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Jul 21 – Homily – Fr Bonaventure: St Lawrence of Brindisi

apostolate — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 12:13:06 +0000

Homily #090721 ( 08min) Play – St Lawrence of Brindisi battled evil that came from within Christianity and from without…
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A Franciscan Doctor of the Church

Sr. JosephMary f.t.i. — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 16:00:26 +0000

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St. Lawrence of Brindisi (1559-1619) Doctor of the Church

God is love, and all his operations proceed from love. Once he wills to manifest that goodness by sharing his love outside himself, then the Incarnation becomes the supreme manifestation of his goodness and love and glory. So, Christ was intended before all other creatures and for his own sake. For him all things were created and to him all things must be subject, and God loves all creatures in and because of Christ. Christ is the first-born of every creature, and the whole of humanity as well as the created world finds its foundation and meaning in him. Moreover, this would have been the case even if Adam had not sinned.

Saint Lawrence of Brindisi

ON THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION

St. Lawrence of Brindisi

This short excerpt gives only a brief introduction to the mind and theology of this famous Doctor of the Church. It forms part of the Little Marian Library of the Blessed Virgin Mary the Home Page of the Immaculate. This site is maintained by Immaculate Mediatrix, Inc., under the direction of the Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate.

St. Lawrence of Brindisi (b. 1559; d. 1619 A.D.), is one of the most famous Capuchin preachers and theologians of the Sixteenth Century. He is renowned for his complete and thorough refutaion of the doctrines of Martin Luther. St. Lawrence, like his spiritual father St. Francis of Assisi, had an ardent devotion to the Immaculate Mother of God. Indeed, he was the first to write on all aspects of theology that concern the Blessed Virgin.

The root of humanity, bedchamber of God, and pure water: This is Mary, therefore Immaculate.

Great was the happiness of human nature in paradise before original sin, so long as man remained in the state of innocence and original justice. Then was human nature like that tree seen by King Nabuchodonosor in his dreams: tall, with its top touching heaven; wide, with its branches filling the whole world; adorned with the loveliest fronds and flowers and the best of fruits in greatest abundance. But soon, by virtue of the sentence executed by the Angel, this tree was despoiled of its goods, and, with branches and trunk cut off, was reduced to nothing—almost, except for the command that a root with a shoot be preserved safe and intact (cfr. Daniel 4,7-12). On account of sin, humanity tumbled from maximum good fortune to maximum misfortune; light was changed into darkness, the bright day into the cloudiest of nights, a full moon went into eclipse.

But from the contagion of that sin, the shoot, that is, Christ, was preserved, as well as the root (Mary) from which that shoot was to rise…We see in Genesis the root with its shoot preserved; for before a penalty for sin was inflicted on man, it was said to the serpent: I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed; she will crush your head (Gen. 3,15).

When a king builds some palace to be a proper and rightful dwelling for himself and his family, he constructs it wholly magnificent, and adorns it royally as befits his majesty. In such wise did Solomon build his house (III Kings 7,1-12). Such a king will especially adorn with the greatest magnificence and riches his own chamber, where the throne of his majesty is to be placed. So too does God build His holy Church, the living Temple of God: Behold, the tabernacle of God with men (Apoc. 21,3); You are the temple of God (II Cor. 6,16), a temple made of living stones, the whole constructed with divine magnificence, as the temple of Solomon (cfr. III Kings 6,1-18). But above all, God adorned His own chamber, which is the most holy Virgin. He did so just as did Solomon adorn the holy of holies, the dwelling place of God (III Kings 6,19-36).

You are all fair, my love, and the stain is not in you (Cant. 4,7). The Hebrew reads: the stain not in you—without the verb is. Similarly, the verb is does not appear in Deuteronomy 32,4 when Moses said of God: A faithful God and without any iniquity. David said: Because You are a God that wills not iniquity (Ps. 5,5); yet the Hebrew for that actually reads: not a God willing iniquity You. The latter means: You never were, are not, nor will be willing iniquity; there never was, is not, nor will be iniquity in God. So too, the statement the stain not in you means that the stain never was, is not, nor will be in you. Thus must be understood (not limited to the present tense only) the statement the stain not in you.

One only is my dove, one my perfect one (Cant. 6,7). The Hebrew reads: my immaculate one. There are three words in Hebrew very similar: tham, thamah, and thamim, of which the first means simple, the second immaculate, and the last perfect. The Hebrew text here, however, uses the second. For this reason, therefore, the all-holy Virgin is unique above all queens… and young maidens (Cant. 6,7) because She is immaculate, like the purest dove, like the sun itself, which was made full of light. Hence it is written: you all fair, my love; and the stain not in you. The singular for you is used: You all (tota tu); not in you; this denotes the uniquely singular grace of Mary.

The soul of the Virgin Mother of God was in Her conception like the bush with Moses, entirely intact in the midst of the flames, not consumed, unharmed (Ex. 3,2).

