Saints of this Day April 24 Octávo Kaléndas
Maji.Et álibi aliórum plurimórum sanctórum Mártyrum et Confessórum, atque sanctárum Vírginum. 
And elsewhere in divers
places, many other holy martyrs, confessors, and holy virgins.
(Santíssima Mãe de Deus, salva-nos!) The saints are a “cloud of witnesses over our head”, showing us life of Christian perfection is possible. Mary Mother of GOD 15 Promises of the Virgin Mary to those who recite the Rosary Mary's Divine Motherhood Called in the Gospel "the Mother of Jesus," Mary is acclaimed by Elizabeth, at the prompting of the Spirit and even before the birth of her son, as "the Mother of my Lord" (Lk 1:43; Jn 2:1; 19:25; cf. Mt 13:55; et al.). In fact, the One whom she conceived as man by the Holy Spirit, who truly became her Son according to the flesh, was none other than the Father's eternal Son, the second person of the Holy Trinity. Hence the Church confesses that Mary is truly "Mother of God" (Theotokos). Catechism of the Catholic Church 495, quoting the Council of Ephesus (431): DS 251. The Two Servants (II) April 24 - Our Lady of Bonaria (Sardinia, 1370)
The Molcha Icon of the Mother of God appeared
on September 18, 1405 in the Molcha swampland not far from Putivl.
At first it was in the Molcha Sophroniev wilderness monastery, but it was transferred to the Putivl monastery on April 24, 1605 
Then the Mother of God presented Dominic to Our Blessed Lord. "I accept him," said the Son of God, "he will do very well and diligently all what you said." She then presented Blessed Francis and the Savior approved of him also. Blessed Dominic looked his companion over carefully during this vision, because they had never met before. The next day he saw a man in a church and recognized him as being the same man that he had seen during the night. He threw himself into his arms, and holding him on his heart, he kissed the saint with affection, saying: "You are my brother in arms; you will walk in step with me and the enemy will not prevail against us." He then told him about his vision and from that moment on, they shared one heart and one mind in God, and they recommended to their spiritual sons that they do the same among themselves, always, in all love and reverence. That simple gesture left an indelible wake on the ocean of the ages, and the two militias of beggars found in it the symbol of their eternal alliance. For this reason, the Patriarch of the Order of Preachers has his place among us and we also give him the title of Father. |
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crucified Martyr with 34 others companion of St. Epipodius 272 St Sabas Roman martyr supposedly Gothic officer 272 70 soldiers After witnessing torments of St Sava Stratelates they believe in Christ: beheaded by the sword 288 Martyrs Pasikrates and Valention from Durostorum, Silistria {Bulgaria) soldiers under governor Absolanus 305 Martyrs Eusebius, Neon, Leontius, Longinus, and 40 Others present at sufferings of Great Martyr George In Anglia deposítio sancti Mellíti Epíscopi, qui, a sancto Gregório Papa in Angliam missus, orientáles Saxónes et ipsórum Regem ad Rhemis, in Gállia, sanctárum Vírginum Bovæ et Dodæ. At Rheims in France, the holy virgins Bova and Doda. Andégavi, in Gállia, sanctæ Maríæ a sancta Euphrásia Pelletier, Vírginis, Institúti Sorórum a Bono Pastóre Fundatrícis 
Conversion_of_St_Augustine_Hippo430 Medioláni Convérsio sancti Augustíni Epíscopi, Confessóris et Ecclésiæ Doctóris 5th v St Dyfnan Founder at Anglesey, Wales 525 St Deodatus Abbot near Blois Illíberi, in Hispánia, sancti Gregórii, Epíscopi et Confessóris. 6th v Saint Thomas the Fool-for-Christ was a monk in one of the monasteries in Caesarea of Cappadocia (Asia Minor) many healings 586 St. Honorius of Brescia Bishop of Brescia, Italy, from circa 577, after living as a hermit nearby. 624 St Mellitus of Canterbury missionary Archbishop of Canterbury from 619 Saint Elizabeth the Wonderworker from Constantinople chosen for the service of God at birth gift of healing physical and spiritual infirmities 851 St Diarmaid Irish bishop of Armagh known for his learning 8th v St Egbert English monk of Lindisfarne persuading monks adopt roman usage over celebration of Easter ST IVO, Bishop
After
the bones had been removed from the spot where they had lain hidden,
a spring appeared at which many miracles were reported. William of Malmesbury
tells us that he had been an eye-witness of the remarkable cure of a man
suffering from dropsy.
