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Homily Fr. Brian Jackson. Home of the Mother pilgrimage to the Shrine of The Most Blessed Sacrament. Hanceville, AL
Homily Fr. Joseph Bloomer. Thanksgiving 2022, Home of the Mother Pilgrimage to the Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament. Hanceville, AL
The most beautiful person in the world let her heart be scarred for love. Watching Her Son suffer the passion, being so united to Him, Mary could not but experience her own interior passion.
In the homily for Holy Thursday, Fr. Luke DeMasi, SHM, shares about his vocation and reflections on the priesthood, the gift of the Eucharist and the sign of fraternal love.
Christ didn't come to take away suffering, nor did He come to explain it. Jesus came, rather, to fill suffering with His Presence. In this homily, Fr. Luke DeMasi speaks about suffering and how to use it for good.
It's at these times when we see just how poor we are, and so inclined to sin. In today's homily, Fr. Luke DeMasi speaks about how convid-19 is bringing out what each person has inside, and yet how we see in the Blessed Virgin Mary a complete self-giving to God's work in her soul.
Homily by Fr. Matthew Norbrega, SHM - Silent Retreat 2019
The Lord has given us light to see what we need to do, how we need to change. “By your perseverance you will save your souls”. There are so many people in the Catholic Church who do not take the process of their sanctification in serious. We must get to work to give saints to the Church!
Meditation by Fr. Matthew Norbrega, SHM - Silent Retreat 2019
True love leads one to sacrifice oneself for the beloved. There is a mystery of love in the passion of Christ that is capable of transforming our life. We must make an effort to meditate upon the passion of Christ, which is a fountain of holiness for the saints throughout the history of the Church.
Meditation by Fr. Andrew Kirsch, SHM - Silent Retreat 2019
The time that Jesus lived in was not easy. The situation was complicated. And this is a lesson for us. How are we supposed to live in our world today? Keep calm, and go to the sure foundation. The Holy Family stayed faithful to what they had to live.
Meditation by Fr. Matthew Norbrega, SHM - Silent Retreat 2019
We must ask Jesus to grant us knowledge of His Heart. Ask Him why He was born in poverty for love of me. Let us ask God the grace to penetrate into His Heart. We must learn to love to do God's will.
Meditation by Fr. Matthew Norbrega - Silent Retreat 2019
Death, Judgement, Heaven and Hell
Meditation by Fr. Andrew Kirsche, SHM - Silent Retreat 2019
This love and thanksgiving towards God should well up in our hearts for all He has done for us, just as a child for his parents. We must give glory to God with the holiness of our life. Holiness is the greatest dignity for man. And we reach this by becoming more like Christ, learning to serve, learning to humble ourselves.
Homily by Fr. Andrew Kirsche, SHM - Silent Retreat 2019
Tells the conversion story of Jacques Verlande, a born-Catholic who later fell away from the faith and became a guru. Eventually, he came back to God at the end of his life.
We are called to surrender ourselves. Let God change your heart with His presence. Be with Him. Surrender yourself to Him. Jump in with two feet.
Silent Retreat for Young Women. Knockadoon, Ireland. 2019.
A compilation of talks and meditations given by Servant Priests and Sisters at the first HM silent retreat for young women in Ireland. The retreat, or spiritual exercises, took place from 29 Nov. - 1 Dec. 2019 in Knockadoon, County Cork, Ireland.
The theme for the retreat was taken from Exodus 14:14, "The Lord himself will fight for you, you have only to keep still."
Silent Retreat for Young Women. Knockadoon, Ireland. 2019.
A compilation of talks and meditations given by Servant Priests and Sisters at the first HM silent retreat for young women in Ireland. The retreat, or spiritual exercises, took place from 29 Nov. - 1 Dec. 2019 in Knockadoon, County Cork, Ireland.
The theme for the retreat was taken from Exodus 14:14, "The Lord himself will fight for you, you have only to keep still."
Silent Retreat for Young Women. Knockadoon, Ireland. 2019.
A compilation of talks and meditations given by Servant Priests and Sisters at the first HM silent retreat for young women in Ireland. The retreat, or spiritual exercises, took place from 29 Nov. - 1 Dec. 2019 in Knockadoon, County Cork, Ireland.
The theme for the retreat was taken from Exodus 14:14, "The Lord himself will fight for you, you have only to keep still."
Silent Retreat for Young Women. Knockadoon, Ireland. 2019.
A compilation of talks and meditations given by Servant Priests and Sisters at the first HM silent retreat for young women in Ireland. The retreat, or spiritual exercises, took place from 29 Nov. - 1 Dec. 2019 in Knockadoon, County Cork, Ireland.
The theme for the retreat was taken from Exodus 14:14, "The Lord himself will fight for you, you have only to keep still."
Silent Retreat for Young Women. Knockadoon, Ireland. 2019.
