Ave Maria!

Starting with the Last Seven words of Christ on the Cross that refer to Psalm 22:1, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me??? and later in verse 9, “You have drawn me out of the womb. You entrusted me to my mother’s breast and placed me on her lap.?? Fr. Peter Fehlner makes the connection between Christ’s crucifixion and the incarnation and thus Mary. His cry is not one of despair but, as the rest of the Psalm indicates, He willed the Crucifixion as well as the Incarnation that made it possible. Mary who cooperated with God in bringing Christ into the world, cooperates with God in the Redemption as she stands at the foot of the cross.

He covers the thinking of the Fathers of the Church on this matter, Moses the Law and Elias the prophet, the Transfiguration of the Lord on Mt. Tabor, the Virgin Birth and much more. Come listen to this most important video as we approach the crucifixion…

Ave Maria!

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Homily #080806 ( 09min) Play – In today’s homily Fr. Ignatius contrasts the splendor of the Transfiguration with the shame of the Cross – and then explains.
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Homily #100228 ( 16min) Play – Fr. Angelo Geiger preaches on today’s Gospel of the Transfiguration of the Lord on Mount Tabor in front of Peter, James and John. Jesus does this in order to strengthen the faith of his disciples so that they could survive the scandal of the Crucifixion. We need to take note that only one of these three disciples remained with Jesus at the foot of the Cross. So we need to make sure that we fully apprehend all the revelations that we are given through our Holy Faith, especially Our Lord’s presence in the Eucharist.
Ave Maria! Mass readings
1: Gen 15:5-12,17-18
R: Ps 27:1,7-9,13-14
2: Phil 3:17-4:1
G: Lk 9:28-36

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Homily #110320 ( 32min) Play – Why must we always keep our eyes on Mt. Tabor?

Ave Maria!
Mass: Sunday 2nd Week of Lent – Form: OF
Readings:
1st: Gen 12:1-4
Resp: Psa 33:4-5, 18-19, 20, 22
2nd: 2Tim 1:8-10
Gsp: Mat 17:1-9

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(picture is the mosaic from the Church of the Transfiguration on Mt. Tabor)

Immediately a cloud overshadowed them. It reminds us of that other cloud that accompanies the presence of God in the Old Testament: Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle.  It was the sign that was the guarantee of divine interven­tion. And the Lord said to Moses, ‘Lo, I am coming to you in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with you, and may also believe you forever.  Now on Mount Tabor that cloud overshadows Christ, and the powerful voice of God the Father is heard coming from it: This is my Son, my Chosen, listen to him.  

And God the Father speaks through Jesus Christ to all men of all ages. His voice is heard in every cage, in a particular way through the teachings of the Church, who continu­ally seeks ways of bringing this mystery of her Master and Lord to humanity, to the peoples, the nations, the succeeding generations, and every individual human being.  

And when they lifted up their eyes, they saw no one but Jesus only.  Elijah and Moses were no longer there. They only see Our Lord. They see the Jesus they know, who is sometimes hungry, sometimes tired, who tries to make himself understood. They see Jesus without any special manifestations of glory. It was normal for the Apostles to see Our Lord like that: what was exceptional was to see him transfigured.  

This is the Jesus we have to find in our ordinary life, in the· midst of our work, out in the street, in the people around us, in our prayer. We have to find Him when he for­gives us in the Sacrament of Penance and, above all, in the Holy Eucharist where he is truly, really and substantially present. Normally he does not show himself to us with any special manifestations. Rather, we have to learn to find Our Lord in what is ordinary and every day, and we must flee from the temptation of ever wanting anything extraordinary.  

We must never forget that this Jesus whom those three privileged men were with on Mount Tabor, is the same Jesus who is daily at our side. When God grants you the grace of feeling his presence, and desires that you should speak to him as your most beloved friend, tell him about your feelings with all freedom and confidence. Without waiting for you to come close to him, he hastens towards you when you seek his love, and he presents himself to you, granting you the graces and remedies that you need. He only waits for one word from you in order to show you that he is beside you and wants to listen to you and console you. 

