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Father Ed Broom, OMV, serves as Associate Pastor at St. Peter Chanel Church in Hawaiian Gardens, California. He is a member of the Religious Order, Oblates of the Virgin Mary, and was ordained by Saint John Paul II in St Peter’s Basilica on May 25, 1986. Fr. Ed is a Retreat Master and teaches Catholic Ignatian Marian Spirituality through articles, podcasts, a radio show, retreats and spiritual direction. He is the author of three books: From Humdrum to Holy, Total. Consecration to Jesus through Mary though the Mysteries of the Rosary and Road Map to Heaven, A Catholic Plan of Life.

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Father Ed Broom, OMV, serves as Associate Pastor at St. Peter Chanel Church in Hawaiian Gardens, California. He is a member of the Religious Order, Oblates of the Virgin Mary, and was ordained by Saint John Paul II in St Peter’s Basilica on May 25, 1986. Fr. Ed is a Retreat Master and teaches Catholic Ignatian Marian Spirituality through articles, podcasts, a radio show, retreats and spiritual direction. He is the author of three books: From Humdrum to Holy, Total. Consecration to Jesus through Mary though the Mysteries of the Rosary and Road Map to Heaven, A Catholic Plan of Life.

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Father Ed Broom begins his homily with a question: When do we find the Apostles sleeping in the Gospels?  When they should have been praying!  In the Garden of Gethesemane, Jesus asks them, “Couldn’t you watch with me one hour?”  When is the only time we find Jesus asleep in the Gospels?  In today’s Gospel!  It’s ironic that when the storm descends upon the lake, when the boat is about to capsize and sink, Jesus is asleep.  Father Broom points out that today’s Gospel is about trust, and he shows us what it means to trust Jesus in the storms of our lives.

Father Ed Broom, OMV, serves as Associate Pastor at St. Peter Chanel Church in Hawaiian Gardens, California. He is a member of the Religious Order, Oblates of the Virgin Mary, and was ordained by Saint John Paul II in St Peter’s Basilica on May 25, 1986. Fr. Ed is a Retreat Master and teaches Catholic Ignatian Marian Spirituality through articles, podcasts, a radio show, retreats and spiritual direction. He is the author of three books: From Humdrum to Holy, Total. Consecration to Jesus through Mary though the Mysteries of the Rosary and Road Map to Heaven, A Catholic Plan of Life.

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Speaking of the paralytic that Jesus heals in the Gospel, Father Ed Broom says that first and foremost in our spiritual life we have to recognize we are all paralytics.  The paralyzed man on the mat is Fr. Broom – and it is you.  We have to admit that.  That is original sin – that is personal sin!  So the best seller in the 60’s “I’m OK – You’re OK” is wrong.  I’m not OK and you’re not OK!  Unless we recognize we’re sinners, we will not turn to the Divine Physician for healing!  What is the first thing Jesus does with the paralytic?  He says, “Your sins are forgiven.”  Then He says, “Take up your mat and walk.”  Jesus heals the soul, then He heals the body.  We have to ask ourselves, where are our priorities?  What is more important to us, our body or our immortal soul!  The answer to that question will determine our eternal destiny!

Father Ed Broom, OMV, serves as Associate Pastor at St. Peter Chanel Church in Hawaiian Gardens, California. He is a member of the Religious Order, Oblates of the Virgin Mary, and was ordained by Saint John Paul II in St Peter’s Basilica on May 25, 1986. Fr. Ed is a Retreat Master and teaches Catholic Ignatian Marian Spirituality through articles, podcasts, a radio show, retreats and spiritual direction. He is the author of three books: From Humdrum to Holy, Total. Consecration to Jesus through Mary though the Mysteries of the Rosary and Road Map to Heaven, A Catholic Plan of Life.

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Jesus said, “You are Peter and upon this rock I will build my Church and the gates of the netherworld shall not prevail against it. I will give you the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven. Whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in Heaven. Whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in Heaven.”

Father Ed Broom expounds on the Catholic Church and the Papacy.  For over 2,000 years the one, true Church founded by Jesus Christ, the Roman Catholic Church, has been ringing out Christ’s Truth to the world!  Pope Francis is the 266th successor of Peter!  No merely human institution has lasted this long.  Jesus Christ is the invisible Head of the Catholic Church in Heaven and the Pope is the visible head of the Catholic Church on earth.  One of the names of the Pope is Vicar of Christ!  The Truth of Jesus Christ protected by the the Holy Spirit has been preserved and taught by the Catholic Church since its inception.  Three times at the Last Supper Jesus told the Apostles that the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of truth would guide and protect the teachings of His Church.

^“I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate to help you and be with you forever— the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you.” (Jn 14: 16-17)

“All this I have spoken while still with you. But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you.” (Jn 14: 25-26)

“I have much more to say to you, more than you can now bear. But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all the truth.” (Jn 16: 12-13)

Father Ed Broom, OMV, serves as Associate Pastor at St. Peter Chanel Church in Hawaiian Gardens, California. He is a member of the Religious Order, Oblates of the Virgin Mary, and was ordained by Saint John Paul II in St Peter’s Basilica on May 25, 1986. Fr. Ed is a Retreat Master and teaches Catholic Ignatian Marian Spirituality through articles, podcasts, a radio show, retreats and spiritual direction. He is the author of three books: From Humdrum to Holy, Total. Consecration to Jesus through Mary though the Mysteries of the Rosary and Road Map to Heaven, A Catholic Plan of Life.