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Homily #080126 (8min) Play - Sts Timothy and Titus were pillars of the early Church but St Paul’s holiness overshadowed other great Saints of the early Church and these two are examples of this.
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Homily #080122 (12min) Play Fr. Michael, referring the calling of humble David to replace proud Saul and the humble St. Vincent to denounce the emperor Diocletian(the great persecutor) shows how God often call the humble to shame the proud.

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Homily #264 (6min) Play - Fr. Michael Gauvreau explains that all nations are called to be Christians and we must follow Our Lord’s example and work hard to lead others into the Church.
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Homily #249 (11min) Play - Fr. Michael preaches on the need for fraternal charity in order to grow in grace.
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Homilies #247 - IHS (Jesus Savior of Man) (15min) >>> Play

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On the Franciscan Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus Fr. Michael Gauvreau preaches on the power of the Name of Jesus over all infernal powers.

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Homilies #244 - Fr. Michael, in the context of AntiChrist, preaches on the light of Grace from God that is needed since the fall of Adam, which has darkened our Intellects (11min) >>> Play

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Homilies #243 - The Flight into Egypt (14min) >>> Play

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Fr. Michael uses the Gospel’s story of the Flight into Egypt as the ideal we should follow in the family, one of Sacrifice.

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Homilies #228 - Fr. Michael Gauvreau on John the Baptist, forerunner of Christ (15min) >>> Play

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€œAre you the one who is to come,
or should we look for another?€?

Fr. Michael use the day’s readings from Isiah and Matthew to relate the coming of the Lord to the two exoduses from Egypt and Babylon which free us from the slavery of sin and bring us into the promised land. Listen as Fr. Michael beautifully explains how Jesus lying in the hay is the heralding of our entrance into a far greater promised land and how John the Baptist is his forerunner.

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Homilies #212 - Fr. Michael on the need to be saints (15min) >>> Play

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Fr. Michael Gauvreau gives the homily in the evening Mass for the Feast of All Saints of the Franciscan Orders. Fr. Michael explains the importance of striving to be a saint as the primary goal of all Franciscans. Listen to his homily as he exhorts us to hold on to our original zeal and carry it to new heights.

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Homilies #211 - Fr. Michael Gauvreau on the Miraculous Medal (13min) >>> Play

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At the Franciscans of the Immaculate we celebrate the memorial of the Miraculous Medal as a Feast. This is because the Miraculous Medal was originally called the Medal of the Immaculate Conception. This is the medal we were on our capuches as an official part of our habit and is a sure way to identify us as an FI. So, have a happy feast day and listen to Fr. Michael’s Homily as he describes the medal’s origins and just two out of the vast multitude of miracles associated with it.

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Homilies #204 - Fr. Michael Gauvreau on the knowledge of God (15min) >>> Play

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Just as footsteps in the sand are an image of the person who walked past and give evidence of his passing so, too, the created world tells us something of God.  This is the theme that Fr. Michael takes up from the day’s readings from the book of Wisdom. There are many ways of knowing. Just as Christ knew things in more than one way, as God and as Human, so we are to know God in his creation as well as through Revelation. Listen as Fr. Michael interlinks knowledge and faith.

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Homilies #203 - Fr. Michael on St. Albert the Great (10min) >>> Play

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News on Homilies: 

New Look to our homily videos with a new introduction and finale showing some of the interior of the Chapel and featuring Gregorian Chant from the Friars. Still needs some work but here it goes. The homilies for Monday Nov 12th and Wednesday the 14th were lost due to technical difficulties. Sorry about that! We have over 200 homilies on line. Deo Gratias

Fr. Michael Gauvreau gives the homily on St. Albert the Great’s feast day. He focuses on how St. Albert (the teacher of St. Thomas Aquinas) taught that knowledge of this world can help us to grow closer to God and should not lead to intellectual pride. He points out that St. Albert showed his humility by accepting very gracefully the loss of his great intellectual capabilities in his old age.

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Homilies #201 - Fr Michael Gauvreau on the after life (13min) >>> Play

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“I am the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.” God is talking in the present tense which means that Abraham, Isaac and Jacob are still alive. Using the day’s readings from Luke and from Maccabees Fr. Michael Gauvreau explains the importance in believing in the after life and living this life accordingly.

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Homilies #175 - St Michael, St Gabriel, St Raphael Archangels  (21min) >>> Play

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Today we celebrate the great feast of Saint Michael the Archangel, Saint Gabriel the Archangel, and Saint Raphael the Archangel.

Now one of the things that was important to the early Church fathers is the teaching on the holy angels and at one point each angel had their own designated day for a feast day but then they decided to move both Saint Gabriel and Saint Raphael to September 29^th which was originally Saint Michaels feast day.

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Homilies #166 - The Feast of Saint Joseph Cupertino (13min) >>> Play

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With today’s Gospel, we celebrate the feast of Saint Joseph Cupertino, who is a Franciscan saint of the 17^th century. He is one of those great saints in the Franciscan Order. One of those great saints of the Catholic Church, whom we never tire of hearing the stories that revolve around his life.

True stories that seem like they are inexhaustible in many of the events that took place in his lifetime.

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