Homily #080725 ( 14min) Play – Today we celebrate the Feast of St. James the Apostle, and the 40th anniversary of the Encyclical Humanae Vitae. In today’s homily Father Ignatius speaks about our disordered desire for independence from authority, and the nature of the Married State in relation to the Church’s teaching against contraception.
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Homily #091128 ( 05min) Play – Fr. Bonaventure preaches on the need to avoid vice and give true worship of God. This is especially important as we approach Advent.  Today is the feast day of St. James of the March Franciscan preacher.
Ave Maria! Mass readings
1: Dan 7:15-27
R: Dan 3:82-87
G: Lk 21:34-36

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Homily #110503 ( 11min) Play – On the feast of St. James and St. Philip Fr. Bonaventure preaches on the important role that these Apostles and the Apostles in general played, being transformed from cowering disciples at the crucifixion to faith-filled Apostles at Pentecost who were ready to traverse the globe and sacrifice their lives to bring the Gospel to all peoples. We must joyfully follow in their footsteps, working for the salvation of souls, bringing them into the unity of Christ’s Church.
Ave Maria!
Mass: Sts. Philip and James – Feast – Form: OF
Readings:
1st: 1co 15:1-8
Resp: psa 19:2-3, 4-5
Gsp: joh 14:6-14

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Homily #110725 ( 07min) Play – On this feast of St. James the Apostle, Fr. Bonaventure encourages us to imitate the first apostle to shed his blood by persevering in persecution and proclaiming our faith, in season and out of season. May Our Lady help us to accomplish the humanly impossible mission entrusted to us with complete trust in divine providence.
Ave Maria!
Mass: St. James – Feast – Form: OF
Readings:
1st: 2co 4:7-15
Resp: psa 126:1-2, 2-3, 4-5, 6
Gsp: mat 20:20-28

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Homily #120725 ( 05min) Play – Fr. Ignatius on the essence of glory as espoused by Our Lord in today’s Gospel that consists of the virtue to serve God and our fellow man in humility.
Ave Maria!
Mass: St. James – Feast – Form: OF
Readings: 
1st: 2co 4:7-15
Resp: psa 126:1-2, 2-3, 4-5, 6
Gsp: mat 20:20-28

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Homily #120725m ( 16min) Play – Ave Maria!

Fr. John Joseph reflects on Dom Prosper Gueranger’s commentary on today’s feast. In the battle for Spain, we see that the Spanish were all but eliminated from Spain as the Islamic Moors tried to establish a foothold from which to move into the rest of Europe. From the small remnant that survived, the Spanish slowly pushed the Moors out of Spain over the course of 700 years.

Likewise, Catholics are again being reduced to a remnant by hostile and powerful forces such as Islam and secularism. Unless Catholics are generous in their faith, their family size, and in offering their children to the service of God, there will not be future generations to keep the churches open, to populate the ranks of clergy and religious, and to continue to proclaim the Gospel to all nations.

Above all, we must pray and make sacrifices. And, as the Spanish did, let us have recourse to St. James, Son of Thunder, that he may aid us with his prayers and deliver us from our foes.

Mass: St. James the Greater, Apostle – 2nd Cl – Form: EF, Mihi Autem
Readings: 
1st: 1co 4:9-15
Gsp: mat 20:20-23

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Homily #120916 ( 12min) Play – The only thing that matters is the salvation of our souls.  Faith without works is dead, a dead faith.  The fundamental problem is a lack of faith.  It is not enough to have faith alone, we must have faith vivified by good works. Ave Maria!

Mass: 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time – Sunday – Form: OF
Readings: 
1st: isa 50:4-9
Resp: psa 116:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 8-9
2nd: jam 2:14-18
Gsp: mar 8:27-35

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Homily #140725n ( 08min) Play -The first of the Apostles to be martyred was St. James the Greater whom we celebrate today. Fr. Maximilian reflects on a question his mother asked him as he was preparing to enter religious life: Are you ready to be a martyr? While St. James won the crown of a red (a.k.a. bloody) martyrdom, all Christians are called to be martyrs, which means witnesses, and can take the form of the daily “white martyrdom.” A primary way this martyrdom is lived, and which the Holy Father  lives it and is calling us to live it, is selfless service to those around us, especially those under us, for when we lower ourselves, we draw close to Jesus who came to serve and not to be served.
P.S. Let us keep in prayer our brothers in the Middle East as they face the red martyrdom as well.
Ave Maria!
Mass: St. James – Feast – Form: OF
Readings: 
1st: 2co 4:7-15
Resp: psa 126:1-2, 2-3, 4-5, 6
Gsp: mat 20:20-28

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Homily #150725b ( 07min) Play – Fr. Joseph McShane on the life of St. James the Apostle and particularly his efforts of evangelism in Spain and the shrine of St. James at Santiago de Compostela.
Ave Maria!
Mass: St. James – Feast – Form: OF
Readings: 
1st: 2co 4:7-15
Resp: psa 126:1-2, 2-3, 4-5, 6
Gsp: mat 20:20-28

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Homily #150725n ( 07min) Play – Father Maximilian comments on today’s Gospel and relates it to the life of St. James the Apostle.
Ave Maria!
Mass: St. James – Feast – Form: OF
Readings: 
1st: 2co 4:7-15
Resp: psa 126:1-2, 2-3, 4-5, 6
Gsp: mat 20:20-28

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