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Jun 22nd – Homily – Fr Angelo: Original Sin and Truth

apostolate — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 17:43:53 +0000

Homily #080622 ( 22min) Play – The greatest paradox of our faith is the Cross. Foolishness? St Paul says that the foolishness of men is the wisdom of the Cross! Without an appreciation of Original Sin we will never understand the world we live in. People are slaves of their vices because they have learned to rationalize their choices. We use our mind to convince ourselves that good is evil and evil is good. The only way out of this pattern is Christ.
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I Am The Immaculate Conception

Sr. JosephMary f.t.i. — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 19:00:14 +0000

Ave Maria Meditations

“I am the Immaculate Conception” :

words of Our Lady to St. Bernadette

on March 25, 1858.

Ineffabilis Deus: Apostolic Constitution issued by Bl. Pope Pius IX on December 8, 1854

“We declare, pronounce and define that the doctrine which holds that the most Blessed Virgin Mary, in the first instance of her conception, by a singular grace and privilege granted by Almighty God, in view of the merits of Jesus Christ, the Savior of the human race, was preserved free from all stain of original sin, is a doctrine revealed by God and therefore to be believed firmly and constantly by all the faithful.”

God Ineffable — whose ways are mercy and truth, whose will is omnipotence itself, and whose wisdom “reaches from end to end mightily, and orders all things sweetly” — having foreseen from all eternity the lamentable wretchedness of the entire human race which would result from the sin of Adam, decreed, by a plan hidden from the centuries, to complete the first work of his goodness by a mystery yet more wondrously sublime through the Incarnation of the Word. This he decreed in order that man who, contrary to the plan of Divine Mercy had been led into sin by the cunning malice of Satan, should not perish; and in order that what had been lost in the first Adam would be gloriously restored in the Second Adam. From the very beginning, and before time began, the eternal Father chose and prepared for his only-begotten Son a Mother in whom the Son of God would become incarnate and from whom, in the blessed fullness of time, he would be born into this world. Above all creatures did God so loved her that truly in her was the Father well pleased with singular delight. Therefore, far above all the angels and all the saints so wondrously did God endow her with the abundance of all heavenly gifts poured from the treasury of his divinity that this mother, ever absolutely free of all stain of sin, all fair and perfect, would possess that fullness of holy innocence and sanctity than which, under God, one cannot even imagine anything greater, and which, outside of God, no mind can succeed in comprehending fully.

For the entire encyclical see

http://www.papalencyclicals.net/Pius09/p9ineff.htm

Tota Pulchra es

Was the Blessed Virgin conceived in sin? The answer is no, for as Augustine writes: “When sin is treated, there can be no inclusion of Mary in the discussion.” And Anselm says: “It was fitting that the Virgin should be resplendent with a purity greater than which none under God can be conceived.” Purity here is to be taken in the sense of pure innocence under God, such as was in Christ.

The contrary, however, is commonly asserted on two grounds. First, the dignity of her Son, who, as universal Redeemer, opened the gates of heaven. But if Blessed Mary had not contracted original sin, she would not have needed the Redeemer, nor would He have opened the door for Her because it was never closed. For it is only closed because of sin, above all original sin.

In respect to this first ground, one can argue from the dignity of her Son as Redeemer, Reconciler, and Mediator, that she did not contract original sin.

For a most perfect mediator exercises the most perfect mediation possible in regard to some person for whom he mediates. Thus Christ exercised a most perfect act of mediation in regard to some person for whom He was Mediator. In regard to no person did He have a more exalted relationship than to Mary. Such, however, would not have been true had He not preserved her from original sin.

Blessed John Duns Scotus

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Video – Fr. Alessandro Apollonio: De Putativo Peccati Originalis Mariae Debito

apostolate — Fri, 08 May 2009 08:01:26 +0000

Short Series #34 – Fr. Alessandro Apollonio ( 48min) >>> Play

Ave Maria!

In the ninth presentation at our International Centenary Symposium on the Mariology of Bl. John Duns Scotus held in Durham, England, Fr. Alessandro Apollonio discusses “De Putativo Peccati Originalis Mariae Debito”. The talk is in English.

Ave Maria!

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Video – Tour of the Catechism #12 – The Fall

apostolate — Tue, 18 Mar 2014 13:38:07 +0000

Tour of the Catechism #12 ( 25min)

Paragraphs 385-421

http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/p1s2c1p7.htm

Part One. The Profession Of Faith
Section Two.: The Profession Of The Christian Faith, The Creeds
Chapter One. I Believe In God The Father
- Article 1. “I Believe In God The Father Almighty, Creator Of Heaven And Earth”
  - Paragraph 7. The Fall
    - I. Where Sin Abounded, Grace Abounded All the More
    - II. The Fall of the Angels
    - III. Original Sin
    - IV. “You Did Not Abandon Him to the Power of Death”
    - In Brief

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“Tour of the Catechism of the Catholic Church” is given by Fr. Daniel J. Mahan, S.T.L., pastor of St. John the Apostle Catholic Church in Bloomington, Indiana, and St. Jude the Apostle in Spencer. He will cover the entire Catechism in about 80 videos, 10-25 minutes long each, giving an outline of the content along with clear easy to follow explanations. It will be based on the 2nd Edition of the Catechism.

