Homily #100613 ( 17min) Play – Fr. Bonaventure preaches on today’s Gospel where Our Lord teaches about forgiveness. He explains that sins committed by King David and Mary Magdalene in the readings are no different than those committed today and so we are very much in need of forgiveness today, not falling into despair, but turning to the Lord with a repentant heart.
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Mary Vitamin for July 22nd
Feast of St. Mary Magdalen

Topic: Gaining the affection of Mary by practicing courtesy

Quote:
St. Alphonsus di Liguori
Saint Gregory Nazianzen assures us that there is nothing by which we can with
greater certainty gain the affection of Mary then by charity towards our
neighbor.
St. Alphonsus di Liguori, The Glories of Mary, (Tan Books), 479.

Meditation:
The charity and courtesy of St. Mary Magdalen

Why was St. Mary Magdalene unable to recognize the risen Christ? Why did she not
recognize the Messiah after the Resurrection if she was one of the few that
recognized the Messiah when “there was no beauty”? Was the Lord testing St. Mary
Magdalene’s charity? Did He want to leave a testimony of her great love? She
treated someone to whom she thought stole the body of her Lord with great
respect. After she spoke, Jesus revealed His identity to her.

But Mary stayed outside the tomb weeping. And as she wept, she bent over into
the tomb and saw two angels in white sitting there, one at the head and one at
the feet where the body of Jesus had been.
And they said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping?” She said to them, “They have
taken my Lord, and I don’t know where they laid him.”
When she had said this, she turned around and saw Jesus there, but did not know
it was Jesus. Jesus said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you
looking for?” She thought it was the gardener and said to him, “Sir, if you
carried him away, tell me where you laid him, and I will take him.”
Jesus said to her, “Mary!” She turned and said to him in Hebrew, “Rabbouni,”
which means Teacher.
John 20:11-17

Resolution:
Today, I will work to win the affection of the Blessed Virgin Mary by speaking
with courtesy.

Marian Vow:
St. Claude de la Colombiere
We have no reason to despise anyone. A humble man sees only his own faults. It
is a sign of little virtue to notice the imperfections of others. A person may
be imperfect today who in a little while, recognizing this, may rise to great
sanctity.
Mother M. Philip, I.B.V.M., arr. & ed. The Spiritual Direction of Saint Claude
de la Colombiere,(

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It wasn’t only St. Thomas who initially doubted, but in particular, his refusal to believe and subsequent confession of faith serves for us as an especially emphatic affirmation of the invisible truth the Jesus Christ is true God and true Man: “My Lord and my God.” He stands as an example of how conversion can turn us from doubters into martyrs, for the One Who died and rose again, for our salvation.

Mass: St. Thomas the Apostle – Feast

Readings: 
1st: Eph 2:19-22
Resp: Ps 117:1, 2 0
Gsp: John 20:24-29

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Fr Terrance gives the homily at Bloomington, IN on Jul 22, 2020, on how Mary Magdalene tried to find a fulfilling love in the arms of many different men but only found it when she let Jesus into her heart. This provides a basis for discussing the differences between love and lust that is so often confused in our modern world.

Mulieris Dignitatem: http://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/apost_letters/1988/documents/hf_jp-ii_apl_19880815_mulieris-dignitatem.html

Ave Maria!

Mass: St. Mary Magdalene – Mem
Readings:  – http://usccb.org/bible/readings/072220.cfm
1st: son 3:1-4
Resp: psa 78:18-19, 23-24, 25-26, 27-28
Gsp: joh 20:1-2, 11-18

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