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Send us Fan Mail THE SAINTS ARE OFTEN SET ALONGIDE THE HOLY SCRIPTURES AS EXAMPLES OF CHRIST'S WILL IN OUR LIVES. TODAY FR LOUIS SCURTI FOCUSES ON ST. ELIZABETH OF HUNGARY AS AN EXAMPLE OF CHRIST' LOVE AND CHARITY. READINGS ARE PRESENTED SEPARATELY. _______________________________________________________ Check out our website: https://www.friendsoftheword.org Join our community on Facebo...

Send us Fan Mail THE PARABLE OF THE TALENTS INSPIRES THE HOMILY OF THE 33RD SUNDAY OF THE YEAR, BY FR LOUIS SCURTI _______________________________________________________ Check out our website: https://www.friendsoftheword.org Join our community on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/www. FriendsoftheWord.org Donate and support FRIENDS OF THE WORD, INC.: PAYPAL.ME/FRIENDSOFTHEWORD Support the show...

Send us Fan Mail FR LOUIS SCURTI FOCUSES ON THE EXAMPLE OF ST. JOSEPHAT, POLISH BORN SAINT OF THE EASTERN RITE. WHILE USING HIM AS AN EXAMPLE OF BEING A CHRISTIAN HE EMPHASIZES THE ROLE OF ALL CATHOLICS TO LIVE IN THE WORLD AS MODELS OF CHRIST, 'ALTER CHRISTI'. _______________________________________________________ Check out our website: https://www.friendsoftheword.org Join our communi...

Send us Fan Mail THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW DEPICTS JESUS COMMISSIONING SIMON PETER AS THE ROCK OF HIS CHURCH. FR LOUIS SCURTI FOCUSES ON ST. LEO THE GREAT AS A POPE OF COURAGE, INTELLIGENCE AND STRENGTH, COMPARING EVERY CHRISTIAN TO HIM. THE READINGS ARE PRESENTED IN A SEPARATE POSTING. _______________________________________________________ Check out our website: https://www.friendsoftheword.org Join...

Send us Fan Mail THE READINGS OF THIS SUNDAY INSPIRE FR LOUIS SCURTI PRESENT HIS HOMILY AS THE WISDOM OF GOD, WHO KNOWS EVERYTHING. CONTRARY TO HOW WE OFTEN PRAY, ON OUR TIMELINE, GOD INSPIRES US TO PRAY ON GOD’S TIMELINE…ACCORDING TO “HIS WILL”. Support the show JOIN OUR CATHOLIC EVANGELISM MINISTRY....WWW.FRIENDSOFTHEWORD.ORG

Send us Fan Mail FR LOUIS SCURTI PRESENTS THE HOMILY BASED ON THE READINGS OF THE THURSDAY OF THE 31st WEEK, ALSO COMMEMORATING ST. ELIZABETH, THE AUNT OF JESUS.THE READINGS ARE PRESENTED IN A SEPARATE PRESENTATION: https://youtu.be/bcWpuU6E27k Support the show JOIN OUR CATHOLIC EVANGELISM MINISTRY....WWW.FRIENDSOFTHEWORD.ORG

Send us Fan Mail R LOUIS SCURTI SHARES THE HOMILY COMMEMORATING ST. MARTIN DE PORRES, PERU. MARTIN WAS A BARBER, HEALER, MONK, AND SAINT. _______________________________________________________ Check out our website: https://www.friendsoftheword.org Join our community on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/www. Friendso.. . Donate and support FRIENDS OF THE WORD, INC.: PAYPAL.ME/FRIENDSOFTHEWORD Su...

Send us Fan Mail 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. GOSPEL MATTHEW 5:1–12a THE HOMILY: ARE THE BEATITUDES DYSFUNCTIONAL? FOLLOWS Check...

Send us Fan Mail ARMOUR, SELF-DEFENSE, SATAN AND PRAYER....ARE THE THEMES OF TODAY'S HOMILY, BASED ON THE READINGS OF THE DAY: EPHESIANS 6:10-20, PSALM 144, LUKE 13: 31-35. FR LOUIS SCURTI REFERS TO THE CURRENT HEADLINES AS WELL AS THE SCRIPTURE TO REMIND US OF THE POWER AND PRESENCE OF SATAN. _______________________________________________________ Check out our website: https://www.friendsof...

Send us Fan Mail JESUS IS DESCRIBING THE KINGDOM OF GOD IN METAPHORS.....MUSTARD SEED, DOUGH & YEAST....FR LOUIS SCURTI PRESENTS THIS GOSPEL AS MEMBERSHIP INTO THE BODY OF CHRIST! ST. JOHN NEPOMUCENE CHURCH, MANHATTAN _______________________________________________________ Check out our website: https://www.friendsoftheword.org Join our community on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/www. Frie...

Send us Fan Mail JESUS SAYS IT ALL....LOVE GOD, NEIGHBOR...AND SELF! FR LOUIS SCURTI OFFERS THE HOMILY OF THE 30TH SUNDAY FROM HOME, USING THE SCRIPTURES OF EXODUS, THESSALONIANS AND MATTHEW. _______________________________________________________ Check out our website: https://www.friendsoftheword.org Join our community on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/www. FriendsoftheWord.org Donate and su...

