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Video – Fr. Angelo Geiger #6: Chivalry and Manhood

apostolate — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 17:15:54 +0000

Standing Fast #6 – Fr. Angelo exhorts the Squires and Pages to be true men of honor and true men of God (37min) >>> Play

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The Friars and the Knights of Lepanto, our lay men’s group apostolate, held our first encampment for boys on the weekend of May 25th. ‘Faith and Action’ was the driving theme, and the question asked was “How do boys become men, and how does a young man become a true man of God??? The answer comes through the practice of prayer, virtue, and chivalry, and this post is a sampling of that message, as delivered by Fr. Angelo. “Prayer and action, prayer and action, prayer and action,?? is the drumbeat of the Knights of Lepanto.

In this wonderful talk, Fr. Angelo discusses the nature and history of chivalry and knighthood in the middle ages, including the purpose of the knights and their place in society. His focus ” the meat of the talk – is on the knight’s code of ethics. To whom much is given, much is expected, and much was expected of a true knight. He was expected to use his our strengths, talents, and energies to do what is right for the common good. Father draws on illustrations from the Chronicles of Narnia and the Lord of the Rings to illustrate the sense of our nobility as knights and children of God.

Life is an adventurous battle. When King Arthur sat down with his knights for dinner, he would insist that no one eat until an adventure happens. Getting up and facing our challenges everyday with courage is part of the adventure, it’s part of the battle. Everything is at stake is our battle because we are battling for our very souls. The reality of life is that we either win everything (heaven) or we suffer a complete defeat in hell.

Please take the time to listen to this wonderful instruction, and take notes!

Ave Maria!

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This is My Beloved Son…

Sr. JosephMary f.t.i. — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 19:00:25 +0000

Ave Maria Meditations

And behold a voice from heaven saying: This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. (Mt.3:17)

The prophecies of the Old Testament are fulfilled in the New Testament:

(Is.42:1) Behold, my servant, whom I uphold; my chosen, in whom my soul delights.

God the Father: (Mt. 17:5) from the cloud there came a voice which said, “This is my Son, the Beloved; he enjoys my favour. Listen to him.”

The Mother of Jesus: (Jn.2:5) His mother said to the servants, ‘Do whatever he tells you’.

(Gen.22:8) And Abraham said, My son,God will provide himself a lamb.

(John 1:35-36) The next day again John…beholding Jesus walking, he said: Behold the Lamb of God.

(Ex.13:21) And the LORD went before them…by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light…

John the Baptist: (Mt. 3:11) He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.

(Is.49:1-3) Listen…you peoples: Yahweh has called me from the womb…he made mention of my name: and he has made my mouth like a sharp sword…and he said to me, You are my servant; Israel, in whom I will be glorified.

(Lk. 1:31) You are to conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you must name him Jesus.

(Mt.1:21) She will give birth to a son and you must name him Jesus, because he is the one who is to save his people from their sins.

(Heb.4:12) For the word of God is living and effectual and more piercing than any two edged sword.

(Is.42:7) That thou mightest open the eyes of the blind.

(Lk.7:20-22) And when the men were come unto him, they said: John the Baptist hath sent us to thee, saying: Art thou he who is to come? Or look we for another? And in that same hour, he cured many of their diseases and hurts and evil spirits: and to many that were blind he gave sight.) And answering, he said to them: Go and relate to John what you have heard and seen: the blind see…

(Mt.12:22) Then was offered to him one posessed with a devil, blind and dumb: and he healed him, so that he spoke and saw.

(Jn.9:1,7) And Jesus passing by, saw a man who was blind from his birth.And said to him: Go, wash in the pool of Siloe. He went therefore and washed: and he came seeing.

(Is.49:6) Behold, I have given thee to be the light of the gentiles, that thou mayst be my salvation even to the farthest part of the earth.

(Lk.2:32) He shall be a light to the revelation of the gentiles and the glory of thy people Isreal.

(Jn.9:5) I am the light of the world.

