Homily #150410n ( 05min) Play – Father relates the commentary from Cornelius a Lapide on today’s gospel, telling us why St. John was the first to recognize Our Lord when he called from the shore.
Ave Maria!
Mass: Friday of Easter Week – Wkdy – Form: OF
Readings: 
1st: act 4:1-12
Resp: psa 118:1-2, 4, 22-24, 25-27
Gsp: joh 21:1-14

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In the homily for Jun 11 (Monday 10th Week of Ordinary Time) Fr Alan explains how to understand Our Lord’s teaching: “Blessed are the clean of heart, for they will see God.” In today’s materialistic, hypersexualized, and narcissistic culture, many are the challenges to cultivating a heart that seeks to please God alone.

Ave Maria!

Mass: St. Barnabas the Apostle – Mem

Readings: Monday 10th Week of Ordinary Time
1st: 1 Kgs 17:1-7
Resp: Ps 121:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8
Gsp: Mt 5:1-12

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Other resources:

• Catechism of the Catholic Church, paragraphs 1716-1729 and 2337-2359 (http://www.vatican.va/archive/ccc_css/archive/catechism/p3s1c1a2.htm and http://www.vatican.va/archive/ccc_css/archive/catechism/p3s2c2a6.htm )
• online Catholic Encyclopedia entry: “The Eight Beatitudes” (http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02371a.htm)
• article: “Blessed are the Clean of Heart” by Dan Burke (https://www.spiritualdirection.com/2014/10/09/blessed-are-the-clean-of-heart)
• Pastoral Letter on the Dignity of the Human Person and the Dangers of Pornography: “Blessed Are The Pure In Heart” by Bishop Robert W. Finn (https://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/view.cfm?id=7438)

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In the homily for Tuesday of the Thirteenth Week of Ordinary Time (Jul 02, 2019), Fr. Andre states the moral of the Sodom and Gomorrah story: sins against nature bring death and destruction. Sins against nature are once again prevalent in our day. Drawing on the Gospel account of Jesus sleeping in the boat during the storm, Father affirms that “mankind has entered a storm of unprecedented, high waves, yet there is nothing to fear… we are in the boat together with Our Lady and Jesus.” Consecration to Jesus through Mary is the secret to sure hope of eternal life, and spiritual security in stormy times.

Ave Maria!

Mass: Tuesday 13th Week of Ordinary Time – Wkdy

Readings: 
1st: Gen 19:15-29
Resp: Ps 26:2-3, 9-10, 11-12
Gsp: Mt 8:23-27

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Fr Josemaria gives the homily at Bloomington, IN on Aug 24, 2020, on how St. Nathaniel (Bartholomew) the Apostle and how Our Lord praised his purity of heart and how this should be a virtue that we foster in ourselves by keeping in mind the final judgment and looking to the example of Mary with her Immaculate heart and asking for her intercession.

Ave Maria!

Mass: St. Bartholomew the Apostle – Feast
Readings:  – http://usccb.org/bible/readings/082420.cfm
1st: rev 21:9-14
Resp: psa 145:10-11, 12-13, 17-18 0
Gsp: joh 1:45-51

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Fr Terrance gives the homily at Bloomington, IN on Nov 27, 2021, where he continues his series on the beatitudes with a reflection on the 6th Beatitude, blessed are the pure of heart which very much pertains to the pure Virgin Mary which is fitting since today is the feast of the Miraculous Medal, which is the medal of the Immaculate Conception.

Notes:

Purity fits in with mercy and charity of neighbor as well as love of God.

Purity involves moral purity: purity of mind, and body.

Purity is key to being close to Christ, believing, understanding, and obeying His teaching.

Be detached from material things which will give joy.

The pure of heart will see God, enjoy the beatific vision

Explains the need for purgatory, to achieve purity in the heart.

Four things to achieve purity of heart from CCC 2520 http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/para/2520.htm
– Virtue and gift of chastity
– Purity of intentions
– Purity of vision
– Prayer

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Mass: Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal – Feast
Readings:  – http://usccb.org/bible/readings/112721.cfm
1st: rev 12:11, 5-6, 14-17
Resp: psa 45:11-12, 14-17
Gsp: joh 2:1-11

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“Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.” (Mt. 5:8)

Christmas is a light in the darkness, a light that will never go out. Everyone who looks towards Bethlehem can contemplate the baby Jesus, with Mary and Joseph; that is to say, everyone who looks with a pure heart, because God shows Himself only to the pure in heart 

Christmas is a summons to purity of heart! Perhaps many men see nothing wonderful when this feast comes around because they are blind to what is truly important: their hearts are full of material things…Uncleanness of heart produces insensitivity to the things of God…from a pure heart springs joy, the ability to see the divine, trust in God, sincere repentance, recognition of ourselves and our sins, true humility, and a great love for God and for other people.

The pure in heart shall see God! It is with good reason that the beatitude of seeing God is promised of the pure in heart. A life that is defiled can never contemplate the splendor of the true Light, because the very thing which is the joy of pure souls will be the punishment of those who are defiled. Our Lord describes as blessed and happy those who guard their hearts, and we have to work on this every day.

From “In Conversation with God” by Francis Fernandez

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