1103 St William
Firmatus Hermit pilgrim physician canon at Saint-Venance close
relationship with nature honored bywild animals 13th v Saint Sava of the Caves lived in the Near Caves of the Kiev Caves monastery a wonderworker 13th v Saint Alexius, Hermit of Caves, lived a life of asceticism in the Near Caves of the Kiev Caves monastery a wonderworker 1622 St Fidelis of Sigmaringen Franciscan Capuchin martyr defending poor Congregation head for Spreading of the Faith 1657 Saint Iorest the Confessor was born into a peasant family of Transylvania, and received the name Elias in Baptism 1683 Saint Sava {Simeon in Baptism}was born into an old Serbian family from Hertzegovina defender of the faith against calvinists used Saints in Sermons for his flock 1711 Saint Joseph the confessor was born in the seventeenth century, and was consecrated as a bishop in Moldavia (northern Romania in 1690 by Metropolitan Dositheus. 1868 St Mary Euphrasia Pelletier, Virgin, Foundress Of The Institute Of Our Lady Of Charity Of The Good Shepherd |
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"All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn
to the Lord;
and all the families of the nations shall worship before him" (Psalm 21:28)
and all the families of the nations shall worship before him" (Psalm 21:28)
On
Death and Life"Man Needs Eternity -- and Every Other Hope, for Him, Is All Too Brief" 
Saints of this Day April 24 Octávo Kaléndas
Maji.
The saints “a cloud of witnesses over our head”, showing us life of Christian perfection is possible. BENEDICT XVI'S PRAYER INTENTIONS FOR April 2012 General Intention: Vocations. That many young people may hear the call of Christ and follow him in the priesthood and religious life. Missionary Intention: Christ, Hope for Africans. That the risen Christ may be a sign of certain hope for the men and women of the African continent. 
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Mary
Mother of GOD -- Her Rosary
Here Mary Mother of GOD 15 Promises of the Virgin Mary to those who recite the Rosary Mary's Divine Motherhood How do I start the Five First Saturdays? Called in the Gospel “the Mother of Jesus,” Mary
is acclaimed by Elizabeth,
at the prompting of the Spirit
and even before the birth
of her son, as “the Mother of
my Lord” (Lk 1:43; Jn 2:1; 19:25;
cf. Mt 13:55; et al.). In fact,
the One whom she conceived as
man by the Holy Spirit, who truly became her Son according to the flesh, was
none other than the Father's
eternal Son, the second
person of the Holy Trinity.
Hence the Church confesses that
Mary is truly “Mother of God” (Theotokos).
Catechism of the Catholic Church 495, quoting
the Council of Ephesus (431):
DS 251.
“The Blessed
Virgin was
eternally predestined, in conjunction
with the incarnation
of the divine Word,
to be the Mother of God. By decree
of divine Providence, she
served on earth as the loving mother of the divine
Redeemer, an associate
of unique nobility, and the Lord's
humble handmaid. She conceived,
brought forth, and nourished Christ.” (Dogmatic Constitution on the Church, 61).
Mary Mother of GOD Mary's Divine Motherhood: FEASTS OF OUR LADY 15 Promises of the Virgin Mary to those who recite the Rosary
Saints of this Day April 24 Octávo Kaléndas
Maji.The voice of the Father is heard, the Son enters the water, and the Holy Spirit appears in the form of a dove.
