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GrottoCast is a SoundCloud account for uploading audio from Assumption Grotto - mostly homilies of Fr. Eduard Perrone, the Pastor of this Catholic Church in the Archdiocese of Detroit.
This homily was delivered by Fr. Perrone on December 11, 2016 at the 9:30 a.m. Mass in the Extraordinary Form (EF). It was Gaudete Sunday (3rd Sunday of Advent).
This homily was delivered by Fr. Perrone on Sunday, December 4th, 2016 at the Noon OF Mass. It was the 2nd week of Advent.
This homily was delivered by Fr. Perrone on Sunday, November 20, 2016 at the Noon Mass (Ordinary Form). It was the Feast of Christ the King.
This homily was delivered by Fr. Perrone at the Noon Mass on November 13, 2016. It was the closing of 40 Hours Devotion and the Mass was celebrated in the Extraordinary Form. (Note: The image is from 2013)
Fr. Perrone delivered this homily at the 9:30 a.m. EF Mass. He offers some thoughts ahead of the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election.
Fr. Perrone delivered this homily at the 6:30 a.m. ordinary form Mass on October 2nd, 2016. It was the 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time.
This homily was delivered by Fr. Perrone at the Noon Mass on September 25, 2016. It was the 19th Sunday after Pentecost. The "Tridentine" was moved to this time slot just for the day due to a talk after Noon Mass by Joseph Pearce.
This homily was delivered by Fr. Perrone at all Masses on Sunday, April 17, 2016. He was prompted by recently discovered sacrilege concerning the Holy Eucharist. He discussed that, and Eucharistic reverence during Mass.
This homily was delivered by Assumption Grotto's associate pastor, Fr. John Bustamante, at the 9:30 EF Mass on Sunday, April 10th, 2016. In it, he offers some thoughts on the Pope's recent letter, Amoris Laetitia.
This audio is part of a backlog that is being uploaded after a recording system upgrade.
Fr. Perrone delivered this homily on Sunday, April 10th, 2016 at the Noon Mass, which is ordinary form. It was the Third Sunday of Easter.
This is part of a backlog of audio files now being uploaded after a recording system upgrade.
This homily, was delivered by Fr. Eduard Perrone on Divine Mercy Sunday, April 3, 2016 at the 6:30 a.m. ordinary form Mass. It is part of a backlog of homilies being uploaded following a technical glitch with the recording system. Additional homilies are forthcoming.
This homily, was delivered by the visiting Fr. Aidan Logan, O.C.s.o. on Holy Saturday at the 8 p.m. Easter Vigil on March 26, 2016. It is part of a backlog of homilies being uploaded following a technical glitch with the recording system. This is the only homily for Easter weekend. Homilies are being uploaded yet from Divine Mercy Sunday, April 10th, and 17th.
This homily was delivered by Fr. Perrone at the 9:30 EF Mass on the 4th Sunday in Lent (Laetare Sunday).
This is the second homily uploaded today. See also last Sunday's homily uploaded a short time ago.
This homily was delivered by Fr. Perrone on the 3rd Sunday in Lent at the 6:30 a.m. OF Mass.
Apologies for the late upload of last Sunday's homily. Look also for this morning's homily to be uploaded today.
This homily was delivered by Fr. Perrone on Sunday, February 21, 2016 at the 9:30 a.m. EF Mass. It was the second Sunday in Lent.
This homily was delivered by Fr. Perrone on February 14, 2016 at the 6:30 a.m. Mass. It was the first Sunday in Lent. Fr. Perrone speaks about the temptations of Christ, and the Devil.
Fr. Perrone delivered this homily on February 7, 2016 at the 9:30 a.m. extraordinary form Mass. It was Quinquagesima in the 1962 calendar. Father prepares people for Lent with Ash Wednesday this week
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This homily was delivered by Fr. Perrone on Sunday, January 31, 2016 at the Noon, ordinary form Mass). It was the fourth Sunday of Ordinary Time.
Readings: http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/013116.cfm
This homily was delivered by Fr. Perrone on January 24, 2016 at the 9:30 a.m. EF Mass. It was Septuagesima Sunday. On this pre-Lenten Sunday, Father discussed the problem of trans-humanism.
This homily was delivered by Fr. Perrone on Sunday, January 17, 2016 at the Noon Mass (ordinary form). The gospel reading was about the Wedding at Cana.
This homily was delivered by Fr. Perrone on Sunday, January 10, 2016. It was Holy Family Sunday in the 1962 Calendar.
