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Archive for June, 2010
Text — Real men pray — the meaning of Father’s Day
Tuesday, June 29th, 2010Real men pray — The meaning of Father’s Day
Monday, June 21st, 2010
Twelfth Sunday in ordinary time, June 20, 2010
Fr. Anthony Brankin
Gospel: Luke 9:18-24. Deny yourself, take up your cross
MP3 Audio 13 min. Full homily text
Summary: The ancient pagans acknowledged their dependence on God. A statue of Aeneas of ancient Rome shows him carrying his father from Troy. The father is carrying the household gods, because he knows that he needed their gods, or else family members would never be able to love one another.
Fr. Brankin’s father was a police officer, and used to kneel and pray in the kitchen before going on duty. To cling to God, to worship Him only, was the only way their family would survive. A manly father offers himself to his spouse and children, and be willing to die for them if necessary. But he must love them first.
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Text — Mother’s Day – Why Love and Life Are Insperable
Wednesday, June 16th, 2010Full text of homily for Sixth Sunday of Easter, May 9, 2010.
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Text — Corpus Christi Sunday — Why we kneel before the Real Presence
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Corpus Christi Sunday — Why we kneel before the Real Presence
Monday, June 14th, 2010The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, June 6, 2010
Fr. Anthony Brankin
Gospel: Luke 9:11-17. Miracles of loaves and fishes
MP3 Audio 16 min. Full homily text
Summary: Holy Communion is not a symbol. It’s Jesus. Holy Communion is the Body and Blood that Jesus himself gives to us as spiritual food. The term “transubstantiation” means that you begin with the substance of bread and wine, and at the consecration it is changed to the substance of Christ’s Body and Blood. It is not bread and wine any longer, although it has these appearances. It has been changed to the Body and Blood of Christ.
Communion in the hand was introduced in the Church in the 1970’s, but when Pope Benedict XVI celebrates Mass, he indicates his preference by having people kneel and receive the host on the tongue. I invite you to try kneeling to receive communion at the communion rail. When you get back to your seats you can whisper your prayers and needs to Him.
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