COLLECTION OF CATHOLIC PRAYERS ETC.
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The devil, who lies and sows divisions, tests everyone, even Jesus, Pope Francis said in a written homily. Satan tries to convince people that the hungry cannot be fed, that “angels will not come to our aid when we are falling, and that at best, the world is in the hands…
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The celebrated novelist Somerset Maugham said there were two keys to his success as a writer: getting up in the morning and going to bed at night. By virtue of this strategy he defeated laziness twice, by overcoming laziness in the morning and retiring at the proper time so that he would be ready to…
According to the Bible, one of the oldest forms of prayer is “calling on the name of the Lord.” In fact, the first time we see people worshipping in Scripture is immediately after Cain is banished for killing Abel, and Adam and Eve begin having more children. The Bible says that from that moment, people…
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Reading 1 Leviticus 19:1-2, 11-18 The LORD said to Moses, “Speak to the whole assembly of the children of Israel and tell them: Be holy, for I, the LORD, your God, am holy. “You shall not steal. You shall not lie or speak falsely to one another. You shall not swear falsely by my name,…