Homily #080706 (43min) Play – Fr. Bonaventure explains today’s Gospel reading, focusing on how it is contained in the Apostle’s Creed and then explains the importance and content of this Creed. It highlights the stupendous fact that God has become man and so gives praise to Mary his Mother while giving praise to his Father. To be able to see the importance of this creed we must be truly humble like children and like Our Lady, the Handmaid of the Lord.
Ave Maria! Mass readings
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Today’s Gospel is the Canticle of Zechariah or the “Benedictus” (LK 1:67-79). This song of thanksgiving is prayed every morning in the Church’s liturgy, and is fittingly used today to thank the Father for sending Jesus to earth. Many people – even Christians – live with a complaining spirit, and while there is much wrong with the world, the “wrongness” of our own hearts is what we need to be most concerned about. To help cultivate an attitude of thanks and praise, let us take some time out of our busy Christmas preparations to thank and praise the God for descending into our humanity.

Ave Maria!

Mass: Weekdays of Advent – Dec 24 Morning
Readings: 
1st: 2sa 7:1-5, 8-11, 16
Resp: psa 89:2-3, 4-5, 27, 29 0
Gsp: luk 1:67-79

Audio (MP3)

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Psalm 100: The joyful song of those entering God’s temple

The Lord calls his ransomed people to sing songs of victory (Saint Athanasius).

Cry out with joy to the Lord, all the earth.
Serve the Lord with gladness.
Come before him, singing for joy.

Know that he, the Lord, is God.
He made us, we belong to him,
we are his people, the sheep of his flock.

Go within his gates, giving thanks.
Enter his courts with songs of praise.
Give thanks to him and bless his name

(note: it is that joy in the Lord that dispels despondency; it is something the enemy of souls hates…)

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CCC # 2623-2649 – Fr. Mahan continues his Tour of the Catechism of the Catholic Church where it teaches on prayer in the age of the Church, starting from the time of Pentecost onward as the Holy Spirit inspires the early Church to many rich forms of prayer life. He covers the use of the Old Testament Psalms and the forms of prayer: Blessing, Adoration, Petition, Intercession, Thanksgiving, and Praise.

Part Four – Christian Prayer
– Section One – Prayer in The Christian Life
– – Chapter One – The Revelation of Prayer
– – – Article 3 – In The Age of The Church – # 2623 – http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/p4s1c1a3.htm
– – – – I. Blessing and Adoration
– – – – II. Prayer of Petition
– – – – III. Prayer of Intercession
– – – – IV. Prayer of Thanksgiving
– – – – V. Prayer of Praise

“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 111 videos, 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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In the homily today (Jan 29), Fr. Matthias expands on the first reading from Hebrews, explaining that for our works to be good and perfect, they must be done for the sole purpose of pleasing God, according to His will. Citing St. Alphonsus Liguori, Father offers four indications for determining if our works are done to please God alone.

Ave Maria!

Mass: Tuesday 3rd Week of Ordinary Time – Wkdy

Readings: 
1st: Heb 10:1-10
Resp: Ps 40:2, 4, 7-8, 10, 11
Gsp: Mk 3:31-35

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See St. Alphonsus treatise on “The Practice of the Love of Jesus Christ” (https://www.basilica.ca/documents/2016/10/St.%20Alphonsus%20Liguori-The%20Practice%20of%20the%20Love%20of%20Jesus%20Christ.pdf)

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Fr Ignatius gives the homily at Bloomington, IN on Feb 06, 2021, on how Jesus is the Great Shepherd of the sheep and leads them to the green pastures of prayer and praise which strengthens them to do good work, laboring in the vineyard of the Lord.

Ave Maria!

Mass: St. Paul Miki and companions – Mem
Readings: Saturday 4th Week of Ordinary Time – http://usccb.org/bible/readings/020621.cfm
1st: heb 13:15-17, 20-21
Resp: psa 23:1-3, 3-4, 5, 6
Gsp: mar 6:30-34

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Fr Ignatius gives the homily at Bloomington, IN on May 18, 2021, on the feast of St. Felix of Cantalice on how the best response to blasphemy or evil speech that is so common today is to responded with joyful praise of God, which is what St Felix did a half-millennium ago.

Ave Maria!

Mass: St. Felix of Cantalice – Feast
Readings:  – https://bible.usccb.org/bible/luke/12#50012021
Gsp: luk 12:22-31

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Fr Terrance gives the homily at Bloomington, IN on Feb 18, 2022, on how on the 14th Mark of Charity, on how love hopes all things, as he continues his series on the Marks of Charity based on 1 Corinthians 13:4-8

Definition expectation of something good

We should go from hope to hope, not pleasure to pleasure

Love believes that no one is hopeless

Faith is opposed to infidelity and hope is security against despair.

People despair because they lose hope

Hope is the assurance of things hoped for.

Head and heart again as in faith

Faith is confidence in God, trust, heart, hope is putting our hope in God, again the heart

Pagans had no hope, “Eat during and be merry, for tomorrow we die”

Epicureans a philosophy of despair, pleasure is the only thing worth living for, like today

We must go beyond this as the Good News of the Bibles tells us of the resurrection

There is something better beyond the grave, this hope is quite central and its foundation

CCC  2662   faith, hope, and charity are the sources of prayer http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/para/2662.htm

We hope to get good things from Him

To expect prayers of petition

To avoid despair and frustration ask God and Our Lady to give the spirit of gratitude to God for all he has done for us and even the crosses

Gratitude is often the missing key in our lives

CCC 1817 http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/para/1817.htm

Hope is linked to grace

We often put too much stress on things of this world

Hope puts our hearts in the right place when we hope in God

Love hopes all things

More from this series, Marks of Charity:
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Marks of Charity are from First Corinthians Chapt 13 – https://bible.usccb.org/bible/1corinthians/13

Ave Maria!

Mass: Friday 6th Week of Ordinary Time – Wkdy
Readings:  – http://usccb.org/bible/readings/021822.cfm
1st: jam 2:14-24, 26
Resp: psa 112:1-6
Gsp: mar 8:34-9:1

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The Life of St. Peter Regalado, Confessor, First Order (d. 1486) for the Franciscan Saint of the Day for Mar 30. Peter was born at Valladolid, Spain of noble parents and became a preacher and reformer of the Franciscan order, practicing much penance and fasting and helping the poor, and many miracles were attributed to him.

Reflection is on the praises from people that can often be deceitful and harmful to the soul.

For more on St. Peter Regalado:

– https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_de_Regalado
– https://www.roman-catholic-saints.com/saint-peter-regalado.html
– https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11766b.htm

Also on Youtube: https://youtu.be/IxiHXXIKV_c

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

Playlist of Franciscan Saints: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TxcAETrU_k&list=PLejh_e0-LN4wErRczZGry4TXytCZFiLCm

Ave Maria!

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