Marycast #1 ( 02min) Play – Welcome to our New Series here on AirMaria.com with Dr Mark Miravalle, in collaboration with Vox Populi Mariae Mediatrici. This series will give a basic understanding about Mary and why we should be lovingly devoted to her. Stay tuned!

Ave Maria!

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Fr. Francis Fernandez writes about the seven gifts

and their influence in the Christian life:

“But when the Counselor comes, whom I shall send to you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will bear witness to me.” Our Lord announces this news in the Gospel, and the liturgy of the Church invites us, in various ways, to get our souls ready for the action of the Holy Spirit.

A resolute battle against every deliberate venial sin prepares us to receive the light and the protection of the Parac1ete, by means of his gifts. The light which is bes­towed on our intellect makes us know and understand the things of God; the assistance to our will permits us to use successfully the opportunities for doing good which we encounter every day, and to reject the temptations of everything that would separate us from God.

The gift of understanding shows us the riches of the Faith with greater clarity.  The gift of knowledge enables us to judge created things in an upright manner, and to keep our heart fixed on God, and on things insofar as they lead us to him. The gift wisdom enables us to comprehend the unfathomable wonder of God, and it urges us to seek him in preference to all other things, amid our ordinary work and obligations. The gift of counsel points out the paths of holiness to us.- God’s will Will in our ordinary daily life– and encourages us to choose the option which most closely coincides with the glory of God, and the good of our fellow man.

The gift of piety inclines us to treat God with the intimacy with which a child treats his father. The gift of fortitude uplifts us continually, helping us to over­come the difficulties which we inevitably meet on our jour­ney to God. The gift of fear induces us to flee the occa­sions of sin, resist temptation and avoid every evil which could sadden the Holy Spirit, and to fear above all the loss of the One whom we love, and who is the reason of being of our life.

These are days to prepare for the celebration of the solemn sending out of the Holy Spirit on the Church, represented by the Apostles gathered in the Cenacle, along with Mary the Mother of God. We pray constantly that we may be docile to the work of the Holy Spirit in our soul, and that he may not cease to move and inspire the people of these times in which we live, who are particularly hungry for the Spirit, and so much need his protection and his help.

We tell him:

Come, 0 Holy Spirit, come,

And from thy celestial home

Shed a ray of light divine!

Come, thou Father of the poor,

Come, thou source of all our store,

Come, within our bosoms shine!

Thou on those who ever more

Thee confess and thee adore

I n thy sevenfold gifts descend;

Give them virtue’s sure reward,

Give them thy salvation , Lord,

Give them joy that never ends.

Recourse to Our Lady, the Spouse of the Holy Spirit, is the surest way for us to dispose our soul for whatever new gifts the Paraclete wishes to give us.

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Homily #120829 ( 10min) Play – “It is not right for you to have your brother’s wife”.  We must be apostles of the truth.  Telling those we know that they are living contrary to the Truth, with love and understanding.  We must imitate John the Baptist, and die for the Truth.
Ave Maria!
Mass: The Beheading of St. John the Baptist – Mem – Form: OF
Readings: 
1st: jer 1:17-19
Resp: psa 71:1-6, 15, 16
Gsp: mar 6:17-29

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Homily #130421b ( 09min) Play – Fr. Joachim on the many seeming contradictions in the readings today: rejoicing in rejection, the blood of the lamb making the robes white, and the lamb becoming the shepherd.  Father points out that we know all these things are true and any intellectual difficulties will be resolved by faith. Let us not let what seems to be difficult to understand get in the way of saving faith.
Ave Maria!
Mass: Sunday 4th Week of Easter – Sunday – Form: OF
Readings: 
1st: act 13:14, 43-52
Resp: psa 100:1-2, 3, 5
2nd: rev 7:9, 14-17
Gsp: joh 10:27-30

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Homily #140118m ( 11min) Play – Building on his homily from yesterday, Fr. John Joseph brings Our Lady, Queen of Peace into the mix. He shows that true understanding of our faith requires us to put it into demonstration. We will cause division if we are too critical of others and do not examine ourselves. If there is division, there is no peace, and without peace, there is no unity of all souls under the headship of Christ.
Ave Maria!
Mass: Saturday 1st Week of Ordinary Time – Wkdy – Form: OF
Readings: 
1st: 1sa 9:1-4, 17-19, 10:1
Resp: psa 21:2-3, 4-5, 6-7
Gsp: mar 2:13-17

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Homily #140218b ( 05min) Play – Fr. Ben Luedtke on how the source of evil in the world is our sin and that God is all good and always willing to forgive our sins so that we can be free from this sin. Father exhorts us to spread this Good News.
Ave Maria!
Mass: Tuesday 6th Week of Ordinary Time – Wkdy – Form: OF
Readings: 
1st: jam 1:12-18
Resp: psa 94:12-13, 14-15, 18-19
Gsp: mar 8:14-21

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Conferences #263 – ( 60min) >>> Play

Adult themes Discussed

For the 2014 Courage Conference in Philadelphia at Villanova University, Andrew Comiskey gives his talk called “Judge Not? Clarifying a New Testament Understanding of Judgement” and how this relates to the moral issues of today, especially homosexuality.

For more on the Courage apostolate go to couragerc.org

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Homily #150115b ( 18min) Play – Fr. Alan on the great desire we have for God’s mercy and how we need to understand the nature of this gift and how it relates to reconciliation, repentance and freedom.
Ave Maria!
Mass: Thursday 1st Week of Ordinary Time – Wkdy – Form: OF
Readings: 
1st: heb 3:7-14
Resp: psa 95:6-7, 8-9, 10-11
Gsp: mar 1:40-45

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Fr Terrance explains mercy, what it means and how we can be merciful as our heavenly Father is merciful. He explains the distinction between being judgmental and making legitimate moral judgments, and how to convert a critical spirit to one more in harmony with God’s mercy.

Ave Maria!

Mass: Monday 2nd Week of Lent – Wkdy

Readings: 
1st: Dan 9:4-10
Resp: Ps 79:8, 9, 11, 13 0
Gsp: Lk 6:36-38

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