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Among many, the ideologies of new age, new thought, and even the occult evoke associations of mental health and body-spirit integration. They’re seen as methods leading to being “in tune” with the earth or the universe. Many recognize the level of spiritualism associated with the ideologies but deem them good or helpful; to others, they’re…
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In the first part of this series I introduced the brief prayer, doce me passionem Tuam—teach me Your suffering—a simple aspiration to our Lord that we can repeat many times a day. I explained how this prayer turns our gaze away from our own sufferings and towards the suffering of Christ, which, paradoxically, can liberate…
Reading I Ezekiel 18:21-28 Thus says the Lord GOD: If the wicked man turns away from all the sins he committed, if he keeps all my statutes and does what is right and just, he shall surely live, he shall not die. None of the crimes he committed shall be remembered against him;…
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis spent the 12th anniversary of his election to the papacy undergoing physiotherapy at Rome’s Gemelli hospital, but he was well enough to celebrate it in little ways. Along with the health care workers treating him, the pope — who has been hospitalized for nearly a month — had a…
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Matilda was the daughter of Count Dietrich of Westphalia and Reinhild of Denmark. She was also known as Mechtildis and Maud. She was raised by her grandmother, the Abbess of Eufurt convent. Matilda married Henry the Fowler, son of Duke Otto of Saxony, in the year 909. He succeeded his father as Duke in the…
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The article at LifeSiteNews is highly recommended. It narrates the provocative and deadly role that Israel has had to play in Syria, as well as the American Department of State under the notoriously corrupt Hillary Clinton. Sadly, the United States … Continue reading → The post Armenian Patriarch of Jerusalem Joins Other Patriarchs Condemning Anti-Christian…
During this Lenten season of fasting, prayer, and almsgiving, the Lord leads us to a deeper detachment from the things of this world. He also leads us to a greater understanding of the Church’s mystical union with Him through the poor. The Lord views the poor as Himself, as He taught in Matthew 25:40, “Amen,…
Franciscan Junipero Serra (1713-1784), one of the founders of Catholicism in California, should he miraculously walk the paths of California today (on tired, sore, bare feet, for he believed in the practice of mortification), would be astonished at the vitriol and condemnations of his efforts at bringing the Great Commission among the native people of…
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Reading 1 Esther C:12, 14-16, 23-25 Queen Esther, seized with mortal anguish, had recourse to the LORD. She lay prostrate upon the ground, together with her handmaids, from morning until evening, and said: “God of Abraham, God of Isaac, and God of Jacob, blessed are you. Help me, who am alone and have no help…
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis’ condition continues to be stable and a chest x-ray “confirmed the improvements recorded in the previous days,” his doctors said, but without saying his double pneumonia had cleared up completely. The 88-year-pope is still using high-flow oxygen through a nasal tube during the day and “noninvasive mechanical ventilation” with…
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