Homily #080318 ( 13min) Play – “It was night.” Judas went out into the darkness to do his deed of darkness. He did this after receiving communion sacrilegiously, the darkest deed of them all, and Satan entered his heart. Today, in the face of so many sacrilegious Communions, we must do many acts of reparation to dispel the growing darkness.
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Homily #090224 ( 05min) Play – St. Matthias is elected successor to Judas who betrayed Our Lord and hanged himself. We know little of St Matthias except this, he persevered when Judas had not. This one fact is an important lesson for our world that lacks perseverance like no other age.
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Homily #090406 ( 03min) Play – Mary Magdalen was generous with the ointment with which she anointed Our Lord while Judas complained of the waste.  Let us be like Mary.

Ave Maria!

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Homily #090514 ( 12min) Play – St. Mathias was called to be an Apostle but in a unique way, he was chosen by lots to replace Judas, the fallen Apostle. Listen as Fr. Bonaventure highlights the divine nature of a vocation whether for ministry or for marriage and the graces that God gives for each.
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Homily #090524 ( 22min) Play –  On this Seventh Sunday of Easter, which is the final Mass of the Knights of Lepanto Encampment, Fr. Angelo preaches on how the Apostles are not of this world and so too we should be in the world but not of it and we should be patient with those who sin and even those who sin against us just as Jesus was with Judas.

We celebrated the Ascension of Our Lord at its traditional time last Thursday.

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Homily #100331 ( 08min) Play – In Issiah the prophet talks bout the need to have a well trained tongue and this is what Jesus demonstrates in his merciful dealing with Judas in today’s Gospel. Fr. Bonaventure exhorts us to have similar compassion on our fellow men by having compassion on Our Lord and Lady in their passion.
Ave Maria! Mass readings
1: Isa 50:4-9
R: Ps 69:8-10,21-22,31-34
G: Mt 26:14-25

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Homily #100429 ( 11min) Play – Today is the feast of St. Catherine of Sienna virgin and Doctor of the Church who served the poor and respectfully confronted the weakness of Bishops and even Popes. In doing so she follows the example of Jesus in today’s Gospel when he washes the feet of His disciples and prophesizes about Judas’ betrayal.
Ave Maria! Mass readings
1: Acts 13:13-25
R: Ps 89:2-3,21-22,25,27
G: Jn 13:16-20

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Homily #100514 ( 08min) Play – Today is the Feast of St Matthias, Apostle who was chosen to replace the betrayer, Judas. As such he proved to be the opposite of Judas being known for fighting against selfish desire and was loyal to Our Lord even to sacrifice of his life as a martyr.
Ave Maria! Mass readings
1: Acts 1:15-17,20-26
R: Ps 113:1-8
G: Jn 15:9-17

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Mary Vitamin for July 23rd

Topic: The First Sorrowful Mystery of the Rosary
(In honor of the month of the Precious Blood)

Quote:
And there appeared to him an angel from heaven strengthening him. And being in
an agony, he prayed the longer. And his sweat became as drops of blood,
trickling down upon the ground.
Luke 22:43-4

Meditation:
Venerable Anne Catherine Emmerich explains that Our Lord in the garden of
Gethsemane “understood not only the consequence of every species of
concupiscence, but also its own peculiar expiatory chastisement, the
significance of all the instruments of torture connected with it; so that not
only the thought of the instrument made Him shudder, but also the sinful rage of
him that invented it, the fury and wickedness of all that had ever used it, and
the impatience of all, whether innocent or guilty, who had been tortured with
it. All these tortures and afflictions Jesus perceived in an interior
contemplation, and the sight filled Him with such horror that a bloody sweat
started from the pores of His sacred Body.”
The Life of Jesus Christ and Biblical Revelations, Volume 4, (Tan Books), 89

Does a mother suffer only when she witnesses the suffering of her child? Or does
she suffer over and over again in her heart, anticipating the suffering of her
child? Is Our Lady not aware of the avarice of Judas and the hatred of the
leaders in the Temple towards her Son? A mother in her compassion cannot help
but anticipate the pain and suffering of her child. It is not recorded in Holy
Scripture that Our Lady was present in the Garden, but her heart was always
unwaveringly united with God, and she would share in his agony on the eve of the
great manifestation of God’s passionate love for mankind. She would share, the
way a Mother shares in the suffering of her son: silently, meekly, heart
breaking, full of love, yet accepting.

Resolution:
I will meditate in the Rosary what it cost Our Lady to accept the Will of God in
the Redemption of humanity. Our Lady does not need to be present in
the Garden of Gethsemane to share in the suffering of Her Son.

Marian Vow:
The Immaculate was the universal Mediatrix of redemption, to wit, was the only
Coredemptrix who has shared in person with the Redeemer –“under Him and with
Him” (LG 56) — the work of universal redemption, cooperating actively with her
tears, mixed in the Blood of Her Crucified Son, to rescue sinful mankind, from
Adam to the last man who lives on the earth.
Marian Seraphic Pathways, Statutes #51

I give this resolution to the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Thanks be to God for graces received.

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Homily #110224 ( 06min) Play – In today’s homily Fr Dominic analyzes what probably went on in the heart of Judas that eventually led him to betray Our Blessed Lord.
Ave Maria!
Mass: St. Matthias, Apostle – Second Class – Form: EF, Mihi Autem
Readings:
1st: act 1:15-26
Resp: psa 138:17-18
Gsp: mat 11:25-30

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