THE spirit and example of the world imperceptibly instil
the error into the minds of many that there is a kind of middle way
of going to Heaven; and so, because the world does not live up to the
gospel, they bring the gospel down to the level of the world. It is not
by this example that we are to measure the Christian rule, but words and
life of Christ. All His followers are commanded to labour to become perfect
even as our heavenly Father is perfect, and to bear His image in our hearts
that we may be His children. We are obliged by the gospel to die to ourselves
by fighting self-love in our hearts, by the mastery of our passions, by
taking on the spirit of our Lord.
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usccb.org ewtn.com St Patricks 0423These are the conditions under which Christ makes His promises and numbers us among His children, as is manifest from His words which the apostles have left us in their inspired writings. Here is no distinction made or foreseen between the apostles or clergy or religious and secular persons. The former, indeed, take upon themselves certain stricter obligations, as a means of accomplishing these ends more perfectly; but the law of holiness and of disengagement of the heart from the world is general and binds all the followers of Christ. domcentral.org/life/martyr Mar syriac oca.org glaubenszeugen.de/tage/kai/23 Serbian http://www.copticchurch.net Melkite Monthly Saints with pics here http://www.stfrancisenid.com/memorials.htm antiochian.org/AW-WomenSaints--wonderful icons Lutheran Saints One Saint per day stthomasirondequoit.com/SaintsAlive/index.htm stjohndc.org God's Humourous Saints
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We are called upon with the
whole Church militant on earth
to join in praising and thanking
God for the grace and glory he has bestowed
on his saints. At the same time we earnestly
implore Him to exert His almighty power
and mercy in raising us from our miseries and
sins, healing the disorders of our souls and
leading us by the path of repentance to the
company of His saints, to which He has called us.
THE saints and just,
from the beginning of time
and throughout the world, who
have been made perfect, everlasting
monuments of God’s infinite power and
clemency, praise His goodness without
ceasing; casting their crowns before His
throne they give to Him all the glory of their
triumphs: “His gifts alone in us He crowns.”
They were once what we are now, travellers on earth they had the same weaknesses, which we have. We have difficulties to encounter so had the saints, and many of them far greater than we can meet with; obstacles from kings and whole nations, sometimes from the prisons, racks and swords of persecutors. Yet they surmounted these difficulties, which they made the very means of their virtue and victories. It was by the strength they received from above, not by their own, that they triumphed. But the blood of Christ was shed for us as it was for them and the grace of our Redeemer is not wanting to us; if we fail, the failure is in ourselves. |
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“The saints must be honored as friends of Christ
and children
and heirs of God, as John the theologian
and evangelist says: ‘But as many as received
him, he gave them the power to be made
the sons of God....’ Let us carefully observe the
manner of life of all the apostles, martyrs, ascetics
and just men who announced the coming of the Lord.
And let us emulate their faith, charity, hope, zeal,
life, patience under suffering, and perseverance
unto death, so that we may also share their crowns
of glory” Exposition of the Orthodox Faith
Called in the Gospel “the Mother of Jesus,” Mary is acclaimed by Elizabeth, at
the prompting of the
Spirit and even before the birth of
her son, as “the Mother of my Lord” (Lk 1:43; Jn 2:1; 19:25; cf. Mt 13:55;
et al.). In fact, the
One whom she conceived as man by the
Holy Spirit, who truly became her Son according
to the flesh, was none other than the Father's
eternal Son, the second person of the Holy Trinity.
Hence
the Church confesses that Mary is truly “Mother of God” (Theotokos).
Catechism of the Catholic Church 495, quoting the Council of Ephesus (431): DS 251. |
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Nine First Fridays Devotion
to the Sacred
Heart ... From the writings of St. Margaret
Mary Alacoque
On Friday during Holy Communion, He said these words to me, His unworthy slave, if I mistake not: “I promise you
in the excessive mercy
of my Heart that its all-powerful
love will grant to all those who receive Holy
Communion on nine first Fridays of consecutive
months the grace of final repentance; they
will not die under my displeasure or without receiving
their sacraments, my divine Heart making itself their
assured refuge at the last moment.”
