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The Gospel passage is about the Rich Young Man. Jesus looked at him with love and said you are lacking only one thing. “Go sell all you have and give to the poor, then come follow Me.” And the rich young man went away sad. Father Ed Broom begins his homily with an endearing story of a little boy who in 1938 rode his bike 5 miles to serve as an altar boy and then 5 miles back home, in freezing weather – 10 degrees weather or even colder. Father Ed goes on to talk about the rich young man in today’s Gospel passage.  Obviously this is a call to vocation. The rich young man was good, very good, but not good enough for Jesus Christ – that’s the problem. Giving a brief historical overview, Father Ed asks this question, why don’t we have more vocations today? He goes on to give three significant and insightful reasons why we have a drought in vocations, and ends with why we should be concerned about it!

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Father Ed Broom urges us to recognize our DIGNITY as a son or daughter of God, our PURPOSE which is to get to Heaven, and our MISSION which is to collaborate with Jesus Christ, our Savior and our King, in the salvation of souls! He shows us how to answer the Call of the King, how to be a modern day apostle. Helping others get to Heaven is the best way to ensure that we will get to Heaven!

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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Week Four of the Youth Exercises: The Passion and Death of Our Lord Jesus Christ for love of you and me!   

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, “Whoever would be first must be last and the servant of all.” Father Ed Broom illuminates the virtue of humility by presenting three incredible manifestations of the humility of Christ: Christ in His Incarnation; Christ in His Passion and Death on the cross; Christ’s Presence until the end of time in the Church, His Mystical Body and especially in Holy Communion which truly is the Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of Jesus Christ! Father Ed then gives us three ways we can grow in humility in imitation of Jesus and Mary. Humility is recognition of the truth! We grow in humility by praying, which acknowledges the supremacy of the Creator over the creature. We grow in humility through humiliations. We grow in humility through devotion to Mary: “Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it done unto me according to your word.” Let us grow in humility by listening to this inspirational homily by Father Ed.