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May 20 – Homily – Fr Angelo: St. Bernadine of Sienna

apostolate — Tue, 20 May 2008 11:58:52 +0000

Homily #080520 ( 10min) Play – St. Bernadine was a Franciscan who sang the praises of Mary in the 15th Century and advocated a strict observance of poverty.? Listen as Fr. Angelo explains how powerful a reformer this saint was for the Franciscans and for the Church.
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Jun 01 – Homily – Fr Bonaventure: Known by the Fruit

apostolate — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 15:38:45 +0000

Homily #080601 ( 21min) Play – “We will know them by their fruit.” Fr. Bonaventure explains the two natures of this fruit, 1. Preaching the orthodox Faith and 2. Doing what is preached. Father gives many historical and Biblical examples.
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Jun 13 – Homily – Fr Ignatius: St. Anthony of Padua

apostolate — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:41:17 +0000

Homily #080613 ( 00min) Play – On the Feast of St Anthony of Padua, Fr. Ignatius preaches on the life of this great saint focusing on the unique gifts God gave him of preaching and working miracles which he used for the building up the Body of Christ.
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St. Dominic and the Rosary

Sr. JosephMary f.t.i. — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 19:00:27 +0000

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St. Dominic: Feast Day is August 8th

Tradition associates the origin of the Rosary with St. Dominic as you can see depicted in this painting but it was not exactly the Rosary as we know it today.

Dominic Guzman (1170-1221 AD) was a Spanish priest who in southern France encountered the Albegensian heresy. He was having great difficulty and not very successful in touching hard hearts. But when he began to preach the rosary, he had great success. It was Our Lady’s special devotion and her intercession was strong with its praying.

Tradition tells us that in a vision Mary told him that he should pray the Marian Psalter along with his preaching. The Marian Psalter in the 12th century consisted only of 150 Hail Maries follows:

“Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is

with thee, blessed art thou among

women and blessed is the fruit of

thy womb.”

It does not appear that the Our Father was part of the Marian Psalter but the Paternoster or the practice of praying 150 Our Fathers was the earliest way to pray the Psalter for the average person. So, Dominic along with preaching the mysteries of faith lead the people in praying a decade of the Marian Psalter. In this way the grace of God opened their hearts and he brought about many conversions.

The Rosary we have today was not directly given to St. Dominic by Mary. St. Dominic used the Marian Psalter along with his preaching. It was left to the Confraternity of the Rosary promoted by Blessed Alan de la Roche in about 1475 to think over the selection and order of Mysteries in association with the Aves and Paternosters. Since St. Dominic began this process, it is fitting to consider him as the originator of the Rosary.

Tradition goes on to tell us that: “One day through the Rosary and the Scapular I will save the world” These were the words spoken to Saint Dominic by the Blessed Virgin Mary in the year 1208 when she appeared to him.

“My son,” the Queen of Heaven said, “prayer and penance are the only way to win souls. Pray my Psalter and teach it to your people. That prayer will never fail.”

The holy priest frequently prayed the Psalter as he walked along the road. Many people did. Those who could not read Holy Scripture and those who could not understand it often said a Hail Mary for each of the Psalms. Their simple prayer took the place of the one hundred and fifty Psalms of David that the learned ones could read.

In 1568 the Our Father and Hail Marys were joined to become the form as we know it today. The ‘Glory-Be to the Father, to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost’ and the ‘O my Jesus’ portion of the Rosary have been added and approved by the Church through the years to arrive at it’s present form as it is prayed today.

In Our Lady’s apparitions, she asks the faithful to pray the rosary. Should we not follow the request of the Mother of God!

In 2002, Pope John Paul II added the Luminous Mysteries or The Mysteries of Light to the Rosary for the meditation on the public life of Jesus.

Many wonderful words have been written on the Rosary, many by the Supreme Pontiffs and also such saints as St. Louis Marie de Montfort.

Such a simple request from the Queen of Heaven with so many graces attached to it for souls! Let us never neglect our daily Rosary.

