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The Church teaches that there are three circumstances when the death penalty is just and licit. It is just because it is ordained by God himself, and licit as well as long as the proper circumstances warrant it. The three circumstances are: 1) Self defense from an aggressor; 2) In time of war; 3) And …
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A powerful exorcism prayer Many years ago a spiritual director gave me a holy card with this prayer on the back written in French, and told me to say it every day. The prayer came about this way: On the thirteenth of January, 1864, the Venerable Father Louis Cestac, founder of the Congregation of the …
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Today I am going to talk about these three things because I believe the peace of the world and the salvation of souls depend on them. At Fatima Our Lady said, “Only I can help you”…and she also said, “If My requests are heard, there will be peace and many souls will be …
THE ARK OF THE COVENANT “And the temple of God was opened in heaven: and the ark of his testament was seen in his temple…” Apocalypse 11:19. Then following, the very next chapter tells us who this ark is. “And a great sign appeared in heaven: A woman clothed with the sun, and the …
If I am not going to Mass every Sunday as I should be, I am living in sin. If I am living in adultery, I am living in sin. If I am fornicating with another person, I am living in sin. If I am swearing a lot, I am living in sin. If I am …
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 …