Homily #100509t ( 10min) Play – We choose Mary and we ask her to form us for God. Mary only leads us to Him, there is nothing in her to distract us from complete union with Him. The scapular of Mary is our life-preserver in this turbulent world.

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Prayer to Our Lady of Mt. Carmel:  O Mary, Queen and Mother of Carmel, I come today to consecrate myself to you, for my whole life is but a small return for the many graces and blessings that have come from God to me through your hands. Since you look with special kindness on those who wear your Scapular, I implore you to strengthen my weakness with your power, to enlighten the darkness of my mind with your wisdom, and to increase in me Faith, Hope and Charity that I may repay each day my debt of humble homage to you.

May your Scapular bring me your special protection in my daily struggle to be faithful to your Divine Son and to you. May it separate me from all that is sinful in life and remind me constantly of my duty to imitate your virtues. From now on, I shall strive to live in God’s Presence, and offer all to Jesus through you. Dearest Mother, support me by your never-failing love and lead me to paradise through the merits of Christ and your own intercession. Amen.

A bit of history on Our Lady of Mt. Carmel:

The apparition of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, the patroness of the Carmelite Order, begins with St. Simon Stock. St. Simon lived in England and was born in the twelth century. Tradition has it that he lived in the trunk (stock) of a tree and this is how he came to be called. After joining the Carmelite Order he went to Mt. Carmel in the Holy Land, later returning to England.  St. Simon was the superior of the Carmelites at age 82 in 1247 from Aylesford, England. He would live to be 100 years old!

It was in 1251 on July 16th that Our Lady of Mt. Carmel appeared to St. Simon with the brown scapular in her hand and holding the Christ Child. She said to him:

“Take, beloved son, this scapular of thy Order as a badge of my confraternity and for thee and all Carmelites a special sign of grace; whoever dies in this garment, will not suffer everlasting fire.  It is the sign of salvation, a safeguard in dangers, a pledge of peace and of the covenant.”  

The brown scapular continues to be the most popular of all scapulars. The apparition was approved by Pope Sixtus V in 1587.

Another brief explanation of the scapular is given as follows: The Brown Scapular is a Roman Catholic devotion to Mary under her title of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. It is worn as a sign of love and devotion for the Mother of God. The Carmelite Order, to which the Scapular belongs, originated on Mt. Carmel in the Holy Land and the Scapular is itself a reflection in miniature of the habit (scapular: a sleeveless outer garment falling from the shoulders) which the monks wear as a sign of their vocation and devotion. Over the years the scapular, at least for lay people, became much reduced in size to but small pieces of wool cloth suspended front and back.

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Homily #120716 ( 08min) Play – We should manifest our devotion to the Blessed Virgin by the graces she offers, ie the brown scapular. Fix your eyes of her who will guides us through this life to the life that is to come.
Ave Maria!
Mass: Our Lady of Mount Carmel – Opt Mem – Form: OF
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Homily #140716n ( 04min) Play – On this Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Father Maximilian comments on the numerous aids to our salvation which Our Lady has acquired for us out of Her Maternal solicitude.  Let us gratefully take up the Rosary, wear the Brown Scapular, and gratefully incorporate all these helps towards our salvation that Mary, our Mother and Advocate, has given us.
Ave Maria!
Mass: Our Lady of Mount Carmel – Feast – Form: OF
Readings: Wednesday in the 15th Week in Ordinary Time
1st: isa 10:5-7, 13-16
Resp: psa 94:5-6, 7-8, 9-10, 14-15
Gsp: mat 11:25-27

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Homily #150716n ( 07min) Play – Father tells us of the tradition that there was a company of hermits which gathered on Mount Carmel in the Holy Land after Elijah destroyed the priests of Baal and prayed for rain to come down after three years of complete drought. These hermits were devoted to praying for the coming Messiah and the woman who would become his mother. When Joseph, Mary, and Jesus returned to Nazareth after their exile in Egypt, they stopped and revealed the Messiah to the monks, who were there after devoted to Jesus and His Mother Mary, and are know known as the Carmelite Order. Today we also remember the giving of the Brown Scapular to the Carmerite Order, and Father encourages us all to wear it faithfully, for it reminds us that we are Children of Mary, and that we wear the “yoke of Christ”.
Ave Maria!
Mass: Our Lady of Mount Carmel – Feast – Form: OF
Readings: Thursday 15th Week of Ordinary Time

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Fr. Elias on the three Saints that are honored by the Church today and how they in different ways point out the mercy of God. St. Margaret of Cortona the Third Order Franciscan who led a sinful life until she came to her senses and repented. St. Simon Stock who lived a hermetical life and then became a Carmelite and then the minster general. He was given the brown scapular by Our Lady through which Our Lady gave so much mercy to the human race. Finally, St. John Nepomucene who died as a martyr because he would not break the seal of confession, the sacrament of mercy.

