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Perfect People Need Not Apply
Perfect People Need Not Apply
By Mary Rivers
Unclean am I with unclean lips, Living among people of unclean hearts, Tasting wicked delights, laments Isaiah- “Woe, am I”.
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Visitation Friends Chat, and One of Them Wonders, Should She Join the Convent?
Visitation Friends Chat, and One of Them Wonders, Should She Join the Convent?
By Kevin J. Banet
Saint Francis de Sales is known as a master of the spiritual life. One of the religious orders that he helped found is the Visitation Sisters. The discussion below, which has been abridged, is from the “Living Jesus Chat Room,” which takes place every Sunday on the website of the Second Federation of the Visitation Sisters.
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Power of The Spirit Available to All
Power of The Spirit Available to All
By Bill Dunn
In this week’s gospel reading, the Bible explains that Jesus returned to the Galilee region filled with “the power of the Spirit.”
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I FOUND IT!!!
I FOUND IT!!!
By Elizabeth Thomas
Rather--God led me to find it! For three days I searched high and low, under and in between---well everywhere for my MP3 player that had my favorite music to listen to recorded on it. It has been the mover and the groover, the pusher when I need pushing: music coming to my ears over that player as I exercise. It came up missing on Wednesday when I went to exercise and could not find it.
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Prayer for Illumination of Conscience
Prayer for Illumination of Conscience
By Susan Skinner
Lord Jesus, you came to destroy the works of the devil and to call us all children of God. You sent us the Advocate so that we may know your truth and rest in the bosom of the Father.
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Wedding Miracle Is Sign of Divinity
Wedding Miracle Is Sign of Divinity
By Bill Dunn
This week’s gospel reading is the wedding feast at Cana, where Jesus performed His first miracle, changing water into wine. This episode is found only in John’s gospel.
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Saint Abel the Just; His was the first recorded death in Human History; Feast Day, January 3
Saint Abel the Just; His was the first recorded death in Human History; Feast Day, January 3
By Larry Peterson
The holy people from the Old Testament are not usually called saints. We do not say, “St. Abraham”, or “St. Moses” as we do for St. Joseph or St John. But the Church does allow for them to be called saints one day during the year. That day is their acknowledged feast day. There are forty-two different Old Testament saints that have designated feast days.
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Suffer Well
Suffer Well
By Susan Skinner
We are one body in Christ. I don’t think we understand this yet. Until we do, we will live in a perpetual state of discord. The Mystical Body of Christ will heal when we understand and want the salvation of other people. Not in the sense that we want to control them, which comes from a spirit of control, but because we love them.
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Make Me a Modern Channel of Your Peace: A Satire Story
Make Me a Modern Channel of Your Peace: A Satire Story
By E.M. McCarthy
The Speaker of the House checks her cell phone. Dressed in a Chanel suit, tan lines visible against the white top accessorized with black pearls, she pushes on the phone and holds it up to her ear.
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Reading Makes Saints
Reading Makes Saints
By BJ Gonzalvo
Saint Josemaria Escriva once said, “Reading has made many saints.” And indeed, many of the saints we admire now started their own spiritual journeys by reading.
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St. Dominic of Silos…His intercession is credited with the birth of St. Dominic, the Founder of the Dominicans
St. Dominic of Silos…His intercession is credited with the birth of St. Dominic, the Founder of the Dominicans
By Larry Peterson
Dominic of Silos was born in the year 1000 to a family of peasants. Their home was on the Spanish side of the Pyrenees Mountains, in Navarre, Spain. At an early age, Dominic was out in the fields working as a shepherd boy helping his father to manage their flocks. It was during these early years that Dominic developed a love of solitude.
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Saint Jane Frances de Chantal; widowed with four small children she founded the Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary (VHM) the first order to accept women of older age and those in poor health
Saint Jane Frances de Chantal; widowed with four small children she founded the Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary (VHM) the first order to accept women of older age and those in poor health
By Larry Peterson
Jane Frances de Chantal was born into an upper-class family in Dijon, France, in 1572. Her dad was the president of the Parliament of Burgundy, and the family was well connected. Jane’s mom died when she was only 18 months of age, and her upbringing was taken over by her dad.
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Satan's Sinister Weapon—Dosage of Despair
Satan's Sinister Weapon—Dosage of Despair
By Matthew Chicoine
A few years ago, I discovered a “secret weapon” the Devil utilizes to lull Christians into a false security of security—the snooze button (see related links at end of article for more information!).
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Meet Augustine John Ukken and Antonietta Giugliano. They both now bear the title of Venerable, the second step on the journey to Sainthood.
Meet Augustine John Ukken and Antonietta Giugliano. They both now bear the title of Venerable, the second step on the journey to Sainthood.
By Larry Peterson
On Friday, December 22, 2018, Pope Francis, based on the recommendations from the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, validated nine men and three women as people of “Heroic Virtue.”
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St. Yvo of Chartres: This little-known Saint is responsible for much of the Code of Canon Law
St. Yvo of Chartres: This little-known Saint is responsible for much of the Code of Canon Law
By Larry Peterson
His name was quite unusual; it was Yvo. He was born in the year 1040 near Chartres, France, which is why he is called Yvo of Chartres. Not much is known about his family background and his adolescent life. The documented history of his life seems to begin when Yvo became a student in Paris and began studying at the Abbey of Bec in Normandy, a Benedictine Monastery.
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The Feast of the Expectation of the Blessed Virgin Mary---and imagine how St. Joseph felt as he escorted his full-term wife to Bethlehem
The Feast of the Expectation of the Blessed Virgin Mary---and imagine how St. Joseph felt as he escorted his full-term wife to Bethlehem
By Larry Peterson
Within the season of Advent is the Feast of the Expectation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. This feast is celebrated on December 18. It is a profound commemoration of what Our Lady and St. Joseph went through during the week preceding the first Christmas. (At this time it is only celebrated in Spain, Italy, Portugal, and Poland, and among some religious groups).
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An essay on the formative value of setting up a crèche, in 3 steps!
An essay on the formative value of setting up a crèche, in 3 steps!
By Michele Szekely
I set up this particular crèche every year, at a different spot in my apartment. I make a sort of a Christmas corner with it, adding ornaments and various objects related to Noël. But above where I put it this year, I have a Franciscan Resurrected Jesus and this one is on the wall year around. It was given to me by a dear friend who just died.
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