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Homily #080723 ( 12min) Play - “We all have a mission from God in this world”. In today’s homily Father Ignatius talks about God’s call for each and everyone of us, and how He gives us the graces necessary to carry it out, if we cooperate.
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Marycast Specials #20 ( 10min) Play - In Part 5 of Dr Mark Miravalle’s talk from the Marian Conference, Our Lady’s Role in the Work of Salvation (Amsterdam, May 2008), Dr Mark Miravalle elaborates on why Mary was a necessary part in God’s plan of salvation.

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

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Ave Maria!– July’s Theme: Holiness

“Perfection consists in loving God, in having union with Him, in becoming divinized. And love is manifested by doing the will of God, which is revealed to us through the will of the superiors, as long as the latter is not openly and evidently contrary to God’s law.” (cf. SK #51)

Homily #080722 ( 11min) Play - Did Mary have other children? In this homily, Fr. Ignatius teaches on the meaning of today’s Gospel and how it is a misinterpretation to conclude that this opposes the Dogma of Mary’s Perpetual Virginity.
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No Apologies #54 - No Salvation Outside the Catholic Church ( 05min) >>> Play

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Man has a moral obligation to seek and enter the Catholic Church with the obligation to live by her teachings. This last episode on the “Six Steps to Catholicism” explains the Catholic teaching that “There is no salation outside of the Catholic Church” and who are those that are inside and outside the Catholic Church.

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Ave Maria!– July’s Theme: Holiness

“The idea that the Saints were not like us is false. They too were subject to temptations, they too fell and arose again, they too felt oppressed by sadness, weakened and paralyzed by discouragement. Nevertheless,…, they did not trust in themselves, but, placing all of their trust in God, after every fall they humbled themselves and sincerely repented. In this way the falls became like little stairs that they climbed towards ever greater perfection.” (cf. SK #1001)

Homily #080721 ( 09min) Play - Fr Ignatius preaches on St. Lawrence, a great example of what it means to be a member of the Church Militant in the sense of engaging in spiritual warfare.
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Ave Maria!– July’s Theme: Holiness

“The means to arrive at holiness is the continual vigilance over oneself, with the scope of knowing your own defects and uprooting them, sowing the seeds of virtue, cultivating them, developing them right up to the most elevated degrees; then there is prayer, with which the soul acquires supernatural divine graces, indispensable for spiritual progress. In fact, all of the Saints gave a high priority to prayer.” (cf. SK #1001)

Homily #080720 ( 22min) Play - Fr. Angelo preaches on the Sunday Mass at the end of our Encampment Weekend for the Knights of Lepanto. The day’s Gospel has three parables of the Kingdom of God, the Field with the Wheat and the Weeds, the Mustard Seed, and the Yeast and the Bread. These parables that are agricultural in their details hark back to the fall which involved good and bad fruit, and so, underscores how salvation comes to us in the same way that the fall happened but in reverse. Listen as Father explains how this refers to our need to battle temptations in our life, to uphold family life and how this fits with the role of the Knights of Lepanto.
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Topic: The Third Sorrowful Mystery & Profound Humility - The Crowning with Thorns
(In honor of the month of the Precious Blood)

Quote:
“Weaving a crown out of thorns, they placed it on his head, and a reed in his right hand. And kneeling before him, they stripped him of the cloak, dressed him in his own clothes, they mocked him, saying, ‘Hail, King of the Jews!’ They spat upon him and took the reed and kept striking him on the head. And when they had mocked him, they stripped him of the cloak, dressed him in his own clothes, and led him off to crucify him.“ - Matthew 27: 29-31 (more…)

Ave Maria!– July’s Theme: Holiness

“Our Lord, coming into this world, showed all humanity the way to true holiness by His word and example, the substance of which is to love God to the point of heroism. The distinctive sign is the fulfillment of the will of God, contained above all in God’s commandments and those of the Church and the duties of one’s own state in life.” (cf. SK #1001)

Homily #080719 ( 12min) Play - Fr. Angelo preaches for this votive Mass in honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary on Saturday. He explains the origins of this devotion which dates back to the Lady Chapels where they had Mass on Saturday mornings in honor of Our Lady’s vigil, who was waiting for the resurrection when everyone else lost hope.

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General News #5 - Petition Pope Benedict to proclaim the 5th Marian Dogma ( 08min) >>> Play

Ave Maria! Participate in Marian History! Voice your desire for the Church to declare the 5th Marian Dogma, the Blessed Virgin Mary as Coredemptrix, Mediatrix, and Advocate, by petitioning Pope Benedict XVI to solemnly define this doctrine as dogma.

website: fifthmariandogma.com

Pope Benedict’s Mailing Address:
Pope Benedict XVI
C/o Msgr. Ganswein
Apostolic Palace
00120 Vatican City State
(Europe)