Margaret Mary
was inspired
by Christ to establish the Holy Hour and
to pray lying prostrate with her face to the ground
from eleven till midnight on the eve of the
first Friday of each month, to share in the mortal sadness.
He endured when abandoned by His Apostles in His Agony, and to receive holy Communion on the first Friday of every month. In the first great revelation, He made known to her His ardent desire to be loved by men and His design of manifesting His Heart with all Its treasures of love and mercy, of sanctification and salvation. He appointed the Friday after the octave of the feast of Corpus Christi as the feast of the Sacred Heart; He called her “the Beloved Disciple of the Sacred Heart”, and the heiress of all Its treasures. The love of the Sacred Heart was the fire which consumed her, and devotion to the Sacred Heart is the refrain of all her writings. In her last illness she refused all alleviation, repeating frequently: “What have I in heaven and what do I desire on earth, but Thee alone, O my God”, and died pronouncing the Holy Name of Jesus. With regard to this promise it may be remarked: (1) that our Lord required Communion to be received on a particular day chosen by Him; (2) that the nine Fridays must be consecutive; (3) that they must be made in honor of His Sacred Heart, which means that those who make the nine Fridays must practice the devotion and must have a great love for our Lord; (4) that our Lord does not say that those who make the nine Fridays will be dispensed from any of their obligations or from exercising the vigilance necessary to lead a good life and overcome temptation; rather He implicitly promises abundant graces to those who make the nine Fridays to help them to carry out these obligations and persevere to the end; (5) that perseverance in receiving Holy Communion for nine consecutive First Firdays helps the faithful to acquire the habit of frequent Communion, which our Lord eagerly desires; and (6) that the practice of the nine Fridays is very pleasing to our Lord He promises such great reward, and all Catholics should endeavor to make nine Fridays. |
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First Saturdays?
by Fr. Tom O'Mahony On July 13,1917, Our Lady appeared
for the third
time to the three children of Fatima an
showed them the vision of hell and made
the now - famous thirteen prophecies. In this
vision Our Lady said that 'GOD WISHES TO ESTABLISH
IN THE WORLD DEVOTION to Her Immaculate Heart
and that She would come TO ASK FOR THE COMMUNION OF REPARATION
ON THE FIRST SATURDAYS...'
Eight years later, on December 10, 1925, Our
Lady did indeed come back. She appeared (with the
Child Jesus) to Lucia in the convent of the Dorothean
Sisters in Pontevedra.
The Child Jesus spoke first: 'HAVE COMPASSION ON THE HEART OF YOUR MOST HOLY MOTHER WHICH IS COVERED WITH THORNS WITH WHICH UNGRATEFUL MEN PIERCE IT AT EVERY MOMENT, WHILE THERE IS NO ONE TO REMOVE THEM WITH AN ACT OF REPARATION.' THE GREAT PROMISE Our Lady then said: 'MY DAUGHTER LOOK AT MY HEART SURROUNDED WITH THORNS WITH WHICH UNGRATEFUL MEN PIERCE IT AT EVERY MOMENT BY THEIR BLASPHEMIES AND INGRATITUDE. YOU, AT LEAST, TRY TO CONSOLE ME, AND SAY THAT I PROMISE TO ASSIST AT THE HOUR OF DEATH WITH ALL THE GRACES NECESSARY FOR SALVATION, ALL THOSE WHO, ON THE FIRST SATURDAY OF FIVE CONSECUTIVE MONTHS GO TO CONFESSION AND RECEIVE HOLY COMMUNION, RECITE FIVE DECADES OF THE ROSARY AND KEEP ME COMPANY FOR A QUARTER OF AN HOUR WHILE MEDITATING ON MYSTERIES OF THE ROSARY, WITH THE INTENTION OF MAKING REPARATION TO ME.' The Five Reasons Lucia once asked this question
of Our Lord
and received as an answer: 'MY DAUGHTER,
THE MOTIVE IS SIMPLE, THERE ARE FIVE
KINDS OF OFFENCES AND BLASPHEMIES UTTERED AGAINST
THE IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY: (1) BLASPHEMIES AGAINST
THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION: (2) BLASPHEMIES AGAINST
HER VIRGINITY: (3) BLASPHEMIES AGAINST HER DIVINE MATERNITY:
(4) BLASPHEMIES OF THOSE WHO OPENLY SEEK TO
FOSTER IN THE HEARTS OF CHILDREN INDIFFERENCE OR EVEN
HATRED FOR THIS IMMACULATE MOTHER: (5) THE OFFENCES
OF THOSE WHO DIRECTLY OUTRAGE HER IN HOLY IMAGES.'
