Homily #080414 ( 06min) Play – Our life in this world should be a sort of Purgatory – thirsting and longing for God – He alone who can satisfy the desire of our souls.
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Homily #080611 ( 12min) Play – Fr Ignatius outlines the many obstacles to knowing God. These include the need to respond to God in a self-sacrificing way once we accept His existence and we are not always strong enough to do this and so we need God’s help, including miracles. Links: Pius XII, Humani Generis
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Homily #080725 ( 14min) Play – Today we celebrate the Feast of St. James the Apostle, and the 40th anniversary of the Encyclical Humanae Vitae. In today’s homily Father Ignatius speaks about our disordered desire for independence from authority, and the nature of the Married State in relation to the Church’s teaching against contraception.
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Homily #080820 ( 06min) Play – On this memorial of St. Bernard of Clairvaux, Fr. Ignatius Manfredonia preaches on the virtues of this great Marian saint who reformed the Church in the 12th century.
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Homily #080821 ( 14min) Play – On this memorial of St. Pius X, Fr. Ignatius Manfredonia preaches on the life and especially the teachings against modernism of this great defender of the Church who ardently wanted to “renew all things in Christ.”
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Homily #080923 ( 12min) Play – Today we honor the feast day of St. Pio of Pietrelcina as a Solemnity since he is one of our Patron Saints here at the Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate. Listen as Fr. Ignatius Manfredonia, FI explains why we chose St. Pio as a Patron Saint and Protector of our Marian Order.
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Homily #080928 ( 14min) Play – On this Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time Fr. Ignatius Manfredonia, FI preaches on the Gospel, explaining the main theme of humility and how this virtue is based on truth and is the foundation of the entire spiritual life.
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Homily #080929 ( 09min) Play – On the Feast of Saints Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael, archangels, Fr Ignatius Manfredonia, FI explains the distinctions and roles of the archangels as compared to the other angels, demons, men and God.
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Homily #080930 ( 03min) Play – On this Memorial of St. Jerome, priest and doctor of the Church, Fr. Ignatius Manfredonia, FI preaches on the mystery of suffering and how it is conquered by the sacrifice of Christ.
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Homily #081002 ( 10min) Play – On this Feast of the Holy Guardian Angels, Fr. Ignatius Manfredonia preaches on how these angels fit into the hierarchy of creatures and then outlines their relation to us.
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