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Video – Fr. Angelo – Face of Pro-life#3: The March of the Culture of Death

apostolate — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 14:33:18 +0000

Face of Pro-life #3 – Fr. Angelo and Corinn Dahn on the state of Pro-Life>>> Play

Ave Maria!

The swearing in of a Democratically-controlled Congress in 2006 was a setback for the Culture of Life. Today’s public assault against the virtue of chastity and the sanctity of family life began in 1965 with the Supreme Court case of Griswold vs. Connecticut that legalized contraception. Ever since then, emotions have trumped right reason in the public discourse. Without a total conversion of our own hearts, others will never see the light of truth, and the slaughter of innocents, the trivializing of sexuality, and the emptiness of our cultural experience will continue. In this program, Fr. Angelo and Corinn touch on all the consequences of electing a party whose foundation rests on the principles of the Culture of Death.

Ave Maria!

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Video – Roving Reporter #1 – Fr. Don Calloway MIC: Conversion Story

apostolate — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 22:36:13 +0000

Roving Reporter #1 – Friar Roderic Mary F.I. with Fr. Don Calloway MIC in Steubenville, Ohio. >>> Play

Ave Maria!

Our Roving Reporter and AirMaria Vlogmaster, Friar Roderic Mary, recently tracked down Fr. Don Calloway MIC, in Steubenville, Ohio. Father was kind enough to squeeze in two interviews for us in the short space of time he had to spare between two other meetings.

This week’s interview is about Fr. Don’s conversion story (the short version that is!). Listen to this incredible story about how Mary works to bring about a major spiritual transformation.

Ave Maria!

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Video – Face of Pro-Life#14: Witness, Healing from Abortion Part 2

apostolate — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 03:23:22 +0000

Face of Pro-Life #14 – Lisa Martin finishes her testimony with host Corinn Dahm. (29min) >>> Play

Ave Maria!

Lisa Martin continues her moving testimony of her conversion from being a pro-choice practitioner of New Age Paganism who had three abortions to being a pro-life Catholic. Find out how the mercy of God and the unexpected compassion she experienced from pro-life Catholics gave her the ability to get past the pain of abortion when nothing else could. She also shares her thoughts on abortion in cases of rape, having gone through it herself. Thank you, Lisa, for your courageous witness!

Ave Maria!

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May 16 – Homily – Fr Bonaventure: St. Margaret of Cortona

apostolate — Fri, 16 May 2008 12:40:53 +0000

Homily #080516 ( 00min) Play – St. Margaret of Cortona became to be known as the second Mary Magdalen. After living a sinful and scandalous life for nine years she was led by her dog to the slain body of her paramour. She had a miraculous conversion and ultimately ended her life as a true penitent and great Saint.
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Video – Dr Mark Miravalle – MaryCast Historical Highpoints of Mary Coredemptrix #9: Lourdes & Fatima

apostolate — Sat, 17 May 2008 15:34:42 +0000

Marycast Historical Highpoints of Mary Coredemptrix #9 ( 10min) Play – Dr Mark Miravalle addresses the question, “How does Mary Coredemptrix fit into the monumental historical events of Lourdes (France, 1858) and Fatima (Portugal, 1917)?”
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To ask questions regarding Mary, email Dr Mark Miravalle: marycast@airmaria.com

To order the book this series is based, click: With Jesus: The Story of Mary Co-Redemptrix

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Video – Dr Mark Miravalle – MaryCast Historical Highpoints of Mary Coredemptrix #10: Fatima, Sr Lucia & Mary Coredemptrix

apostolate — Mon, 19 May 2008 07:05:35 +0000

Marycast Historical Highpoints of Mary Coredemptrix #10 ( 10min) Play – Dr Mark Miravalle delves deeper into the messages surrounding Fatima and specifically the messages revealed to Sr Lucia in 1925 identifying Mary as the Coredemptrix for the human race. Ave Maria! +++

To ask questions regarding Mary, email Dr Mark Miravalle: marycast@airmaria.com

To order the book this series is based, click: With Jesus: The Story of Mary Co-Redemptrix

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Jun 29 – Homily – Fr Angelo: Sts. Peter and Paul

apostolate — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 15:37:13 +0000

Homily #080629 ( 22min) Play – Fr. Angelo Geiger, FI preaches the homily on the Feast of Sts. Peter and Paul focusing on the primacy of Peter and how he and his successors are the authoritative head of the Church and how Paul as the main preacher to the Gentiles represents the missionary spirit of the Church. Both Peter and Paul were martyred on this day as a sign to us of the need for unity of both authority and evangelical spirit in order to bring conversion to the true faith.

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Jul 04 – Homily – Fr Ignatius: Mortal Sin & The Call to Salvation

apostolate — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 13:33:11 +0000

Homily #080704 ( 11min) Play – The Lord calls everyone to faith and baptism, that is to salvation. Also, each person has a specific mission within the Church and then sanctify himself in that state of life. Ave Maria! Mass readings +++

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No Age Requirements for Holiness: St. Maria Goretti

Sr. JosephMary f.t.i. — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 02:10:19 +0000

ST. MARIA GORETTI (1890-1902) FEAST DAY IS JULY 6TH

At the tender age of 12 this pious and hardworking young girl was attacked by a 19 year old man who wished to rape her. She fought him off, telling him this was a sin and he could go to hell. He began to stab her, and would stab her 14 times. She would survive for 2 days in the hospital and died after having forgiven him and asking God to forgive him. Holding a Crucifix and a medal of Our Lady, the holy young girl gave her soul to God.

