Homily #080428 ( 10min) Play – St. Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort preached devotion to Our Blessed Lady in order to bring the Jansenist heretics back to the Catholic faith. One of his books, True devotion to Mary, is destined to become a Catholic classic, alongside books like Imitation of Christ.
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The Voice of Christ:

MY CHILD, the more you depart from yourself, the more you will be able to enter into Me. As the giving up of exterior things brings interior peace, so the forsaking of self unites you to God. I will have you learn perfect surrender to My will, without contradiction or complaint.

Follow Me. I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life. Without the Way, there is no going. Without the Truth, there is no knowing. Without the Life, there is no living. I am the Way which you must follow, the Truth which you must believe, the Life for which you must hope. I am the inviolable Way, the infallible Truth, the unending Life. I am the Way that is straight, the supreme Truth, the Life that is true, the blessed, the uncreated Life. If you abide in My Way you shall know the Truth, and the Truth shall make you free, and you shall attain life everlasting.

If you wish to enter into life, keep My commandments.  If you will know the truth, believe in Me. If you will be perfect, sell all. If you will be My disciple, deny yourself. If you will possess the blessed life, despise this present life. If you will be exalted in heaven, humble yourself on earth. If you wish to reign with Me, carry the Cross with Me. For only the servants of the Cross find the life of blessedness and of true light.

The Disciple:

Lord Jesus, because Your way is narrow and despised by the world, grant that I may despise the world and imitate You. For the servant is not greater than his Lord, nor the disciple above the Master. Let Your servant be trained in Your life, for there is my salvation and true holiness. Whatever else I read or hear does not fully refresh or delight me.

The Voice of Christ:

My child, now that you know these things and have read them all, happy will you be if you do them. He who has My commandments and keeps them, he it is that loves Me. And I will love him and will show Myself to him, and will bring it about that he will sit down with Me in My Father’s Kingdom.

The Disciple:

Lord Jesus, as You have said, so be it, and what You have promised, let it be my lot to win. I have received the cross, from Your hand I have received it. I will carry it, carry it even unto death as You have laid it upon me. Truly, the life of a good religious man is a cross, but it leads to paradise. We have begun—we may not go back, nor may we leave off.

Take courage, brethren, let us go forward together and Jesus will be with us. For Jesus’ sake we have taken this cross. For Jesus’ sake let us persevere with it. He will be our help as He is also our leader and guide. Behold, our King goes before us and will fight for us. Let us follow like men. Let no man fear any terrors. Let us be prepared to meet death valiantly in battle. Let us not suffer our glory to be blemished by fleeing from the Cross.

+Ven. Thomas a Kempis (The Imitation of Christ, Book 3, chapter 56)

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St. Francis called St. Berard and his fellow martyrs true Friars Minor – they humbled themselves to the point of imitating Christ’s ultimate sacrifice on the Cross, and thus perfectly fulfilled their Franciscan vocation.

Mass: Sts. Berard and Companions Martyrs – Memorial

Readings: 
1st: 1 Cor 4:9-13
Resp: Ps 126:1-6 0
Gsp: Mt 10:16-22

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Fr Matthias explains that in today’s Gospel Our Lord gives us the example of how a Christian should manage anger.

Ave Maria!

Mass: St. Anthony of Egypt – Mem

Readings: Wednesday 2nd Week of Ordinary Time
1st: 1 Sam 17:32-33, 37, 40-51
Resp: Ps 144:1, 2, 9-10
Gsp: Mk 3:1-6

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As Christians, we have received much: we have been called to imitate Christ and we have been given the means of reaching this goal. This is our responsibility. We will answer to Our Lord for no more and no less than that.

Ave Maria!

Mass: Wednesday 1st Week of Lent – Wkdy

Readings: 
1st: John 3:1-10
Resp: Ps 51:3-4, 12-13, 18-19
Gsp: Lk 11:29-32

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Fr Terrance explains mercy, what it means and how we can be merciful as our heavenly Father is merciful. He explains the distinction between being judgmental and making legitimate moral judgments, and how to convert a critical spirit to one more in harmony with God’s mercy.

Ave Maria!

Mass: Monday 2nd Week of Lent – Wkdy

Readings: 
1st: Dan 9:4-10
Resp: Ps 79:8, 9, 11, 13 0
Gsp: Lk 6:36-38

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Christ teaches humility, the foundational virtue on which the life of sanctity rests. Humility helps us to acknowledge the truth about God and about our self, without putting up false fronts for the sake of appearances and is expressed through service to others.

Ave Maria!

Mass: Tuesday 2nd Week of Lent – Wkdy

Readings: 
1st: Isa 1:10, 16-20
Resp: Ps 50:8-9, 16-17, 21, 23 0
Gsp: Mt 23:1-12

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Fr Terrance explains the meaning of the word “believe” as used in today’s Gospel and in the New Testament, and how to recognize false believers.

Ave Maria!

Mass: Monday 4th Week of Lent – Wkdy

Readings: 
1st: Isa 65:17-21
Resp: Ps 30:2, 4, 5-6, 11-13
Gsp: Jn 4:43-54

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On the memorial of the Poor Clare Virgin, St. Baptista of Varano (May 30), Fr. Matthias explains the concept of Christian service. To serve others grudgingly, as an imposition, can feel like slavery; whereas to serve freely, like Our Lord, is a profound participation in His own freedom and lordship of love.

Ave Maria!

Mass: St. Baptista of Varano – Opt Mem

Readings: Wednesday 8th Week of Ordinary Time
1st: 1 Pt 1:18-25
Resp: Ps 147:12-13, 14-15, 19-20
Gsp: Mk 10:32-45

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On the memorial of St. Sharbel (Jul 24), Fr. Alan draws the connection between today’s lack of health and lack of proper Eucharistic piety (cf. 1 Cor 11:29-32). St. Sharbel sacrificed himself, like Christ, and adored Him in the Eucharist, and now has been given enormous power to heal and convert.

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Mass: St. Sharbel Maklouf – Opt Mem

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