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Jan 27 – Homily – Fr Angelo: Who are my Mother and Brothers

apostolate — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 12:55:07 +0000

Homily #090127 ( 08min) Play – Fr. Angelo explains the true nature of Our Lady’s motherhood, doing the will of God. He relates this to St. Angela Merici who’s feast day is today and who also followed the will of God and started the Ursuline Sisters.
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The Giving of One’s Life so Another Might Live

Sr. JosephMary f.t.i. — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 17:00:51 +0000

Ave Maria Meditations

St. Gianna Molla

Gianna Beretta Molla (1922-1962)

Gianna Beretta was born in Magenta (Milan) October 4, 1922. Already as a youth she willingly accepted the gift of faith and the clearly Christian education that she received from her excellent parents. As a result, she experienced life as a marvellous gift from God, had a strong faith in Providence and was convinced of the necessity and effectiveness of prayer.

She diligently dedicated herself to studies during the years of her secondary and university education, while, at the same time, applying her faith through generous apostolic service among the youth of Catholic Action and charitable work among the elderly and needy as a member of the St. Vincent de Paul Society. After earning degrees in Medicine and Surgery from the University of Pavia in 1949, she opened a medical clinic in Mesero (near Magenta) in 1950. She specialized in Pediatrics at the University of Milan in 1952 and there after gave special attention to mothers, babies, the elderly and poor.

While working in the field of medicine-which she considered a “mission” and practiced as such-she increased her generous service to Catholic Action, especially among the “very young” and, at the same time, expressed her joie de vivre and love of creation through skiing and mountaineering. Through her prayers and those of others, she reflected upon her vocation, which she also considered a gift from God. Having chosen the vocation of marriage, she embraced it with complete enthusiasm and wholly dedicated herself “to forming a truly Christian family”.

She became engaged to Pietro Molla and was radiant with joy and happiness during the time of their engagement, for which she thanked and praised the Lord. They were married on September 24, 1955, in the Basilica of St. Martin in Magenta, and she became a happy wife. In November 1956, to her great joy, she became the mother of Pierluigi, in December 1957 of Mariolina; in July 1959 of Laura. With simplicity and equilibrium she harmonized the demands of mother, wife, doctor and her passion for life.

In September 1961 towards the end of the second month of pregnancy, she was touched by suffering and the mystery of pain; she had developed a fibroma in her uterus. Before the required surgical operation, and conscious of the risk that her continued pregnancy brought, she pleaded with the surgeon to save the life of the child she was carrying, and entrusted herself to prayer and Providence. The life was saved, for which she thanked the Lord. She spent the seven months remaining until the birth of the child in incomparable strength of spirit and unrelenting dedication to her tasks as mother and doctor. She worried that the baby in her womb might be born in pain, and she asked God to prevent that.

A few days before the child was due, although trusting as always in Providence, she was ready to give her life in order to save that of her child: “If you must decided between me and the child, do not hesitate: choose the child – I insist on it. Save him”. On the morning of April 21, 1962, Gianna Emanuela was born. Despite all efforts and treatments to save both of them, on the morning of April 28, amid unspeakable pain and after repeated exclamations of “Jesus, I love you. Jesus, I love you”, the mother died. She was 39 years old. Her funeral was an occasion of profound grief, faith and prayer.

“Conscious immolation”, was the phrase used by Pope Paul VI to define the act of Blessed Gianna, remembering her at the Sunday Angelus of September 23, 1973, as: “A young mother from the diocese of Milan, who, to give life to her daughter, sacrificed her own, with conscious immolation”. The Holy Father in these words clearly refers to Christ on Calvary and in the Eucharist.

Gianna was beatified by Pope John Paul II on April 24, 1994, during the international Year of the Family.

Homily of John Paul II

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Video – OLO Lipa 2of4: Mediatrix of All Grace – Dr. Miravalle: Mcast #93

apostolate — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:45:24 +0000

Marycast #93 ( 10min) Play – Dr. Mark Miravalle continues his mini-series on Our Lady of Lipa. This episode focuses on motherhood as the central element of Mary’s title of Mediatrix of All Graces and how Mary’s motherly care helps fight battles against evil for all the brothers of Christ.

To ask questions regarding Mary, email Dr Mark Miravalle: marycast@airmaria.com

Ave Maria!

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Jan 17 – Homily – Fr Bonaventure: Family Feast of Cana

apostolate — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 20:38:34 +0000

Homily #100117 ( 24min) Play – The Gospel today is the account of the miracle at the marriage feast of Cana where Jesus turns water into wine at the request of His mother. Father explains how this passage is not a disparagement of His mother as some would say, but is, in fact, a great honoring of her as Jesus performs his first miracle in the context of a marriage and so underscores the importance of motherhood and family as the best remedy to our modern secular problems.
Ave Maria! Mass readings
1: Isa 62:1-5
R: Ps 96:1-3,7-10
2: 1 Cor 12:4-11
G: Jn 2:1-11

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Video – Face of Pro-Life #105: Leticia Velasquez Down Syndrome Book

apostolate — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 00:24:21 +0000

Face of Pro-Life #105 – Leticia Velasquez with Corinn Dahm ( 30min) >>> Play

Ave Maria!