From the above, it is easy to see that each of the Five Saturdays can correspond to a specific offence. By offering the graces received during each First Saturday as reparation for the offence being prayed for, the participant can hope to help remove the thorns from Our Lady's Heart. What Do I Have To Do? The devotion of First Saturdays, as requested by Our Lady of Fatima, carries with it the assurance of salvation. However, to derive profit from such a great promise of Our Lady, the devotion must be properly understood and duly performed. The requirements as stipulated by Our Lady are as follows: (1) CONFESSION, (2) COMMUNION, (3) FIVE DECADES OF THE ROSARY, (4) MEDITATION ON ONE OR MORE OF THE ROSARY MYSTERIES FOR FIFTEEN MINUTES, (5) TO DO ALL THESE THINGS IN THE SPIRIT OF REPARATION TO THE IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY, and (6) TO OBSERVE ALL THESE PRACTICES ON THE FIRST SATURDAY OF FIVE CONSECUTIVE MONTHS. (1) CONFESSION: A reparative confession means
that the confession
should not only be good (valid and licit),
but also be offered in the spirit of reparation,
in this case, to Mary's Immaculate Heart.
This confession may be made on the First Saturday
itself or some days before or after the First Saturday
within the preceding octave would suffice.
(2) COMMUNION: The communion of reparation must be sacramental duly received with the intention of making reparation. This offering, like the confession, is an interior act and so no external action to express the intention is needed. (3) THE ROSARY: The Rosary mentioned
here was indicated
by the Portuguese word 'terco' which
is commonly employed to denote a Rosary of five
decades, since it forms a fourth of the full Rosary
of 20 decades. This too must recited in a spirit
of reparation.
(4) MEDITATION FOR FIFTEEN MINUTES: Here the meditation on one mystery or more is to be made without simultaneous recitation of the Rosary decade. As indicated, the meditation may be either on one mystery alone for 15 minutes, or on all 20 mysteries, spending about one minute on each mystery, or again, on two or more mysteries during the period. This can also be made before each decade spending three minutes or more in considering the mystery of the particular decade. This meditation has likewise to be made in the spirit of reparation to the Immaculate Heart. (5) THE SPIRIT OF REPARATION: All these acts, as said above, have to be done with the intention of offering reparation to the Immaculate Heart of Mary for the offences committed against Her. Everyone who offends Her commits, so to speak, a two-fold offence, for these sins also offend her Divine Son, Christ, and so endanger our salvation. They give bad example to others and weaken the strength of society to withstand immoral onslaughts. Such devotions therefore make us consider not only the enormity of the offence against God, but also the effect of sins on human society as well as the need for undoing these social effects even when the offender repents and is converted. Further, this reparation emphasises our responsibility towards sinners who, themselves, will not pray and make reparation for their sins. (6) FIVE CONSECUTIVE FIRST SATURDAYS: The
idea of the
Five First Saturdays is obviously to make
us persevere in the devotional acts for these
Saturdays and overcome initial difficulties.
Once this is done, Our Lady knows that the person
would become devoted to Her immaculate Heart
and persist in practising such devotion on all First
Saturdays, working thereby for personal self-reform
and for the salvation of others.