A compilation of talks and meditations given by Servant Priests and Sisters at the first HM silent retreat for young women in Ireland. The retreat, or spiritual exercises, took place from 29 Nov. - 1 Dec. 2019 in Knockadoon, County Cork, Ireland.
The theme for the retreat was taken from Exodus 14:14, "The Lord Himself will fight for you. You have only to keep still."
Silent Retreat for Young Women. Knockadoon, Ireland. 2019.
A compilation of talks and meditations given by Servant Priests and Sisters at the first HM silent retreat for young women in Ireland. The retreat, or spiritual exercises, took place from 29 Nov. - 1 Dec. 2019 in Knockadoon, County Cork, Ireland.
The theme for the retreat was taken from Exodus 14:14, "The Lord Himself will fight for you. You have only to keep still."
Taking a spin off the documentary Supersize Me (2004), Fr. Luke speaks about being spiritually unhealthy. He compares how much effort we spend on our physical health and that of our spiritual health. Highlighting the importance of fasting and persevering in prayer, he combines stories and experiences to encourage a good spiritual lifestyle.
A meditation given by Sr. Marina Hernandez during adoration on the night of Holy Thursday at the altar of repose, Holy Week 2019. She uses an excerpt from the book "The Passion and the Death of Jesus Christ" by St. Alphonsus de Liguori.
Meditation on True Humility looking at the Passion of Christ given by Br. Brian Jackson during Holy Week 2019
A talk on the History of the Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, given by Sr. Kelai Reno during the Holy Week of 2019.
Meditation by Sr. Paulette Maes, SHM - Holy Week 2019
The announcement of the betrayal of Jesus takes place at the very moment of the announcement of the Sacrament of Love. We see in the Eucharist the contradiction of the greatest Love and the greatest contempt. How many times in the Eucharist is the Lord treated with contempt, with insults. The Eucharist is the Sacrifice of the great love of Jesus on the Cross, but it is also the victim of the lack of love of so many souls.
Fr. Dominic Feehan, SHM - Holy Week 2019
A talk about the Theology of the Sacred Heart of Jesus given by Fr. Dominic Feehan during the Holy Week of 2019.
Meditation by Fr. Henry Kowalczyk, SHM - Silent Retreat 2018
Father Henry uses the Resurrection of Jesus as the basis in this meditation. He refers to Peter's threefold manifestation of his love of Jesus, and also touches on desolation and purification.
Homily by Fr. Dominic Feehan, SHM - Silent Retreat 2018
The Poor Widow in the Gospel today wanted to give everything to God. The Lord recognized the importance of that contribution. Charity is the principal virtue of Christians. The greatest manifestation of the Love of God is the charity of Christ agonizing on the Cross for us. If we were to summarize the readings of today, we could do so in three words: Charity, Sacrifice and Reward.
Meditation by Fr. Dominic Feehan, SHM - Silent Retreat 2018
Our Lord voluntarily suffered for love of us. He was thinking of each and every one of us, and he was willing to suffer all those torments for each of us, and he would be willing to undergo all that suffering again to save us.
Meditation by Fr. Dominic Feehan, SHM - Silent Retreat 2018
How does God look on humanity? God's gaze on sinners is one of infinite compassion and mercy. When God looks on humanity, He is profoundly moved by the evil and sin that causes so much suffering. He has a tremendous desire to heal, nourish, restore and protect humanity from the evil one.
Meditation by Fr. Henry Kowalczyk, SHM - Silent Retreat 2018
We must ask the grace to have sorrow for our sins and also ask for the light to see ourselves the way God sees us. "You, O Lord, turned me toward myself, taking me from behind myself, where I had put myself while unwilling to examine myself. And now you have set me face to face with myself, that I might see how ugly I was, how decomposed and sordid, stained and ulcerous. And I looked and I loathed myself; but could not find a place in which to flee from myself. And if I sought to turn my gaze away from myself, you would again face me to myself, and thrust me before my own eyes that I might discover my iniquity and hate it. I had known it, but acted as though I knew it not -- overlooked it and forgot it." (Confessions of St. Augustine, Book XIII, Chapter 7)
Meditation by Fr. Dominic Feehan, SHM - Silent Retreat 2018
Daily prayer, Daily Mass, Liturgy of the Hours, Spiritual Reading, Spiritual Direction, Confession, Growing in Virtue, Devotion to Our Lady and the Saints, Living Holiness in our Daily Life and Keeping in View the Call to Holiness.
Meditation by Fr. Henry Kowalczyk, SHM - Silent Retreat 2018
Jesus wants to tell you how much love He has for you. Words cannot begin to express how much love God has for each one of us. He has thought of you from all eternity. Say to Him: Lord, give me the grace to thirst for your love.
We need to be reminded that we are Temples of God every single day. I am a living image of God. God dwells in me. How am I taking care of my temple?