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Fr. Angelo Geiger discusses the Pro-life losses in the fall elections with hostess Corinn Dahm of “Face of Pro-Life.” He focuses on the philosophical error of relativism that is at the root of the abortion plague, including misinterpretations of the principle of separation of Church and state as well as some of the tactics of the pro-abortion media. This is the first edition of this long running series to appear on Air Maria. Thanks to Darlene Wagner for making these videos available!

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The swearing in of a Democratically-controlled Congress in 2006 was a setback for the Culture of Life. Today’s public assault against the virtue of chastity and the sanctity of family life began in 1965 with the Supreme Court case of Griswold vs. Connecticut that legalized contraception. Ever since then, emotions have trumped right reason in the public discourse. Without a total conversion of our own hearts, others will never see the light of truth, and the slaughter of innocents, the trivializing of sexuality, and the emptiness of our cultural experience will continue. In this program, Fr. Angelo and Corinn touch on all the consequences of electing a party whose foundation rests on the principles of the Culture of Death.

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Dr. Paul Byrne referring to his book Life, Life Support, and Death talks about another aspect of Pro-life, the end of life. Dr. Byrne as a neonatologists, and father of 12 children and grandfather of 27 knows the medical and practical aspects of the beginning of life. From his experience of saving babies that were actually declared brain dead he started to study the issue and discovered there is no such thing as brain death. This term was invented to enable transplantation of major organs, that is, to create a supply of organs. But here is the catch, ‘brain dead’ patients are not dead until the removal of their major organs kill them. He also points out that many patients who are declared brain dead can be saved and live a normal life. Come listen to this startling video and decide for yourself if the practice of donating major organs is morally sound.

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The fact that scientists can’t bring a corpse back to life shows that there is something beyond science which gives life to the body: our soul. This soul is a spirit, not capable of death and decay.

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Homily #080521 ( 10min) Play – To know what to do is not enough. We must actually do it. Fr. Angelo gives examples from the writings of St. Maximilian Kolbe and St. John Bosco to show that although deciding what to do is sometimes difficult, our usual difficulty in the spiritual life is mustering the strength to do what we already know needs to be done.
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Homily #080624 ( 15min) Play – The Holy Family is the basis for all true family life. Listen to Fr Bonaventure’s masterful explanation of the St John the Baptist’s defense of matrimony.
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Homily #080713 ( 19min) Play – Fr. Angelo Geiger preaches on the Parable of the Sower, explaining that Jesus is doing three things with this parable, He gives the parable, explains the need for parables and then explains the parable to the disciples. Father focuses on the fact that Jesus needed to use parables due to the hardness of our hearts and, of coarse, this is bad news because the parable itself likens hard hearts to the hardened path which was not receptive to the seed of the Words of Life. Let us pray to Our Lady, the Virgin Earth, the Fertile Ground to help soften our hard hearts and so be able to bear a rich fruit, a hundred or sixty or thirtyfold.
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Homily #080715 ( 12min) Play – Fr. Angelo preaches on the feastday of St. Bonaventure. He outlines the life and teaching of this saint and doctor, focusing on how he was a great mystic as well as a scholar and even a wise and prudent leader as Minister general of the Franciscans, refocusing them after the death of St. Francis and as Cardinal of the Church working for the unity between the East and West Church. Ave Maria!
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Fr. Pablo: Vote Pro-Life #12 ( 02min) Play – The next president has the all-important task of choosing Supreme Court judges. The sanctity of life in our country hangs on your prayers…and on your vote!
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