COLLECTION OF CATHOLIC PRAYERS ETC.
In my last article I began to unpack the meaning of the brief prayer, doce me passionem Tuam—teach me Your suffering—a simple aspiration we can pray many times a day. I also offered some suggestions on preparing for a Consecration to the Most Holy Cross of Jesus, which I will publish here during Holy Week,…
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Reading 1 Hosea 14:2-10 Thus says the LORD: Return, O Israel, to the LORD, your God; you have collapsed through your guilt. Take with you words, and return to the LORD; Say to him, “Forgive all iniquity, and receive what is good, that we may render as offerings the bullocks from our stalls. Assyria will…
The Agony in the Garden St. Joseph, as dear Jesus saw all the sins, hatred, betrayal, and selfishness of men in the Garden of Gethsemane, He did not see you. When His Sacred Heart was weighed down by the thought … Continue reading → The post The Sorrowful Mysteries with St. Joseph appeared first on…
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — As Pope Francis continues his convalescence, the Vatican published a full calendar of Holy Week and Easter liturgies with no indication of who would preside or be the main celebrant. The list of Masses and other liturgies, released by the master of papal liturgical ceremonies March 27, said only that the…
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Dominican preacher and missionary crusader. A native of Bergamo, Italy, he joined the Dominicans in 1319 and soon distinguished himself as a brilliant preacher, attracting huge crowds throughout northern Italy. Pleased with his ability to reach large numbers of believers, he announced in 1335 his intention to go on a pilgrimage to Rome. When Pope…
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(Francesca Pollio Fenton/CNA) — Mel Gibson’s sequel to “The Passion of the Christ” — “The Resurrection of the Christ” — is set to begin production in Italy this August, according to Manuela Cacciamani, CEO of Rome’s Cinecittà Studios. “I can … Continue reading → The post Mel Gibson’s ‘The Resurrection of the Christ’ to begin…
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(Everyday For Life Canada via LifeSiteNews) — Dorothy Bob joined the Sisters of St. Ann in 1960 in British Columbia. Nothing unusual about that. What isn’t so usual is that she was the first indigenous woman to enter the order of nuns. She … Continue reading → The post First indigenous nun at Canadian school contradicts anti-Catholic ‘mass…
I am the Lord your God: hear my voice. (Ps. 81:11,9) There are a few steps we must follow if we want to learn to hear the voice of God—most of them very basic, very simple—and yet often we don’t follow these basic, simple steps, because the instructions we’re given seem to us too basic…
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When a person thinks back to the colonial American past, imagining what the first Catholic missionaries who braved the elements, journeyed into the forests, and canoed down American rivers, must have been like, they are thinking of such a person as Frère Louis Hennepin, the epitome of the Catholic missionary in America. Frère Hennepin was…
Reading 1 Jeremiah 7:23-28 Thus says the LORD: This is what I commanded my people: Listen to my voice; then I will be your God and you shall be my people. Walk in all the ways that I command you, so that you may prosper. But they obeyed not, nor did they pay heed. They…