Homily #080508 ( 08min) Play – In today’s Gospel Our Lord tells of the Four Marks of the True Church of Christ – One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic. There is no salvation outside of the One, True, Church founded by Our Lord Jesus Christ.
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No Apologies #51 – ( 05min) >>> Play

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The 4th mark of Jesus’ Church is “apostolicity”. It must be able to trace her existence all the way back to the Apostles. Here only the Catholic Church can boast of Her 2000 years of existence!

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Congratulations to Archbishop Raymond Burke for his appointment as a member of the Congregation of the Causes of Saints.

June 2008: Appointed as Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura

October 7,  2008: Appointed President of the Commission for Advocates
October 19, 2009: Appointed a member of the Congregation for Bishops
July 6, 2010: Appointed a member of the Congregation for Divine Worship
July 26, 2010: Appointed a member of the Congregation for the Causes of the Saints

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Fi News #81 – Fr. Peter explains the significance of the Marian Symposium, Mary Mother of the Church ( 12min) >>> Play

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We will be broadcasting our Marian Symposium live from La Crosse, Wisconsin tomorrow, Saturday, Aug 21st From 9:00 AM to 5:30 PM Central time which is 10-6:30 Eastern Time. The theme this year is Mary, Mother of the Church and our beloved Fr. Peter Fehlner tells us all about it. Come and view this grand spiritual and intellectual event in the beautiful new Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe at http://airmaria.com. Speakers include:

• His Eminence Luis Cardinal Aponte Martinez, Archbishop Emeritus, San Juan, Puerto Rico
• His Excellency Archbishop Raymond L. Burke, Prefect, Apostolic Signatura, Rome
• Msgr. Arthur B. Calkins, Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei, Mariologist
• Dr. Mark I. Miravalle, Franciscan University of Steubenville, President, Vox Populi Mariae Mediatrici
• MC: Drew Mariani, Journalist and Talk Show Host, Relevant Radio

If you are in the area, registration is still being accepted including walk-ins on the day of the event, but there will be limited lunches at the church, (reduced cost for entry if there are not enough lunches and you can buy lunch at the Shrine Restaurant.) You can register at http://www.mariansymposium.com/

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Homily #100824 ( 06min) Play – On the Feast of St Bartholomew Fr. Angelo preaches on one of the Four Marks of the Church that of the Apostolic Succession that the current bishops are successors of the Apostles in an unbroken chain.
Ave Maria! St. Bartholomew, Apostle – Mass: EF, Mihi Autem – Readings:
1st: 1co 12:27-31
Gsp: luk 6:12-19

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Pope Benedict has issued the post-synodal apostolic exhortation Verbum Domini [The Word of the Lord], the most important Church document devoted to Sacred Scripture since the Second Vatican Council’s Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation (Dei Verbum), which was promulgated in 1965.

via Catholic Culture : Latest Headlines : Pope Benedict issues major document on Sacred Scripture (link to full text).

Full text is over 200 pages. The ending is included here on AirMaria since it relates to Mary, Mother of God and so Mother of Joy:

“ Mater Verbi et Mater laetitiae ”

