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Father Broom speaks to the Confirmation boys (mostly 8th graders) about the Incarnation – God made man in the person of Jesus Christ. It is less than a week until Christmas.

The quality and value of our Christmas he tells the boys will vary to the extent we put Jesus at the center of this holy day. If He is cast to the side, our Christmas will be dim and uninspired. When He is at the center -we have the fullness of life and the fullness of joy.

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 Luke 1:5-25 – the revelation to Zechariah about the coming of John the Baptist. This Gospel and all of Luke Chapters 1 and 2 remind us to welcome life, to be open to it.

We live in a society immersed in both the practice of contraception and a contraceptive mentality. These errors are caused by viewing children as a burden, a problem, an interruption to life. Holy Scripture only speaks of children as a blessing. We should examine ourselves on our own openness to 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 preaches on the great St. Joseph. This man was entrusted by God the Father to protect and provide for Mary, the Mother of God, and her son, Jesus Christ, the God-Man. What a responsibility! When God calls us to great works, he provides all the graces we need. How grace filled Joseph must have been.

St. Joseph is the universal patron.. he can help with all of our prayer intentions. St. Teresa of Avila, who had a deep devotion to him, said that not only did he answer all of her requests but that he did it quickly. Other saints might answer, she said, but they took their time. But the response of St. Joseph was immediate.

St. Joseph is the patron of a holy and happy death since he died in the arms of Mary and Jesus. That is exactly where we all want to die.

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 Matthew 1:1-17 – The Genealogy of Jesus Christ.

So many names! But the most important is the Holy Name of Jesus.

At the Name of Jesus every knee in Heaven on earth and under the earth shall bend.

Praise His Holy Name!

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 gives a dynamic presentation to about 40 boys in Confirmation Two (mostly ninth graders). In this Year of faith the Holy Father has told us that we must come to know who Jesus is. Father explains to the students who Jesus Christ is.

But he reminds them that it is more than knowing about someone who lived 2,000 years ago but about meeting and knowing, really knowing, that person today, especially in Holy Mass.

If we meet Him today in Mass with open arms and an open heart, this will be the happiest day of our lives. And this will be the best Christmas because we will know and love the One born that day.

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