Directions on how to pray the rosary can be found at http://www.ewtn.com/Devotionals/prayers/rosary/how_to.htm

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Jan 29 – Homily – Fr Angelo: St. Francis de Sales against Itchy Ears

apostolate — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 13:02:32 +0000

Homily #100129 ( 13min) Play – St. Francis de Sales was Bishop of Geneva where through acts of charity and preaching of the truth he brought many Protestants back to the faith whose itchy ears were turning to novel doctrines.
Ave Maria! St. Francis of Sales, Bishop, Confessor, and Doctor of the Church – Mass: EF, In Medio Ecclesiae – Readings: 1st: 2ti 4:1-8 – Gsp: mat 5:13-19

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Jul 23 – Homily – Fr Ignatius: Casting Cares onto the Lord

apostolate — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 10:53:52 +0000

Homily #100723 ( 03min) Play – Preaching on today’s Gospel Fr. Ignatius tells us not to worry about the many things that normally preoccupy people as was the case with the disciples who were arguing over which of them was greater. Jesus tells them to cast all their concerns on to the Lord.
Ave Maria! St. Apollinaris, Bishop and Martyr – Mass: EF, Sacerdotes Dei – Readings:
1st: 1pe 5:1-11
Gsp: luk 22:24-30

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Sep 16 – Homily – Fr Dominic: Depth of Love

apostolate — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 11:55:35 +0000

Homily #100916 ( 12min) Play – Preaching on the account of Mary Magdalen’s washing of Christ’s feet in the house of the Pharisees where Our Lord responds to the indignant hosts by giving a parable of the two debtors, Fr Dominic explains the need to have depth to our love of God. He gives fourteen things we can ask ourselves taken from the City of God by Mary Agreda to determine if we have this depth:

Do I think about God a lot?
Am I inclined to do God’s commandments?
Am I afraid to offend God?
Am I Grieved by sin?
Do I rejoice at the good?
Do I love to speak of God?
Do I delight in the presence of God?
Does not thinking of God displease me?
Do I love what God likes and hate what he hates?
Do I strive to bring everyone to God?
Do I pray with confidence?
Are we grateful to God?
Do I use God’s gifts to good use?
Do I strive to control the passions?

Ave Maria! Sts Cornelius and Cyprian – Mass: OF, – Readings:
1: 1 Cor 15:1-11
R: Ps 118:1-2,16-17,28
G: Lk 7:36-50

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Nov 29 – Homily – Fr Dominic: All Seraphic Saints

apostolate — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 12:53:40 +0000

Homily #101129 ( 07min) Play – Today is the feast of All Saints of the Franciscan Order where we honor all the Franciscan saints. Fr. Dominic explains how St. Francis founded his three orders in order to produce saints and great ones. He exhorts us friars to be one of those saints by following the four Ps: Penance, Perseverance , Prayer, Preaching,
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Mass: All Saints of the Franciscan Ord. – Feast – Form: OF
Readings:
1st: sir 44:1, 10-15
Resp: psa 24:1-2, 3-4, 5-6
Gsp: mar 10:17-21

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Jul 11 – Homily – Fr Dominic: Preaching a Relationship to Jesus

apostolate — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 11:42:39 +0000

Homily #120711 ( 06min) Play – Fr. Dominic reflects on the role of the twelve disciples and how we are to follow them in preaching to the world the need to have a warm relationship with Jesus.
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Mass: St. Benedict – Mem – Form: OF
Readings: Wednesday 14th Week of Ordinary Time
1st: hos 10:1-3, 7-8, 12
Resp: psa 105:2-3, 4-5, 6-7
Gsp: mat 10:1-7

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Apr 05 – Homily – Fr Dominic: Preaching Is Teaching

Griswold Friars — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 12:03:38 +0000

Homily #130405 ( 05min) Play – Fr. Dominic explains how preaching is teaching the Gospel to all the ends of the earth to save as many souls as possible.

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Mass: Feria VI infra octavam Paschae – Ferial – Form: EF, Eduxit Eos Dominus
Readings:
1st: 1pe 3:18-22
Gsp: mat 28:16-20

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