Homily #081021 ( 5min) Play – Fr. Bonaventure McGuire preaches on the need to be prepared for the coming of Our Lord by girding our loins and keeping our lamps burning brightly, that is keeping ourselves pure in body and spirit.
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OUR LADY OF THE DAWN

She was clear and fresh as a springtime morn.

And calm as a great unmoving sea,

The purest flower that the earth has born

Was never so pure and so fair as she.

God loved her, God nestled on her breast.

The God of heaven and earth her Son,

Who found, alone in her purity, rest,

And came to earth as her little one.

(C. Houselander, age 14)

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from the CD titled RIVER OF GRACE (World Library Publications). This beautiful prayer video is sure to bring peace to a hurting heart.

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Homily #140212b ( 06min) Play – Fr. Joachim on the need to stay pure of heart based on Our Lord’s words “Nothing that enters one from outside can defile that person; but the things that come out from within are what defile.”
Ave Maria!
Mass: Wednesday 5th Week of Ordinary Time – Wkdy – Form: OF
Readings: 
1st: 1ki 10:1-10
Resp: psa 37:5-6, 30-31, 39-40
Gsp: mar 7:14-23

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Fr Ignatius gives the homily at Bloomington, IN on the Presentation of Our Lord to the Father and how we should pray and meditate on this, the fourth mystery of the Rosary. Father points to the obedience of Joseph and Mary for going through the ceremony of the purification even though Mary is Immaculate, and how we should ask for their intercession.

Ave Maria!

Mass: Presentation of the Lord – Feast
Readings: 
1st: mal 3:1-4
Resp: psa 24:7, 8, 9, 10
2nd: heb 2:14-18
Gsp: luk 2:22-40

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In the homily for the memorial of St. John of Capistrano (Franciscan priest, Oct 23), Fr. Alan draws the analogy between the saint’s role in the Battle of Belgrade to the spiritual war being waged against Christ and the Church, and based on the example and teaching of St. John of Capistrano, draws the conclusion that we need holy priests if we hope to gain victory, and so we must pray for our priests.

Ave Maria!

Mass: St. John of Capistrano – Opt Mem

Readings: Tuesday in the 29th Week in Ordinary Time
1st: Eph 2:12-22
Resp: Ps 85:9-10, 11-12, 13-14
Gsp: Lk 12:35-38

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