Homily #080525 ( 21min) Play – On the Solemnity of Corpus Christi Fr. Angelo Geiger preaches on the need to give thanks to Christ for having made the sacrifice of His body for our Redemption and for His real presence in the true Bread from Heaven. Father outlines the place this Eucharistic feast holds in the History of the Church and in the Liturgical Calander of each year, which he then relates to the life-long, spiritual development of each individual Christian and finally in the the context of each an every Mass and so places the Eucharist at the very heart of human experience.
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Homily #080811 ( 19min) Play – On this feast of St. Clare, celebrated as a Solemnity at our Franciscan Friary, Fr. Angelo Geiger preaches on the Gospel passage “I am the vine and you are the branches” to explain to us how St. Francis and St. Clare and their two orders relate to each other, the importance of poverty and, finally, how Our Lady fits in. And, of course, St Clare is our Patron Saint for AirMaria so it is doubly a time for celebration.
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Homily #080814 (35min) Play – Today on the feast of St. Maximilian Kolbe, which we celebrate as a solemnity since he is one of patrons saints, Fr. Bonaventure explains how the greatest charity is to lay down one’s life for the sake of another and in so doing outlines the life of today’s saint who prepared Poland for the trials of Nazi and Communist occupations.
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Homily #080923 ( 12min) Play – Today we honor the feast day of St. Pio of Pietrelcina as a Solemnity since he is one of our Patron Saints here at the Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate. Listen as Fr. Ignatius Manfredonia, FI explains why we chose St. Pio as a Patron Saint and Protector of our Marian Order.
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Homily #081004 ( 00min) Play – On this feast day of St. Francis of Assisi celebrated as Solemnity here at the friary, Fr. Ignatius Manfredonia sheds light on this great lover God and Him Crucified.
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We will be broadcasting the Mass for the Solemnity of St Joseph on Thursday March 19 at 7pm Eastern from Our Lady of Guadalupe Chapel. It will be a Missa Cantata in the Extraordinary Form (Latin Tridentine). The choir will be the Northern Rhode Island Schola Cantorum Sanctae Ceciliae and here are some samples of their singing. Come join us!

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The live broadcast of the Mass went well for the Solemnity of St. Joseph. We had about 115 viewers who viewed the Missa Cantata on AirMaria and at least two other sites who embedded the viewer, Rorate Caeli and Pro Multis Media. Thank you both for this. We had some audio problems and some glitches with the switching between the two cameras, but we are learning. The Chapel was quite full and the choir was simply heavenly as was the liturgy. All in all we have much to be thankful for. Glory be to God!

Videos Available at Ustream:

St Joseph #1 Missa Cantata – Prayers at the Foot of the Altar through the Gospel. Missed a few minutes at the beginning. Sorry about that. I was asleep at the switch.

St Joseph #2 Missa Cantata Homily – Missed 1st minute trying to restart recording. Early audio problems but gets better around 3min.

St Joseph #3 Missa Cantata – Suscipiat to Agnus Dei, includes the Consecration.

St Joseph #4 Missa Cantata – Domine non sum dignus, Communion.

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Homily #091231s ( 04min) Play – According to the Extraordinary Form of the calendar the Feast on January 1st is the Circumcision of The Child Jesus which is what we will celebrate tonight. In the morning we will celebrate the Solemnity of the Mother of God according to the new rite. Tonight Father explains that the circumsision that Our Lord went through was to show us the importance of redemptive suffering even in this Season of Joy. [Note: The first minute of the homily was lost but we managed a smooth edit. ] Ave Maria! Octave Day of the Nativity – Mass: EF, Puer Natus Est – Readings: 1st: tit 2:11-15 – Gsp: luk 2:21-21

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Homily #100513 ( 07min) Play – Today is the Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord, a Holy Day of Obligation. Fr. Bonaventure preaches on how Jesus had to leave the Apostles physically in order to prevent Christianity from becoming a local phenomena based on the natural consolation of His presence. Rather Jesus ascended into heaven and came to every people, everywhere sacramentally for a more important spiritual consolation and benefit.
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1: Acts 18:1-8
R: Ps 98:1-4
G: Jn 16:16-20

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Fi News #74 – Corpus Christi ( 05min) >>> Play

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The friars at Bloomington, IN conduct a Eucharistic Procession on Corpus Christi with full solemnity at the Mother of Redeemer Retreat Center along with a throng of faithful. To the greater glory of God.

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