Fathers and the Seed of Grace

https://afireblog.files.wordpress.com/2018/06/fsr-st-vito-17-june-2018.mp3 Father’s Day gives us a great way to understand our Lord’s parables about the growing seed. Fr. Steven Reilly’s homily at St. Vito-Most Holy Trinity, Mamaroneck, New York.

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The Weight of a Mass

https://afireblog.files.wordpress.com/2018/06/fsr-st-vito-3-june-2018.mp3 Corpus Christi reminds us of the infinite value of every mass. As St. Padre Pio said, “the world could survive more easily without the sun than the holy mass.” Fr. Steven Reilly’s homily at St. Vito-Most Holy Trinity, Mamaroneck, New York.

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Holy Trinity, One God

https://afireblog.files.wordpress.com/2018/05/fsr-st-patrick-yorktown-27-may-2018.mp3 On the solemnity of the Holy Trinity, we contemplate the mystery  of God’s deepest revelation. Fr. Steven Reilly’s homily at St Patrick, Yorktown Heights, New York.

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Palms and the Passion

https://afireblog.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/fsr-st-vito-25-march-2018.mp3 Today’s liturgy brings out the contrasts of Jesus’ Holy Week experience…the triumph of Palm Sunday and the suffering of Good Friday. Fr Steven Reilly’s homily at St Vito-Most Holy Trinity, Mamaroneck, New York.

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NYC Holy Week Missions, Day 1: It Begins

SIGN UP TO BE A NYC HOLY WEEK MISSIONARY   |   MORE INFO 2018 Holy Week Mission Blog, Day 1 “It Begins” St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral, SoHo, 2018.   One of the topics we’ve discussed with the missionaries  in our missionary boot camp program has been the role of you know who—the Prince of Darkness.  The Devil

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From Gloom to Joy

  Good Friday You changed my mourning into dancing; You took off my sackcloth and clothed me with gladness.  Psalm 30:12 Saint Patrick’s Old Cathedral, SoHo.    The sun was shining brightly in SoHo today, and despite the solemn air of the occasion, a spirit of joy prevailed.  Good Friday is almost always the day

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An Atheist Enters

  Holy Wednesday Was it the presence of the brothers on the streets, stirring up the neighborhood?  Or was it something deeply spiritual about ‘Spy Wednesday’?  We don’t know.  But the atheists were fired up last night, showing up everywhere.  Two of them made it all the way to the church itself.   The first one,

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