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Saint Turibius Alphonso de Mogrovejo---He fiercely objected to being appointed a Bishop especially when he was not even an ordained priest---
Saint Turibius Alphonso de Mogrovejo---He fiercely objected to being appointed a Bishop especially when he was not even an ordained priest---
By Larry Peterson
This Archbishop is the Patron Saint of Latin American Bishops and native people’s “rights.”
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Losing the Eucharist
Losing the Eucharist
By Tess Shore
Today became a sad day for the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. On the feast of Saint Patrick many Catholics learned of the hard decision that our shepherd Archbishop Perez needed to make. Archbishop Perez needed to suspend Mass.
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Are we loving who created us?
Are we loving who created us?
By George Calleja
On different occasions I have heard people say… ‘How can I love God who created us?’.
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Spiritual Communion in This Hour of Need
Spiritual Communion in This Hour of Need
By Chick Todd
All across the world, bishops are suspending Mass as Catholics join in the campaign to help "flatten the curve" of the spread of COVID-19 VIRUS. There are still ways for the faithful to participate in the spiritual benefits of Communion.
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Consecration to St. Joseph: The Wonders of Our Spiritual Book Review
Consecration to St. Joseph: The Wonders of Our Spiritual Book Review
By Joseph Freyaldenhoven
Today I want to discuss Saint Joseph and in particular the book that has just been published about Consecration to Saint Joseph. Certainly we are in much much need of the intercession of Saint Joseph at this time.
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Now I Know What Leads to Greed
Now I Know What Leads to Greed
By Katie Zalany
I walked into the grocery store this past Friday and my heart rate started to race as I realized that 60% of the food was gone because of the coronavirus quarantine. I had never seen a grocery store that empty in my life.
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Blind Man Sees in More Ways Than One
Blind Man Sees in More Ways Than One
By Bill Dunn
In this week’s gospel reading, Jesus healed a man born blind. As usual, the Pharisees had a conniption. Their anger was due partly to the fact that the miracle was done on the Sabbath, but mostly because, well, because it was Jesus.
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The Coronavirus Novena
The Coronavirus Novena
By Deborah Burton
Now is the time for an army of prayer warriors to grab our powerful weapons, rosaries, sacramentals, holy water, blessed salt and also join together in a force like this focused novena sent to me by a friend called The Coronavirus Novena.
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Family and Death---The common denominator that helps many move forward is FAITH.
Family and Death---The common denominator that helps many move forward is FAITH.
By Larry Peterson
I am the oldest of five, and my mom died when I was fifteen. My brothers were eleven, six, and two. My sister was twelve. Grandma lived with us and decided that dad had killed her daughter. Mom, who had just turned forty, had died of leukemia; so grandma was wrong. But dad believed that we kids were better off with Grandma looking after us than him doing it. He was wrong too
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POPE SERGIUS II, THE PRACTICE OF SIMONY BEGINS
POPE SERGIUS II, THE PRACTICE OF SIMONY BEGINS
By Debra Booton McCoy
Peter di Porca was born, sometime around 790, to a noble Roman family. He had at least one brother, Benedict. Orphaned at age 12, Pope Leo III placed him in the schola cantorum, the best school in Rome.
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The Scourging at the Pillar
The Scourging at the Pillar
By Joseph Freyaldenhoven
The gift of the Sorrowful Mysteries is different for each of us. Jesus speaks to every one of us individually. He desires to imprint on our hearts what is necessary and good for us.
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St. Joseph Invoked to Overcome Coronavirus
St. Joseph Invoked to Overcome Coronavirus
By Kevin J. Banet
Head of Mercedarian Friars Asks for Prayers on Feast of St. Joseph, March 19
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Coronavirus Can Lead Us to A Deeper Experience of Lent
Coronavirus Can Lead Us to A Deeper Experience of Lent
By Katie Zalany
When coronavirus first hit my hometown, I remember thinking, how could this happen during Lent? How could Masses, Lenten programs, penance services, and all the holy things we do during this time be wiped out?
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Has God got our Attention Yet?
Has God got our Attention Yet?
By Ralph Hathaway
The Coronavirus, or Covid-19, our most recent warfare with an unseen enemy called germ-warfare has become a reality again. A living and intelligent organism that continues to grow and become more sophisticated every year.
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The Strange Paradox of COVID-19. Saving the Lonely by making them Lonelier
The Strange Paradox of COVID-19. Saving the Lonely by making them Lonelier
By Larry Peterson
I have learned that loneliness has no boundaries. It reaches out for everyone and captures many of the unsuspecting, including the seemingly happy, satisfied, and successful. Yes, loneliness is capable of dragging the lonely into a world of hidden misery and often depression. It can attack anyone at any time, and it has become a social condition of almost epidemic proportions.
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What would Jesus do faced with the coronavirus?
What would Jesus do faced with the coronavirus?
By Troy Kroening
This is an interesting question. After all, Jesus faced leprosy head on, touching and healing a man from it. But what does leprosy and the coronavirus have in common?
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Living The Worthy Life: Truth Be Told
Living The Worthy Life: Truth Be Told
By Michael Cunningham
Bishop Sheen put it this way, ¨Sometimes the only way the good Lord can get into some hearts is to break them.¨
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