Homily #100712 ( 00min) Play – In today’s Mass we honor St. Gualbert, who abandoned earthly knighthood, after Our Lord rewarded him miraculously for forgiving an enemy under heroic circumstances.  St. Gualbert became a monk, fought against simony, and later founded an very austere form of benedictine life.

The story of St. Gualbert reminds us that the knighthood of Christ and true Catholic militancy is found, not in pulling down of strongholds (2 Cor 10:4), but in the spiritual might of the Lord that frees us from selfishness.

Ave Maria! St. John Gualbert, Abbot – Mass: EF, Os Iusti – Readings: 1st: sir 45:1-6 – Gsp: mat 5:43-48

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The saints who live among us | SouthCoastToday.com.

August 14, 2010 12:00 AM

NEW BEDFORD — Trappist monk and author Thomas Merton wrote, “Oh my God! You see what a barren and desolate place this world is —- send us saints!”

The answer to his prayers, our city is blessed by the good works of saints.

Walk along our streets, and you’ll see Mother Teresa’s nuns in their white and striped-blue habits, ministering in our neighborhoods.

Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta sent her order, the Missionaries of Charity, to New Bedford, and on June 14, 1995, she visited the city, worshipped at the Church of St. Lawrence Martyr and touched the lives of countless SouthCoast residents.

Dressed in simple gray robes with sandaled feet, the Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate reach out to this city’s homeless and forgotten, and offer spiritual guidance to a constant stream of strangers who wander through the doors of Our Lady’s Chapel in downtown New Bedford. More …

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Homily #130527 ( 08min) Play – St. Bede “the Venerable” was a monk known for his great teaching and writing, as the “father” of English history, and is attributed for the designation “A.D.” He is the only native Englishman declared a Doctor of the Church.
Ave Maria!
Mass: St. Bede the Venerable, Confessor, Doctor – 3rd Cl – Form: EF, In Medio Ecclesiae
Commemoration: St. John I, Pope and Martyr
Readings: 
1st: 2ti 4:1-8
Gsp: mat 5:13-19

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Homily #130605b ( 11min) Play – Fr. Elias on the life of St. Boniface a Benedictine monk who spread the faith throughout Germany and Europe.
Ave Maria!
Mass: St. Boniface – Mem – Form: OF
Readings: Wednesday 9th Week of Ordinary Time
1st: tob 3:1-11, 16
Resp: psa 25:2-4, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9
Gsp: mar 12:18-27

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Homily #130712 ( 07min) Play – A noble military knight, St. John Gualbert met the murderer of his brother and it was his duty to slay him, but when he begged pardon for the love of Christ which also happened to be on Good Friday, St. John embraced him as a brother in Christ and became a monk. Father explains how the many trials of life are tests of our growth in patience and meekness.
Ave Maria!
Mass: St. John Gualbert, Abbot – 3rd Cl – Form: EF, Os Iusti
Commemoration: Sts. Nabor and Felix, Martyrs
Readings: 
1st: sir 45:1-6
Gsp: mat 5:43-48

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Homily #140711n ( 09min) Play – Father Maximilian introduces us to St. Benedict, the father of monasticism. The motto given to the Benedictines is “Prayer and Work” and Father shows that by founding our daily lives with time set aside for prayer,  that lifting of the heart to God will extend throughout the whole day.
Ave Maria!
Mass: St. Benedict – Mem – Form: OF
Readings: Friday 14th Week of Ordinary Time
1st: gen 46:1-7, 28-30
Resp: psa 37:3-4, 18-19, 27-28, 39-40
Gsp: mat 10:16-23

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Homily #150820n ( 04min) Play – St. Bernard stands out as the “man of the 12th century”. Father gives us a short biography of his vocation and the effect he had in the Cistercian order and also in the knowledge of and devotion to Mary. Father shares with us the admonition of St. Bernard: “In dangers, in doubts, in difficulties, think of Mary, call upon Mary. Let not her name depart from your lips, never suffer it to leave your heart. And that you may obtain the assistance of her prayer, neglect not to walk in her footsteps. With her for guide, you shall never go astray; while invoking her, you shall never lose heart; so long as she is in your mind, you are safe from deception; while she holds your hand, you cannot fall; under her protection you have nothing to fear; if she walks before you, you shall not grow weary; if she shows you favor, you shall reach the goal.”
Ave Maria!
Mass: St. Bernard of Clairvaux – Mem – Form: OF
Readings: Thursday 20th Week of Ordinary Time
1st: jdg 11:29-39
Resp: psa 40:5, 7-8, 8-9, 10
Gsp: mat 22:1-14

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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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Ave Maria!

Mass: St. Sharbel Maklouf – Opt Mem

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