Spiritual Life

Bloomington, IN Fr. Joachim Homily

November 16, 2014

Nov 16 – Homily – Fr Joachim: God Expects Us to Try

Homily #141116b ( 08min) Play - Based on the reading of the Gospel with the Parable of the Talents, Fr. Joachim explains what God expects of us based on what he has given us.…

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Ave Maria Meditations Devotional Faith Spiritual Life

July 8, 2015

Advice for the Spiritual Life

Ave Maria Meditations Your inconstancy ought not to alarm you, but inspire you to keep very near to him who is all your strength. He loves to see that we are making efforts…

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Ave Maria Meditations Devotional Spiritual Life

February 24, 2016

One Minute Meditations: You see. then, my friend, that your defects are all you can attribute to yourself, for you possess nothing else of your own. If our Lord afflicts you, think how…

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Ave Maria Meditations Devotional Faith Prayer Spiritual Life

July 29, 2016

Perseverance in the Spiritual Life

Ave Maria Meditations But good people worry because they say, "I never become any better; I go on week after week and year after year committing the same sins, being equally unsuccessful at…

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Devotion to Mary Fr. Dominic Murphy Griswold, CT Homily Marian Consecration Spiritual Life

September 10, 2016

Sep 10 – Homily – Fr Dominic: Let Mary Do Her Job

As part of her God-given role, Mary is the Mother and Teacher of our spiritual lives. Father Dominic tells us to give ourselves over to her so that she may do her job…

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8 Day Ignatian Retreat Conferences

October 24, 2016

Video – Fr. Luedtke – 8 Day Retreat – 6/25 – “I am in You and You are in Me” – CONF 338

Ave Maria! Fr. Ben Luedtke gives the sixth of twenty-five conferences for his Eight Day Ignatian Retreat. The subjects he covers are: Indwelling of the Holy Trinity. What is the kingdom of Christ? Christ is in…

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Bloomington, IN Fr. Ignatius Manfredonia Homily

January 12, 2017

Jan 12 – Homily – Fr Ignatius: Prayer and Trust

Fr. Ignatius on how the Israelites after so many proofs of God's goodness and solicitude did not trust him and so were not allowed into the promised land. Daily we need to pray…

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Fr. Alan Wharton Homily New Bedford, MA

January 24, 2017

Jan 24 – Homily – Fr. Alan: The Writing Apostolate – A Pathway to Sanctity

Declared Patron Saint of Catholic Writers by Pope Pius XI in 1923, St. Francis de Sales was an exemplary practitioner of what Fr. John Hardon called the writing apostolate. By means of…

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Fr. Matthias Sasko Homily New Bedford, MA

July 11, 2017

Jul 11 – Homily: Prefer Nothing to the Love of Christ

Applying St. Benedict's principle to the spiritual life, we must allow nothing to hinder us from loving Our Lord wholeheartedly, neither "big" things nor "little" things. If we understand this, we see…

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Ave Maria Meditations Devotional Spiritual Life

October 27, 2017

On Lukewarmness

Ave Maria Meditations It is difficult to explain many of the things that happen nowadays any personal and at a public level if we do not bear in mind that so many people…

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Fr. Matthias Sasko Homily New Bedford, MA

December 27, 2017

St. John, the “other” Christmas “baby” – Dec 27 – Homily – Fr Matthias

Celebrating St. John during the Christmas Octave makes sense, considering John's relation to the Lord and to His Mother. Fr. Matthias explains that his characteristic spiritual childhood is the reason he was…

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Bloomington, IN Fr. Terrance Chartier Homily

August 5, 2018

I AM the Bread of Life – Aug 05 – Homily – Fr Terrance

Fr Terrance gives the homily at Bloomington, IN on Aug 05 on how Jesus explains the Eucharistic meaning of the miracle of the feeding of the five thousand that was read last…

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Conferences Fr. Terrance Chartier MIM Retreat 2018

October 23, 2018

Video – What is Truth? – Fr. Terrrance – CONF 429

Ave Maria! Fr. Terrance at the 2018 MIM Annual Retreat on the Marian spiritual life gives the first talk entitled, "What is Truth and How Does it Set us Free?". Here he emphasizes the importance…

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Conferences MIM Retreat 2018

October 24, 2018

Video – Seeing through God’s Eyes – Fr. Terrance – CONF 430

Ave Maria! Fr. Terrance at the 2018 MIM Annual Retreat on the Marian spiritual life gives the second talk entitled, "Seeing Yourself through God's Eyes", where he answers the question, 'How does God look upon…

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Conferences MIM Retreat 2018

October 25, 2018

Video – Confidence in God – Fr. Terrance – CONF 431

Ave Maria! Fr. Terrance at the 2018 MIM Annual Retreat on the Marian spiritual life gives the third talk entitled, "Confidence and Trust in God", in which he encourages us to trust in the Lord…

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