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Jul 21 – Homily – Fr Ignatius: Abortion Demonically Inspired

apostolate — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 11:51:06 +0000

Homily #100721 ( 05min) Play – “Then calling together the twelve Apostles, He gave them power and authority over all devils…” The abortion industry is a demonically inspired industry.
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Jul 21 – Homily – Fr Maximilian W: A True Son of St. Francis

apostolate — Mon, 21 Jul 2014 14:30:22 +0000

Homily #140721n ( 06min) Play – Father Maximilian speaks on today’s Franciscan saint, showing that St. Lawrence of Brindisi was a true son of Saint Francis. Let us imitate, if not his particular call, his generosity in answering God’s Call.
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Mass: St. Lawrence of Brindisi – Feast – Form: OF
Readings: Monday in the 16th Week in Ordinary Time
1st: mic 6:1-4, 6-8
Resp: psa 50:5-6, 8-9, 16-17, 21, 23
Gsp: mat 12:38-42

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The Glory of Jesus’ Humanity

Sr. JosephMary f.t.i. — Mon, 20 Jul 2015 16:00:44 +0000

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When Christ decided to give site to a man blind from birth, He placed mud on the man’s eyes, an action that was much more suited to blinding those who see then to giving sight to the blind who could not see. So, too, the passion and death of Christ was more likely to destroy the faith of those who believed that He was the only begotten son of God, as was clear in the case of the apostles and disciples, then to command faith to nonbelievers. And yet He says: “when I lifted up from the earth, I will draw all to Myself.” (Jn 12:32)

…After the cross, after the suffering, after the disgraceful, shameful, repulsive death of the cross, I shall turn the world to faith in Me, so that the world will believe that I am the Son of God, the true Messiah…

We see with other clarity that this is what has happened. Christ came into this world to do battle against satan, to do away with idolatry, and return the world to faith and piety and the worship of the true God. He could have accomplish this by using the weapons of His might and coming as He will come to judge in glory and majesty just as He manifested himself and His Transfiguration. Who would not then had believed in Christ?

But in order that His victory might be more glorious, He willed to fight satan in our weak flesh. It is as if an unarmed man, right hand bound, where to fight with his left hand alone against a powerful army; if he emerged victorious, his victory would be regarded as all the more glorious. So Christ conquered satan with the right hand of His divinity bound and using against him only the left hand of His weak humanity.

St. Lawrence of Brindisi (Doctor of the Church, Feast Day is July 21st)

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Jul 21 – Homily – Fr Joseph M.: St. Lawrence of Brindisi, Holy Preacher

apostolate — Tue, 21 Jul 2015 15:04:36 +0000

Homily #150721b ( 05min) Play – Fr. Joseph preaches on St. Lawrence of Brindisi who was, in turn, a great preacher in the Franciscan order and a Doctor of the Church. We need good preaching today both in word and deed.
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Mass: St. Lawrence of Brindisi – Feast – Form: OF
Readings:
1st: 2co 4:1-2, 5-7
Resp: psa 40:2 and 4ab, 7-8a, 8b-9, 10, 11
Gsp: mar 4:1-10, 13-20

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Jul 21 – Homily – Fr Elias: St. Lawrence of Brindisi, Sower of the Faith

apostolate — Thu, 21 Jul 2016 10:48:55 +0000

Fr. Elias on the life of St. Lawrence of Brindisi a Franciscan who is a Doctor of the Church and promoted the doctrine of the Immaculate Conception of Mary. He was known for his great memory of scripture and mastery of many languages. As such, he was sent out to preach to many peoples, including the Jews who were impressed with his knowledge and memorization of the Hebrew Bible. Fr. Elias exhorts us to go out and preach to non-Christians planting the seed of faith in their hearts as an act of mercy for their immortal souls. We should also strive to foster the seed of faith in our own hearts as well and ask Mary for help in these endeavors.

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Mass: St. Lawrence of Brindisi – Opt Mem
Readings:
1st: 2co 4:1-2, 5-7
Resp: psa 40:2 and 4ab, 7-8a, 8b-9, 10, 11 0
Gsp: mar 4:1-10, 13-20

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Jul 21 – Homily – Fr Ignatius: St. Lawrence of Brindisi – Counsel of Spirit

apostolate — Fri, 21 Jul 2017 11:10:32 +0000

Fr. Ignatius on the life of St. Lawrence of Brindisi, a Franciscan and a Doctor of the Church, and how he habitually sought the counsel of the Holy Spirit and followed it.

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Mass: St. Lawrence of Brindisi – Opt Mem
Readings:
1st: 2co 4:1-2, 5-7
Resp: psa 40:2 and 4ab, 7-8a, 8b-9, 10, 11 0
Gsp: mar 4:1-10, 13-20

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St. Lawrence of Brindisi – Jul 21 – Homily – Fr Ignatius (2018)

apostolate — Sat, 21 Jul 2018 16:16:36 +0000

Fr Ignatius gives the homily at Bloomington, IN on Jul 21 on the life of St. Lawrence of Brindisi a Franciscan and Doctor of the Church, who was given may graces from his youth to reconcile men with God and to bring peace among men as did so. In this way he gives a great example of the parable in today’s Gospel of the Sower, that he was the good soil that produced a hundred fold.

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Mass: St. Lawrence of Brindisi – Feast
Readings:
1st: 2co 4:1-2, 5-7
Resp: psa 40:2 and 4ab, 7-8a, 8b-9, 10, 11 0
Gsp: mar 4:1-10, 13-20

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St. Lawrence of Brindisi: Here I am Lord! – Jul 21 – Homily – Fr Ignatius

apostolate — Tue, 21 Jul 2020 13:33:07 +0000

Fr Ignatius gives the homily at Bloomington, IN on Jul 21, 2020, the feast of St. Lawrence of Brindisi, a Franciscan Doctor of the Church, on how this saint was so very productive while still remaining very humble and this is explained in the responsorial psalm (Psalm 40) “Here I am Lord I come to do your will” and from Paul 2 Cor 4; 1-2, 5-7 “we hold this treasure in earthen vessels”, making himself available to God to do His will, yet recognizing that any good accomplished is by God’s strength and not his own.

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Mass: St. Lawrence of Brindisi – Opt Mem
Readings: – http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/0721-memorial-lawrence-brindisi.cfm
1st: 2co 4:1-2, 5-7
Resp: psa 40:2 and 4ab, 7-8a, 8b-9, 10, 11 0
Gsp: mar 4:1-10, 13-20

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