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Nine Heroic Efforts of St. Jane de Chantal to Combat One of Europe's Worst Plagues
Nine Heroic Efforts of St. Jane de Chantal to Combat One of Europe's Worst Plagues
By Kevin J. Banet
With the daily alarming reports of the COVID-19 pandemic it is helpful to recall how the saints in the Church responded with clear-mindedness and charity.
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No Masses: A Surreal Situation
No Masses: A Surreal Situation
By Bill Dunn
I hesitate to write about the Coronavirus pandemic, because the situation changes from day to day. Whatever I write today won’t be published for a while, and so what I have to say right now will be really old news by the time anyone sees it.
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Teen Book Review - Chasing Liberty
Teen Book Review - Chasing Liberty
By Leslea Wahl
In two weeks her vocation begins. She must find a way out. Liberty 554-062466-84 of Aldonia grew up knowing that one day she, along with every member of society, must contribute to the greater good.
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POPE LEO IV, REBUILDER OF ROME
POPE LEO IV, REBUILDER OF ROME
By Debra Booton McCoy
Roman by birth, Leo was the son of Rodwald, a man of Lombard descent. He was educated at the monastery of St. Martin, near St. Peter’s basilica. The young man became a Benedictine monk.
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Peter and Judas: Similar but Very Different
Peter and Judas: Similar but Very Different
By Bill Dunn
This week is Palm Sunday, and at the very beginning of Mass (assuming public Masses are being held in your state) we will hear the gospel account of Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem. The crowds waved palm branches and shouted joyful praise as Jesus rode by on a donkey.
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Good Friday; 2020
Good Friday; 2020
By Ralph Hathaway
Three of the last seven words on the Cross. From the cross comes a cry of lamentation. “I Thirst”
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Our Darkest Moments, Converted by Mercy
Our Darkest Moments, Converted by Mercy
By Nancy Marie Murray
The meeting of Jesus and the Samaritan woman at the well (John 4:5-42) is a favorite of mine, filled with hope for those who have strayed far from the Lord. Each of us, like this woman, is loved and called by Jesus, who offers us endless mercy.
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Supernatural Grace in Dark Times
Supernatural Grace in Dark Times
By Katie Zalany
Ever since coronavirus hit, I’ve felt this supernatural grace consuming me most days despite not being able to receive the sacraments. There’s a nourishment, shielding of sin, spiritual communion with God, deeper prayerfulness, sense of God’s presence, and ability to be peaceful inside that I can’t explain.
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Solemnity of the Annunciation.
Solemnity of the Annunciation.
By Troy Kroening
The Annunciation is the announcement from the angel Gabriel to Mary about her conceiving the Son of God within her Womb. It also encapsulates her yes to God’s plan, sometimes called her fiat. But the solemn feast also includes the mystery of the Incarnation, God becoming human. God’s plan to save us from sin has begun.
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What God Promises --He Does!
What God Promises --He Does!
By Elizabeth Thomas
Going into Revelation Chapter 3---Oh what comfort we shall find.
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We've Lost Jesus!
We've Lost Jesus!
By Dr. Lin Weeks Wilder
It is terribly difficult for us to admit—even, or perhaps especially- for those of us with faith. We are Catholics or Christians, after all, and we trust Jesus, we have faith in God the Father. We know not to fear. Argue with ourselves when we are afraid.
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The Annunciation
The Annunciation
By Joseph Freyaldenhoven
This day, that would change the history of the world, started like any other day. But the people of Israel could feel an electricity in the air that cut through the calm of the day. Mary had grown up with a full knowledge of Holy Scripture.
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This Portuguese Jesuit was a poet, dramatist, and scholar. He also converted more than one million native Brazilians
This Portuguese Jesuit was a poet, dramatist, and scholar. He also converted more than one million native Brazilians
By Larry Peterson
Joseph de Anchieta was born on March 19, 1534, in San Cristobal de La Laguna in a city called Tenerife which was in the Canary Islands. Joseph’s dad was a wealthy landowner who had escaped to Tenerife after participating in a plot to overthrow King Charles V.
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God in the Quarantine
God in the Quarantine
By Charles Fraune
As is evident in the social media posts and ventings and ponderings that appear on a daily basis as everyone hunkers down in some sort of quarantine mode, people are wrestling with the implications of the government reactions to the virus, the international economic downturn, and the potential destabilization of society as we have known it for the past many decades.
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Living The Worthy Life: Doing The Right Thing, Living The Right Thing, And At The Right Time
Living The Worthy Life: Doing The Right Thing, Living The Right Thing, And At The Right Time
By Michael Cunningham
There were two significant things that happened to the Church in December of 2019. Both of these have played and will play important roles in the Church for years to come but neither have been put together as one until this article. Could it possibly be the case?
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Quarantine Rosary
Quarantine Rosary
By Amelia Monroe Carlson
Many saints throughout the ages have often recited the rosary in times of distress and trials. There is no time in recent history that the power of the faithful praying the rosary is needed more than now.
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"I Know You"
"I Know You"
By Elizabeth Thomas
From Revelation Chapter 2 v2 “I know your works, your labor, and your endurance, and that you cannot tolerate the wicked; you have tested those who call themselves apostles but are not, and discovered that they are impostors.*
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