COLLECTION OF CATHOLIC PRAYERS ETC.
In the mid-20th century, a British woman went to Confession one day in a (not unusual for her) state of exhaustion and depression. “What will help you,” the priest said to her in the confessional, “will be a book by Caryll Houselander called This War is the Passion. You probably won’t understand all of it,…
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St. Manuel Gonzalez arrived at his first parish assignment and discovered that his parishioners had no interest in attending Mass. The Tabernacle was covered in cobwebs, the altar linens in disarray, and the parish was largely empty on Sundays. St. John Vianney arrived in Ars to find a people who had turned from the Lord….
Reading 1 Sirarch 5:1-8 Rely not on your wealth;say not: “I have the power.”Rely not on your strengthin following the desires of your heart.Say not: “Who can prevail against me?”or, “Who will subdue me for my deeds?”for God will surely exact the punishment.Say not: “I have sinned, yet what has befallen me?”for the Most High…
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis’ condition showed “further slight improvement” in the previous 24 hours, the Vatican said in its evening medical bulletin Feb. 26. The “mild renal insufficiency” previously noted in the pope’s condition “has receded,” the bulletin said, and the results of a CT scan performed Feb. 24 showed a “normal evolution”…
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