Homily #100329 ( 08min) Play – Mary Magdalene and the crowds of Jews at Bethany recognized Jesus as the Messiah and gave public witness to this in the Gospel today. Fr Bonaventure focuses on the need to give this public witness of our devotion to the King of Kings especially when he is hated by the powerful of the world.

Ave Maria! Mass readings
1: Isa 42:1-7
R: Ps 27:1-3,13-14
G: Jn 12:1-11

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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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Homily #100727 ( 07min) Play – Fr. Bonaventure preaches on the parable of the wheat and the tares where Our Lord sows good seed but His enemy sows bad seed by night. Father points out that this is primarily referring to heretical teaching, and those who do not repent of their errors will end in eternal fire on the final judgment.
Ave Maria! Bl. Mary Magdalene of Martinengo – Tuesday in the 17th Week in Ordinary Time – Mass: OF, – Readings:
1st: jer 14:17-22
Resp: psa 79:8, 9, 11, 13
Gsp: mat 13:35-43

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Homily #110428 ( 05min) Play –

Ave Maria!

Mass: Extraordinary Form: Feria V infra octavam Paschae – Victricem Manum Tuum

Readings:

Lesson: Acts 8:26-40

Gospel: John 20:11-18

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Homily #130325 ( 07min) Play – Fr. George exhorts us to amend our lives like the great sinner who showed such great love for Christ, St. Mary Magdalene.

Ave Maria!
Mass: Monday in Holy Week – Ferial – Form: EF, Iudica Domine
Readings: 
1st: isa 50:5-10
Gsp: joh 12:1-9

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Homily #130404 ( 04min) Play – Fr. Dominic explains that, like St. Mary Magdalene, if we want to love Jesus we must strive with all our hearts to seek Him anywhere we can find Him.

Ave Maria!
Mass: Feria V infra octavam Paschae – Ferial – Form: EF, Victricem Manum Tuum
Readings: 
1st: act 8:26-40
Gsp: joh 20:11-18

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Two Pillars #4 ( 05min) Play – The Eucharist and Mary Magdalene and then the Blessed Virgin Mary and the importance of visiting others.

Meditations read in front of the exposed Blessed Sacrament for our Daily Holy Hour at our Bloomington, Indiana friary from the two books: “Real Presence” by St Peter Julian Eymard and “Imitation of Mary” by Alexander de Rouville

Ave Maria!

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Two Pillars #5 ( 00min) Play – The Eucharist and Mary Magdalene and then the Blessed Virgin Mary and the importance of visiting others (continued).

Meditations read in front of the exposed Blessed Sacrament for our Daily Holy Hour at our Bloomington, Indiana friary from the two books: “Real Presence” by St. Peter Julian Eymard and “Imitation of Mary” by Alexander de Rouville

Ave Maria!

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Two Pillars #6 ( 06min) Play – The Eucharist and Mary Magdalene and then the Blessed Virgin Mary and Holy Conversations.

Meditations read in front of the exposed Blessed Sacrament for our Daily Holy Hour at our Bloomington, Indiana friary from the two books: “Real Presence” by St Peter Julian Eymard and “Imitation of Mary” by Alexander de Rouville

Ave Maria!

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Homily #140414 ( 07:44 min) Play Mary Magdalene used perfumed oil to anoint the head and feet Jesus. The fragrance of the oil represents faith. The act of anointing Christ’s head and feet represents the acknowledgment of the Perfect Righteousness of Jesus. Conversely the objection of Judas is a negation of the perfect righteousness of Christ and an objection to Christ’s divine mercy.
Ave Maria!
Mass: Monday Holy Week – Wkdy – Form: OF
Readings: 
1st: isa 42:1-7
Resp: psa 27:1, 2, 3, 13-14
Gsp: joh 12:1-11

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