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Each of us has the the Indwelling of the Blessed Trinity through the Grace of our Baptism. What dignity we have! Members of the Body of Christ… brothers and sister of Jesus Christ and true children of Mary our mother.

“Christians Recognize your d=Dignity!” St. Leo the Great

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 Luke 12:13-21 – The Parable of the Rich Fool. He put all his trust in his many possessions not in God. “What would it profit a man if he gained the whole world but lost his immortal soul?”

Where are our priorities… what or Who do we want to possess most of all? Father Broom shows us both manifestations of greed in ourselves and the remedies for overcoming it.

Yesterday’s Homily was on Envy – How well we recognize these Capital Sins in others…. but not in ourselves.

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 teaches the parents of the Confirmation students in their every other week parent formation class.

This is the Year of Faith declared by Pope Benedict XVI. His Apostolic Letter declaring this year is “PORTA FIDEI” – The Door of Faith. We are to open the Door of Faith in this Year. The Holy Father says we open that door by studying the documents of Vatican Two and studying the Catechism of the Catholic Church. Our 1st purpose id to KNOW our faith. But the ultimate goal is to have a personal encounter with Jesus Christ and to fall in love with Him.

Father asks the parents to begin that program of study and to read Porta Fidei available here:
http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/motu_proprio/documents/hf_ben-xvi_motu-proprio_20111011_porta-fidei_en.html

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 Sunday, October 21 – the Gospel of Mark 10: 35-45.
The Apostles St. James and St. John try to advance themselves in the Kingdom…the other ten Apostles are not happy about their attempted self promotion. The ten have envy and so do we!

What is envy? Why do we all have it? How do we overcome it?

Unchecked jealousy can lead to envy which leads to anger which leads to hatred which can even lead to murder. Read Genesis 4 – Cain and Abel.

Father Broom’s homily is a short course in this ugly capital sin that we all have.

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 about the Year of faith. We are all called to study the four major documents of Vatican Two and the Catechism of the Catholic Church.

But each of us has a specific charism within that call to study. Perhaps it is to study and learn more about the Sacraments, or Church history, or Apologetics. Some of us are called to learn all the Church teaches on Bio Ethics or Catechetics….Some of us are called to learn more about Mary and the Saints. The CCC gives a brilliant survey of the field of Moral Theology in its coverage of the Ten Commandments.

Some of us are called to learn more about Ingnatian Spirituality. We could spend time learning about other spiritual systems – Salesian, Carmelite, Franciscan etc.

We should each beg for the grace to use this Year of faith well and to discover our own individual charism… our own area of interest.

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