Homily #091017 ( 07min) Play – Whether in the Ordinary Form or Extraordinary Form, today Holy Mother Church draws our attention toward the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
Ave Maria!

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The time for my birth is close at hand. Forgive me, my brothers. Do not stand in the way of my birth to real life; do not wish me stillborn. My desire is to belong to God. Do not, then, hand me back to the world. Do not try to tempt me with material things. Let me attain pure light. Only on my arrival there can I be fully a human being. Give me the privilege of imitating the passion of my God. If you have him in your heart, you will understand what I wish. You will sympathize with me because you will know what urges me on.

The prince of this world is determined to lay hold of me and to undermine my will which is intent on God. Let none of you here help him; instead show yourselves on my side, which is also God’s side. Do not talk about Jesus Christ as long as you love this world. Do not harbor envious thoughts. And supposing I should see you, if then I should beg you to intervene on my behalf, do not believe what I say. Believe instead what I am now writing to you. For though I am alive as I write to you – still – my real desire is to die. My love of this life has been crucified, and there is no yearning in me for any earthly thing. Rather within me is the living water which says deep inside me: “Come to the Father.” I no longer take pleasure in perishable food or in the delights of this world. I want only God’s bread, which is the flesh of Jesus Christ, formed of the seed of David, and for drink I crave his blood, which is love that cannot perish.

I am no longer willing to live a merely human life, and you can bring about my wish if you will. Please, then, do me this favour, so that you in turn may meet with equal kindness. Put briefly, this is my request: believe what I am saying to you.  Jesus Christ himself will make it clear to you that I am saying the truth. Only truth can come from that mouth by which the Father has truly spoken. Pray for me that I may obtain my desire. I have not written to you as a mere man would, but as one who knows the mind of God. If I am condemned to suffer, I will take it that you wish me well. If my case is postponed, I can only think that you wish me harm.”

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Homily #121017b ( 11min) Play – Fr. Elias on the life and martyrdom of St. Ignatius of Antioch and how he personally knew the Apostles and so gives a historical link between the apostles and the post apostolic Church and how early Christians witnessed to their faith.
Ave Maria!
Mass: St. Ignatius of Antioch – Mem – Form: OF
Readings: Wednesday in the 28th Week in Ordinary Time
1st: gal 5:18-25
Resp: psa 1:1-2, 3, 4, 6
Gsp: luk 11:42-46

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Homily #121017 ( 10min) Play– On this memorial of St. Ignatius of Antioch, disciple of St. John the Apostle and consecrated bishop by St. Peter, Fr. George preaches on how the saint teaches us how to suffer and to love one another. “I am God’s wheat and I shall be ground by the teeth of beasts, that I may become the pure bread of Christ” (Epistle to the Romans before martyrdom).

Ave Maria!
Mass: St. Ignatius of Antioch – Mem – Form: OF
Readings: Wednesday in the 28th Week in Ordinary Time
1st: gal 5:18-25
Resp: psa 1:1-2, 3, 4, 6
Gsp: luk 11:42-46

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Homily #131017b ( 08min) Play – Fr. Joachim on the life of St. Ignatius of Antioch the Martyr. He was the second bishop of Antioch, Syria and the direct disciple of St. John the Evangelist. He died in the arena, torn apart by the wild beasts. On the way he wrote several letters that gave great testimony to his willingness to suffer death for his love of God.
Ave Maria!
Mass: St. Ignatius of Antioch – Mem – Form: OF
Readings: Thursday 28th Week of Ordinary Time
1st: rom 3:21-29
Resp: psa 130:1-2, 3-4, 5-6
Gsp: luk 11:47-54

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Homily #141017b ( 08min) Play – Fr. Joachim gives an account of the life and martyrdom of St. Ignatius of Antioch, bishop and martyr, and how he taught his congregation to sing just as St. John, his direct mentor, had heard the heavenly choirs sing during his visions which he recorded in the book of the Apocalypse. Father recounts how he stood up to the emperor Trajan even at the cost of being thrown to the wild beasts in Rome.

Ave Maria!
Mass: St. Ignatius of Antioch – Mem – Form: OF
Readings: Friday in the 28th Week in Ordinary Time
1st: eph 1:11-14
Resp: psa 33:1-2, 4-5, 12-13
Gsp: luk 12:1-7

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Homily #151017 ( 04min) Play – To gain the good things in this life and forever in the next, we must walk in the footsteps of Jesus by embracing sacrifice.
Ave Maria!
Mass: St. Ignatius of Antioch – Mem – Form: OF
Readings: Saturday 28th Week of Ordinary Time
1st: rom 4:13, 16-18
Resp: psa 105:6-7, 8-9, 42-43
Gsp: luk 12:8-12

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Fr. Matthias explains that St. Ignatius of Antioch was one of the Apostolic Fathers – which means he was a disciple of the Apostles themselves. It is from them that he received the teaching of Our Lady’s Virginal Maternity, which at the same time is a sign that Her Son is truly the Son of God.

Allow us to praise You, O Most Holy Virgin!

Ave Maria!

Mass: St. Ignatius of Antioch – Mem

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1st: Eph 2:1-10

R: Ps 100:2, 3, 4, 5

Gsp: Lk 12:13-21

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On the memorial of St. Ignatius of Antioch, Bishop & Martyr (Oct 17), Fr. Matthias explains in the homily why the Apostolic Tradition is important to us today. Saint Ignatius was one of the Apostolic Fathers: he received the faith from the Apostles, contributing to that uninterrupted transmission which makes this same faith still accessible to us today.

Ave Maria!

Mass: St. Ignatius of Antioch – Mem

Readings: Wednesday in the 28th Week in Ordinary Time
1st: Gal 5:18-25
Resp: Ps 1:1-2, 3, 4, 6
Gsp: Lk 11:42-46

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