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St. Hildegard von Bingen was born in 1098 in the Rhineland region of Germany. From a young age, she experienced visions and spiritual insights, which led her to enter a convent at the age of 15. She eventually became the abbess of her community at Rupertsberg, where she founded a new monastery. Hildegard is renowned…
Reading 1 1 Cor 12:12-14, 27-31a Brothers and sisters:As a body is one though it has many parts,and all the parts of the body, though many, are one body,so also Christ.For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one Body,whether Jews or Greeks, slaves or free persons,and we were all given to drink of…
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Born at Montepulciano, Italy, October 4, 1542, St. Robert Bellarmine was the third of ten children. His mother, Cinzia Cervini, a niece of Pope Marcellus II, was dedicated to almsgiving, prayer, meditation, fasting, and mortification of the body. Robert entered the newly formed Society of Jesus in 1560 and after his ordination went on to…
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(ACI MENA via CNA/Romy Haber, Souhail Lawand) — On Thursday, Sept. 12, the Armenian Catholic Patriarchate held a grand ceremony in Beirut’s Martyrs’ Square to welcome the remains of cardinal and patriarch Gregory Peter XV Agagianian from Rome. His body will … Continue reading → The post Gregory Peter XV, Cardinal Agagianian: Another Incorruptible? appeared first…
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Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household. (Acts 16:31, RSVCE) We have all known extraordinarily devout Catholic families which exhibit marked sanctity and virtue. Consider one such family, the parents of which, Louis and Zélie Martin, are canonized saints, whose five daughters, their only surviving children of nine,…
Recipe for John’s Salami & Hot Honey Sandwich included below! It’s 6 am, and as thoughts of yeast ratios and rising times flit through his head, John Gassner lifts weights in the gym. After working out, John embarks on the rest of his 17-hour day, most of which centers around baking what he believes is…
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Readings for the Memorial of Saint Cornelius, Pope and Martyr, and Saint Cyprian, Bishop and Martyr Reading 1 1 Cor 11:17-26, 33 Brothers and sisters: In giving this instruction, I do not praise the fact that your meetings are doing more harm than good. First of all, I hear that when you meet as a…
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Cornelius whose feast day is September 16th. A Roman priest, Cornelius was elected Pope to succeed Fabian in an election delayed fourteen months by Decius’ persecution of the Christians. The main issue of his pontificate was the treatment to be accorded Christians who had been apostasized during the persecution. He condemned those confessors who were…
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Reading 1 Is 50:5-9a The Lord GOD opens my ear that I may hear;and I have not rebelled,have not turned back.I gave my back to those who beat me,my cheeks to those who plucked my beard;my face I did not shieldfrom buffets and spitting. The Lord GOD is my help,therefore I am not disgraced;I have…
Quotes Worth Contemplating for September 15 Upon receiving the command of the Most High to offer his only son as a holocaust, Abraham rose up in the night, saddled his donkey, took two servants and Isaac, and set out for … Continue reading → The post No Sorrow Like Unto Her Sorrow appeared first on…