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This Homily was by his grace Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet (September 27, 1627 – April 12, 1704) who is considered to be one of the greatest homilists of all time. It informs us of all the rituals that took place in the ceremony and some of their deeper meanings.
Catholic Homily: Reverence for the Holy Name of God
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In this homily we first consider that even wretched sinners keep up appearances with God by practicing one of two good things (like abstaining from meat on Friday) or avoiding some particular sin.
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This traditional catholic homily points out that many people cling to one or two pious practices or avoid certain sins in order to “keep up appearances with God.” We are warned that Blasphemy which is possible for even a sinner to avoid is common, and that Gods vengeance on blasphemers is often sudden death.
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This traditional catholic homily illustrates the holiness of Catholic home life. It uses the comparison of a Priest’s duty at the altar with the duty of the parents to show the sacredness and the seriousness of the obligation that spouses have to each other and their children.
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An explanation on how we can follow God as little Children. The Faithful should desire to be close to him, to speak with him, to imitate him in all things and to be obedient to those whom God puts over us.
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This traditional catholic homily speaks of why we are joyous at Christmas. How unlike Easter which is the triumphant of Christ of Death in great glory, Christmas is divine condescension to men and an invitation to Love God as he loves us.
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In this Traditional Catholic Sermon we are exhorted that after confessing our sins with sorrow we must make firm resolutions to avoid the life of sin. It encourages frequent confession and communion to bring forth the fruit of repentance and points out the burden which those who have found their joy in evil have in preserving in a sinless life.
The Desert Fathers : Catholic Audiobook (Poverty Part 1)
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The great movements of Holy Poverty of the Church could be said to be a restoration of this great discipline which the Holy Fathers of the Desert practiced.
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In this Traditional Catholic Sermon we speak of the virtue of St John the Baptist contrasted with that of a cowardly Catholic. These “fair weather” Catholics while practicing many virtues and avoiding sin will not defend the Honor of God and suffer immensely from the vice of human respect.
…Catholic Short Sermon for Advent : St John the Baptist
The angel said to him: Fear not, Zachary, for thy prayer is heard; and thy wife Elizabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John ; and thou shalt have joy and gladness, and many shall rejoice at his birth.
…Introduction and Disclaimer
These stories are taken from The Paradise or garden of the holy fathers which was compiled and translated by St Anthansius Archbishop of Alexandria, St Jerome, and others. We are using a translation of these works by Ernest A Wallas.
Catholic Evangelization Homily:
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The kingdom of heaven is like to leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, until the whole was leavened. — Matthew 13:33
The kingdom of heaven, my dear friends, means, as you know, in this as well as in many other of our Lord’s parables, not God’s kingdom in the next world, but in this—that is, his holy Catholic Church.
24th Week After Pentecost
Joy in Gods Service…
Let the peace of Christ rejoice in your hearts, . . . and ~be, ye, thankful. — Colossians 3:15.
Of the several great lessons contained in today’s Epistle, the one most insisted on and brought out is that of thankfulness and joyfulness in the service of God.
Her Happiness is in the Cross
Saint Kateri’s illness and holy death and apparitions of her after her death.
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Reflection on the Chapter : What earthly pleasure could make Saint Kateri want to remain here on earth.
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Reflection on Chapter: Will you recoil in terror at this chapter? The bodily penances that Saint Kateri Tekakwitha practiced were truly heroic and it is in the virtue of penance that she stands out among the Saints and servants of God.
The Communion of Saints
Renamed to Help the Souls in Purgatory …
We are so near the Feast of All Saints and the commemoration of all the faithful departed—All Souls’ day-—that we may well let our affectionate thoughts follow after our brethren who have gone before us and sleep in the peace of Christ.
A True Spouse of Jesus Christ
Saint Kateri meets some nuns and plans to start her own convent. When the convent idea is not able to work, she persists in asking to take a vow of virginity.
Reflections on Chapter: After taking her vow of perpetual virginity Saint Kateri finally feels free. …
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A Heavy Cross
Saint Kateri endures an unjust accusations against her.
Our Lord Jesus Christ was accused of being a blasphemer and using the power of the devils by the Pharisees. Could a person think of a worst insult to Christ?
Forgiveness of Injuries…
Shouldst not thou then have had compassion on thy fellow-servant, even as I had compassion on thee (Matthew, 18:33)
These words of today’s Gospel are spoken by our Lord to everyone who has been wanting in charity to his neighbor.
A Garden of Grace
Saint Kateri’s devotions, First Holy Communion, love of her people and her good works.
One of the things that impressed me most in this chapter was the piety of this community of Christian Iroquois at the Jesuit Mission.…
A Journey and a new Companion
Her escape with Hot Ashes; arrival at the Iroquois colony, and introduction to the Priests there. A spiritual friend, Anastasia, and her growth in holiness.
May God Bless those friends that he puts in our path that help us grow in holiness. …
20th Week after Pentecost
THE VALUE OF TIME.…
Redeeming the time. — Ephesians 5:16
There is a precious treasure, my dear brethren, which is always partly, but only partly, in our possession. Now and then we wake up to the conviction how valuable it is.
A New Name and a New Life
Kateri’s encounter with Father de Lamberville when she was 18. Her fervent conversion and her early baptism.
After a year of desiring and striving to be given the opportunity for baptism in a chapel adorned with Elk skins and wildflowers out humble maiden receives the life giving waters of baptism surrounded by her kinsmen.…
Tekakwitha set aside for Christ
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Kateri’s first encounter with Christianity and early resistance to marriage, her patience and natural virtues.
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Tekakwitha as a young child : Her Family and Her people, her Mothers Christianity, the death of her parents and her living with her new family.
19th Sunday After Pentecost
Lying…
Wherefore, putting away lying, speak ye the truth every man with his neighbor. Ephesians 4:25
Of all the vicious habits into which we are prone to fall, there is none more common, and none more miserable, mean, and contemptible, than this one of which the Apostle here speaks.
Introduction : The Brutal Martyrdom of Isaac Jogues, The Brutal Martyrdom of the Roman Martyrs, The worship of false Gods and the Light of Christianity
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In this chapter of our Catholic Audiobook we learn of heroic Martyrdom of St Isaac Jogues at the hands of the pagan Native Americans.
Author/Narrator : Noah Moerbeek
Proofreader : Kasey Moerbeek
Music John Harrison with the Wichita State University Chamber Players
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The charge of the Persian scythed chariots at the battle of Gaugamela by Andre Castaigne (1898-1899)…
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Stories of the Miraculous intervention of the Blessed Virgin Mary taken from the Glories of Mary by St Alphonsus Ligouri. Ave Maria!
O how holy, how serene, how kind, how pleasant the Virgin is believed to be!
