Homily #100115 ( 05min) Play – Fr. Ignatius explains how St Paul the Hermit (229-342) showed extraordinary zeal and devotion by spending almost one hundred years of his very long life in the deserts of Egypt, alone with God. Then he asks why should this be so extraordinary.
Ave Maria! St. Paul the First Hermit, Confessor – Mass: EF, Iustus Ut Palma – Readings: 1st: phi 3:7-12 – Gsp: mat 11:25-30

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MaryCast Specials #100 ( 10min) Play – Dr. Mark Miravalle continues with his overview the prophecies of Our Lady of All Nations from 1945  to 1959 that mention Cairo, Egypt. He goes into some more detail of these prophecies including the landing on the moon, the setting up and tearing down of the iron curtain in the cold war that will be followed by a downward spiral into “degeneration , disaster and war” that will involve economic, political and spiritual distress in Europe and beyond at a time when abnormally severe natural disasters become common. This will result in a global catastrophe if we do not turn back to Christ and embracing the Cross. She also predicts a new division in the world involving the Middle East, specifically mentioning Cairo, Egypt.

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Ave Maria!

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MaryCast Specials #101 ( 11min) Play – Dr. Mark Miravalle continues with his overview of the prophecies of Our Lady of All Nations from 1945  to 1959 that mention Cairo, Egypt being associated with a new division in the world. She also predicts a downward spiral into “degeneration , disaster and war.” and the need to convert, pray, and do penance to avoid a global catastrophe. He discusses whether these prophesies could be describing current events and the role of America in this process.

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Ave Maria!

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Homily #130807b ( 08min) Play – Fr. Elias on the lives of the Franciscans Bls. Agathangelus and Cassian who went to the Copts, the Christian Egyptians, who are still schismatic to this day. They gave there lives for the cause of reuniting them, giving witness to the importance of Christian unity.
Ave Maria!
Mass: Bls. Agathangelus and Cassian – Opt Mem – Form: OF
Readings: Wednesday 18th Week of Ordinary Time
1st: num 13:1-2, 25-14:1, 26-29, 34-35
Resp: psa 106:6-7, 13-14, 21-22, 23
Gsp: mat 15:21-28

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Homily #140321b ( 11min) Play – Fr. Elias exhorts us to follow the example of Joseph of the Old Testament who was sold into slavery by his own brothers, yet remained faithful to God throughout and was rewarded by being made minister of all of Egypt.

Ave Maria!
Mass: Friday 2nd Week of Lent – Wkdy – Form: OF
Readings: 
1st: gen 37:3-4, 12-13, 17-18
Resp: psa 105:16-17, 18-19, 20-21
Gsp: mat 21:33-43, 45-46

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Fr Ignatius gives the homily at Bloomington, IN on Mar 02 on how God can make good out man’s evil. He refers to the bothers of Joseph who sold him as a slave but results in the salvation of them all. He relates this to Christ and His redeeming death.

Ave Maria!

Mass: Friday 2nd Week of Lent – Wkdy
Readings: 
1st: gen 37:3-4, 12-13, 17-18
Resp: psa 105:16-17, 18-19, 20-21 0
Gsp: mat 21:33-43, 45-46

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Ave Maria!  Pope Tawadros II has just celebrated the 50th anniversary Mass commemorating the Virgin Mary’s appearance over an Orthodox church in Zeitoun, Cairo, an apparition approved both by the Coptic Church and by the local Syrian Catholic Patriarch.

This apparition of the Virgin Mary is to this date the most public apparition in history, as over a million people of all religious backgrounds saw her at Zeitoun over the course of two years.  She was filmed and photographed by the international press, and stories ran about the apparition even in secular papers worldwide.

In his homily, Pope Tawadros II interpreted Mary’s appearance as a consolation to Egyptians on account of their recent defeat at the hands of Israel in 1967.  Other Copts have interpreted the apparition as a preparation for the fierce persecutions Christians have endured in Egypt in subsequent decades.  The Virgin Mary herself was completely silent throughout each of her mysterious but extremely public appearances at Zeitoun.

On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the great apparition of Virgin Mary in in Egypt, Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria said that the historical event was a message of love from God to Egyptians.

