Mt. St. Francis Hermitage

Homily #091105m ( 07min) Play - "If we live, we live for the Lord, and if we die, we die for the Lord" (Romans 14:8). It's great that we've done well throughout our…

Homily #091106m ( 10min) Play - "Prepare a full account of your stewardship" (Lk 16:2). We are entrusted with our Lord's property, His gifts, and His graces. One day we have to render…

Homily #091112m ( 07min) Play - "Behold, the Kingdom of God is among you” (Lk 17:21).  The disciples wanted to see it and know that God would be in control.  This is sometimes…

Homily #091114m ( 09min) Play - "Pray always without becoming weary" (Lk 18:1). Be constant in prayer. We should not become weary or give up on it because it seems we are not…

Homily #091115m ( 16min) Play - "Of that day or hour, no one knows, neither the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father" (Mk 13:32). In these last readings we…

Homily #091116m ( 11min) Play - St. Gertrude the Great, virgin and mystic, Benedictine abbess of Eisleben, renowned mystical writer, forerunner to devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.. Ave Maria! Mass readings…

Homily #091117ms ( 09min) Play - St. Elizabeth of Hungary, patroness of the Third Order Franciscans, princess of Hungary, widow (d. 1231). When still a young girl she was married to Louis the…

Homily #091118m ( 13min) Play - With great courage the mother from the book of Maccabees witnessed before her very eyes the brutal torture and death of her seven sons.  Martyrs such as…

Homily #091122m ( 13min) Play - Today we celebrate the Solemnity of Christ the King.  "I am a king.  For this I was born and for this I came into the world, to…

Homily #091124m ( 11min) Play - Today the Church celebrates the memorial of St. Andrew Dung-Lac, priest and martyr, and companions, martyrs. St. Andrew was one of 117 people who were martyred in…

Homily #091126m ( 09min) Play - St. Leonard of Port Maurice (1676-1751). Joining a branch of the Franciscans of the Strict Observance, St. Leonard desired to be sent on mission to China but…