This homily was delivered by Fr. Perrone at the 9:30 a.m. Mass on January 1, 2016. This was a Mass in the Extraordinary Form and in the 1962 calendar, the Circumcision of Jesus was celebrated (Fr. Perrone also delivered a homily the night before for the Mother of God, which was uploaded with a title date of 12-31-2015).
This homily was delivered by Fr. Perrone on December 31, 2015 at the 11 p.m. ordinary form Mass on the vigil of the solemnity of the Mother of God. Fr. Perrone also delivered a homily the next morning at the EF Mass where the Circumcision of Jesus was being celebrated (1962 calendar). That homily has a title date of 01-01-2016.
This homily was delivered by visiting priest, Fr. Aidan Logan, O.C.s.o. at the 9:30 a.m. EF Mass.
This homily was delivered by Fr. Perrone on December 27, 2015 at the 6:30 a.m. Mass (ordinary form).
This homily was delivered by Fr. Perrone on Christmas Day, 2015, at the 9:30 a.m. Mass.
The accompanying photo was taken around 2:00 a.m. as Fr. Perrone celebrated a private Mass following the Mass at midnight, at the altar of the Blessed Virgin Mary. This occurs yearly with other available priests also celebrating private Masses at the other altars.
See photo post at http://te-deum.blogspot.com/2015/12/christmas-photos-and-audio-homily-from.html
This homily was delivered by Fr. Aidan Logan, O.C.s.o. at the 2015 Christmas Midnight Mass. It was a solemn high Mass (1962 Missal).
Fr. Logan is currently the Vocations Director for the Archdiocese of Military Services in the U.S. http://www.milarch.org/site/apps/nlnet/content2.aspx?c=dwJXKgOUJiIaG&b=8486699&ct=13379493
This homily was delivered by Fr. Perrone on Sunday, December 20, 2015 at the 9:30 a.m. Mass, which was in the extraordinary form. It was the fourth Sunday of Advent.
This homily was delivered by Fr. Perrone at the Noon Mass (ordinary form) on Sunday, December 13, 2015. It was Gaudete Sunday.
This homily was delivered by Fr. Perrone at the 9:30 a.m. Mass, which uses the 1962 Missal. It was the second Sunday of Advent.
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This homily was delivered by Fr. Perrone at the Noon Mass in the ordinary form on Sunday, November 29, 2015. It was the First Sunday in Advent.
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This homily was delivered by Fr. Perrone at the 9:30 a.m. EF Mass at Assumption Grotto on November 22, 2015. He discusses some thoughts on how to remain faithful during times of turmoil in the world.
This homily was delivered at the 6:30 a.m. OF Mass on November 15, 2015. The parish was having it's annual 40 Hours Devotion. Exposition was resumed briefly at 6:00 until the first Mass of the day, at which time the monstrance was concealed behind a cloth designed for this purpose. In this homily, Fr. Perrone discusses part of a talk he recently gave to the secular Carmelite community based at Assumption Grotto. It was on the Holy Eucharist, rooting the matter in the dogmas of the Trinity and Incarnation.
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This homily was delivered by Fr. Perrone on Sunday, November 8, 2015 at the 9:30 a.m. EF Mass. This Sunday was referred to the "Fifth Resumed Sunday after Epiphany". In the old calendar for the 1962 Missal, this Sunday and next, feature Lesson and Gospel readings from the season of Epiphany because the 24th, and last, Sunday after Pentecost before Advent isn't until the last Sunday in November.
This homily was delivered by Fr. Perrone at the Noon Mass (OF) on November 1, 2015. It was the Solemnity of All Saints.
Propers: Rv 7:2-4, 9-14/1 Jn 3:1-3/Mt 5:1-12a (667) Pss Prop
This homily of Fr. Perrone was delivered on October 25, 2015 at the 9:30 a.m. EF Mass. The last Sunday in October is Christ the King Sunday. Propers can be found here.
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Fr. Perrone delivered this homily at the 6:30 a.m. Mass (ordinary form). It was the 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time.
Propers: Is 53:10-11/Heb 4:14-16/Mk 10:35-45 or 10:42-45 (146) Pss I
Fr. Perrone delivered this homily on October 11, 2015 at the 9:30 A.M. Mass in the Extraordinary Form. It was the 20th Sunday after Pentecost.
This homily is being uploaded several weeks late. Please excuse the delay.