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Video – Abp. Chaput – A Burden that Lifts us to God – CONF 254

apostolate — Thu, 31 Jul 2014 02:25:53 +0000

Conferences #254 – ( 15min) >>> Play

For the 2014 Courage Conference in Philadelphia, Abp. Charles Chaput, O.F.M. Cap., Archbishop of Philadelphia, gives the opening homily where he reflects on original sin and how much easier it would be if the fall did not happen, but points out how the current burden of fighting sin in our lives is actually quite bearable and even enables us to fly to the Heart of God. To learn more about Courage go to Couragerc.org

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Feb 13 – Homily – Fr Alan: Knowledge of Original Sin

apostolate — Fri, 13 Feb 2015 12:30:14 +0000

Homily #150213b ( 11min) Play – Fr. Alan explains how before Adam and Eve sinned they only had knowledge of good. After eating of the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil they also had knowledge of evil, and this corrupted them, and also us, their progeny, and death entered the world. The antidote is the Cross of Christ, the Tree of Life. This we must take up and follow Him.
Ave Maria!
Mass: Friday 5th Week of Ordinary Time – Wkdy – Form: OF
Readings:
1st: gen 3:1-8
Resp: psa 32:1-2, 5, 6, 7
Gsp: mar 7:31-37

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Video – 14 – Immaculate Conception – Mariology for Everyone

apostolate — Sat, 29 Aug 2015 12:52:23 +0000

Mariology for Everyone #14 ( 23min) Play – The Third Marian dogma to be declared is the Immaculate Conception which is one of the more controversial Dogmas in regard to the process by which is came to be accepted.

– 1854 declared a dogma by Pope Pius IX
– The nature of Conception
– Transmission of original sin
– What gifts did Adam and Eve have, Natural and Preternatural and Supernatural
– What was lost during the fall, Preternatural and Supernatural
– What is gained by sacramental grace from redemption
– How all this applies to Mary and her Immaculate Conception
– Role of free will and temptation
– Relation to her Assumption
– How the Immaculate Conception is a preservative redemption
– Sanctity of Joseph

This series is a complete 50 part introductory course on Mary presented by Dr. Miravalle, a theology professor specializing in Mariology, who has been teaching at the Franciscan University of Steubenville for over 25 years. General topics are as follows:

– Mary as revealed in the Sacred Scriptures, taught and explained by the Church Fathers, the Saints, and the Church’s documents
– the proper ways to show childlike love and devotion to the Blessed Mother of Jesus;
– Church’s official teaching on Marian apparitions over the centuries.

Also on:

http://www.mariantimes.com/category/mariology-for-everyone/

https://vimeo.com/user9740938

Ave Maria!

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Dec 04 – Homily – Fr Peter: Spiritual Blindness

Griswold Friars — Fri, 04 Dec 2015 17:23:10 +0000

Homily #151204 ( 03min) Play – Blindness is a reminder of the spiritual blindness we come into the world with. The cure of the two blind men of the reminds us of more miraculous cure we receive in baptism and our need to deepen our awareness of the presence of Jesus, especially in the Holy Eucharist.
Ave Maria!
Mass: St. John Damascene – Opt Mem – Form: OF
Readings: Friday in the 1st Week in Advent
1st: isa 29:17-24
Resp: psa 27:1, 4, 13-14
Gsp: mat 9:27-31

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Mar 01 – Homily – Fr Ignatius: Ashes to Ashes

apostolate — Wed, 01 Mar 2017 12:04:30 +0000

Fr. Ignatius on the meaning and significance of the ashes of Ash Wednesday and the penance of Lent.

Ave Maria!

Mass: Ash Wednesday – Wkdy
Readings:
1st: joe 2:12-18
Resp: psa 51:3-4, 5-6, 12-13, 14, 17
2nd: 2co 5:20-6:2
Gsp: mat 6:1-6, 16-18

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Oct 27 – Homily – Fr Josemaria: Virtue of Purity

apostolate — Fri, 27 Oct 2017 11:04:47 +0000

Fr. Ignatius on the virtue of purity and how even the saints had to be watchful, mortify themselves and make frequent use of the sacraments in order to overcome the concupiscence due to original sin.

Ave Maria!

Mass: Friday 29th Week of Ordinary Time – Wkdy
Readings:
1st: rom 7:18-25
Resp: psa 119:66, 68, 76, 77, 93, 94 0
Gsp: luk 12:54-59

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