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Father Broom preaches on the Kingdom of God. We have many images for the Kingdom – Heaven is the one we 1st think of. But the Kingdom of God is present in the Tabernacle… God lives there. The Kingdom is present the hands of the priest in the Consecration. It is present in the the baptized baby incapable of sinning…. yet. It is present in us when we are in a state of sanctifying grace. The Kingdom of God is present in every Holy Communion.

This day, Nov. 15, is the feast day of St. Albert the Great… he was the greatest scholar in the world and an expert in all of the sciences, mathematics, philosophy, and theology. He taught St. Thomas Aquinas. But he was a poor student until he asked the Blessed Virgin Mary to help 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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Father Broom preaches on the Gospel of the Ten Lepers…. all of whom were cured by the Lord but only a foreigner returned to offer thanks. How many gifts God the father has lavished on us…our lives, our Church and its Sacraments….and even the gift of His only Son, Jesus Christ who came to die for us. And he gives us that gift every day in the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass.

Our prayer today should be one of gratitude. We should pray like Mary:
“My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in 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 uses three quotes from St. Francis Xavier Cabrini to demonstrate the qualities we need to become great saints – Humility, Daily Self Examination and Apostolic Zeal.

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 the Feast Day of St. Francis Xavier Cabrini – Mother Cabrini. The Saints are the friends of God. Their lives were spent loving God. Because they loved God totally they lived lives dedicated to the Works of Mercy – Corporal and Spiritual.

Which of these works is God calling me to today? Ask Mother Cabrini, Mother Teresa, St. Francis, St, Vincent De Paul… ask the great St. John Bosco what is the specific Work of Mercy I can carry out in my life.

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 in his Mass homily on November 12, 2012 shows us how to grow in the Grace of God. Grace is participating in the Divine Life of God. We grow in Grace when we pray fervently, practice charity (the corporal and spiritual works of mercy), practice penance, and go to Holy Mass and receive Holy Communion. When we lose the Divine Life of Grace by committing a mortal sin, we can be restored quickly to Grace by the Sacrament of Confession.

We want to beg for today to be open to every Grace God gives us. Our model is the Blessed Virgin Mary who always said “YES” to every Grace God sent her.

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