Radio Free St. Jude
By Fr Lawrence A. Donnelly
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Liturgy of the Word: Old Testament – Psalm – Epistle | At Holy Mass, we need to realize that the Lord himself instructs us especially during the Liturgy of the Word. We see that after his Resurrection, Our Lord opens the scriptures to his disciples so that they may come to … Continue reading → | 4/23/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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God Speaking to Us: The Liturgy of the Word | There has never been the Liturgy of the Eucharist without the proclamation from the Holy Scriptures preceding it. This arrangement goes back to the very earliest days of the Church. It is good to ask why this is so. What … Continue reading → | 4/20/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Holy Saturday – Christ Descended into Hell – Tenebrae | A blessed and happy Easter to all my readers! I know we are now in the joy of Easter, yet I would like to share some thoughts about Holy Saturday before the Easter Vigil in the Holy Night. After the … Continue reading → | 4/9/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Collect at Mass | For me, the new English translations of the presidential prayers from the Latin Mass have breathed new life into my celebrating of the Mass. Finally English-speaking Catholics can experience something of the beauty of the original Latin prayers. This homily … Continue reading → | 1/17/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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A First Holy Communion Homily | To feed the flock of Christ with Jesus, the Bread of Life, is one of the greatest privileges a parish priest can have. And there are few things in this world more sweet than to be a part of that … Continue reading → | 12/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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It’s Greek to Me: the Kyrie eleison | At Holy Mass, following the Confiteor (I confess), we sing Kyrie eleison (Lord have mercy). When we make this sweet cry for mercy, we usually are begging forgiveness of our sins. Yet in the Scriptures people cried for mercy to … Continue reading → | 11/26/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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I Confess… | Here I present an explanation of the Confiteor, i.e. I confess, that we use are Mass. This is part of my on-going explanation of the parts of the Mass. Is is great to see the biblical background to this practise. … Continue reading → | 11/20/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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There I Am in the Midst of Them | I have always wanted to do a series of homilies on the Mass, since it is the source and the summit of our Christian life. The upcoming introduction of the new English translation of the Latin Mass gives us a … Continue reading → | 11/9/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Relics: Signs of the Communion of Saints and the Hope of Future Glory | Our parish church is also a shrine of Saint Jude the Apostle. We welcome all those who seek a place of peace and prayer in our church, as well as those who come seeking the intercession of the Holy Apostle, … Continue reading → | 11/6/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Why We Make the Sign of the Cross | As Catholics, we sign ourselves with the sign of the cross most often whenever we begin to pray. Sometimes we do it without much attention. Maybe we either never knew, or have forgotten, the biblical and deep meaning of this … Continue reading → | 10/17/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Fundamentals of the Mass — Sacrifice, Real Presence, and Communion | It has been far to long since I have added to my blog. Here is an edited recording of a homily for the 28th Sunday Per annum. In preparation for introducing the new English translation of the Latin Mass, I … Continue reading → | 10/10/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Addendum to Tenebrae at St Jude’s | Carissime Lector, Although we are now in the Easter Day, I would like to post the audio of the Holy Saturday Tenebrae Service at St Jude’s. What a blessing and pleasure to be able to share in the commemoration of … Continue reading → | 4/25/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Gregorian chant for the Immaculate Conception | Dear Lectores, I must apologize for the lack of posting on this my blog. I will spare you the details of what has been occupying my time (beyond my parochial pastoral duties) and making it difficult to find the time … Continue reading → | 12/13/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Schola Cantorum Sancti Judae sings for Vigil of the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist | This evening the schola cantorum, with four of its members sang the propers for the Vigil Mass of the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist at Saint Jude’s Church and Shrine, Renfrew Station, Vancouver. We are in the process of forming ourselves so … Continue reading → | 6/23/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Confession is good for the soul | Here is a recording of the homily for the Fifth Sunday of Lent, year C, at the 9 AM Mass on March 22, 2010. Homily for Sunday V of Lent Here is a written summary of this homily: Since the … Continue reading → | 3/22/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Do not grieve as others who have no hope | This is a summary of a homily given at the funeral of a long-time parishioner of mine. I have included the readings, 1 Thessalonians 4.13-18 and and John 11.17-27, upon which the homily was based. Click on the underlined text … Continue reading → | 2/24/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 16 Episodes |
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