Send us Fan Mail FR LOUIS SCURTI CELEBRATES ST. JOHN PAUL II AS HE DISCUSSES THE ORIGINS OF THE KEYS GIVEN TO ST. PETER AT CAESAREA PHILLIPI, AND DISCUSSES THE ATTRIBUTES OF ST. JOHN PAUL. Support the show JOIN OUR CATHOLIC EVANGELISM MINISTRY....WWW.FRIENDSOFTHEWORD.ORG

Send us Fan Mail Beginning with the intentions of Mass, Fr Louis Scurti offers Mass of St. Paul of the Cross in memory of his Mother, Rose who died Oct. 20, 1982. He focuses on the contradiction and Hope that the Cross of Christ offers believers! check out our website: https://www.friendsoftheword.org Join our community on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/www. FriendsoftheWord.org Donate and sup...

Send us Fan Mail JESUS IS OFTEN QUOTED AS HE RESPONDS TO THE HERODIANS AND PHARISEES...WITH " GIVE TO CAESAR WHAT IS CAESARS AND TO GOD WHAT IS GOD'S" TODAY FR LOUIS SCURTI TAKES THE QUOTE TO THE LEVEL OF A WELL INFORMED CATHOLIC CONSCIENCE! Join our community on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/www. FriendsoftheWord.org Donate and support FRIENDS OF THE WORD, INC. PAYPAL.ME/FRIEN...

Send us Fan Mail FR LOUIS SCURTI PRESENTS TODAY'S HOMILY IN HONOR OF ST. TERESE OF AVILA, SAINT, MYSTIC, NUN, DURING THE POST REFORMATION PERIOD OF THE CHURCH. BERNINI'S SCULPTURE CAPTURES THE EXPERIENCE OF HER ECSTASY! _______________________________________________________ Check out our website: https://www.friendsoftheword.org Join our community on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/w...

Send us Fan Mail 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://www.friendsoftheword.org Join our community on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/www. Friendso.. . Donate and support...

Send us Fan Mail MONK, REFORMER, EVANGELIZER, SHEPHERD & POPE, FR LOUIS SCURTI PRESENTS ST. POPE GREGORY TODAY ON HIS FEAST DAY, COMPARING HIM TO JESUS, PETER & POPE FRANCIS. _______________________________________________________ Check out our website: https://www.friendsoftheword.org Join our community on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/www. FriendsoftheWord.org Donate and support FRI...

Send us Fan Mail THE HOLY SPIRIT INSPIRES PAUL TO DISCERN AND JESUS USES HIS POWER TO HEAL, OUR TASK AND INVITATION TO DO THE SAME CONTINUES. FR LOUIS SCURTI OFFERS MASS AT ST. JOHN NEPOMUCENE, MANHATTAN, NY. _______________________________________________________ Check out our website: https://www.friendsoftheword.org Join our community on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/www. Friendso.. . Dona...

Send us Fan Mail THE HOLY SPIRIT INSPIRES PAUL TO DISCERN AND JESUS USES HIS POWER TO HEAL, OUR TASK AND INVITATION TO DO THE SAME CONTINUES. FR LOUIS SCURTI OFFERS MASS AT ST. JOHN NEPOMUCENE, MANHATTAN, NY. _______________________________________________________ Check out our website: https://www.friendsoftheword.org Join our community on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/www. Friendso.. . Dona...

Send us Fan Mail USING THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW 16:21-27, AS WELL AS JEREMIAH & ROMANS, FR LOUIS SCURTI SUGGESTS WE PRIORITIZE OUR FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST. JEREMIAH ALMOST GAVE UP ON GOD...YET BECAUSE OF HIS PRIORITY...HE KEPT PREACHING! Check out our website: https://www.friendsoftheword.org Join our community on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/www. Friendso.. . Donate and support FRIENDS OF TH...

Send us Fan Mail 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://www.friendsoftheword.or...

Send us Fan Mail Louis was Catholic, and he built the Sainte Chapelle ("Holy Chapel") on the Île de la Cité in the centre of Paris. It is thought that the French monarchy was trying to establish the kingdom of France as the "new Jerusalem." Louis IX tried to make France, which was seen as being a very religious place, a protector of the Church. It worked, and between the 12th a...

Send us Fan Mail 21ST SUNDAY OF THE YEAR...AND JESUS HAS A QUESTION FOR US. HE ASKS IT AT MT. HEBRON, CAESAREA PHILLIPI, AT THE 'GATES OF HELL', ACCORDING TO LOCAL BELIEFS! FR LOUIS SCURTI FOCUSES ON THE HUMANITY AND SELF-AWARENESS OF JESUS AND ASKS US THE SAME QUESTION. _______________________________________________________ Check out our website: https://www.friendsoftheword.org Join o...

Send us Fan Mail 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://www.friendsoftheword.org Join our community on Facebook: https://www.facebo...

Send us Fan Mail THE 21ST CENTURY CAN'T JUDGE THE 1ST THORUGH THE EYES OF SOCIAL THEORY. IT WOULD FAIL. Was Jesus Politically incorrect speaking to a woman....in public...who was not a Jew? Check out the solution with Fr Louis Scurti as he presents Isaiah, Romans and Matthew, on the topic! _______________________________________________________ Check out our website: https://www.friendsofthew...