St. Rita of Cascia united her love to that of Christ by contemplating his Passion. Christ endured his Passion, and Our Lady suffered with him at the foot of the cross, for the salvation of all men,  even those whose kill God’s people, thinking they’re worshiping Him. We must seek to learn to love our persecutors, by contemplating the Trinitarian love of God, the Passion of Christ, and the Compassion of the Mother.

The President of the United States, recently in Saudi Arabia, had something to say about the twisted understanding of God that leads some to kill Christians: “Every time a terrorist murders an innocent person and falsely invokes the name of God, it should be an insult to every person of faith. Terrorists do not worship God. They worship death.” And yet, many today are of the mind that it is good to kill Christians.

Only in the Passion of Christ can we see the Trinitarian love which saves us, and which will enable us to love our persecutors, as Jesus loves them.

Ave Maria!

Mass: St. Rita of Cascia – Opt Mem
Readings: Monday 6th Week of Easter
1st: Act 16:11-15
Resp: Ps 149:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 9 0
Gsp: Jn 15:26-16:4

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St. Veronica Giuliana underwent a kind of social death when her mystical reputation led to harsh restrictions on her personal liberty and even isolation from her community. Whatever difficulties we may have to face, Our Lord is always with us, ready to restore us to peace and joy in this life, and the Resurrection in the life to come.

Ave Maria!

Mass: St. Veronica Giuliani

Readings: Monday 14th Week of Ordinary Time
1st: Gen 28:10-22
Resp: Ps 91:1-2, 3-4, 14-15 0
Gsp: Mat 9:18-26

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“Passion of the Christ” star Jim Caviezel told CNA that he relied on scripture, daily Mass and the rosary to portray holiness on the big screen in “Paul, the Apostle of Christ.”

The film, which premieres March 23, depicts the persecution of the early Christians in Rome under Emperor Nero, along with an imprisoned Saint Paul conveying a message of hope at the end of his life.

“I thought that that was one of the greatest parts of the script,” Caviezel told CNA. “Here is a beat up old man in prison, facing execution. How can this man be a light to the world?”

“But it’s often through our struggles, our trials, our tragedies that triumph comes,” the Catholic actor said.

Caviezel plays the role of Saint Luke, who regularly visits Paul in prison to document his story while composing the Acts of the Apostles. The audience sees Luke serving the early Christian community in Rome as a physician, spiritual leader and writer.“

He [Luke] mentioned the Virgin Mary more than any other writer,” reflected Caviezel on portraying the Gospel evangelist, “I use the rosary to focus, to pray.”

Source: Paul, the Apostle of Christ movie: How the rosary helped Jim Caviezel play St. Luke

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Fr. Maximilian Warnisher explains in the homily on Jun 20 (Wednesday 11th Week of Ordinary Time) that all our good actions should be done for the love and glory of God, not for selfish interest. Jesus in the Garden exemplified this principle, which is expressed through the imagery of His Sacred Heart.

Ave Maria!

Mass: Wednesday 11th Week of Ordinary Time – Wkdy

Readings: 
1st: 2 Kgs 2:1, 6-14
Resp: Ps 31:20, 21, 24
Gsp: Mt 6:1-6, 16-18

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Ave Maria!

Fr. Angelo Geiger gives the eighth and final talk titled “Maria in Sole: Revelations 12 and the Coredemptrix” at the Marian Coredemption symposium at the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe, La Crosse, WI in 2018 on how Mary’s role as Coredemptrix is symbolized in the image of Mary clothed in the sun as depicted in Revelations 12 and in the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe. He includes astronomical phenomena of the Sun, Moon and Earth and how they relate to Christ, Mary and the Church all centered on the sacrifice of Christ with reflections from the Church doctors saints, and apparitions of Our Lady and how all this relates to the crisis in the Church of our times.

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This two day Marian Symposium was called “Mary Coredemptrix: Relevance and Remedy for Our Time” and was held at the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe, La Crosse, WI, October 12-13, 2018 on how Mary is the the Co-redeemer with Christ in that, although the redemption fully depended on Christ, Mary played a unique role.

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in conjunction with Dr. Mark Miravalle – https://www.markmiravalle.com/
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Fr Ignatius gives the homily at Bloomington, IN on Mar 17, 2021, on how the prayers of Jesus to the Father during His passion underscores the relationship between the Father and the Son who is also God, and how this relates to our redemption.

Ave Maria!

Mass: Wednesday 4th Week of Lent – Wkdy
Readings:  – http://usccb.org/bible/readings/031721.cfm
1st: isa 49:8-15
Resp: psa 145:8-9, 13-14, 17-18 0
Gsp: joh 5:17-30

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The life of Bl. John Baptist Righi of Fabriano, Confessor, First Order (1469-1539) for the Franciscan Saint of the Day for Mar 12. John Baptist was an Italian friar who lived in a cave and was known for his penance, preaching, and miraculous healings

Reflection is on meditating on the passion of Christ

For more on Bl. John Baptist Righi of Fabriano
– https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Righi
– https://www.roman-catholic-saints.com/john-baptist-righi.html
– https://catholicsaints.info/blessed-john-righi-of-fabriano/

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Read by Fr. Ignatius Manfredonia, FI from Marion Habig’s ‘The Franciscan Book of Saints’ Revised Edition, Franciscan Herald Press, ISBN: 978-0819907516

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Ave Maria!

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During the Passion, Jesus honors and glorifies His Father in an infinite measure, not only because He is the Son of God, but also because He yields Himself up to all that His Father’s justice and love demand of Him.  If He could say, in the course of his public life, that He always did the things that pleased His Father, it is especially true of those hours when, in order to acknowledge the rights of divine majesty outraged by sin and to save the world, He delivered Himself up to death, and to the death of the cross. The Father loves Him with a boundless love because He gives His life for His sheep, and because by His sufferings, by His satisfaction, He merits for us all the graces that win back for us the friendship of His Father. 

Moreover, we should love to meditate upon the Passion because it is also there in that Christ’s virtues shine forth with such brilliancy. He possesses every virtue within His soul, but the occasions of manifesting them especially arise in His Passion. His immense love for His Father, His charity for mankind, hatred of sin, forgiveness of injuries, patience, meekness, fortitude, obedience to lawful authority, compassion, all these virtues shine out in a heroic manner in these days of sorrow…

When we contemplate the sufferings of Jesus, He grants us according to the measure of our faith, grace to practice the virtues which He revealed during these holy hours.  

Blessed Columba Marmion 

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