Ave Maria! HOMILY - Martyrdom, MLK, & St. Berard & Companions - January 16, 2023

Fr. Alan B. Maria Wharton's homily from Our Lady's Chapel, New Bedford, MA, for the Memorial of St Berard and Companions, Protomartyrs of the Franciscan Order:

More information on St Berard and Companions:
- https://www.roman-catholic-saints.com/st-berard-and-companions.html

Thoughts on the example of Martin Luther King, Jr.:
- "Like MLK, Catholics are called by Christ to move ‘from altar to street’" by Gina Christian - https://catholicreview.org/like-mlk-catholics-are-called-by-christ-to-move-from-altar-to-street/
- "Saint MLK?" by David Carlin - https://www.thecatholicthing.org/2018/01/12/saint-mlk/
- "Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.: The Most Inspiring Pro-Life Advocate of the 20th Century" by Monsignor Joseph P. LaMorte - https://thegoodnewsroom.org/catholic-news/mlk-the-most-inspired-pro-life-advocate-of-the-20th-century/

Today's Mass readings:
- https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/011623.cfm

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