Homily #090411 ( 11min) Play – Tonight we pass from the darkness of doubt to the Light of Faith, just as the disciples of the Lord went from doubt when they witnessed His death and then to belief as they beheld His Resurrected Body. But, better yet, let us see this Light even if we can’t see Him with our fleshly eyes, as Our Lady did while all the other disciples were still in darkness.

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OUR LADY OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT

This title was given to our Blessed Mother in May 1868 by Saint Peter Julian Eymard to honor her in her relationship to the Holy Eucharist and to place her before us as a model in our duties and devotion to the Blessed Sacrament. Our Lady gives witness to being Christian. In her conduct toward the Blessed Sacrament, we learn what ours should be!

She believed in the reality of Christ’s presence in the Holy Eucharist. In other words, the virtue of faith was as necessary for her as it is for us. Great was her faith in her son, the Son of God, our Savior, and in all his teachings and deeds. This faith of hers found its particular exercise in regard to the Blessed Sacrament, the mystery of faith, the denial of which implies the destruction of the whole structure of our belief.

A second point in which Mary conformed to the general body of the faithful was her Sunday attendance at the Eucharist. And still another point in which the Blessed Virgin is our model is in her reception of Holy Communion during her life, and at the moment of her death. By her faith in and her love for our Lord in the Eucharist, Mary is an example for Christians and thereby brings us to fervent devotion to him.

Truly, we can call Mary, Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament, and follow her faith and love for Jesus in the Eucharist. Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament is the chosen and official patroness of the Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament. Her feast day is celebrated on May 13, the date on which the new Congregation received Archdiocesan approbation in Paris in 1856.

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PRAYER TO OUR LADY OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT

Blessed are you, Mary, exalted Daughter of Sion! You are highly favored and full of grace, for the Spirit of God descended upon you. We magnify the Lord and rejoice with you for the gift of the Word made flesh, our bread of life and cup of joy. Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament, our model of prayer in the Cenacle, pray for us that we may become what we receive, the body of Christ your son. Amen.

In all of Our Lady’s true apparitions, she desires there to be built a church where the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass can be offered and where her Son, Our Lord Jesus Christ, can be adored and worshipped. Just one example of this occurred at Fatima, Portugal on May 13, 1917. It was the Feast of Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament…

Prayers from Fatima

Pardon Prayer:
My God, I believe, I adore, I hope, and I love You. I implore Your pardon for those who do not believe, do not adore, do not hope, and do not love You.  Amen.

Angel’s Prayer:
Most Holy Trinity – Father, Son, Holy Spirit – I adore You profoundly and offer You the most precious Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity of Jesus Christ, present in all the tabernacles of the earth, in reparation for the outrages, sacrileges, and indifference by which He Himself is offended. And by the infinite merits of His Most Sacred Heart and those of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, I beg of You the conversion of poor sinners. Amen.

Eucharistic Prayer
Most Holy Trinity, I adore you! My God, my God, I love you in the Most Blessed Sacrament.

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Homily #111106 ( 39min) Play – To understand “I Believe”  one must understand the Church Militant. There are the good and there are the bad and there is a battle. Only Christ knows who are the “Good Catholics” and who the “Bad Catholics”. The problem in the Church today is a lack of understanding in “I Believe”.  When you fall don’t wring your hands, but get up and continue toward your God.
Ave Maria!
Mass: 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time – Sunday – Form: OF
Readings:
1st: wis 6:12-16
Resp: psa 63:2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8
2nd: 1th 4:13-17
Gsp: mat 25:1-13

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Homily #140320b ( 05min) Play – Fr. Joachim on the need strive to believe in the Word of God and to do good to others accordingly. If we do not then we will not respond even if we are given extraordinary signs that would even naturally seem to ‘prove’ the  truth of the Bible.
Ave Maria!
Mass: Thursday 2nd Week of Lent – Wkdy – Form: OF
Readings: 
1st: jer 17:5-10
Resp: psa 1:1-2, 3, 4, 6
Gsp: luk 16:19-31

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Homily #140402n ( 06min) Play – Father comments on the readings of today’s liturgy, and tells us that as the Son came to do the Father’s will, we should turn to God and seek to to His will. If we do this, we will experience the Resurrection to Eternal Life, but if we do not, we will experience the Resurrection to Eternal Death.
Ave Maria!
Mass: Wednesday 4th Week of Lent – Wkdy – Form: OF
Readings: 
1st: isa 49:8-15
Resp: psa 145:8-9, 13-14, 17-18
Gsp: joh 5:17-30

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Homily #140408b ( 05min) Play – Fr. Joachim on how Jesus told the Pharisees that unless you believe that I AM you will die in your sins.
Ave Maria!
Mass: Tuesday 5th Week of Lent – Wkdy – Form: OF
Readings: 
1st: num 21:4-9
Resp: psa 102:2-3, 16-18, 19-21
Gsp: joh 8:21-30

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Homily #140420b ( 20min) Play – Fr. John Joseph on the role of faith and belief in the resurrection in order to secure our salvation, that the grace to believe leads to more graces to believe more firmly and profess our faith in Jesus before men. As such Our Lord will profess His kinship with us before the Father.
Ave Maria!
Mass: Easter Sunday (Opt 1) – Solemnity – Form: OF
Readings: 
1st: act 10:34, 37-43
Resp: psa 118:1-2, 16-17, 22-23
2nd: col 3:1-4
Gsp: joh 20:1-9

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Homily #140430 ( 03:32 min) Play To truly believe in Jesus is to put all he taught into practice. His teaching is learned fully as we live it out and by our example teach others. Jesus teaching is himself. He is both teacher and teaching in one. To truly believe in Christ is to embrace both teaching and teacher and so strive to become like Him.
Ave Maria!
Mass: St. Pius V – Opt Mem – Form: OF
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Tour of the Catechism #19 ( 14min)

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http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/p1s2c3.htm

• Part One. The Profession Of Faith
• Section Two: The Profession Of The Christian Faith, The Creeds
• Chapter Three: I Believe In The Holy Spirit
  • Article 8. “I Believe In The Holy Spirit”
    • I. The Joint Mission of the Son and the Spirit
    • II. The Name, Titles, and Symbols of the Holy Spirit

Ave Maria!

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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, 10-25 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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Tour of the Catechism #29 ( 11min)

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http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/p123a9p5.htm

– Part One. The Profession Of Faith
– – Section Two.: The Profession Of The Christian Faith, The Creeds
– – – Chapter Three.: I Believe In The Holy Spirit
– – – – Article 9. “I Believe In The Holy Catholic Church”
– – – – – Paragraph 5. The Communion of Saints
– – – – – – I. Communion in Spiritual Goods
– – – – – – II. The Communion of the Church of Heaven and Earth
– – – – – – In Brief
– – – – – Paragraph 6. Mary–Mother of Christ, Mother of the Church
– – – – – – I. Mary’s Motherhood with Regard to the Church
– – – – – – II. Devotion to the Blessed Virgin
– – – – – – III. Mary–Eschatological Icon of the Church
– – – – – – In Brief

Ave Maria!

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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, 10-25 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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