Leticia Velasquez describes her book that she is writing on the trials and joys of being the mother of a Down Syndrome child. She covers motivations for the book, i.e. the culture against children with disabilities which she continuously runs into. She has titled the book “A Special Mother is Born” referring to herself that when her special-needs-child was born, she was reborn into a new kind of motherhood. It will consist of 24 stories of her experience both dealing with the needs of her daughter and dealing with this anti life culture. It is due out in the fall and she hopes it will give such mothers what she could not find for herself, good information about how to make the bold step to embrace this beautiful kind of motherhood. She also wants to fight against the Hitlarian eugenics culture that is obsessed with a perfect race.

Ave Maria!

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Video – Mother’s Day – Dr. Miravalle: Mcasts160

apostolate — Thu, 10 May 2012 13:50:16 +0000

MaryCast Specials #160 ( 09min) Play – For Mother’s Day (this Sunday) Dr. Mark Miravalle discusses the noble vocation of motherhood and how this relates to Mary the Mother of God as Coredemptrix, Mediatrix and Advocate.

To ask questions regarding Mary, email Dr Mark Miravalle: marycast@airmaria.com

Ave Maria!

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Video – A Day With Mary #33: Fr. Agnellus: Mother in The Order of Grace

apostolate — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 16:00:54 +0000

A Day With Mary #33 – Fr. Agnellus in Walsingham ( 13min) >>> Play

Ave Maria!

God knows that not all will cooperate with the grace He offers to each, the same with the benefit of Mary’s motherhood, not all will except this great grace.

We need to participate in the liturgy more and more perfectly with the help of Mary.

Ave Maria!

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New Advent: The case for defining the Spiritual Motherhood of Mary

apostolate — Sun, 19 May 2013 13:23:29 +0000

By Mark Miravalle

Almost one hundred years ago, the prominent Belgian prelate Cardinal Desire Mercier began an international petition drive for the papal definition of Our Lady as the Universal Mediatrix of all graces. By 1918, the renowned pioneer of both Marian and ecumenical realms had collected over 300 cardinal and bishop petitions directed to the reigning pontiff, Pope Benedict XV, for this requested fifth Marian Dogma. By the early 1920s, Fr. Maximilian Kolbe and his nascent Militia Immaculatae (“Army of the Immaculate”) joined in the movement to proclaim the Mother of Jesus as the Spiritual Mother of all peoples.

What inspired Mercier and St. Maximilian to initiate a global call of support to the Holy Father to make an infallible statement regarding Mary’s relationship with you and me?

Grace and Precedence.

Of the four existing Marian dogmas, Mary’s Motherhood of God, her Perpetual Virginity, her Immaculate Conception, and her Assumption, the last two dogmas have been solemnly proclaimed only after a lengthy petition drive from the People of God to the Roman Pontiff.

via New Advent: The case for defining the Spiritual Motherhood of Mary.

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Feb 01 – Homily – Fr Dominic: Mary Mother of God.

apostolate — Sat, 01 Feb 2014 12:55:46 +0000

Homily #140201 ( 00min) Play – The role and preciousness of motherhood with it’s love, nurturing, caring and protection is for us a tremendous gift. Mary’s role as mother of Jesus is the highest possible vocation and her role as mother to us is a guide for our spirituality to find our own vocation.
Ave Maria!
Mass: Holy Mary, Mother of the Lord – Opt Mem – Form: OF
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Dec 02 – Homily – Fr. Patrick Hyde: Advent, Mary, Parents & Prayer

apostolate — Sat, 02 Dec 2017 17:13:32 +0000

Fr. Patrick Hyde, O.P. at the beginning of Advent on how Mary and also all parents shows us how our prayer life should be with Christ. We should always engage the Lord. This involves the practice of silence and solitude with the Lord just as parents would with their child, just as Mary did with Jesus. When we spend time with the Lord this is the essence of freedom, adding beauty to our life. This homily closes out his talks at the 2017 Advent Day of Reflection at the Mother of the Redeemer Retreat Center in Bloomington, IN

For more talks from the day of reflection:
https://tinyurl.com/FrPatrickAirmaria
or https://tinyurl.com/FrPatrickYTube

Fr. Patrick Hyde is Associate Pastor and Campus Minister at St. Paul’s Catholic Center at the Bloomington Campus of Indiana University: http://www.hoosiercatholic.org/

The day of reflection took place at the Mother of the Redeemer Retreat Center in Bloomington, IN: http://www.maryschildren.com/

Ave Maria!

Mass: Saturday 34th Week of Ordinary Time – Wkdy
Readings:
1st: dan 7:15-27
Resp: dan 3:82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87 0
Gsp: luk 21:34-36

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