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ARE THE BEATITUDES DYSFUNCTIONAL? All Saints Day 2020

By[email protected] November 1, 2020

FR LOUIS SCURTI PRESENTS THE HOMILY BASED ON THE READINGS OF ALL SAINTS DAY: REVELATION 7:2-4, 9-14 1 JOHN 3:1–3 ALLELUIA Veníte ad me, omnes qui laborátis et oneráti estis, et ego refíciam vos, dicit Dóminus. Come to me, all you that labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest, says the Lord….

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USING OUR HEADS AND HEARTS TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT

By[email protected] September 18, 2020September 18, 2020

FROM THE BOOK OF WISDOM AND THE GOSPELS FR LOUIS SCURTI POINTS TO ST ROBERT BELLARMINE AS AN EXAMPLE OF USING OUR HEADS AND HEARTS TO FIND GOD. BELLARMINE WAS A COUNTER REFORMATION SAINT AND SCHOLAR AND DOCTOR OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH. Check out our website: https://new.friendsoftheword.org Join our community on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/www.FriendsoftheWord.org Donate and…

ST MONICA OF AFRICA Dedicated to Black Mothers and their Sons!

By[email protected] August 27, 2020

Dedicated to Black Mothers and their Sons, Fr Louis Scurti shares the insights of the Scriptures on the Feast of St. Monica of Hippo, Africa. She wept for her son, Augustine, his life and faith until her prayers were answered at his Baptism by St. Ambrose in Milan, Italy. _______________________________________________________ Check out our website: https://new.friendsoftheword.org…

SHARING IN THE WISDOM OF JESUS Feast of St. Bernard

By[email protected] August 20, 2020

ON THE FEAST OF ST. BERNARD, THE READINGS COME FROM SIRACH AND THE GOSPEL OF JOHN THE THEME IS UNITING OURSELVES WITH JESUS AND WISDOM! FR LOUIS SCURTI SOLICITS ASSISTANCE FROM A 7 YEAR OLD BOY, TIMKO, CITING HIS WISDOM. _______________________________________________________ Check out our website: https://new.friendsoftheword.org Join our community on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/www.Friendso… Donate and support…

MARTHA AND MARY…LINA & NANCY, Ora et Labora

By[email protected] July 30, 2020

ON THE FEAST OF ST. MARTHA, FR LOUIS SCURTI RECALLS TWO OTHER SISTERS AS HE COMMEMORATES MARTHA AND HER SISTER, MARY. THE FOCUS OF THE HOMILY IS ORA ET LABORA, WORK AND PRAYER. At St. Frances Cabrini Church, Roosevelt Island, NY. _______________________________________________________ Check out our website: https://new.friendsoftheword.org Join our community on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/www.FriendsoftheWord.org Donate and…

STS GREGORY & BASIL THE GREAT Fathers of the Church

By[email protected] January 2, 2020May 14, 2020

WITHOUT HISTORY AND SCRIPTURE WE WOULD NOT BE WHO WE ARE AS CATHOLICS. WITHOUT STS. GREGORY & BASIL WE WOULDN’T APPRECIATE OR CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS! FR LOUIS SCURIT SPEAKS OF THE IMPORTANCE OF OUR ANCIENT FATHERS OF THE CHURCH. Altar of the Chair of St. Peter, St Peter’s Basilica, Vatican, Rome. (Featuring the Fathers of…

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WE NEED THE SAINTS All Saints Day, 2019

By[email protected] November 1, 2019May 14, 2020

ON THE FEAST OF ALL OF THE SAINTS, FR LOUIS SCURTI FOCUSES ON THE ROBES WASHED IN THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB ENCOURAGING US TO FOLLOW THE EXAMPLES OF THE SAINTS. MASS IS CELEBRATED AT LIGHT OF CHRIST CHURCH, CLEARWATER, FL Check out our website: https://new.friendsoftheword.org Join our community on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/www.FriendsoftheWord.org Donate and support…

CHRISTUS FLEVIT….CHRIST WEPT

By[email protected] October 31, 2019May 14, 2020

FR LOUIS SCURTI COMMEMORATES ALL HALLOWS EVE MASS, HALLOWEEN, MENTIONING THE GLORY OF HEAVEN AND THE TEARS CHIST WEPT OVER JERUSALEM, BASED ON THE SCRIPTURES OF THE DAY. WEDNESDAY OF THE 30th Week Check out our website: https://new.friendsoftheword.org Join our community on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/www.FriendsoftheWord.org Donate and support FRIENDS OF THE WORD, INC.: http://bit.ly/2qGY8Tl

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MY CONFESSION TO PADRE PIO with Mario Bruschi (1)

By[email protected] July 30, 2019May 14, 2020

IT WAS AN HONOR TO MEET MARIO BRUSCHI, SO DEVOTED TO Padre Pio, also known as Saint Pio of Pietrelcina, O.F.M. Cap., who was a friar, priest, and mystic, now venerated as a saint in the Roman Catholic Church. Born Francesco Forgione, he was given the name of Pius when he joined the Order of…

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MICHAEL DE BENEDETTO III, ESQ Interview 4 with Fr Louis Scurti

By[email protected] November 1, 2018May 14, 2020

Fr Louis Scurti interviews Michael DeBenedetto III, Esq. a young Catholic attorney, knowledgeable in his Faith and the Legal Profession. [email protected] www.FriendsoftheWord.org ___ Check out our website: https://new.friendsoftheword.org Donate and support FRIENDS OF THE WORD, INC.