Homily #090619m ( 14min) Play – Sweet Heart of Jesus make me know and love Thee.
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Homily #090622m ( 09min) Play – It may not be long before we may be forced to choose between our lives and our faith – Sts John Fisher and Thomas More both gave their lives defending the indissolubility of marriage and the Primacy of St Peter.  Sts John Fisher and Thomas More… Pray for us.
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Homily #090626m ( 08min) Play – Father tells the story of a blind man who prayed with faith and miraculously received his sight, but later became blind again.  Father goes on, “what does it profit a man to see the whole world, but lose his soul.”  Ultimately God knows what’s best for us.
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Homily #090701m ( 10min) Play – Martyrdom is ultimately a grace, if we are given the opportunity to give witness to our faith, may we have the courage to embrace martyrdom generously out of love for Jesus and Mary.
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Homily #090706m ( 10min) Play – St. Maria Goretti was martyred by being stabbed fourteen times while defending her chastity.  Before Maria died she forgave her assailant and prayed that he would be in Heaven with her someday.  Later when the murderer was in solitary confinement, she appeared to him in a vision giving him one flower for each of the stab wounds he inflicted…  View the video to hear more of this beautiful story.
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Homily #090710 ( 10min) Play – Father John Joseph gives some counsels for those with or looking for spiritual directors.

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Homily #090719m ( 14 min) Play – Father speaks of the necessity of rest and recreation.  As St. Gregory of Nazianzen says, “a cord connot endure constant tension, and an archer needs to loosen the ends of a bow if he wants to be able to draw it again later on.”  Father also comments that we must not become forgetful of God during this rest and recreation as many often do.

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Homily #090720m ( 7 min) Play – Father John Joseph speaks about how we can’t tell God what He should do for us, but rather we should ask God for our needs as we would ask a father, knowing that He loves us.

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Homily #090729m ( 08min) Play – Father gives some very helpful counsels on hospitality, explaining that the most important part of hospitality is the dialogue with the person visiting.  

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Homily #090806m ( 10min) Play – We need to unite our sufferings with Christ.  When we are suffering, it is helpful to consider how are our sufferings like Christ’s or like Our Lady’s.
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