Mt. St. Francis Hermitage

Homily #091019m ( 00min) Play - Today we celebrate the feast of St. Isaac Jogues and Companions, the North American Martyrs (†1642-1649). May Our Lady and the example of St. Isaac help us…

Homily #091021m ( 09min) Play - "Much will be required of the person entrusted with much.” (Lk 12:48) As we study our faith and come to understand what we're really called to, we…

Homily #091022m ( 06min) Play - "No, I tell you, but rather division." (Lk 12:51). When we strive to live a life of holiness, one of the things we can expect is not…

Homily #091023m ( 07min) Play - "Who will deliver me from this mortal body?" (Rom 7:24) There is a war going on. It's a war within yourself, the spirit working against the flesh,…

Homily #091025m ( 13min) Play - Sometimes with our crosses, we just need to cry out to the Lord, "I'm blind and I can't see.." Ave Maria! Mass readings Audio (MP3) +++

Homily #091026m ( 09min) Play - "The Lord said to him in reply, 'Hypocrites!'" (Lk 13:15). One of the things that we have to be careful of in the spiritual life is rashly…

Homily #091027ms ( 17min) Play - "Hope that sees for itself is not hope.. But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait with endurance." (Rom 8:24-25) If we were…

Homily #091028m ( 10min) Play - "Jesus went up to the mountain to pray, and he spent the night in prayer to God" (Lk 6:12). Even Our Lord Himself shows us that before…

Homily #091029m ( 16min) Play - "LORD, my God, deal kindly with me for your name's sake; in your great mercy rescue me" (Ps. 109, 21). Sometimes the suffering is there to wake…

Homily #091101m ( 00min) Play - From the lives of the Saints, we see their weaknesses and their great strengths. We see they are real people, just like us, and so we have…

Homily #091102m ( 11min) Play -  Commemoration of All Faithful Departed (All Souls / Holy Souls in Purgatory). In the next life, the soul can no longer grow in love and merit. You…

Homily #091104m ( 09min) Play - "You shall love your neighbor as yourself" (Romans 13:9). Our Lord raises up the commandment by saying not only to love one another as yourself, but that…