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Variety #77 – Peter Wolfgang  ( 33min) >>> Play

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Peter Wolfgang, Executive Director of the Family Institute of Connecticut (FIC), gives a talk at the Knights of Columbus Council #2087 in North Grosvenordale, CT for their fund-raising event to benefit FIC. He relates the current atmosphere of anti-religious bigotry prevailing in politics with that in the time of Fr. McGivney in New Haven, CT in late 1800’s that prompted him to start the Knights of Columbus. He especially mentions the grossly Anti-Catholic bill SB-1098 introduced in the CT  Legislature in 2009 and the recent ACLU attack on FIC, a local Baptist Church in Bloomfield and a high school in Enfield, CT which you can read about here. Peter points out that the irrationality of these attacks suggest a vindictive payback to Catholics and Baptist for joining ranks with FIC to successfully stop gay marriage in the CT legislature.

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Face of Pro-Life #93 – Sarah Cloutier and Gabrielle Velasquez give a challenging message. ( 30min) >>> Play

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Sarah Cloutier and Gabrielle Velasquez describe their new club at their high school that is a bit out of step with the main stream. It is a Chastity Club! Listen as these bold young ladies see something beautiful where others would not even look and challenge their peers to raise the standard of how they think of themselves and others.

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MARY: I present Jesus to you this morning; he is my Son and he is the Son of God! He is the flower, the admirable, the prince of peace! Let your glance meet with his, … and tell me if he is beautiful, if he is lovable! … Do you not see Jesus? Jesus is Jesus because no beauty equals his, no love can describe him outside of his own love! … Kiss this divine Heart, daughter; I give it to you so that you may love him, so that you may love him in greater depth! …

Rest on this adored Heart … I give it to you so that it may appease your misery, so that it may eliminate it! Submerge yourself in this sea of mercies; I present it to you so that it may cancel your fearfulness and render you full of courage, with him. Do you not see Jesus? He is your divine gardener; it is he who loves you, who lovingly cares for you, who forgives you.

Do you not hear how many words of love that he makes you hear from that Heart?

You have contemplated him disfigured, dripping with blood, full of bitterness … has he not undergone this for your love?

You have admired him glorious and triumphant outside of the tomb … did he not triumph in order to be your resurrection and life?

Jesus, Jesus … is your spouse! He binds you with bonds of love that can never be broken; he has offered you to his Father as part of his Heart … do you not love your Jesus?

THE SOUL: O Mary, the very name of Jesus makes me melt with love … O how gentle and mild you are, O lovable Heart of Jesus! My fearfulness cannot endure before you because you are goodness … O how I love you, Jesus! You are the God-man who became man for my love and precisely to stoop all the way down to me and to save me!

Therefore expand your wounds, O Jesus; I want to heal my miseries in them! Open to me your divine Heart; I want to obtain from you love and virtue! I love you, O good Jesus, I love you and you gaze on me with eyes of mercy!

O Mary, teach this poor heart of mine unlimited trust, total abandonment to a God so good! …

Jesus! how sweet your name is, how gentle is your love, how great is your mercy!

ASPIRATION: O Jesus, I offer you my heart and my life; my Jesus, mercy!

LITTLE WORK: Call upon the holy name of Jesus during the day and for the sake of his love deprive yourself of something you really like at table.

About the Meditations

The daily School of Mary meditations come from the book, A Month with Mary. To obtain a copy of this or other books published by the Academy of the Immaculate, visit our on-line bookstore at http://www.marymediatrix.com/bookstore/academy

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Homily #121121 ( 11 min) Play– At 3 years old Our Lady was Presented in the Temple and as far as She knew, She would remain there the rest of Her life. Our Lady is our model for every kind of life and every virtue  From the first moment of Her life She gave herself totally to God and this is a public manifestation of what She had already done.

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Mass: Ordinary Form –
Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary – Feast
Readings:
1st Reading: Zechariah 2:14-17
Responsorial: Luke 1:46-55
Gospel: Matthew 12:46-50

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Homily #130104 ( 11min) Play – Fr. Dominic preaches on the life of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton – the first American-born saint, mother of five, converted Episcopalian, founder of the first American religious community – the Sisters of Charity, first American parochial school, first American orphanage, and patron of Catholic schools. Ave Maria!

Mass: St. Elizabeth Ann Seton – Mem – Form: OF
Readings: 
1st: 1jo 3:7-10
Resp: psa 98:1, 7-8, 9
Gsp: joh 1:35-42

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Homily #130105 ( 09min) Play – In the spirit of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, St. John Neumann founded Catholic schools for the diocese, and became the first American bishop to be canonized. Fr. Dominic encourages us to look to the saint’s example of fervor and zeal, especially for the immigrants of early America. Ave Maria!

Mass: St John Neumann – Mem – Form: OF
Readings: 
1st: 1jo 3:11-21
Resp: psa 100:1b-2, 3, 4, 5
Gsp: joh 1:43-51

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Homily #140303 ( 11min) Play – St. Katharine Drexel was the daughter of a very wealthy partner of JP Morgan. Giving up her great inheritance, she begged the pope to send missionaries to aid the Native Americans in Wyoming and he responded, “Why not, my child, become a missionary yourself?”
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Mass: St. Katharine Drexel – Opt Mem – Form: OF
Readings: Monday 8th Week of Ordinary Time
1st: 1pe 1:3-9
Resp: psa 111:1-2, 5-6, 9, 10
Gsp: mar 10:17-27

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For the 2017 Catholic Schoolhouse Midwest Training and Workshops for homeschooling mothers, Kathy Rabideau – gives the second of four talks: “Teaching literature with fun and flexibility”.

For the other videos from this event please go to:

http://dev.airmaria.com/category/air-maria-shows/conferences/catholic-schoolhouse-2017/

To find out more about Catholic Schoolhouse:

https://www.catholicschoolhouse.com/

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