Unless Russia is converted, the movement against God and for sin will continue to spread, promoting wars and persecutions, and making the attainment for peace and justice impossible for this world. One means of obtaining Russia's conversion is to practise the Fatima Message. The stakes are so great that to encourage Catholics to practise the devotion of the First Saturdays, Our Lady has assured us that She will obtain salvation for all those who observe the first Saturdays for five consecutive months in accordance with Her conditions. At the supreme moment the departing person will be either in the state of grace or not. In either case Our Lady will be by his side. If in the state of grace, She will console and help him to resist whatever temptations the devil might put before him in his last attempt to take the person with him to hell. If not in the state of grace, Our Lady will help the person to repent in a manner agreeable to God and so benefit by the fruits of redemption and be saved. |
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Pius IX 1846--1878 • Leo XIII 1878-1903 • Pius X 1903-1914• Benedict XV 1914-1922 • Pius XI 1922-1939 • Pius XII 1939-1958 • John XXIII 1958-1963 • Paul VI 1963 to 1978 • John Paul • John Paul II 10/16/1975-4/2/2005 Benedict XVI "The answers to many of life's questions can be found by reading the Lives of the Saints. They teach us how to overcome obstacles and difficulties, how to stand firm in our faith, and how to struggle against evil and emerge victorious." 1913 Saint Barsanuphius of Optina The more "extravagant" graces
are bestowed
NOT for the benefit of the recipients
so much as FOR benefit of others.
Non est inventus similis illis God calls each one of us to be a saint in
order to
get into heaven.
Popes mentioned
in articles of Saints
today
Pius XII, Sovereign Pontiff, enrolled among the number of the saints at Angers in France, St.
Mary Euphrasia Pelletier, virgin and foundress of the Institute of the
Good Shepherd Sisters. Non est inventus similis illis Pope Benedict
XIVcanonized St
Fidelis of Sigmaringen. The conversion
of a Zwinglian minister who was present at his martyrdom was one of the first
fruits of the martyrdom of St Fidelis of Sigmaringen.
Quote: Pope Paul VI’s 1969 Instruction
on the Contemplative Life includes this passage: 
1740-1758 Pope
Benedict XIV is best known to
history as a student and a scholar. Though by no means a genius, his enormous
application coupled with more than ordinary cleverness of mind made him one
of the most erudite men of his time and gave him the distinction of being
perhaps the greatest scholar among the popes. His character was many-sided,
and his range of interests large. His devotion to science and the serious
investigation of historical problems did not interfere with his purely literary
studies. "I have been reproached", he once said, "because of my familiarity
with Tasso and Dante and Ariosto, but they are a necessity to me in order
to give energy to my thought and life to my style." This devotion to the
arts and sciences brought Lambertini throughout his whole life into close
and friendly contact with the most famous authors and scholars of his time.
Montfaucon, whom he knew in Rome, said of him, "Young as he is, he has two
souls: one for science, the other for society." This last characterization
did not interfere with his restless activity in any of the many important
positions which he was called on to fill, nor did it diminish his marvellous
capacity for the most arduous work.
As apostolic delegate in Turkey and Greece after 1935 Father Roncalli engaged peaceably with
the worlds of Orthodoxy and Islam. When World War II erupted Angelo risked his position and security to provide thousands of Turkish transit visas, "temporary" baptismal and immigration certificates, authorizing Hungarian Jews persecuted by the Nazis to escape to Palestine. He aided Jews of France, Slovakia, Croatia, Bulgaria, Romania and Italy. Catholic sources note that he issued 80,000 protective certificates. Testimonies at the Nuremberg trials credit him with saving tens of thousands of lives. The holiness of Pope John XXIII was clearly manifest in his benevolence and striking humility. His bestselling autobiography, The Journal of a Soul, details his spiritual growth from his seminary days to the final days of his life. Proclaimed Blessed by Pope John Paul II, Pope John XXIII now lies incorrupt in the main sanctuary of St. Peter's basilica. Cross Not
Optional,
Says Benedict XVI
Reflects on
Peter's "Immature" Faith CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy, AUG. 31, 2008 (Zenit.org).-
The
Pope said this today before reciting
the midday Angelus with several thousand
people gathered in the courtyard of the papal
summer residence at Castel Gandolfo,
south of Rome.Taking up one's cross isn't an option, it's a mission all Christians are called to, says Benedict XVI. Referring to the Gospel reading for today's
Mass, the
Holy Father reflected on the faith of
Peter, which is shown to be "still immature
and too much influenced by the 'mentality
of this world.'” He
explained that when Christ spoke openly about
how he was to "suffer much, be killed and rise
again, Peter protests, saying: 'God forbid, Lord!
