Homily #080912 ( 15min) Play – The name of Mary is a terror to demons and a delight to angels. Every time the name of Mary is uttered devoutly then grace comes into the world.
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Homily #090912 ( 08min) Play – This feast of the Holy Name of Mary was instituted to commemorate the victory of Christian forces led by King John Sobieski against the Muslims who were attacking Vienna, Austria. Father relates this to our interior spiritual battle and how we should invoke the name of Mary to win extraordinary victories.
Ave Maria! Readings EF – 1st: ecc 24:23-31 – Gsp: luk 1:26-38

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The Sweetness of the Name of Mary during Life and Death.

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St Camilla de Lellis urged the members of his community to remind the dying often to utter the holy names of Jesus and Mary.  Such was his custom when assisting people in their last hour.  When he himself came to die he gave an edifying example of confidence in the holy names.  His biographer relates that when death was approaching, the saint invoked the sweet names of Jesus and Mary with such tender devotion that all present were inflamed with love for the sacred names.  With his eyes fixed on the images of Jesus and Mary, and his arms crossed on his breast, an expression of heavenly peace rested on his face when his soul took its flight.  His last words were the sacred names of Jesus and Mary.

PRAYER

O great Mother of God and my Mother Mary, it is true that I am unworthy to name you; but you, love me and desire my salvation, must, notwithstanding the impurity of my tongue, grant that I may always invoke your most holy and powerful name in my aid, for your name is the succor of the living, and the salvation of the dying.  Ah, most pure Mary, most sweet Mary, grant that henceforth your name may be the breath of my life.  O Lady, delay not to help me when I invoke you, for in all the temptations which assail me, and in all my wants, I will never cease calling upon you, and repeating again and again, Mary, Mary.  Thus it is that I hope to act during my life, and more particularly at death, that after that last struggle I may eternally praise your beloved name in heaven, O clement, O pious, O sweet Virgin Mary.  Ah, Mary, most amiable Mary, with what consolation, what sweetness, what confidence, what tenderness, is my soul penetrated in only naming, in only thinking of you!  I thank my Lord and God, who for my good, has given you a name so sweet and deserving of love, and at the same time so powerful.  But, my sovereign Lady, I am not satisfied with only naming you, I wish to name you with love:  I desire that my love may every hour remind me to call on you, so that I may be able to exclaim with St Bonaventure, “O name of the Mother of God, you are my love.”  My own dear Mary, O my beloved Jesus, may your most sweet names reign in my heart, and in all hearts.  Grant that I may forget all others to remember, and always invoke, your adorable names alone.  Ah! Jesus my Redeemer, and my Mother Mary, when the moment of death comes when I must breathe forth my soul and leave this world, deign, through your merits, to grant that I may then pronounce my last words, and that they may be, “I love You, O Jesus; I love you, O Mary; to you do I give my heart and my soul.”

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MaryCast Specials #171 ( 11min) Play – Dr. Miravalle exhorts us to proclaim the Holy Name of Mary. He outlines the many times in history were major battles and Church crisis were won through the intersession of Our Lady and how we need to do so again in our difficult times.

To ask questions regarding Mary, email Dr Mark Miravalle: mary@motherofallpeoples.com

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Homily #120912 ( 05min) Play– On this feast of the Holy Name of Mary, Fr. Bonaventure explains how the holy name of Mary is the terror and fright of demons, and the joy of saints and sinners alike. Ave Maria!

