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Dear Father X, Peace be with you. I was at your Mass the other day where you quoted Pope Francis saying, “May we not hope all souls are saved?’’ or words to that effect. I believe you are a good priest and your sermons are generally quite good. However, I took exception to what …
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ON CHRISTIAN MARRIAGE AS RELATED IN THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF ST. JOHN VIANNEY Both in the pulpit and in the confessional he had never ceased from proclaiming the strictness and the sweetness of ther laws of Christian marriage. He had been heard and understood. God’s blessing rested upon the homesteads of the village. To use the …
A CAREFUL FATHER I WANT TO BE! Like St. Joseph! A careful father I want to be, My little boys they follow me. I do not dare to go astray, For fear they’ll go the self-same way. I cannot once escape their eyes; Whatever they see me do, they try. …
O Mother of Perpetual Help, please intercede for us with your Divine Son Jesus, for you are his Immaculate Mother, and he can refuse you nothing. It is said that St. Luke the Evangelist painted this image of our Blessed Mother. The image has many meanings attached to it, but I will only mention one. …
O guard and protect me, St. Joseph each day, As onward I journey to heaven I pray. I ask when I’m dying that thou wilt be there, To cheer by thy presence, to aid by thy prayer. Now hear me St. Joseph, I count upon thee, To grant my petitions, whatever they be. Amen. QUAMQUAM …
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Many years ago I heard an apostate Catholic trying to tell a faithful Catholic that one sin was just as bad as another, and the faithful Catholic told him, “But, there are degrees of sin!” The apostate thought he knew better than the Catholic gentleman and would not accept the truth. However, in this short …
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“Keep you my Sabbath, for it is holy unto you: he that shall profane it, shall be put to death, he that do any work, his soul shall perish out of the midst of his people.” Ex. 31:14. “And if the people bring ware, that we would not buy it of them on the Sabbath, …
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Who is this City of God? The saints tell us it is the Blessed Virgin Mary, because Jesus our Lord and Saviour dwelt within her. Let us now hear a few words from St. Alphonsus de Liguori from THE GLORIES OF MARY. “Mary obtain eternal blessedness.* Thou, oh great mother, art the beginning, the middle, …
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In this story you will discover why St. Christopher is patron of travelers, and he was also a martyr for the faith. Beginning his life in a pagan land, he was a reprobate, but finding Christ, he converted thousands to the faith. He died a glorious death. St. Christopher, pray for us. An …
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Please pause a minute and pray the Hail Mary before reading: Hail Mary, full of grace. Our Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen This article reveals …
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