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Homily #090705 ( 18min) Play – Jesus the King and Savior of the Jews was not received by them because He came as one of them. This was made very clear when He went to Nazareth where He grew up and, despite performing miracles and preaching the full richness of the Gospel, He was rejected. But it is this rejection that He uses to save the Jews and all humanity.

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Homily #100520 ( 08min) Play – Today is the feast of St. Bernadine of Siena, a Franciscan preacher who worked for the reform of the Franciscan Order when it was becoming lax and then did the same for Christianity throughout Italy. He also spread devotion to  the Holy Name of Jesus in the abbreviation IHS, Iesus Hominum Salvator (“Jesus, Savior of men” in Latin) and to the Virgin Mary.
Ave Maria! St. Bernadine of Siena – Mass: EF, Laudationem Domini – Readings: 1st: 2co 4:5-11 – Gsp: mat 19:27-29

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Homily #101010 ( 39min) Play – The Gospel of today has the cleansing of the ten lepers and how only one came back to give thanks, a Samaritan, a stranger. Father points out that this event takes place in Samaria on the way from Philippi, famous for its temple to the Pagan god Pan which was considered to be the gates to the netherworld. The form of worship of this God was so outrageous that you could really call it pan-demonium. But it is also where Jesus gives the keys of the kingdom of God to Peter (Mat 16:18) against which these gates of hell will not prevail. He connects these biblical events with modern forms of pandemonium including rock music, materialistic culture, sexual immorality, political acquiescence to evil, public blasphemy, replacing Jesus the true savior with human gods. We have been forgiven by Christ, cleansed from the leprosy of sin. Let us not be ungrateful like the other nine lepers but be like that one stranger who returns to give thanks to Christ our Savior. Let us not only do this as individuals but as a people and as whole nations, coming back to the Church that Jesus built on the rock of Peter.
Ave Maria! 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time – Mass: OF, – Readings:
1st: 2ki 5:14-17
Resp: psa 98:1, 2-3, 3-4
2nd: 2ti 2:8-13
Gsp: luk 17:11-19

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Homily #120103 ( 06min) Play – Fr. Dominic preaches on the Holy Name of Jesus and how powerful the use of this name is for winning God’s favor and mercy and to advance the Kingdom of God on Earth.
Ave Maria!
Mass: Holy Name of Jesus – Feast – Form: OF
Readings:
1st: phi 2:5-11
Resp: psa 113:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8
Gsp: mat 1:18-23

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Homily #121224bs ( 13min) Play – On Christmas Eve Fr. Elias preaches on the historicity of the Birth of Christ and how we have been celebrating this ever since with the greatest joy of the year since we have been given the greatest gift, Our Savior.

Ave Maria!
Mass: Nativity of the Lord (Midnight) – Solemnity – Form: OF
Readings: 
1st: isa 9:1-6
Resp: psa 96:1-2, 2-3, 11-12, 13
2nd: tit 2:11-14
Gsp: luk 2:1-14

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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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Homily #131230n ( 04min) Play – Fr. Maximilian warns us to beware of the influence of this passing world and to keep our eyes on Jesus, for He is the One who will save us. Finally, he exhorts families in particular to cultivate a spirit of prayer throughout the day to day activities.
Ave Maria!
Mass: 6th Day in Octave of Christmas – Wkdy – Form: OF
Readings: 
1st: 1jo 2:12-17
Resp: psa 96:7-8a, 8b-9, 10
Gsp: luk 2:36-40

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Homily #140409b ( 03min) Play – Fr. Joachim on how Jesus is the Messiah that will not save the Jews from their political servitude to Rome but rather save all mankind from slavery to sin and selfishness.
Ave Maria!
Mass: Wednesday 5th Week of Lent – Wkdy – Form: OF
Readings: 
1st: dan 3:14-20, 91-92, 95
Resp: dan 3:52, 53, 54, 55, 56
Gsp: joh 8:31-42

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Homily #140810n ( 18min) Play – Father reminds us today of two fundamental dogmas of the Faith we must implant deep in our hearts. Firstly, outside of Christ, there is no salvation, and, secondly, the Church is the body of Christ, therefore, without the Church, there is no salvation. While making necessary distinctions about the invincibly ignorant, Father asks whether most people will go to heaven, he quotes the exegete Cornelius a Lapide who gives the examples of Sodom, the Flood, and the Entry into the Promised Land. Out of Sodom, only Lot and his two daughters survived. Out of the flood, only eight people survived. And out of the 600,000 Isrealites who left Egypt, only two entered the Promised Land. In our age awash with impurity and sin, let us strive to keep ourselves unsoiled and wake up to the need and our duty to evangelize and bring as many people as possible into the Catholic Church, which is the mystical Body of Christ.
Ave Maria!
Mass: St. Lawrence – Patronal Solemnity (of parish) – Form: OF
Readings: 
First Reading: Second Corinthians 9:6-10
Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 112:1-2, 5-6, 7-8, 9
Gospel: John 12:24-26

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