Fr. Ignatius for the retreat titled “Universal Call to Holiness” gives the second homily where he presents St Agnes, virgin and martyr, as a great example for her willingness to go out and give everything she had to obtain the treasure of holiness and the kingdom of heaven. He points out that she overcame the two things that we must overcome to become holy, love of pleasure and fear of pain for she was tempted with many rewards if she was to forsake her faith as well as threatened by many tortures if she did not. Let us choose as well as she did.

Ave Maria!

Mass: St. Agnes – Mem
Readings: Saturday 2nd Week of Ordinary Time
1st: heb 9:2-3, 11-14
Resp: psa 47:2-3, 6-7, 8-9 0
Gsp: mar 3:20-21

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Fr. Ignatius gives the first homily for the retreat titled “Universal Call to Holiness”  where, referring to the Catechism of the Catholic Church paragraph 828, he explains how saints are exemplars of holiness and intercessors for us and how we must avoid the pitfall of striving to be considered holy by people and rather be holy in God’s eyes. To do this we need to practice heroic virtue, cooperate with God’s grace and become familiar with the lives of the saints to imitate them. Most of all we need to ask God for help, since he wants us to be saints more than we do.

http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/p123a9p3.htm#828

Ave Maria!

Mass: Friday 2nd Week of Ordinary Time – Wkdy
Readings: 
1st: heb 8:6-13
Resp: psa 85:8, 10, 11-12, 13-14 0
Gsp: mar 3:13-19

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Fr. Ignatius gives the final homily for the retreat titled “Universal Call to Holiness” referring to the first reading from Isaiah where the light of holiness will come to the darkened world. God will give us the light of His grace, growing in holiness and we will give this light to the world. God calls all of us to become holy.

Ave Maria!

Mass: 3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time – Sunday
Readings: 
1st: isa 8:23-9:3
Resp: psa 27:1, 4, 13-14
2nd: 1co 1:10-13, 17
Gsp: mat 4:12-23

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