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St. Saturninus Bishop of Toulouse and Martyr November 29 A.D. 257 St. Saturninus went from Rome by the direction of pope Fabian, about the year 245, to preach the faith in Gaul, where St. Trophimus, the first bishop of Arles, had some time before gathered a plentiful harvest. In the year 250, when Decius and…
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Readings for the Thursday of the Thirty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time-Thanksgiving Readings for the Thanksgiving Day Reading 1 RV 18:1-2, 21-23; 19:1-3, 9A I, John, saw another angel coming down from heaven, having great authority, and the earth became illumined by his splendor. He cried out in a mighty voice: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the…
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Today American Catholics will gather with family and friends to enjoy a festal feast of thanksgiving for all God has given to us. On a day set aside nationally to offer thanksgiving, where ultimately should Catholics begin this celebration? The answer is at Mass. The word eucharist means thanksgiving. The Mass is the place we…
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Early on in school, we learn to equate Thanksgiving with a feast between Pilgrims and Native Americans, but there is additional background surrounding this holiday that isn’t typically shared. Did you know there is a “Mother of Thanksgiving,” and that its recognition can be traced back to the founding fathers of the United States? Thanksgiving…
WASHINGTON – News of a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah was received with “profound hope” by Bishop A. Elias Zaidan of the Maronite Eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on International Justice and Peace. “It is in a spirit of profound hope that I welcome news…
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Not every Christian is called to be an apostle, prophet or evangelist, Pope Francis said, but all Christians can cultivate the fruits of the Holy Spirit by becoming “charitable, patient, humble, peacemakers.” Continuing his series of audience talks on the Holy Spirit, the pope explained that the fruits of the Spirit…
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