Ave Maria!– January’s Theme: Divine Love

“Let us rejoice, that the day will come when we will sing the most joyful hymns to our Sweet Lover, He who is sweet rest for all hearts who are enamored by His beauty.  Let us rejoice, I tell you, that the day will come, and I hope, in which our hearts will not be torn anymore by that cruel remorse of not sufficiently loving the good Lord.”

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Homily #091213 ( 14min) Play – Today is Gaudete Sunday, the Third Sunday of Advent. In the midst of the penitential season of Advent we have the Sunday of Joy. We are preparing for the coming of the Lord but rejoicing always even when waiting since Our Lord is always present in some manner at all times.
Ave Maria! Mass readings
1: Zeph 3:14-18
R: Isa 12:2-6
2: Phil 4:4-7
G: Lk 3:10-18

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Homily #100330 ( 04min) Play – As we read the gospel accounts of this week we are saddened because we see our Lord suffering and that it is our own sins which caused this. However, we also have reason to rejoice because by His death we will be made clean and be resurrected to life with Him.
Ave Maria! Mass readings
1: Isa 49:1-6
R: Ps 71:1-6,15,17
G: Jn 13:21-33,36-38

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Homily #100511 ( 06min) Play – Fr. Bonaventure preaches on the first reading from Acts where Paul rejoices because he is imprisoned for his teaching. We too must ask for the grace to be willing to suffer for our faith. If we do then we will be truly free, will upbuild the Body of Christ on earth and will have life everlasting.
1: Acts 16:22-34
R: Ps 138:1-3,7-8
G: Jn 16:5-11

Today is also the the feast of St. Ignatius of Laconi, Franciscan

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Homily #101212s ( 19 min) Play – In this special Mass celebrated on Gaudete Sunday, which is also the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Fr. Angelo speaks of the importance of being vigilant. We rejoice with our Brothers and Sisters, members of the Third Order of the Franciscans of the Immaculate who made their first profession during this Mass.
Ave Maria!
Mass: 3rd Sunday of Advent – Form: OF
Readings:
1st: isa 35:1-6, 10
Resp: psa 146:6-7, 8-9, 9-10
2nd: jam 5:7-10
Gsp: mat 11:2-11

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Homily #110403l ( 19min) Play – Leap and Rejoice!
Ave Maria!
Mass: Fourth Sunday in Lent – Form: EF, Laetare The Paradox of Joy in Lent
Readings:
1st: gal 4:22-31
Gsp: joh 6:1-15

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Homily #111211 ( 10min) Play – On this Gaudete Sunday, Fr. Dominic encourages us to rejoice and give proper reverence to the Lamb of God as did St. John the Baptist, and yet also with a holy familiarity, in preparation for the coming of Christ Our Lord.
Ave Maria!
Mass: Third Sunday in Advent – Form: EF, Gaudete
Readings:
1st: phi 4:4-7
Gsp: joh 1:19-28

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Homily #111211k ( 11min) Play – People everywhere are searching for happiness, but some are already experiencing the happiness of their salvation. The color of rose in the vestment today is a symbol of that happiness, and in this color we find meditation on the Virgin Mary.
Ave Maria!
Mass: Third Sunday in Advent – Form: EF, Gaudete
Readings:
1st: phi 4:4-7
Gsp: joh 1:19-28

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Homily #121216b ( 13min) Play – Fr. Joachim on Gaudete Sunday (Rejoice Sunday) exhorts us to rejoice for the Lord is near as we approach the great celebration of Christmas. Fr. Joachim relates this to to the many ways that Christ is present to us in all the various points in history and in or own lives, including the Old Testament as he was present in the Tabernacle of Israel and to those who lived in the time of Christ in the New testament, and finally in the Second Coming when he comes in Glory. Father focuses on how we should not only rejoice in this presence, but give thanks. This is the best way to prepare for His coming including at Mass when we receive Him in the Eucharist, which means thanks giving.
Ave Maria!
Mass: 3rd Sunday of Advent – Sunday – Form: OF
Readings: 
1st: zep 3:14-18
Resp: isa 12:2-3, 4, 5-6
2nd: phi 4:4-7
Gsp: luk 3:10-18

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Homily #121225b ( 10min) Play – Fr. Joachim preaches on the morning Mass for Christmas on the global rejoicing that occurs today because the savior of mankind appears today in the form of a tiny, vulnerable babe in swaddling clothes. He becomes one of us so that we can become, at least in some way, like him. Let us ponder this event in our hearts as Mary does.
Ave Maria!
Mass: Nativity of the Lord (Dawn) – Solemnity – Form: OF
Readings: 
1st: isa 62:11-12
Resp: psa 97:1, 6, 11-12
2nd: tit 3:4-7
Gsp: luk 2:15-20

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