Marycast #5 ( 10min) Play – One must look to both Scripture and Tradition to understand the Revelation given by Our Lord Jesus Christ. Listen to Dr Mark Miravalle explain how every Marian truth is contained implicitly in the Bible, confirmed by Tradition and guarded by the Magisterium.

Ave Maria!

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Short Series #21 – Msgr. Calkins on Our Lady of All Nations, the Bible and Marian Coredemption ( 53min) >>> Play

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Msgr. Arthur Burton Calkins (bio) an internationally renowned Marian Theologian and an official of the Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei gave a talk titled “Our Lady of All Nations, the Woman of Genesis and the Apocalypse” at our Amsterdam Coredemption Conference on May 31, 2008. In this excellent, scholarly talk Msgr. Calkins connects the Marian apparition on Our Lady of All Nations and many other approved apparitions with that of the woman of the proto-evangelicum in Genesis and of the Apocalypse and so connects a wide spread of Marian private revelation with the entirety of Biblical Revelation all in support of the Coredemption.

For more information on the Amsterdam Coredemption Conference: http://airmaria.com/events/Amsterdam/Amsterdam.htm

The sound is a little poor at first but it improves after the first few minutes so please bear with us.

Ave Maria!

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Homily #100313 ( 07min) Play – The two readings today from the Old and New Testament both refer to women accused of adultery by evil men.
Fr. Ignatius preaches on how the accusers against Susanna in the first reading became more and more sinful as they reject opportunities to avoid sin and to have recourse to the grace that comes from prayer.
Ave Maria! Saturday of the Third Week in Lent – Mass: EF, Verba Mea Auribus – Readings: 1st: dan 13:1-9, 15-17, 19-30, 33-62 – Gsp: joh 8:1-11

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Homily #101106 ( 18min) Play – On this First Saturday devotional Mass in honor of the Immaculate Heart of  Mary we have the Gospel account of the losing of the child Jesus on the way from Jerusalem to Nazareth and the  finding in the Temple three days later. Fr. Angelo relates how Mary and Joseph did, in fact, experience grief but they did not despair nor where they completely ignorant of the meaning of Christ’s staying in the Temple contrary to modern Bible scholars. Father explains the purpose of Human knowledge as it relates to faith and to the apparitions of Mary at Fatima from whence the First Saturday Devotions come, where she tells us to offer up our suffering in reparation for the offense to her Immaculate and Sorrowful Heart of our impious age.
Ave Maria! – Mass: – Readings:
1st: jud 13:17-20, 15:9
Rsp: luk 1:46-55
Gsp: luk 2:46-51

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Homily #130419b ( 12min) Play – Fr. Elias on the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist as clearly stated in John chapter six and the connection with the Church, that it is the Mystical Body of Christ as Paul finds out on the road to Damascus.
Ave Maria!
Mass: Friday 3rd Week of Easter – Wkdy – Form: OF
Readings: 
1st: act 9:1-20
Resp: psa 117:1, 2
Gsp: joh 6:52-59

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The Catholic / patristic tradition regarding Mother of God or Theotokos (“God-Bearer”) take s a little bit of thought, but it’s not rocket science. Let’s run through a quick version of the rationale:

Luke 1:43 (RSV) And why is this granted me, that the mother of my Lord (kurios) should come to me?

John 20:28 Thomas answered him, “My Lord (kurios) and my God (theos)!”

“Lord (kurios) God (theos)”: Lk 1:6, 32, 68; 4:8, 12; 10:27; 20:37.

Therefore, “Lord (kurios) equals God (theos).

Jesus is called both in John 20:28.

Mary is mother of the Lord (Lk 1:43).

Therefore, she is the mother of God, since Lord=God.

Case closed.

Moreover, we don’t say of mothers that they are the mother of their child’s body, but of the child, and the child has a body and a soul. They didn’t create the soul; God did.

Likewise, with Jesus, Mary was the mother of Jesus, Who is God the Son. Thus, she is the Mother of God. It’s wrong and even illogical  to say she was the mother of His body. No; she was the mother of the Divine Person, Jesus, Who had a human nature and also a Divine Nature (that she had nothing to do with). But she is still the mother of the Person, regardless of that, as any mother is the mother of a person who has a soul directly created by God.

Most of the early Protestant leaders understood this and retained the terminology, but John Calvin (the one most influential on later Protestantism) did not.  He gives his reasoning in a …

more at Biblical Evidence for Catholicism: John Calvin’s Flimsy and Unbiblical Objection to the Term, Mother of God.

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Conferences #237 – ( 50min) >>> Play

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Fr. Angelo Geiger gives the first talk for our retreat at the Mother of the Redeemer Retreat Center called “Apocalypse Now” which is on Revelation, the last and most mysterious book of the Bible. In this talk he covers the historical aspect  of the book.

Reality of persecution is a current concern and not something that we don’t have to wait for and this is reflected in our literature and movies both religious and secular. We should not look at this book as a survival guide for the end times at least not in the secular sense but rather a spiritual guide, a call to holiness that begins now.

• Common Interpretations: historic, prophetic, or both
• Should not lead to fear but should have us grow in holiness.
• Liturgical overtones as a means for being prepared for difficult life
• Need to avoid sensation
• Nature of Crisis in the Bible
• The presence Mary and the Cross
• Salvation arises out of Crisis, the Cross
• Over optimism and pessimism during a Crisis
• Victory follows Crisis especially the Apocalypse
• End of the Year of Faith, End of the Liturgical year
• Jesus is Christ the King, Lord of History

All the talks of the conference in order:

• 1st Homily – Vision and Prophecy Now – http://airmaria.com/?p=39415
• 1st Talk – Surviving the Apocalypse – http://airmaria.com/?p=39420
• 2nd Talk – What the Spirit is Saying – http://airmaria.com/?p=39432
• 2nd Homily – Temple of the Lord – http://airmaria.com/?p=39450
• 3rd Talk – Rumors of War – http://airmaria.com/?p=39433
• 4th Talk – Wedding Fest of the Lamb – http://airmaria.com/?p=39434
• 5th Talk – Warrior Queen – http://airmaria.com/?p=39435
• Final Homily – Come, Lord Jesus – http://airmaria.com/?p=39469

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Homily #140209a ( 10min) Play – This is a reflection given by Fr. Giles on the readings for the 5th Sunday in Ordinary time.
Ave Maria!
Mass: 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time – Sunday – Form: OF
Readings: 
1st: isa 58:7-10
Resp: psa 112:4-5, 6-7, 8-9
2nd: 1co 2:1-5
Gsp: mat 5:13-16

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Homily #140508b ( 09min) Play – Fr. Elias explains how the scriptures teach that the scriptures need explanation which is the Tradition of the Church that tells us what the Bible means. This Tradition points to the Sacraments as the means by which grace comes to us, starting with Baptism and fed continually with the Eucharist.
Ave Maria!
Mass: Thursday 3rd Week of Easter – Wkdy – Form: OF
Readings: 
1st: act 8:26-40
Resp: psa 66:8-9, 16-17, 20
Gsp: joh 6:44-51

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