Homily #090326 ( 06min) Play – The widow who’s son had died wept like only a mother can. Listen to see how she reflects Mary’s sorrow and her joy at the resurrection.

Ave Maria!

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Fr Josemaria gives the homily at Bloomington, IN on Feb 01 on the need for repentance, referring to the fathers of the Church and the role of weeping for our sins in this process of turning away from sins to turn from God and how Mary, the Mother of Jesus helps us to do this.

Ave Maria!

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Ave Maria!  A story that’s hitting quite a few headlines is the weeping statue of the Virgin Mary at Hobbs, New Mexico.  Hundreds of people gather to watch as the statue weeps tears that smell like flowers.  News agents contacted the company that built it, and they said nothing like this had happened with any of their statues before, and it was inexplicable to them from a technical point of view.  The Catholic Church has decided to launch an investigation.

During Sunday mass, parishioners at the Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church said a miracle took place. A statue of the Virgin Mary facing the crowd is said to have started crying.

“On the day it happened, I sat down with my husband. I looked at the Virgin [Mary], and I asked him if the Virgin [Mary] had tears. And he told me no, I said the eyes of the Virgin weren’t like that,” said Laura Cisneros, the secretary at the church.

Cisneros said her husband dismissed it and said it must’ve been the glare from the light. After mass, they went up to the statue and said a puddle of an oil-like substance had formed on the floor below the statue. Another person wiped off the tears and Cisneros said more tears appeared.

The substance had a distinctive smell.

“And when you smell it, it gives a scent of flowers, like it’s an essence that’s so sweet and smells really good. And it reminds us of our Virgin (Mary),” Cisneros said.

Some who heard of the miracle paid a visit but still haven’t decided what to believe. Deacon Jim Winder, the vice chancellor of the Diocese of Las Cruces, said when phenomenon occur, they are not taken at face value by the Catholic Church.

“We try to take a scientific skepticism,” he said. “You can’t prove a miracle, but you can disprove all other explanations.” Winder said a team from the Diocese will take a closer look into the statue. On Thursday, the church will be closed from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. while the investigation is taking place.

Source: Catholic Church to examine weeping Virgin Mary in Hobbs | KOB 4

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Fr Terrance gives the homily at Bloomington, IN on Nov 05, 2021, and continues his series on the beatitudes with the second blessed are those who mourn and that this primarily refers to weeping for sins, our own and those of others.

Notes:

Women on the way of the cross mourn for sins of past

Involves patience to being willing to bear suffering patiently

woe to those who laugh, those who live for themselves and mock sins will, in the end, morn

if you seek instant gratification then you will lose eternal gratification

Jesus will give the Holy Spirit who is the consoler of those who morn.

This is why we find consolation in confession when we acknowledge his sins and mourns, has contrition, then he will receive the Consoler

Like David who acknowledges his sin so his heart is like God’s

Eternity wi where we will ha eternal consolation, no weeping

Application to our own life: Go to confession and have a heart for others, pray for conversion, Offer our suffering in union with Christ’s, ask for Mary’s intercession

Ave Maria!

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