This homily by Fr. Perrone was delivered at the 4:00 p.m. Ordinary Form Mass. It was the 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time. See readings here: http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/100415.cfm
Image is the Seat of Wisdom statue at the center of the altar apse. October is a month of Mary.
This homily was delivered by Fr. Perrone at the 9:30 a.m. Mass on Sunday, September 27, 2015. It is being uploaded one week late. The 9:30 a.m. Mass is in the Extraordinary Form (1962 Missal). This was the 18th Sunday after Pentecost. Readings for the Mass can be found at the Tridentine Latin Missal Project page here: http://missale.heliohost.org/18pent.html
In his homily this week, Fr. Perrone discusses concupiscense and how to battle it. It was recorded at the 12:00 PM Mass in ordinary form.
Mass readings can be found here: http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/092015.cfm
This homily was delivered at the 9:30 a.m. Extraordinary Form Mass for the 16th Sunday after Pentecost.
Fr. Perrone includes, in this homily, some thoughts on things causing some Catholics a bit of anxiety and explains how he is dealing with these things spiritually.
EPISTLE ¤ Ephesians 3. 13-21 Lesson from the Epistle of Blessed Paul the Apostle to the Ephesians.
[That Christ our Lord may dwell by faith in our hearts; that to Him be glory and to the Father and the Holy Ghost, in the Church unto all generations, is the theme of the Epistle.]
Brethren, I pray you not to faint at my tribulations for you, which are your glory. For this cause I bow my knees to the Father of Our Lord Jesus Christ, of whom all paternity in heaven and earth is named, that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with the Holy Spirit with might unto the inward man. That Christ may dwell by faith in your hearts; that being rooted and founded in charity, you may be able to comprehend with all the saints, what is the breadth and length, and height, and depth. To know also the charity of Christ, which surpasseth all knowledge; that you may be filled unto all the fulness of God. Now to Him who is able to do all things more abundantly than we desire or understand, according to the power that worketh in us: to Him be glory in the Church, and in Christ Jesus, unto all generations, world without end. Amen.
GOSPEL ¤ Luke 14. 1-11 † Continuation of the holy Gospel according to St. Luke.
[Jesus heals a man with the dropsy. Short parable showing that God exalts whosoever humbles himself.]
At that time, when Jesus went into the house of one of the chief of the Pharisees on the sabbath day to eat bread, they watched Him. And behold, there was a certain man before Him that had the dropsy: and Jesus answering, spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying: Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day? But they held their peace: but He taking him, healed him, and sent him away. And answering them, He said: Which of you whall have an ass or an ox fall into a pit, and will not immediately draw him out on the sabbath day? And they could not answer Him these things. And He spoke a parable also to them that were invited, marking how they chose the first seats at the table, saying to them: When thou art invited to a wedding, sit not down in the first place, lest perhaps one more honorable than thou be invited by him; and he that invited thee and him, come and say to thee: Give this man place: and then thou begin with shame to take the lowest place. But when thou art invited, go, sit down in the lowest place: that when he who invited thee cometh, he may say to thee: Friend, go up higher. Then shalt thou have glory before them that sit at table with thee: because every one that exalteth himself shall be humbled; and he that humbled himself shall be exalted.
Source for Readings: http://missale.heliohost.org/16pent.html
Quote: "We need to look more deeply after ourselves; and, less after the failings of others."
What follows is the homily delivered by Fr. Perrone at the 6:30 a.m. Mass (these are delivered at two Masses each weekend and it is unknown which other Mass he had).
Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 128 Reading 1 IS 35:4-7A
Thus says the LORD: Say to those whose hearts are frightened: Be strong, fear not! Here is your God, he comes with vindication; with divine recompense he comes to save you. Then will the eyes of the blind be opened, the ears of the deaf be cleared; then will the lame leap like a stag, then the tongue of the mute will sing. Streams will burst forth in the desert, and rivers in the steppe. The burning sands will become pools, and the thirsty ground, springs of water.
Reading 2 JAS 2:1-5
My brothers and sisters, show no partiality as you adhere to the faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ. For if a man with gold rings and fine clothes comes into your assembly, and a poor person in shabby clothes also comes in, and you pay attention to the one wearing the fine clothes and say, “Sit here, please, ” while you say to the poor one, “Stand there, ” or “Sit at my feet, ” have you not made distinctions among yourselves and become judges with evil designs?
Listen, my beloved brothers and sisters. Did not God choose those who are poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom that he promised to those who love him?
