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Mar 16 – Homily – Fr Angelo: Blessed is He Who Comes in the Name of the Lord

apostolate — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 15:57:36 +0000

Homily #080316 ( 16min) Play – First we sing, “Hosanna”, and then we come into the chapel and say, “Crucify Him”. Are we really the friends of Jesus? Let ask?Our Blessed Mother to accompany us during this Holy Week and learn from Her how to be a friend of Jesus. Let us go to the Cross with Our Lady and St John.
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June 28th – Homily – Fr. Angelo: St. Irenaeus

apostolate — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 13:18:56 +0000

Homily #080628 ( 08min) Play – St Irenaeus was a disciple of St. Polycarp, who himself was a disciple of St. John the Apostle. The first reading was incorrectly read and father Angelo makes reference to this reading in this homily. It was from Genesis.

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There at the Foot of the Cross…

Sr. JosephMary f.t.i. — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 17:00:29 +0000

Ave Maria Meditations

There at the foot of the Cross…

The Apostle John stands at the foot of the Cross with Our Lady on Calvary. John is the sole witness among the Twelve to Jesus’ crucifixion, and the only evangelist to record his cry of thirst (see Jn 19:28). Yet we can presume that he already had a relationship with Mary, who in turn led him to the Cross on Good Friday. We know that John, too, had run away in fear, just like the others, as Jesus had predicted (see Mt 26:31). But John, recognizing his weakness, at some point along the way found Our Lady amid the crowd on the Via Dolorosa. In her he found a love, a strength, and a serenity that surpassed his own, and a heart to open his own to the words he alone among the Twelve would hear. Our Lady brought John to faithfulness, and to witness the thirst of her Son. This is what she did for Mother Teresa. This is what she offers to do for every disciple.

This, then, is a lesson for us. We cannot presume to persevere in bearing our crosses, counting on our own strength and goodwill alone, as St. John had presumed to do. Without an intimate relationship with Our Lady, the command to pick up our cross daily and follow the Lord will prove too difficult and demanding. We may indeed love Jesus deeply, as St. John surely did, or as St. Peter did, warming himself at the fire. But we will fail and fall before the scandal of the Cross when it threatens to touch us, if we face it by ourselves. Without Our Lady, we would be as St. John alone on Good Friday, alone before the crosses of life, oblivious of Jesus in our midst. In times of trial, we are often like the poor in Mother Teresa’s vision, covered in darkness, unaware that Jesus is there in the midst of us.

Without the fidelity Our Lady gave St. John, the Church would never have heard the words “I thirst”; and without the fidelity she gave to Mother Teresa, the world would not have heard those words, or seen them lived out, today. So the cycle of grace is completed. Surrounded by the poor, Mother Teresa stands with Our Lady before Jesus crucified. In his thirst for her love and theirs, for her soul and theirs, Christ sends her out to search for those who still wait, “covered in darkness.” And the cycle will begin again, going with Our Lady to the poor to find the crucified Lord in their midst and to bring them to him. It is these three – the poor, Jesus crucified, and Our Lady, who rest at the heart of Mother Teresa’s remarkable God-given grace and mission.

Fr. Joseph Langford , MC (Mother Teresa in the Shadow of Our Lady)

²⁵Near the cross of Jesus stood his mother,

his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas,

and Mary Magdalene.

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May 17 – Homily – Fr Angelo: Love One Another as I Love You

apostolate — Sun, 17 May 2009 15:49:57 +0000

Homily #090517 ( 24min) Play – Today’s Gospel is from the Last Supper according to John where Jesus asks us to love each other as He loves us. Listen as Fr. explains the depth of Christ’s Love in dying on the Cross for us. Lord, help us to love worthily!
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Jan 02 – Homily – Fr Bonaventure: Call to Conversion

apostolate — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 12:57:24 +0000

Homily #100102 ( 07min) Play – St John the Baptist calls all to conversion because the one born in the cave is the Divine King a Spiritual King who is the one who will lead us in this current spiritual battle, leading people from secularity to Baptism and the peace that comes from above.
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1: 1 Jn 2:22-28
R: Ps 98:1-4
G: Jn 1:19-28

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Jul 12 – Homily – Fr Angelo: The Weapons of Our Warfare

apostolate — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 12:06:51 +0000

Homily #100712 ( 00min) Play – In today’s Mass we honor St. Gualbert, who abandoned earthly knighthood, after Our Lord rewarded him miraculously for forgiving an enemy under heroic circumstances. St. Gualbert became a monk, fought against simony, and later founded an very austere form of benedictine life.