The man was convicted of this terrible crime and spent years in prison. For many years unrepentant, he later saw a vision of Maria that led to his conversion. He would be there in person when she was canonized in Rome in 1950. The girl’s mother was also there and following Maria’s example, she also forgave her killer.

Maria was not quite 12 when she died to preserve her purity. How we need her prayers for our young people today!

It is well known how this young girl had to face a bitter struggle with no way to defend herself. Without warning a vicious stranger burst upon her, bent on raping her and destroying her childlike purity. In that moment of crisis she could have spoken to her Redeemer in the words of that classic, The Imitation of Christ: “Though tested and plagued by a host of misfortunes, I have no fear so long as your grace is with me. It is my strength, stronger than any adversary; it helps me and give me guidance.” With splendid courage she surrendered herself to God and his grace and so gave her life to protect her virginity.The life of a simple girl – I shall concern myself only with highlights – we can see as worthy of heaven. Even today people can look upon it with admiration and respect. Parents can learn from her story how to raise their God-given children in virtue, courage, and holiness; they can learn to train them in the Catholic faith so that, when put to the test, God’s grace will support them and they will come through undefeated, unscathed, and untarnished.From Maria’s story carefree children and young people with their zest for life can learn not to be led astray by attractive pleasures which are not only ephemeral and empty but also sinful. Instead they can fix their sights on achieving Christian moral perfection, however difficult that course may prove. With determination and God’s help all of us can attain that goal by persistent effort and prayer.

Not all of us are expected to die a martyr’s death, but we are all called to the pursuit of Christian virtue.

So let us all, with God’s grace, strive to reach the goal that the example of the virgin martyr, Saint Maria Goretti, sets before us. Through her prayers to the Redeemer may all of us, each in his own way, joyfully try to follow the inspiring example of Maria Goretti who now enjoys eternal happiness in heaven.

from a homily by Venerable Pope Pius XII at the canonization of Saint Maria Goretti

St. Maria Goretti Novena Prayer

Child of God,
You who at an early age
knew life?s harshness and toil,
its sorrows and brief joys;
You who were poor, an orphan,
who loved your neighbour tirelessly,
making yourself a humble and attentive servant;
You who were kind and good, without pride,
who loved Love above all else;
You who shed your blood
so as not to betray the Lord;
You who forgave your assassin
wishing him in Paradise;

Intercede and pray for us to the Father,
so that we may consent to his holy will for us.

You who are God?s friend and see him face to face obtain the grace we are seeking from you?

We thank you Marietta, for the love of God and neighbor that you have sown in our hearts.

Amen.

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I Offer My Life for the Conversion of My People

Sr. JosephMary f.t.i. — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 00:00:39 +0000

Ave Maria Meditations

August 9th: St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein)

But we have the Savior not only in the form of reports of witnesses to his life. He is present to us in the most Blessed Sacrament. The hours of adoration before the Highest Good and the listening for the voice of the eucharistic God are simultaneously “meditation on the Law of the Lord” and “watching in prayer.” But the highest level is reached “when the Law is deep within our hearts” (Ps 40:8), when we are so united with the triune God whose temple we are, that his Spirit rules all we do or do not do. Then it does not mean we are forsaking the Lord when we do the work that obedience requires of us. Work is unavoidable as long as we are subject to nature’s laws and to the necessities of life. And, following the word and example of the apostle Paul, our holy Rule commands us to earn our bread by the work of our hands. But for us this work is always merely a means and must never be an end in itself. To stand before the face of God continues to be the real content of our lives.

The legend of the (Carmelite) Order tells us that the Mother of God would have liked to remain with the hermit brothers on Mount Carmel. We can certainly understand that she felt drawn to the place where she had been venerated through the ages and where the holy prophet had lived in the same spirit that also filled her from the time her earthly sojourn began. Released from everything earthly, to stand in worship in the presence of God, to love him with her whole heart, to beseech his grace for sinful people, and in atonement to substitute herself for these people, as the maidservant of the Lord to await his beckoning this was her life.

from the writings of St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross

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Edith Stein was born of Jewish parents in 1891. She was a brilliant young woman, earing her doctorate in philodophy at the age of 25. With the witness of the strong faith of some Catholic friends, she began to study the Catholic faith, converting in 1922. The love of God was all consuming and she entered the Carmelite Order in 1934 taking the name Teresa Benedicta of the Cross. She offered her life for the conversion of her people, the Jews. When World War II broke out, she had to leave the Germany but later was arrested by the Germans and sent to Auschwitz where she was gassed on August 9, 1942, slightly less than a year after St. Maximilian Kolbe was also murdered there. St. Edith Stein was canonized in 1998.

Whatever did not fit in with my plan did lie within the plan of God. I have an ever deeper and firmer belief that nothing is merely an accident when seen in the light of God, that my whole life down to the smallest details has been marked out for me in the plan of Divine Providence and has a completely coherent meaning in God’s all-seeing eyes. And so I am beginning to rejoice in the light of glory wherein this meaning will be unveiled to me.

Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross

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