Gospel MK 7:31-37
Again Jesus left the district of Tyre and went by way of Sidon to the Sea of Galilee, into the district of the Decapolis. And people brought to him a deaf man who had a speech impediment and begged him to lay his hand on him. He took him off by himself away from the crowd. He put his finger into the man’s ears and, spitting, touched his tongue; then he looked up to heaven and groaned, and said to him, “Ephphatha!”— that is, “Be opened!” — And immediately the man’s ears were opened, his speech impediment was removed, and he spoke plainly. He ordered them not to tell anyone. But the more he ordered them not to, the more they proclaimed it. They were exceedingly astonished and they said, “He has done all things well. He makes the deaf hear and the mute speak.”
This homily was delivered by Fr. Perrone at the 9:30 a.m. EF Mass for the 14th week after Pentecost.
EPISTLE ¤ Galatians 5. 16-24 Lesson from the Epistle of Blessed Paul the Apostle to the Galatians.
[Let us walk in the spirit and we shall not fulfill the lusts of the flesh. The flesh makes us commit all kind of sins.]
Brethren, Walk in the spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lusts of the flesh: for the flesh lusteth against the spirit, and the spirit against the flesh; for these are contrary one to another: so that you do not the things that you would. But if you are led by the spirit, you are not under the law. Now the works of the flesh are manifest; which are fornication, uncleanness, immodesty, luxury, idolatry, witchcrafts, enmities, contentions, emulations, wraths, quarrels, dissensions, sects, envies, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like; of which I foretell you, as I have foretold to you, that they who do such things, shall not obtain the kingdom of God. But the fruit of the spirit is charity, joy, peace, patience, benignity, goodness, longanimity, mildness, faith, modesty, continency, chastity. Against such there is no law. And they that are Christ's, have crucified their flesh with the vices and concupiscences.
GOSPEL ¤ Matthew 6. 24-33 † Continuation of the holy Gospel according to St. Matthew.
["You cannot serve God and mammon." "Therefore be not solicitous for your life . . . nor for your body . . . For your father knoweth that you have need of all these things. Seek ye therefore first the Kingdom of God and His justice."]
At that time Jesus said to His disciples: No man can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will sustain the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and mammon. Therefore I say to you, be not solicitous for your life, what you shall eat, nor for your body, what you shall put on. Is not the life more than the meat, and the body more than the raiment? Behold the birds of the air; for they neither sow nor do they reap, nor gather into barns, and your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are you not of much more value than they? And which of you, by taking thought, can add to his stature one cubit? And for raiment why are you solicitous? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they labor not, neither do they spin; but I say to you, that not even Solomon in all his glory was arrayed as one of these. Now if God so clothe the grass of the field, which is today, and tomorrow is cast into the oven, how much more you, O ye of little faith! Be not solicitous therefore saying: What shall we eat, or what shall we drink, or wherewith shall we be clothed? for after all there things do the heathen seek. For your Father knoweth that you have need of all these things. Seek ye therefore first the kingdom of God, and His justice; and all these things shall be added unto you.
Full propers can be found here: http://missale.heliohost.org/14pent.html
This homily was delivered at the 9:30 a.m. EF Mass for the 13th week after Pentecost.
There is no recording for the previous Sunday due to a technical glitch. Text may be uploaded in September at GrottoCast.com
GOSPEL ¤ Luke 17. 11-19 † Continuation of the holy Gospel according to St. Luke.
[Our Divine Redeemer heals ten lepers, both Jews and Samaritans, who have recourse to Him. "Arise, thy faith hath made thee whole." Through His Church Our Lord gives back health to the souls, Jews and Gentiles, who have recourse to Him.]
At that time, as Jesus was going to Jerusalem, He passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee: and as he entered into a certain town, there met Him ten men that were lepers, who stood afar off, and lifted up their voice, saying: Jesus, Master, have mercy on us. Whom when He saw, He said: Go, show yourselves to the priests. And it came to pass, that, as they went, they were made clean. And one of them, when he was that he was made clean, went back, with a loud voice glorifying God: and he fell on his face before His feet, giving thanks: and this was a Samaritan. And Jesus answering said: Were not ten made clean? And where are the nine? There is no one found to return, and give glory to God, but this stranger. And He said to him: Arise, go thy way; for thy faith hath made thee whole.
Source and other Propers for this Sunday: http://missale.heliohost.org/13pent.html
This was the homily of Fr. Eduard Perrone, pastor of Assumption Grotto in Detroit, on the feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. It was delivered at the evening outdoor Mass - a Solemn High Mass in the Extraordinary Form.
