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Father Broom teaches us about St. Paul Miki and his twenty five companions who were crucified as martyrs in Japan in 1597. There was a thriving Cat5holic community in Japan by this time. This was made possible by the heroic missionary, St. Francis Xavier who had died only some 40 years before.

We are called to be missionaries in our families, our neighborhoods, our city, and to the whole world. St. Paul Miki and his companions marched to their deaths carrying the crosses on which they would be crucified. And all the time they marched they sang hymns and the psalms praising God.

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 Gospel Mark 5:21-43 – The Miracle of healing the woman with a hemorrhage and the Miracle of raising the daughter of Jairus. What power there is when our faith is as strong as that woman and Jairus. This should encourage us to persevere like they did. They sought Jesus even amidst defeat. We have a “Cloud of Witnesses” cheering us on to finish the race with our faith strong.

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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Lord, Strengthen My Faith!

Father Broom speaks the call of our Holy Father Benedict XVI to strengthen our faith in this Year of Faith. We should read the Catechism of the Catholic Church and the documents of Vatican Two.

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 Ed Broom speaks about one of the most well known passages in the Letters of St. Paul – 1 Corinthians 12:31 to 13:13. What is love is the topic. Love is kind….. love is patient… it does not seek its own interests etc.

The greatest love that St. Paul is speaking of – Agape – is sacrificial love. It is the love that Christ has for each of us…. it is how we are to love one another as He loved us. He loved us even to His Passion and Death, Death on the Holy Cross.

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 speaks to the parents of the Confirmation students about the Life of Christ. He introduces them to the Paschal Mystery- the Passion, Death, and Resurrection of Jesus Christ. He focuses in this lesson on the events of Holy Thursday.

He encourages the parents to study along with their students by using the You Cat which is the text for the parish Confirmation classes.

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