Mass: The Most Holy Name of Mary – Feast – Form: OF
Readings: 
1st: gal 4:4-7
Gsp: luk 1:39-47

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A Day With Mary #76 – ( 12min) >>> Play

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“The Holy Name of Mary”: Sermon by Fr Gabriel Polo FI. A Day With Mary. Lanherne Convent, Catholic Church of St Mawgan-in-Pydar, Newquay, Cornwall, England. Saturday 4 May 2013.http://www.adaywithmary.org

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Homily #130912b ( 12min) Play – Fr. Elias gives the homily on the feast on the  Holy Name of Mary. He reflects on St. Louis De Montfort’s words that God put all the waters of the earth in one place and called it “mare”, the sea, and put all the graces of the world in one place and called her “Mary”. He relates this to the co-redemption where God chose to become the Son of Mary and thus enabling him to die on the Cross for our Redemption and by her remaining with her Son at the foot of the Cross, she participated in the redemption like no other person and enabled all other humans to participate as well.
Ave Maria!
Mass: The Most Holy Name of Mary – Feast – Form: OF
Readings: 
1st: gal 4:4-7
Gsp: luk 1:39-47

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THE NAME OF MARY

“Who is she that cometh forth as the morning rising,  fair as the moon, bright as the sun, terrible as an army set in array?”

Mary, our sweet loving other, Can my tongue her beauty tell?  All the splendor of her glory, raised on high with God to dwell. There is naught on earth to mirror our great Queen so chaste and fair,  Yet, the silent voice of nature whispers sweetly everywhere

THE NAME OF MARY.

She, Judea’s fairest lily, purer than the mountain’s snow, Brighter than the rays of sunshine,  than the diamond’s lustrous glow. Hence I love earth’s fragrant lilies, emblems of her purity, For their rare translucent whiteness, breathes so sweetly unto me.                             

THE NAME OF MARY.

She, that modest, fragrant lily, Crystal chalice e’er unstained,

To receive the Blood of Jesus, From eternity ordained.

Hence, I love the hidden valleys, Where the whitest lilies blow,

And their magic silent voices Whisper all my heart would know,

THE NAME OF MARY.

Then the “Mystic Rose” we call her, From the ardor of her love,

Which delights the King of Heaven, And the Angel hosts above.

Hence I love to gaze in silence On the blushing rose so sweet,

For its soft and crimsoned petals, Ever to my heart repeat

THE NAME OF MARY.

She is called the “Star of Morning.” Fairer than the moon, we say,

Stronger than a mighty army Set in battle’s long array.

Hence I love the starlit heavens, And the brilliant Queen of Night,

For I see in gazing upward, Through that pathless field of light,

THE NAME OF MARY.

Angels bright in Heaven’s mansions Have compared their spotless Queen

To the morning dawn so lovely, Breaking on the earth serene.

Hence I love the rising incense Of the summer morning air,

When the waking mountains echo, To my heart as if in prayer,

THE NAME OF MARY.

So, as through this life I journey, All reminds me on my way,

Of that name which is of sunshine, In the dark and cloudy day.

May my tongue proclaim its glory, Sing its praise at every breath,  

When the scene of life is closing May my comfort be in death,

THE NAME OF MARY.

If on earth it is so soothing, To repeat that name in prayer,

What will be my joyous rapture When my Mother’s bliss I’ll share

Then near her bright throne in glory, All her beauty I will see,

There to praise with Angel voices Through a long eternity,

THE NAME OF MARY. 

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Homily #140912b ( 11min) Play – Fr Angelo explains how the name of Mary is full of grace and immaculate and he gives the background on the feast of the Holy Name of Mary which was instituted to commemorate the victory of Christian forces against overwhelmingly lager forces of Muslims at the siege of Vienna. Father relates this to our current situations where the practice of our faith is endangered by both secular and fundamentalist forces.
Ave Maria!
Mass: The Holy Name of the BVM – Opt Mem – Form: OF
Readings: 
1st: sir 24:17-21
Resp: luk 1:46-48, 49-50, 53-54
Gsp: luk 1:26-38

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Homily #150912 ( 07min) Play – In venerating the Holy Name of Mary, may we escape the dangers of this present age and obtain with Her life eternal. (cf. Collect of the Mass)
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Mass: The Most Holy Name of Mary – Feast – Form: OF
Readings: 
1st: gal 4:4-7
Gsp: luk 1:39-47

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