and I’ve never heard of a great saint that did not have a great devotion to Our Lady.”

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Homily #090731m ( 14min) Play – Father gives a short description of the life and conversion of St. Ignatius of Loyola.  His can be a comforting story for many of us who used to live lives contrary to the Gospel.
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Homily #090805m ( 11min) Play – Every year, on the anniversary of the Dedication of the Papal Basilica of St Mary Major, snow is showered down from the ceiling. This is the oldest Church in the West dedicated to Our Blessed Mother, and the Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate are honored to be the sacristans at this great Basilica.
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Homily #090807ms ( 12min) Play – St. Cajetan had a very radical trust in Divine Providence…  While Franciscans give up the right to own any property communally or personally, St. Cajetan’s order renounced even the right to beg and depended on God spontaneously inspiring people to provide for them.
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Homily #090811m ( 09min) Play – The union of mind, heart, and spirit of St. Francis and St. Clare can be compared to that of Christ and Our Blessed Lady.

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Homily #090812m ( 16min) Play – Today is the feast of St. Clare in the 1962 Calendar, so Father was able to give a second homily on her.  He speaks of her devotion and love for the Pope, how she saved her convent from invaders through her prayers, and also of her devotion for Our Lord’s Passion.

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Homily #090818m ( 13min) Play – If we constantly have noise from the radio, tv, and mp3 players we drown out God’s voice.  We all need to make sure to have silence for a certain amount of time every day lest we become deaf and mute concerning the things of God.

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Homily #090907m ( 05min) Play – “Each one of us has a choice to make, do we choose the path which is pleasant, which leads to ruin, or the path which is difficult, which leads to eternal salvation..”
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