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St. Anselm Archbishop of Canterbury and Confessor APRIL 21,A.D. 1109 IF the Norman conquerors stripped the English nation of its liberty, and many temporal advantages, it must be owned that by their valor they raised the reputation of its arms, and deprived their own country of its greatest men, both in church and state, with…
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St. Agnes of Montepulciano was born in 1268 in Montepulciano, Italy, to a noble family. From a very young age, she showed a deep desire for a religious life and entered a convent at just nine years old. By the age of fifteen, she was appointed prioress of a new convent in Proceno due to…
Reading 1 Acts 10:34a, 37-43 Peter proceeded to speak and said: “You know what has happened all over Judea, beginning in Galilee after the baptism that John preached, how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and power. He went about doing good and healing all those oppressed by the devil, for God…
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — As the lights of St. Peter’s Basilica were extinguished and silence settled through the sprawling interior, a single flame — the paschal candle — pierced through the gloom, representing the light of the risen Christ which “quietly shines forth, even though we are in darkness,” Pope Francis said. Before the wounds…
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The time He saw you by your brother’s tomb, I think it was your tears that made Him weep. Perhaps they stirred a mem’ry of perfume, Which, in its turn, evoked emotion deep. He could not be indifferent to your … Continue reading → The post They Shall Be Comforted appeared first on Catholicism.org.