Recording Failed – In today’s Gospel Our Lord brings salvation to Zacheus of Jericho. Fr. Bonaventure preaches on how Jericho is a symbol of sinfulness that has been conquered by Christ’s presence. This place was one of the most ancient cities in the world and was the lowest place below sea level that is inhabited by man and so is a symbol of Hell. The citizens were devotees of the lunar deities and practiced the associated vices, ones that would cause people to loose their mind, becoming literally lunatics.  He connects this with the culture of modern decadent cities using Chapter 2 of the Book of Wisdom and how Christ is needed just as before for bringing the Kingdom of God to these bastions of Satan.
Ave Maria! 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time – Mass: OF, – Readings:
1st: wis 11:22-12:1
Resp: psa 145:1-2, 8-9, 10-11, 13, 14
2nd: 2th 1:11-2:2
Gsp: luk 19:1-10

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Homily #111116k ( 05min) Play – Being the bride of Christ includes being one in mind with Christ.
Ave Maria!
Mass: St. Agnes of Assisi – 3rd Cl – Form: EF,
Readings:

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Homily #150809b ( 19min) Play – Fr. Alan explains the nature of faith, that it is virtue of practiced, habitual ascent of the mind to the truths of Christ. This requires grace from God and our own human effort which involves prayer for more grace. This virtue is the opposite and antidote to the vice of doubt, the mindset of willful resistance to the truth.
Ave Maria!
Mass: 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time – Sunday – Form: OF
Readings: 
1st: 1ki 19:4-8
Resp: psa 34:2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9
2nd: eph 4:30-5:2
Gsp: joh 6:41-51

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In the homily today (Feb 13, Wednesday 5th Week of Ordinary Time), Fr. Maximilian comments on Our Lord’s teaching that sin comes from within us, from the thoughts and desires we freely nourish in our heart and mind. Such interior sins can turn us away from God and lead us to sinful exterior acts. We must be on guard against such defilement, through careful exercise of the will guided by a conscience well-formed in Truth, constantly seeking grace and remembering to invoke the intercession of the Mediatrix of All Graces, the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Ave Maria!

Mass: Wednesday 5th Week of Ordinary Time – Wkdy

Readings: 
1st: Gen 2:5-9, 15-17
Resp: Ps 104:1-2, 27-28, 29-30
Gsp: Mk 7:14-23

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Fr Ignatius gives the homily at Bloomington, IN on May 04, 2022, on how there are three ways to “see” the Lord, with the bodily eyes, the eye of the mind, and sacramentally in the Blessed Sacrament, and how Our Lady experienced these ways and believed, and by believing she was saved, as we will be.

Ave Maria!

Mass: Wednesday 3rd Week of Easter – Wkdy
Readings:  – http://usccb.org/bible/readings/050422.cfm
1st: act 8:1-8
Resp: psa 66:1-7
Gsp: joh 6:35-40

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Fr Terrance gives the homily at Bloomington, IN on Jan 31, 2023, on what is spirituality as he starts his new series on Franciscan Spirituality.

Matthew 18: 3 – He https://bible.usccb.org/bible/matthew/18?3

Teachable spirit leads to sanctity

Following book Foundations of Franciscan Spirituality, by Fr. Marciano Ciccarelli, OFM

What is spirituality? involves spirit

St Paul we have flesh and spirit, Soul CCC 363  – http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/p1s2c1p6.htm#363

CCC 367 ordered to a supernatural end Soul is united like

Tertullian – body, soul and Holy Spirit – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tertullian

Perfecting our souls, which is the noble part of human nature

Genesis creation God breathed into Adam his spirit – Gen 2: 7 – https://bible.usccb.org/bible/genesis/2?7

Made in the image of God Gen 1: 26-27 – https://bible.usccb.org/bible/genesis/1?26

We are incarnate spirits, but the soul is what makes us persons and not made of parts, rational and give life to our body

Linked to the body but orientated to God

Alpha and Omega, start and finish, Goal rev 1: 8 Plan is to go to God in heaven and only we can ruin this through sin. – https://bible.usccb.org/bible/revelation/1?8

Made in the likeness and image of God

3 powers intellect memory will is like a trinity, pale reflection of God

Bonaventure and Augustine, our ability to know and love God in a manner that God knows and loves himself is also part of divine likeness

Divine Grace is the life of God in us, makes us more like God, sanctifying grace

Original Sin of Adam is what extinguished this grace

but although we are crippled there is still the image of God, likeness is gone, but still have three powers to know God

and Jesus redeems us giving back are life giving grace, our likeness to God.

Grace is a pure gift. Grace now is for future glory

There is predestination as Paul states but not as Calvin would understand it

No one is predestined for Hell but there are some predestined for Heaven. rom 8: 28-30 – https://bible.usccb.org/bible/romans/8?28

We are destined for heaven through the way that is Jesus

How? 2 things needed, free will plus God’s grace equals true spirituality

Knowledge is good but also must love the truth that we know, need to embrace truth and grace of God with our will.

Our sanctification is God’s work of art.

Ask Mary, Queen of the Seraphic (Franciscan) Order to guide us during this series and help us choose to cooperate more fully with God’s grace

This is the will of God, our sanctification 1 thes 4: 3 – https://bible.usccb.org/bible/1thessalonians/4?3

This is a continuation of his series of homilies on Franciscan Spirituality – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNN151zTIO4&list=PLejh_e0-LN4xgMllKrzSasL2Hljd5BHom

The material for this series comes primarily from Ciccarelli, Marciano M., “I capisaldi della spiritualità francescana” in Italian, which translates as “The Cornerstones of Franciscan Spirituality”. No English translations exist at the time of this recording.

Ave Maria!

Mass: St. John Bosco – Mem
Readings:  – http://usccb.org/bible/readings/01312023.cfm
1st: phi 4:4-9
Resp: psa 103:1-4, 8-9, 13-14, 17-18
Gsp: mat 18:1-5

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