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Father Broom presents us with the person of St. John the Evangelist. He and his brother, St. James, were nicknamed the Sons of Thunder by our Lord.
This ambitious, fiery tempered fisherman becomes the beloved disciple who writes with such eloquence of the love of God and the love we must have for one another.

He left everything to follow Jesus and followed Him all the way to the foot of the Holy Cross. Jesus speaks about him and to him on Calvary. “Woman behold your son. Son behold your mother.” He was the chaplain of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Father wants us to become friends of the Saints so they can lead us to their friend, 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.

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Father Broom preaches on December 28, the Feast Day of the Holy Innocents – Matthew 2:13-18. These innocent children (all under the age of two years) were slaughtered to slake the envy and hatred of Herod.

In our nation today, we have our own slaughter of millions of innocent defenseless babies in their mothers’ wombs. They can not escape the cruel tools of the abortionist. They can not defend themselves. We must be the ones to shield them… to save them, to treasure them. They are victims of our materialistic and self centered society. We must be the ones to love and protect them in every way that we can.

TRIUMPH OF THE INNOCENTS is the name of the painting in this podcast. These Holy Innocents are gathered around the Holy Family in the Flight into Egypt. The Triumph is theirs because now they see and love Christ for all eternity.

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 the Feast Day of St. John the Evangelist – John Chapter 20. All of the preaching during the long life of St. John – the Beloved Disciple – can be summed up in that quote form Christ at the Last Supper: LOVE ONE ANOTHER AS I HAVE LOVED YOU!

When John put his head over the Sacred Heart of Jesus at the Last Supper, he discovered that “he who abides in love abides in God and God in him”.

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 December 26 – the Feast Day of St. Stephen – the Protomartyr- the first one to die for the Name of Christ. We go from the joy of Christmas Day to the stoning of St. Stephen the next day. The name Stephen means “crowned”. He was crowned by a crown of rocks and won the crown of martyrdom.

Tertullian in the 2nd Century AD says “the blood of martyrs is the seed of the Church”. Saul of Tarsus abetted this martyrdom and perhaps the grace of seeing Stephen’s virtuous death softened his heart to God’s call later on.

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 reminds us how much our families, our nation, our world needs good strong fathers. We need Fathers who are good sons of God the Father themselves….. they love God 1st, then their spouse, then their children. We need fathers who love the Sacrament of Matrimony who are good husbands.
We can follow the model of good St. Joseph and of Blessed John Paul II.

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