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Video – Dr Mark Miravalle – MaryCast Specials #1: Pope Benedict XVI Talks About The Role of Mary in The Project of Salvation

apostolate — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 19:36:12 +0000

Marycast Specials #1 ( 10min) Play – During the 16th World Day of the Sick on February 11, The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI gives his strongest statement yet on the direct participation of Our Lady in the Redemption of the world at Calvary.“Mary is a model of total self-abandonment to the will of God: she received in her heart the eternal Word and she conceived it in her virginal womb; she trusted in God and, with her soul pierced by a sword (cf. Lk 2:35), she did not hesitate to share the passion of her Son, renewing on Calvary at the foot of the Cross her ‘Yes’ of the Annunciation.”

Ave Maria!

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Video – No Apologies #36: Claims of Divinity

apostolate — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 17:08:23 +0000

No Apologies #36 – There is no doubt about Christ’s claims. ( 06min) >>> Play	?
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Ave Maria!

Today we look at 3 ways in which Christ claimed to be divine: By being “one with the Father”, by being the “Supreme Lawmaker”, and by accepting?the adoration of others.

Ave Maria!

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Video – No Apologies #37 – Claims of Divinity 2

apostolate — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 17:08:33 +0000

No Apologies #37 – Jesus made Himself equal to the Father. ( 8min) >>> Play

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Today we present 3 more proofs of Jesus’ claim to be divine! From His own lips, from being called “The Son of God”, and from seeing that the apostles clearly understood what their Master taught. Ave Maria!

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Apr 1 – Homily – Fr Bonaventure: The Key for Living Life in this World

apostolate — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 15:25:46 +0000

Homily #080401 ( 06min) Play – “The Son of Man must be lifted up” (Jn 3:14) for eternal life tells us of the love of God the Father and the key for living life in this world.
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Apr 22 – Homily – Fr Bonaventure: Peace which only Christ can Give

apostolate — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 11:42:22 +0000

Homily #080422 ( 06min) Play – Christ can give the only true peace because He is the one who made the sacrifice and has risen from the dead to be with His Father. He gives the grace of this sacrifice through the sacraments and the teaching of the Church which he has guaranteed be giving Her the grace of infallibility centered on the pope.
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May 18 – Homily – Fr Angelo: Trinity Sunday

apostolate — Sun, 18 May 2008 15:18:52 +0000

Homily #080518 ( 15min) Play – The Father who sent the Word of Truth and the Spirit of Holiness into the world in order to reveal the life giving and glorious doctrine of Trinity and Unity, revealing God Himself. This Trinity Sunday Fr Angelo contrasts this Trinitarian doctrine to the old Paganism that it displaced.
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June 28th – Homily – Fr. Angelo: St. Irenaeus

apostolate — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 13:18:56 +0000

Homily #080628 ( 08min) Play – St Irenaeus was a disciple of St. Polycarp, who himself was a disciple of St. John the Apostle. The first reading was incorrectly read and father Angelo makes reference to this reading in this homily. It was from Genesis.

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Jul 05 – Homily – Fr Angelo: Funeral Mass for Thom and Marc Girard

apostolate — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 00:40:38 +0000

Homily #080705 ( 11min) Play – At this funeral Mass for Thom and Marc Girard at St. Mary’s Church in Baltic we learn of the power of faith in the resurrection to give hope in the face of such loss. Thom was faithful to God and family, truly living his vocation as Father, husband and Knight of Lepanto and imbued this faith to his family. Marc, Thom’s eldest son, received from this faith the desire to give himself to God as a Knight of Lepanto and as a friar here in the Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate, planning on entering this August. Through this faith he had the strength to try to save his Father and his family had the strength to endure this tragedy with calm and hopeful joy. Fr. Angelo reads part of the Knights of Lepanto induction ceremony which Thom wrote (really a first draft) knowing that his son Marc will be the first to go through the new ceremony last May at the Knight’s Encampment. Farewell, good knights. Farewell, good friends.
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