COLLECTION OF CATHOLIC PRAYERS ETC.
The splendor falls on castle walls And snowy summits old in story; The long light shakes across the lakes, And the wild cataract leaps in glory. Blow, bugle, blow, set the wild echoes flying, Blow, bugle; answer, echoes, dying, dying, … Continue reading → The post The Need for Romanticism appeared first on Catholicism.org.
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — During his long and fruitful pontificate, St. John Paul II embraced the entire world, which stands yet again in need of his blessing, Cardinal Pietro Parolin said. “Bless us, Holy Father John Paul II. Bless the Lord’s church on its journey, that it may be a pilgrim of hope. Bless this…
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(Tessa Gervasini/CNA) — Many Catholics credit prayers of intercession to Blessed Solanus Casey for curing and helping people who suffer from illnesses. Mary Bartold of DeWitt, Michigan, is now among the many who do so after her two tumors vanished with … Continue reading → The post Teen’s tumors disappear after prayers to Blessed Solanus Casey…
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Richard of Wyche, also known as Richard of Chichester, was born at Wyche (Droitwich), Worcestershire, England. He was orphaned when he was quite young. He retrieved the fortunes of the mismanaged estate he inherited when he took it over, and then turned it over to his brother Robert. Richard refused marriage and went to Oxford,…
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(CWN) — A new report by the Jerusalem-based Rossing Center for Education and Dialogue has found “111 cases of attacks or violence recorded in 2024” against Christians in Israel and Jerusalem, the Vatican newspaper reported. “In 35 cases there was also vandalism … Continue reading → The post Report finds 111 attacks on Israeli Christians in 2024;…
“My mother used to hold my hand over a red-hot stove and tell me that’s how hot hell will be,” Elizabeth* told me during our first meeting (*changed for confidentiality). “And if I ever lied, she would tell me that the Bible says lying is like the sin of witchcraft, so I must be a…
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Reading 1 Isaiah 49:8-15 Thus says the LORD: In a time of favor I answer you, on the day of salvation I help you; and I have kept you and given you as a covenant to the people, To restore the land and allot the desolate heritages, Saying to the prisoners: Come out! To those…
Five years ago, I picked up my sister Rita at the Kansas City airport. As we were driving away, I noticed a big mass of metal in the median. At first I thought something fell off a truck. But as I slowed down, I saw spotlights in the grass below it. I then realized that…
Before every Mass, it is appropriate, even necessary, for me to spend time preparing to approach God. In these moments, I need to examine the state of my soul in relation to the Divine. During every Mass, there are several opportunities for me to ponder the ways the Lord is moving close to me, beckoning…
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Francis was born at Paola, Italy and was educated at the Franciscan friary of San Marco there, and when fifteen became a hermit near Paola. In 1436, he and two companions began a community that is considered the foundation of the Minim Friars. He built a monastery where he had led his eremitical life some…
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