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Father Broom talks to the children in 3rd though 7th grade Catechism classes at their Mass for the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception. We are at the Vigil of the Immaculate Conception. We are only a few days away from the great Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe.

We are preparing for the great joy of Christ’s Birth in just a few weeks…. and who wants to rejoice with us? It is Mary… she is the Cause of Our Joy since she is the one who brings Jesus to us on Christmas morning. It was her “YES” to God’s request that brought the Incarnation present in the World!

She is the Cause of Our Joy!

“My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices on God my Savior.”

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 at his Friday evening Perseverance Group about Our Lady of Guadalupe whose feast day we celebrate on December 12. She is the Patroness of all the Americas from Canada to Tierra del Fuego!

He gives us a portrait of Juan Diego and his historical times. He retells the story of each of the five appearances of Our Lady – Four to Juan Diego and one to his Uncle.

Miracles upon miracle results from this visit by the Blessed Virgin Mary. Because of her appearance on El Tepeyac, 3,000 native Mexicans are converted every day for nine years! A Pentecost everyday for nine years. This is the largest mass conversion in history. That is only one of the beautiful miracles Mary brought about as a result of this apparition.

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 Matthew 7:21, 24-27.
“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord,Lord’, will enter the Kingdom of Heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father in Heaven.”
Faith – Hope – Charity
We must have Faith… we must have Hope… but the greatest of these is Charity! What is charity? It is DOING the will of the Father. It is manifest in our actions…Faith without works is dead.

We must love the poor. practice the works of mercy, carry out the will of the Father in the work of saving souls. St. John of the Cross says: “In the twilight of our lives, we will be judged on love.”

He also says: ““Where there is no love, put love – and you will find love.”

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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St. Ignatius of Loyola in the Spiritual Exercises tells us to beg for these graces:
TO KNOW CHRIST MORE INTIMATELY so that we might
LOVE HIM MORE ARDENTLY and thereby
FOLLOW HIM MORE CLOSELY

Our Holy Father, Benedict XVI, has given us the Year of Faith and he wants us to experience a deep personal knowledge and love of Jesus Christ.

Father Broom in his homily on Matthew 15:29-37 helps us see the qualities of Christ so that we know Him and imitate Him. He is a healer.. a teacher… a shepherd…a miracle worker… a man of compassion and mercy…He works with others and accepts their help… He is meek and humble of heart. We see Him, we hear Him we watch His face as he talks… we will come to know Him. And to love Him. And to follow 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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“LIFTING UP YOUR MIND AND HEART TO GOD!”
This is the definition of prayer written by St. John Damascene in the 7th Century.

Father Broom explains the brilliance and holiness of this great saint. He is known as the Thomas Aquinas of the East and is one of the Eastern Fathers of the Church. He wrote brilliantly on many subjects. His devotion to Mary under the title Mary, Help of Christians, was profound.

He is most famous for his stirring defense of the use of images in the Church… he helped defeat the Iconoclast Heresy. He said we do not worship image but venerate them as a reminder of whom they represent. These images “lift our mind and heart to God” – they help us pray. What a book is to an educated person an image is to anyone who can not read. Catechism could be taught with no books but with just images.

We owe so much to this great saint.

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