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Sep 19 2011

WORK: THE POSITIVE FRUITS

Has anyone every asked you this question:  “Are you working hard or are you hardly working?”

Hopefully, you were quick on the the draw to respond:  “I am working hard!!!”  Hard and diligent work produces many positive fruits; here are some of them.


  1. PLEASES GOD!  Why?  Because He himself told us to work so as to earn our bread by the work and sweat of our brow. (Gen 3).
  2. EARN OUR KEEP!   St Paul states clearly to the Thessalonians:  “He who does not work, should not eat.”   You want to eat?  Then work hard!
  3. DEVIL TO FLIGHT!   When we do

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Written by Fr. Ed Broom, OMV · Categorized: Blog · Tagged: St Joseph, work

Sep 17 2011

OUR LADY OF SORROWS


OUR LADY OF SORROWS: MARY’S 7 SORROWS– short reflection.


  1. PROPHECY OF SIMEON….  “A sword will pierce your heart so that the thoughts of many will be lain bare….   By devotion to Mary she gives us the courage to recognize our sins and to confess them to the priest and receive pardon. Marian sanctuaries are “Spiritual clinics of healing” from sin.
  2. FLIGHT INTO EGYPT.  Mary helps us through her prayers to take flight from any near occasion of sin— be it a person, place or thing…
  3. FINDING IN THE TEMPLE.   May Mary grant us the grace to never lose Jesus in
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Written by Fr. Ed Broom, OMV · Categorized: Blog · Tagged: Our Lady of Sorrows

Sep 13 2011

MARIAN DEVOTION

  1. ROSARY.   The family that prays together stays together.  (Fr Patrick Peyton)
  2. ANGELUS.  Pray the Angelus three times a day: morning, noon, and evening. A great way to sanctify the day through this beautiful Marian prayer.
  3. SCAPULAR.  Wear the garment of Mary; stay under her mantle of protection.
  4. GOLDEN HAIL MARY.  Pray the “Hail Mary” slowly and reflectively.
  5. MARIAN FEAST DAYS.  Get to know them
  6. COMMUNION. Receive Holy Communion on Mary’s feast days to honor her and her Son, Jesus the Lord.
  7. TRUE DEVOTION TO MARY.  Consecrate your whole being to Jesus through the Immaculate Heart of Mary
  8. IMITATION.  Strive always
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Written by Fr. Ed Broom, OMV · Categorized: Blog

Sep 11 2011

MERCY THROUGH FORGIVENESS

  1. BIBLE PASSAGES:   Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us….   Be merciful as your Heavenly Father is merciful……Offering….Leave it first and be reconciled….  “Father, forgive them for they know not what they are doing…. How many times must I forgive, 70 times?  No 70 times 7 times…..
  2. BEG FOR GRACE.   In the Our Father we beg for the grace to forgive
  3. IMMEDIATELY.   When hurt, try to forgive right away.   “Do not let the sun go down on your anger.”  (O.T.)
  4. ANGER PERSISTS?   Make a novena of  Chaplets of Divine Mercy for the person that hurt you.
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Written by Fr. Ed Broom, OMV · Categorized: Blog

Sep 06 2011

PRACTICAL STEPS TO FRATERNAL CORRECTION

  1. First,  we should desire to be corrected before correcting others.
  2. Make sure that the person is at fault.
  3. Pray fervently for the person before giving the correction.
  4. Find the right time and place.
  5. TIME.  When the person is well-disposed: at peace and not tired and frustrated.
  6. PLACE. Never in public; this would be embarrassing!
  7. MANNER!  Always with charity. Remember the words of St Francis de Sales:  “You can catch more flies with a teaspoon of honey than with a barrel of vinegar.
  8. KINDNESS!  Before, during and after.
  9. Admit that you are the first to be corrected.
  10. Finally, after the fraternal
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