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Fr. Bonaventure preaches the homily at the Vigil Mass on Christmas Eve at Our Lady of Guadalupe Chapel in Griswold, CT. The homily is preceded by a time-lapse video of the setting-up of the creche in the chapel.

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Homily #080314 ( 21min) Play – The Saints lives and their messages are perrenial -?their lives and their messages are for us today, however, in some things the Saints are to be admired, not imitated.
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Homily Specials #080322 ( 09min) Play – For the first time at Our Lady of Guadalupe Chapel, the Holy Saturday noontime hour was spent in devotion to our Lady, in the keeping of “The Hour of the Mother”. Fr Bonaventure explains the importance of this devotion as we continue to wait with the Coredemptrix for the victorious triumph of her Son over death. Ave Maria! +++

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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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Homily #080522 ( 00min) Play – In today’s Gospel Our Lord talks about the four last things: Death, Judgment, Heaven and? Hell. Here Jesus clearly tells us about the existence of Hell, a place of everlasting corporal punishment and so we have a strong admonition to avoid all occasions of sin.
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Homily #080601 ( 21min) Play – “We will know them by their fruit.” Fr. Bonaventure explains the two natures of this fruit, 1. Preaching the orthodox Faith and 2. Doing what is preached. Father gives many historical and Biblical examples.
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Homily #080602 ( 08min) Play – Jesus was not the Messiah that the Jews, the tenants of the vineyard, wanted and so they killed him, who was the owner’s son. So the owner took the vineyard away from these tenants. This is no different from our modern day when Jesus is being rejected because he does not fit our secular ideals.
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Homily #080603 ( 10min) Play – Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s. In this segment Fr. Bonaventure gives a homily on the meaning of Our Lord’s counsel to give to authority: “give to Caesar what is Caesar’s,” but, then give your all to God.
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Homily #080615 ( 00min) Play – Fr. Bonaventure highlights how deep the mercy of Christ is for His sheep in the account presented in the Gospel today. He points out that this mercy and compassion which leads Our Lord to die for His sheep is the key mark that distinguishes a good pastor from bad and motivates the good ones to feed their sheep with the true, unchanging doctrine entrusted to the apostles and their successors. From this basis he launches into a critique of modern culture and politics that fall far short of the mark.
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Homily #080616 ( 08min) Play – In today’s Gospel Our Lord tells us to turn the other cheek when we are struck. Fr. Bonaventure explains that this does not mean that we should be pacifists, doormats, that should compromise everything, even truth, rather than defend ourselves but rather that we should put away the old natural law of vengeance and replace it with patience out of love of neighbor.
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