The apparition of the Virgin in Egypt in 1968 was a message of condolence to all Egyptians following the defeat of the Egyptian army to Israel in June 1967, Pope Tawadros said during his speech on Thursday. “The country was in a difficult situation, but God bestowed his love on all Egyptians,” he added.

Pope Twadros illustrated that the holy virgin kept on appearing intermittingly over a period of two years, adding that her appearance in Egypt was accompanied by several miracles that were hailed and witnessed by millions around the world.

The Pope continued: “The Egyptian government then decided to allocate the land facing the church at which Virgin Mary appeared to establish a great cathedral named after her.”

Al-Zaitoun district was one of the key stops of the Holy Family’s journey.

“There are people living among us who witnessed the apparition of Virgin Mary; the church is still one of the most important and most visited places for Egyptians and tourists,” the pope concluded.

In 2011, Egypt also witnessed another remarkable sighting of the Virgin at a Coptic Orthodox Church in Warraq Island, Cairo, which came following a bomb attack that targeted the Alexandria-based Saints Church of St. Mark & Pope Peter on Christmas eve; the attack killed about 21 Copts.

Source: Egypt celebrates 50th anniversary of Virgin Mary apparition – Egypt Today

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Ave Maria!  In Egypt, high ranking Muslim government leaders joined Coptic clergy and the laity in an event honoring the Holy Family’s journey through Egypt.  This reminds me of how earlier this year, in Jordan, many Muslim government leaders joined Christian clergy at the celebration of the Feast of the Annunciation, to show solidarity and try to bring increased harmony between Christians and Muslims.

When Constantine became the Emperor of Rome, he knew a divided Christendom was against his political interest, for a divided Empire would be more unstable, so he called for the Council of Nicaea to bring unity.  The efforts of these Muslim governments to increase unity may well be motivated by a similar political interest.  In Egypt, acts of unity and solidarity like this have potential to increase peace, which of course is better for tourism, a cornerstone of the Egyptian economy.  Egypt and Jordan also are deeply involved in battling against Islamist terrorists within their own borders, and public acts showing solidarity between Christians and Muslims may help these governments to erode radical militants’ support groups.

Muslim officials’ public acts of participation in Marian Christian religious celebrations are very interesting to me, and may in part be a fruit of the prayers so many people are making for peace.

Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark celebrated on Sunday the Holy Family Journey at Virgin Mary Church in Maadi district, Southern Cairo.

The national anthem was played and documentaries featuring the Holy Family Journey in Egypt were displayed.

The event was attended by the ministers of antiquities, tourism, and culture and a raft of officials, statesmen as well as ambassadors.

In his speech, Pope Tawadros II said the Holy Family settled at the location where the Virgin Mary Monastery and church were later built by the Nile, before they continued their journey in Upper Egypt passing by Assiut and Minya.

Pope Tawadros II stressed that Egypt is beautiful for its people and monuments, praising the concert and the documentary film presented by the church.

“This is a purely Egyptian celebration, which shows the richness of the country’s history, nature and culture,” he said, expressing his happiness at raising awareness among Egyptians about the journey of the Holy Family.

Source: Pope Tawadros II marks Holy Family Journey at Virgin Mary Church – Egypt Today

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Fr Ignatius gives the homily at Bloomington, IN on Jun 14, 2020, on how Jesus will guide us and sustain us through the desert of our life so long as we don’t forget Him. In this way, we will provide the spiritual nourishment, especially in the eucharist, so that we can get to the promised land of heaven where we will see him for all eternity.

Ave Maria!

Mass: Corpus Christi – Solemnity
Readings:  – http://usccb.org/bible/readings/061420.cfm
1st: deu 8:2-3, 14-16
Resp: psa 147:12-13, 14-15, 19-20
2nd: 1co 10:16-17
Gsp: joh 6:51-58

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The life of Serv. of God Illuminatus of Rieti, Confessor, First Order (d. 1266) for the June 24th Franciscan Saint of the Day. He was from Italy and was cured by St Francis of blindness in his youth and later became one of his closest followers and accompanied him on his trip to the Holy Land.

Reflection is on the need to follow the inspirations of God in order to be truly enlightened.

Read by Fr. Terrance Chartier, FI from Marion Habig’s “The Franciscan Book of Saints” Revised Edition, Franciscan Herald Press, ISBN: 978-0819907516

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