Ave Maria!

Mass: St. Margaret of Cortona – Mem
Readings: Monday 7th Week of Ordinary Time
1st: jam 3:13-18
Resp: psa 19:8, 9, 10, 15 0
Gsp: mar 9:14-29

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On the Feast of Our Lady of Fatima (May 13, 2019), Fr. Alan explains that at Fatima in 1917, Our Lady gave the prophecy of God’s solution to today’s crisis. Incorporating the Fatima prophecy with the constant teaching of the Church and her intentions expressed at Vatican II, in 2001 Pope St. John Paul II gave the Church its mission orientation for the new millennium: embark on the New Evangelization.

Ave Maria!

Mass: Our Lady of Fatima – Opt Mem

Readings:

1st: Is 61:9-11

Resp: Ps 45:11-12, 14-15, 16-17

Gsp: Lk 11:27-28

More on the Readings: http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/0513-memorial-our-lady-fatima.cfm,  http://dev.airmaria.com/r?m=1071

Other materials referenced:
– The Evangelizing Phenomenon of Fatima According to Father Hardon (https://store.lifeeternal.org/products.asp?p=3811),
– USCCB resources on the New Evangelization (http://www.usccb.org/beliefs-and-teachings/how-we-teach/new-evangelization/index.cfm),
– “What is the New Evangelization?” by Greg Willits (http://www.catholictv.org/the-new-evangelization),
– Catholic News Agencey article: “Fatima’s Prophetic Mission Not Complete (https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/fatimas-prophetic-mission-not-complete-pope-declares-on-solemnity)

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On the Feast of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel (Jul 16, 2019), Father Andre explains how the English translation of today’s Gospel (“Your mother and your brothers are standing outside”- Mt. 12:47) is reconciled with the dogmatic teaching that Mary is the Ever-Virgin mother of only one Son: Jesus Christ.

In the second part of the homily, Father instructs on the value of the Brown Scapular, a unique means of grace sufficient for obtaining eternal salvation. Many cases are known of the grace of final contrition and sacramental reconciliation being given, against all odds, to persons visited by death while faithfully wearing the scapular.

Ave Maria!

Mass: Our Lady of Mount Carmel – Opt Mem

Readings:
1st: Zec 2:14-17
Resp: Lk 1:46-47, 48-49, 50-51, 52-53, 54-55
Gsp: Mt 12:46-50

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In the homily on the memorial of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary (Oct 7, 2019), Fr. Alan explains the power of the Rosary as a prayer and gift of Marian mediation, per God’s holy design for the salvation of man.

The Rosary Coast to Coast on October 13 offers an excellent opportunity to harness the power of the Holy Rosary for the good of our nations and of the Church, and of the embattled institutions of marriage and the family.

See more on the Rosary Coast to Coast at rosarycoasttocoast.com (https://rosarycoasttocoast.com/)

Pope St. John Paul II’s apostolic letter Rosarium Virginis Mariae: (https://w2.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/apost_letters/2002/documents/hf_jp-ii_apl_20021016_rosarium-virginis-mariae.html)

For more on St. Louis Marie Grignon de Montfort’s The Secret of the Rosary: https://www.rosarycenter.org/homepage-2/rosary/secret-of-the-rosary/

Mass: Our Lady of the Rosary – Mem

Readings: 
1st: Act 1:12-14
Resp: Lk 1:46-55
Gsp: Lk 1:26-38

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Fr Josemaria gives the homily at Bloomington, IN on Sep 05, 2020, the first Saturday of the month, and reflects on Fatima and how Our Lady points to the brown scapular and the Rosary as the means by which she will give special graces.

Ave Maria!

Mass: Saturday in the 22nd Week in Ordinary Time – Wkdy
Readings:  – http://usccb.org/bible/readings/090520.cfm
1st: 1co 4:9-15
Resp: psa 145:17-18, 19-20, 21 0
Gsp: luk 6:1-5

More on the Readings: http://dev.airmaria.com/r?m=935

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