The quality of this recording is lower because it was not a direct feed. There is a little more background noise, but the audio is definitely good enough for those looking to hear what Grotto's pastor had to say.
GOSPEL ¤ Luke 1. 41-50 † Continuation of the holy Gospel according to St. Luke.
[Elisabeth greets Mary: Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb.]
At that time: Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost, and she cried out wiht a loud voice, and said: Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb. And whence is this to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? For behold as soon as the voice of thy salutation sounded in my ears, the infant in my womb leaped for joy. And blessed art thou that hast believed, because those things shall be accomplished that were spoken to thee by the Lord. And Mary said: My soul doth magnify the Lord. And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Savior. Because He hath regarded the humility of His handmaid; for behold from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed. Because He that is mighty, hath done great things to me; and holy is His Name. And His mercy is from generation unto generation, to them that fear Him.
Source, Propers for August 15, 2015: http://missale.heliohost.org/aug15.html
In his homily at the 9:30 a.m. EF Mass for the 11th week after Pentecost, Fr. Perrone reflects on the Gospel passage from Mark, where Jesus healed a man who was deaf and dumb (scroll down for text). He also offers some thoughts on his time this past week at the Clear Creek Monastery for his annual retreat.
GOSPEL ¤ Mark 7. 31-37 † Continuation of the holy Gospel according to St. Mark.
[Jesus heals the deaf and dumb.]
At that time, Jesus going out to the coasts of Tyre, came by Sidon to the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the coasts of Decapolis. And they bring to Him one deaf and dumb, and they besought Him that He would lay His hand upon him. And taking him from the multitude apart, He put His fingers into his ears, and spitting, He touched his tongue; and looking up to heaven, He groaned and said to him: Ephpheta, that is, Be thou opened: and immediately his ears were opened, and the string of his tongue was loosed, and he spoke right. And He charged them that they should tell no man: but the more He charged them so much the more a great deal did they publish it; and so much the more did they wonder, saying: He hath done all things well; He hath made both the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak.
Source: http://missale.heliohost.org/11pent.html
In his homily for August 2, 2015, given at the 9:30 a.m. Mass in the Extraordinary Form (1962 Missal), Fr. Perrone reflects on sin, grace, and mercy.
Readings are from the 10th Sunday after Pentecost in the 1962 Missal (Luke 18:9-14):
"At that time, Jesus spoke this parable to some who trusted in themselves as just, and despised others. Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one was a pharisee, and the other a publican. The pharisee standing, prayed thus with himself: O God, I give Thee thanks that I am not as the rest of men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers; as also is this publican. I fast twice in the week; I give tithes of all that I possess. And the publican standing afar off would not so much as lift up his eyes towards heaven, but struck his breast saying: O God, be merciful to me a sinner.2 I say to you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: because every one that exalteth himself shall be humbled: and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted."
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This was Fr. Perrone's homily delivered at the 4:00 PM Mass on June 20th, and at the 6:30 AM Mass on June 21st. Both Masses were in the Ordinary Form.
Readings for the OF Mass for the Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time 2015 can be found here http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/062115.cfm
Fr. Perrone discusses devotion to the Sacred Heart on the Sunday after the Friday it was celebrated.
This was an ordinary form Mass due to a Mass of Thanksgiving in extraordinary form needed at Noon.
The priests prepare one homily for each weekend whether they are celebrating the one EF Mass or not.
Fr. Perrone delivers his Corpus Christi homily for 2015 at the 9:30 a.m. Mass. Since the EF Mass shifted to Noon for an orchestral Mass, conducted by Fr. Perrone, the 9:30 was an OF Mass.
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2015 Homilies of Fr. Eduard Perrone, Pastor of Assumption Grotto Catholic Church in Detroit. Most of these are prepared homilies.
Since the parish offers both Ordinary Form (OF) and Extraordinary Form (EF) Masses, it will be noted which at which Mass the homily was recorded, but priests who celebrate the EF Mass will also celebrate and OF Mass, and prepare one homily.
This homily was recorded at the 9:30 a.m. Extraordinary Form Mass on Sunday, May 17, 2015 at Assumption Grotto in Detroit. In the 1962 liturgical calendar, it was the Sunday after Ascension.
Mass Readings
Lesson: 1 Peter 4:7-11 Gospel: John 15:26-27; 16:1-4
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