The story of St. Gualbert reminds us that the knighthood of Christ and true Catholic militancy is found, not in pulling down of strongholds (2 Cor 10:4), but in the spiritual might of the Lord that frees us from selfishness.

Ave Maria! St. John Gualbert, Abbot – Mass: EF, Os Iusti – Readings: 1st: sir 45:1-6 – Gsp: mat 5:43-48

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Video – Peace in a Peaceless Age – Dr. Miravalle: Mcasts87

apostolate — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 14:50:35 +0000

MaryCast Specials #87 ( 09min) Play – Dr. Mark Miravalle addresses the growing amount loss of peace in our lives and how to deal with it when it becomes “too much”. He recommends reexamining the Eucharist, Mary and the Pope as a means of regaining Christ’s peace. He relates this to the dream of St. John Bosco where the Barque of Peter takes refuge between the two pillars of Mary and the Eucharist.

To ask questions regarding Mary, email Dr Mark Miravalle: marycast@airmaria.com

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News – Newman Scotus Symposium Oct 22-24

apostolate — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 00:30:02 +0000

Bl. John Newman

and

Bl. John Duns Scotus

Similar?

Yes! In fact, they are so similar that there will actually be three days of scholarly talks on the subject by some of the most eminent theologians and speakers in the field for the Newman Scotus Symposium at the Washington Theological Union on Friday, the 22nd of October to Sunday the 24th. See Videos from the event.

There will be Nine Major talks with several Question and Answer sessions by the following speakers:

Fr. James McCurry, OFMConv.
Rev. Dr. John Ford, CSC
Dr. Timothy Noone of CUA
Rev. Dr. Peter Damian Fehlner, FI
Deacon Jack Sullivan
Most Rev. Jude Winkler, OFMConv.
Keynote by Sr. Mary Beth Ingham w/Q/A: On the Quadruple Scotus Congress
Rev. Dr. Ed Ondrako, OFMConv.
Sr. Pat Hutchison, OSF, Ed.D

In addition there will be Masses, Meals, and Leisure time included in the Program

There is still time to register. Here is a talk by Fr. Ed Ondrako, the organizer:

Hope to see you there.

Ave Maria!

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Nov 09 – Homily – Fr Bonaventure: Basilica Built on the Ashes of Nero

apostolate — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 13:01:14 +0000

Homily #101109 ( 13min) Play – Today we celebrate the feast of the Dedication of the Basilica of St. John Lateran, the seat of the Bishop of Rome, the Pope. Fr. Bonaventure preaches on the symbolism of history of the piece of property that it was built on and its connection to Nero and his burning of the city of Rome and how this relates to the continuing battle between worldly powers and heavenly.
Ave Maria! Dedication of the Lateran basilica – Mass: OF, – Readings:
1st: gen 28:11-18
Resp: psa 84:3, 4, 5-6, 8, 11
2nd: 1co 3:9-13, 16-17
Gsp: luk 19:1-10

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Dec 27 – Homily – Fr Angelo: St. John’s Testimony

apostolate — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 13:07:19 +0000

Homily #101227 ( 06min) Play – The Christmas Octave continues and Fr Angelo talks about the significance of the Feast we celebrate today.
Ave Maria!
Mass: St. John, Apostle and Evangelist – Form: EF, In Medio Ecclesiae
Readings:
1st: sir 15:1-6
Gsp: joh 21:19-24

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