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Statements from Popes, Saints and Church Councils: St. Sixtus 1 (circa 115): “The Sacred Vessels are not to be handled by others than those consecrated to the Lord.” St. Basil the Great, Doctor of the Church (330-379): “The right to receive Holy Communion in the hand is permitted only in times of persecution.” St. Basil …
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“A bundle of myrrh is my beloved to me, he shall abide between my breasts.” Canticles 1:12 Myrrh is very bitter, and the Passion and death of Jesus were incomprehensibly bitter to our Blessed Mother. She sacrificed her Son for our salvation. She deserves our love and gratitude in return. Let us console her …
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Cardinal John Henry Newman said, “To go deep into history is to cease to be Protestant.” So what did he mean by that? He meant that if one studies history, the farther he goes back, the more he sees that the true Church is Catholic, not protestant. When one reads the Early Fathers of the …
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To Jesus through Mary ” We go to Jesus through Mary because that is the way He came to us, and He said, ‘As I have given you an example, so do you also.’’ St. John 13:15. “He who wishes to have the fruit of life, which is Jesus Christ, must have the tree of …
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‘‘Our Lady does not want us to talk in church.” – St. Jacinta of Fatima. . Jesus said that for every idle word we shall give an account in the day of judgement, that is, at our death in the particular judgement. St. Matthew “But I say unto you, that every idle word that …
WHY WILL NOT A FALSE CHURCH SAVE YOU? This is a most important question since the Roman Catholic Church has dogmatically declared that outside the Church there is no salvation. We will attempt to answer that question in a clear and concise manner in order that the reader may understand. First off, it should …
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Disease of the tongue: In the days of Father Paul of Moll, a saintly man, miracle worker and mystic, who lived from 1824 to 1896, we read of a man of Canaghem, who from a decayed tooth, contracted a most painful disease of the tongue. He wrote to Father Paul requesting a cure. The Father …
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We would do well to consider the words of St. John Vianney, and the Scriptures on drinking and taverns. https://www.olrl.org/snt_docs/drinking.shtml “Nor the effeminate, nor liers with mankind, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor railers, nor extortioners, shall possess the kingdom of God.” [1 Corinthians 6:10] “But now I have written to you, not to …
A powerful prayer with the Sign of the Cross, from St. Anthony Mary Claret: By the Sign of the Cross, deliver us from all our enemies, O Lord our God. In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.There is an old legend about a Jew many hundreds …
Most merciful Jesus, lover of souls, I pray Thee by the agony of Thy Most Sacred Heart, and by the sorrows of Thy Immaculate Mother, to wash in Thy Most Precious Blood, the sinners of the whole world who are to die this day. Amen. Heart of Jesus, once in agony, have mercy on the …
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