124. This close relationship between God’s
word and joy is evident in the Mother of God.
Let us recall the words of Saint Elizabeth: “ Blessed
is she who believed that there would be a fulfi
lment of what was spoken to her by the Lord ”
(Lk 1:45). Mary is blessed because she has faith,
because she believed, and in this faith she received
the Word of God into her womb in order
to give him to the world. The joy born of the
Word can now expand to all those who, by faith,
let themselves be changed by God’s word. The
Gospel of Luke presents this mystery of hearing
and joy in two texts. Jesus says: “ My mother and
my brothers are those who hear the word of God
and do it ” (8:21). And in reply to a woman from
the crowd who blesses the womb that bore him
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and the breasts that nursed him, Jesus reveals the
secret of true joy: “ Blessed rather are those who
hear the word of God and obey it! ” (11:28). Jesus
points out Mary’s true grandeur, making it possible
for each of us to attain that blessedness which
is born of the word received and put into practice.
I remind all Christians that our personal and
communal relationship with God depends on our
growing familiarity with the word of God. Finally,
I turn to every man and woman, including those
who have fallen away from the Church, who have
left the faith or who have never heard the proclamation
of salvation. To everyone the Lord says:
“ Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if anyone
hears my voice and opens the door, I will
come in to him and eat with him, and he with me ”
(Rev 3:20).
May every day of our lives thus be shaped
by a renewed encounter with Christ, the Word
of the Father made fl esh: he stands at the beginning
and the end, and “ in him all things hold
together ” (Col 1:17). Let us be silent in order to
hear the Lord’s word and to meditate upon it, so
that by the working of the Holy Spirit it may remain
in our hearts and speak to us all the days of
our lives. In this way the Church will always be
renewed and rejuvenated, thanks to the word of
the Lord which remains for ever (cf. 1 Pet 1:25;
Is 40:8). Thus we too will enter into the great
nuptial dialogue which concludes sacred Scripture:
“ The Spirit and the bride say: ‘Come’.
And let everyone who hears say: ‘Come!’ ” The
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one who testifi es to these things, says: ‘Surely I
am coming soon!’. Amen. Come, Lord Jesus! ”.
(Rev 22:17, 20).
Given in Rome, at Saint Peter’s, on 30 September,
the Memorial of Saint Jerome, in the year
2010, the sixth of my Pontificate.

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Conferences #199 – ( 30min) >>> Play

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Fr. Ben Luedtke gives the third talk for the Priest’s Retreat at the Mother of the Redeemer Retreat Center in Bloomington, IN. He preaches on the need for personal conversion and how this is what is asked for in the Second Vatican Council and the New Evangelization, that before we go and try to change the world we need to change ourselves. Personal conversion should be the habitual starting point for all our apostolic activity.

List of talks for the Priests Conference 2012:

• Hom #1 Mon, Dec 3, Fr. Ben Luedtke, On the Mass
• Talk #1 – Mon, Dec, Conf #197 , Fr. Ben Luetdke, Unique Shepherds
• Hom #2 – Tue, Dec 4, Fr. Ben Luedtke, Becoming Christ
• Talk #2 – Tues, Dec 4, Conf #198, Fr. Ben Luetdke, The Whys of Priests
• Talk #3 – Tue, Dec 4, Conf #199, Fr. Ben Luetdke, Conversion
• Hom #3 – Wed, Dec 5, Card. Raymond Burke, Unite to Him who Sends Us
• Talk #4 – Wed, Dec 5, Conf #200,  Card. Raymond Burke, Saintly Priests
• Talk #5 – Wed, Dec 5, Conf #201,  Card. Raymond Burke, Celibacy
• Hom #4 – Thu, Dec 6, Card. Raymond Burke, St Nicholas, Exemplar of Shepherds
• Talk #6 – Thu, Dec 6, Conf #202,  Card. Raymond Burke, Centrality of Eucharist
• Talk #7 – Thu, Dec 6, Conf #203,  Card. Raymond Burke, Sacred Heart
• Talk #8 – Fri, Dec 7, Conf #204, Card. Raymond Burke, New Evangelization
• Hom #5 – Fri, Dec 7, Card. Raymond Burke, St Ambrose, Good Shepherd

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Tour of the Catechism #3 ( 22min) –

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http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/p1s1c2a1.htm

• Part One. The Profession Of Faith
• Section One. “I Believe”–“We Believe”
• Chapter Two. God Comes To Meet Man
  • Article 1. The Revelation Of God
    • I. God Reveals His “Plan of Loving Goodness”
    • II. The Stages of Revelation
    • III. Christ Jesus–“Mediator and Fullness of All Revelation”
    • In Brief
  • Article 2. The Transmission Of Divine Revelation
    • I. The Apostolic Tradition

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“Tour of the Catechism of the Catholic Church” is given by Fr. Daniel J. Mahan, S.T.L., pastor of St. John the Apostle Catholic Church in Bloomington, Indiana, and St. Jude the Apostle in Spencer. He will cover the entire Catechism in about 80 videos, 10-20 minutes long each, giving an outline of the content along with clear easy to follow explanations. It will be based on the 2nd Edition of the Catechism.

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