Other friends, those who are friends in the world, have times that they spend talking together and other times when they  are separated, but between God and yourselves, if you want, there need never be any time of separation.

Would our lives not be different if we were to make this presence of God a reality in the habitual things of each day; if we tried to say more ejaculatory prayers, more acts of love and reparation, more spiritual communions?

Fr. Francis Fernandez

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Homily #120806 ( 08min) Play– Fr. Dominic on the transfiguration of Our Lord when He is transfigured into a resplendent glory on Mount Tabor and how this was extraordinary compared to how Jesus normally presented himself to everyone he met and how this is how we should seek Him rather than seeking extraordinary manifestations, waiting until we get to heaven to see His glory.
Ave Maria!
Mass: Transfiguration of the Lord – Feast – Form: OF

Readings: 
1st: dan 7:9-10, 13-14
Resp: psa 97:1-2, 5-6, 9
2nd: 2pe 1:16-19
Gsp: luk 9:28-36

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Astonished in the presence of the transfigured Lord, who was speaking with Moses and Elias, Peter, James and John were suddenly enveloped in a cloud from which a voice arose that proclaimed: “This is my beloved Son, listen to him” (Mark 9:7).

When one has the grace to sense a strong experience of God, it is as though seeing something similar to what the disciples experienced during the Transfiguration: For a moment they experienced ahead of time something that will constitute the happiness of paradise. In general, it is brief experiences that God grants on occasions, especially in anticipation of harsh trials. However, no one lives “on Tabor” while on earth.

Human existence is a journey of faith and, as such, goes forward more in darkness than in full light, with moments of obscurity and even profound darkness. While we are here, our relationship with God develops more with listening than with seeing; and even contemplation takes place, so to speak, with closed eyes, thanks to the interior light lit in us by the word of God.

The Virgin Mary herself, notwithstanding the fact that she was the human creature closest to God, walked day after day as though on a pilgrimage of faith (cf. “Lumen Gentium,” 58), keeping and meditating constantly in her heart the word that God addressed to her, whether through the sacred Scriptures or through events of the life of her son, in which she recognized and accepted the Lord’s mysterious voice.

This is, therefore, the gift and commitment for each one of us …to listen to Christ, like Mary. To listen to him in the word, preserved in sacred Scripture. To listen to him in the very events of our lives, trying to read in them the messages of providence. To listen to him, finally, in our brothers, especially in the little ones and the poor, for whom Jesus himself asked our concrete love. To listen to Christ and to obey his voice. This is the only way that leads to joy and love.

Pope Benedict XVI (March 13, 2006)

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Homily #130223 ( 04min) Play – Fr. Dominic explains how in the Holy Eucharist we see, with the eyes of faith, the divinity of Jesus as He showed the Apostles in the Transfiguration.
Ave Maria!
Mass: Saturday of Ember Week in Lent – Ferial – Form: EF, Intret Oratio
Readings: 
1st: 1th 5:14-23
Gsp: mat 17:1-9

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Homily #130806 ( 05min) Play – Faith is so weakened in today’s world, and Father encourages us to strengthen and deepen our faith as we wait to share in the glory of Christ which He revealed to us in His Transfiguration.
Ave Maria!
Mass: Transfiguration of Our Lord Jesus Christ – 2nd Cl – Form: EF, Illuxerunt Coruscationes
Commemoration: St. Xystus, Pope and Martyr, and Felicissimus and Agapitus, Martyrs
Readings: 
1st: 2pe 1:16-19
Gsp: mat 17:1-9

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Homily #140316 ( 12min) Play – We are called to be transfigured daily in faith – continuously living and doing all for God.
Ave Maria!
Mass: Sunday 2nd Week of Lent – Sunday – Form: OF
Readings: 
1st: gen 12:1-4
Resp: psa 33:4-5, 18-19, 20, 22
2nd: 2ti 1:8-10
Gsp: mat 17:1-9

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