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Father Broom speaks to the Confirmation boys (mostly 9th graders) about the person of Jesus Christ. He must be the focus – the center of their daily life if they want to be happy and if they want to go to Heaven.

Father warns the boys of the dangers that can pull them away from Christ. He gives them to the tools to stay on track – daily prayer, frequent Mass and Communion, and frequent Confession.

Father Ed Broom OMV is a member of the Oblates of the Virgin Mary and is Associate Pastor at St. Peter Chanel Church in Hawaiian Gardens California.

To read his blogs in English or Spanish and to listen his other podcasts, please go to www.fatherbroom.com

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Psalm 23 and John Chapter 10

“I am the Good Shepherd. I know my sheep and they know me”

Father Broom speaks to parish lay leaders on the qualities of being good shepherds to their sheep. A good shepherd knows his sheep by name. He feeds his sheep. He protects his sheep from the wolves that are set on destroying the sheep. A good shepherd loves his sheep, prays for them amd leads by example.

To be a good shepherd to the sheep we must be good sheep ourselves: good sheep to Jesus Christ – the Good Shepherd – good sheep to our Holy Father, Shepherd of the Church, and good sheep to our priests who lead us to safe pastures of heavenly salvation.

Father Ed Broom OMV is a member of the Oblates of the Virgin Mary and is Associate Pastor at St. Peter Chanel Church in Hawaiian Gardens California.

To read his blogs in English or Spanish and to listen his other podcasts, please go to www.fatherbroom.com

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Father Broom at his Friday evening Perseverance Group presents God’s gifts to us in the Sacrament of Baptism. We receive the dignity of the adopted sons and daughters of God. We become a child of the Father and a brother or sister of Jesus Christ. We are freed from Original Sin. We become heirs of the Heavenly Kingdom. Mary is our Mother.

We receive the theological virtues- Faith Hope and Charity.

We receive the Four Moral Virtues – Justice Temperance Prudence Fortitude.

Father concludes by asking us to celebrate our Baptism Day and the Baptism Day of our children. We should praise and thank God for this great gift- our Baptism.

Father Ed Broom OMV is a member of the Oblates of the Virgin Mary and is Associate Pastor at St. Peter Chanel Church in Hawaiian Gardens California.

To read his blogs in English or Spanish and to listen his other podcasts, please go to www.fatherbroom.com

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Father Broom preaches on Luke 5:12-16 – The healing of the man full of leprosy. Father describes his own experiences with lepers. What suffering lepers have: physical pain, the ugliness of their bodies, the cruel words and actions of people who hate them.

There is also the leprosy of sin, which we all have. This leprosy deforms our soul, causes us to feel distant from God’s presence and love, and could cause us to despair. There is a healing for us in the great Sacrament of Confession if each of us would say: I am a leper, Heal Me Jesus. We will be healed – We will be restored in the loving Sacred Heart of Jesus.

Father Ed Broom OMV is a member of the Oblates of the Virgin Mary and is Associate Pastor at St. Peter Chanel Church in Hawaiian Gardens California.

To read his blogs in English or Spanish and to listen his other podcasts, please go to www.fatherbroom.com

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Father Broom talks to the Confirmation students about the horror that sin is – slavery – addiction – death. These are all things that no one wants or would wish on anyone. Praise God that there is remedy for sin. We have the Sacraments – especially Confession and Holy Communion – to restore us and to strengthen us. Sin is slavery but God’s way is freedom. Lets experience God’s freedom and infinite mercy instead of the servitude of sin.

Father Ed Broom OMV is a member of the Oblates of the Virgin Mary and is Associate Pastor at St. Peter Chanel Church in Hawaiian Gardens California.

To read his blogs in English or Spanish and to listen his other podcasts, please go to www.fatherbroom.com