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Born in Northumberland in 634, St. Wilfrid was educated at Lindesfarne and then spent some time in Lyons and Rome. Returning to England, he was elected abbot of Ripon in 658 and introduced the Roman rules and practices in opposition to the celtic ways of northern England. In 664, he was the architect of the…
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There’s a band of three contemporary poets, known as Rascal Flatts, who sing a nostalgic song about the fictional town created by Andy Griffith: Mayberry, North Carolina. This hit inspires not just country music lovers, but anyone who considers the true meaning and purpose of that often trivialized day we know as Sunday. I have…
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About to begin praying the Gloria, Father John Baptist Bullaker, who’d received a vision two years prior of his arrest and martyrdom, was apprehended by a priest-hunter and dragged away while still vested for Mass. It was September 11th, 1642; he had been betrayed for five pieces of gold by a maid who tended the…
Reading 1 GAL 3:7-14 Brothers and sisters:Realize that it is those who have faithwho are children of Abraham.Scripture, which saw in advance that Godwould justify the Gentiles by faith,foretold the good news to Abraham, saying,Through you shall all the nations be blessed.Consequently, those who have faith are blessedalong with Abraham who had faith.For all who…
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Speaking in Tongues as we see it today in Christian churches is a relatively new phenomenon dating back to the early 1900’s. Why is this? And in fact is what we are seeing today the same gift that empowered Jesus’ disciples at Pentecost? The disciples were given the essential ability to speak in the languages…
The man who would be Pope John XXIII was born in the small village of Sotto il Monte in Italy, on November 25, 1881. He was the fourth of fourteen children born to poor parents who made their living by sharecropping. Named Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, the baby would eventually become one of the most influential…
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