COLLECTION OF CATHOLIC PRAYERS ETC.
Reading 1 Isaiah 49:1-6 Hear me, O islands, listen, O distant peoples. The LORD called me from birth, from my mother’s womb he gave me my name. He made of me a sharp-edged sword and concealed me in the shadow of his arm. He made me a polished arrow, in his quiver he hid me….
St. Paternus was born around the late 5th century in Poitiers, France, into a devout Christian family. Feeling called to a life of holiness, he became a monk and later a hermit, seeking silence and simplicity to deepen his relationship with God. Eventually, his wisdom and virtue led to his appointment as Bishop of Avranches…
St. Paternus.The first 5th century saint. He followed his father’s path by becoming a hermit in Wales. He founded the monastery at the great church of Paternus, and became a bishop of that region. He was known for his preaching, charity and mortifications. Scholars believe his story is an amalgam. His feast day is April…
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(Marinella Bandini/CNA) — Tensions have continued to escalate between the Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem and the Jerusalem municipality with the latest skirmish over a demand for significant property tax payments called the “Arnona tax” — a levy imposed on property … Continue reading → The post Armenian Patriarchate takes legal action to halt Jerusalem’s tax…
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis advanced the sainthood causes of one woman and five men, including Antoni Gaudí, the Spanish architect who designed the Sagrada Familia Basilica in Barcelona, Spain. The Vatican announced that the pope authorized the decrees during an audience at the Vatican April 14 with Cardinal Marcello Semeraro, prefect of the…
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Under the headline, Israeli air strike destroys part of last fully functional hospital in Gaza City, the BBC’s Gaza correspondent, Rushdi Abualouf, narrates the IDF’s destruction of the intensive care and surgery departments of a hospital run by the Anglican … Continue reading → The post Palm Sunday Atrocity: Israeli Strike Destroys Key Gaza City…
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About this time last year, I met a friend for coffee. At almost fifty years old, he was preparing to enter the Church at the Easter Vigil. Thanks be to God. We spoke for about two hours at a wrought-iron cafe table under a charcoal November sky, chilled to the bone and nursing our Americanos….
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Jesus does not mince words when it comes to sin and to our eternal fate. Our King wears a crown of thorns to show us that “the wages of sin is death” (Rom. 6:23)—eternal death. And Christ the King will return to separate the sheep from the goats. The goats, the unrighteous, “will go away…
Reading 1 Isaiah 42:1-7 Here is my servant whom I uphold, my chosen one with whom I am pleased, Upon whom I have put my Spirit; he shall bring forth justice to the nations, Not crying out, not shouting, not making his voice heard in the street. A bruised reed he shall not break, and…
St. Lydwine is the patroness of sickness Lydwine of Schiedam was born at Schiedam, Holland, one of nine children of a working man. After an injury in her youth, she became bedridden and suffered the rest of her life from various illnesses and diseases. She experienced mystical gifts, including supernatural visions of heaven, hell, purgatory,…
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