By Br. Francis Maluf, M.I.C.M.

ST-1 Sunday Talk Series

Between 1978 and 1989 in Still River and Bolton, Massachusetts, Brother Francis gave some of his most inspiring lectures to a large audience every Sunday after Mass. Usually the talks were a commentary on the scriptural readings for that Sunday’s Mass, but sometimes he would delve into other aspects about the liturgical year, Church history, or current events in the Church. At other times he would spontaneously go off on a fascinating tangent in response to an important question that had been raised. For many, who had been long accustomed to a paltry diet of milquetoast Catholicism, these robust and erudite presentations were like an adrenaline shot. They were apologetically Catholic, genuine, relaxed, and unforgettable. What is offered here is a cornucopia of Catholic wisdom that will remain with you for life.

25 - 041579 - Easter Sunday: Minucius Felix, Octavius Januaris, Cicilius Natalis, 5 approved Litanies, Feasts of April
26 - 072279 - 7th Pentecost: Feast of St. Mary Magdalen, Monthly Devotions, Feasts of July, 3 Prayers before the priest’s Communion, Piety, "When you were servants of sin you were free from justice."
27 - 072979 - 8th Pentecost: 3 Prayers before priest’s Communion, Fiat Lux, Gloria
28 - 080579 - 9th Pentecost: Feasts of August, Battle of Hungary 15 century, Battle of Lepanto 16 century, Battle of Vienna 17 century, "My house is a house of prayer, but you have made it a den of thieves.", Paetus and Arria, O Salutaris Hostia, Tantum ergo
29 - 090979 - 14th Pentecost: 12 Fruits of the Holy Ghost, Ex opere operatus, 1st century persecutors, Books of the Bible, Augustus Caesar, Julian & Flavian Houses of Roman nobility, Location of the Apostles' relics
30 - 091679 - 15th Pentecost: The 24 dates, Feasts of September, Aspects of the Blessed Sacrament, Stabat Mater
31 - 092379 - 16th Pentecost: Feasts of September, Dante, 10 Persecutors
32 - 093079 - 17th Pentecost: St. Augustine’s Confessions, Te Deum, 30 Year War, Sermon by Fr. Leonard Goffine
33 - 100779 - 18th Pentecost: 4th Century, 313, 387, Manichaeanism, St. Helena, Battle of Belgrade, Lepanto, Vienna, Ephesus
34 - 101479 - 19th Pentecost: Hell and its punishments, Sts. Helena & Monica, St. Damasus & Theodosius the Great, St. Pulcheria, 5th Century
35 - 102179 - 20th Pentecost: Simplicity, Authority of the pope, Freud, Marx, Einstein, 529 - the year of “Law and Order”, Code of Justinian, Monte Christo, Benedictines founded, Academy of Plato dis-established
36 - 102879 - 21st Pentecost: Sts. Simon and Jude, Monthly Devotions, 21 Ecumenical Councils, 8 councils in the East, Saints who attended, Mohammed - Iconoclasm.

12 Talks

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