No such thing shall ever happen to you.'"
Christ
also knew that "the resurrection
would be the last word," Benedict XVI added."It is evident that the Master and the disciple follow two opposed ways of thinking," continued the Pontiff. "Peter, according to a human logic, is convinced that God would never allow his Son to end his mission dying on the cross. "Jesus, on the contrary, knows that the Father, in his great love for men, sent him to give his life for them, and if this means the passion and the cross, it is right that such should happen." Serious illness
The Pope continued, "If to save us the Son of God had to suffer and die crucified, it certainly was not because of a cruel design of the heavenly Father. "The cause of it is the gravity of the sickness of which he must cure us: an evil so serious and deadly that it will require all of his blood. "In fact, it is with his death
and resurrection that Jesus defeated sin
and death, reestablishing the lordship
of God."
Quote: Pope Paul VI’s 1969 Instruction
on the Contemplative Life includes
this passage:
"To
withdraw into the desert is for Christians
tantamount to associating themselves more
intimately with Christ’s passion, and it enables them,
in a very special way, to share in the paschal mystery
and in the passage of Our Lord from this world to the
heavenly homeland" (#1).God calls each one of us to be a saint in order to get into heaven.
"The answers to many of
life's questions can be found by reading the Lives of the Saints.
They teach us how to overcome obstacles
and difficulties, how to stand firm in our faith,
and how to struggle against evil and emerge victorious."
1913 Saint
Barsanuphius of Optina
The more "extravagant" graces
are bestowed NOT for the benefit
of the recipients so much as FOR benefit
of others.
Non est inventus similis illis Quote: Pope Paul VI’s 1969 Instruction
on the Contemplative Life
includes this passage:
"To withdraw
into the desert is for Christians tantamount
to associating themselves more intimately
with Christ’s passion, and it enables them, in a
very special way, to share in the paschal mystery and
in the passage of Our Lord from this world to the heavenly
homeland" (#1).
Paul VI_Athenagoras_05_01_1964 
Quote: Pope Paul VI’s
1969 Instruction
on
the Contemplative Life includes
this passage:
"To
withdraw
into the desert is for Christians tantamount
to associating themselves more intimately
with Christ’s passion, and it enables
them, in a very special way, to share in the
paschal mystery and in the passage of Our Lord
from this world to the heavenly homeland" (#1).
Christianity is not a moral code or a philosophy,
but an encounter
with a person”
-- Benedict XVI Benedict_XVI_Patriarch_Bartholomew
Benedict XVI_Archbishop_Hilarion 
Benedict
XVI receives Orthodox
Archbishop
Hilarion n September 18th,
Pope Benedict XVI; Archbishop
Hilarion, president of
the Department for External
Church Affairs of the Patriarchate of
Moscow.The Orthodox Archbishop is currently visiting the Vatican at the invitation of Cardinal Kasper, president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity. This Pontifical Council underlined that the visit will confirm the ties of friendship between the Catholic Church and the Russian Orthodox Church, with a view to closer collaboration and to favor the presence of the Church in the lives of the peoples of Europe and the world. In addition, a further step in ecumenical relations is scheduled for the month of October in Cyprus: the meeting of the Joint International Commission for the Theological Dialogue between the Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church, which will address the theme of Petrine Primacy. 
Benedict
XVI met with Aram I
Catholicos of Cilicia,
the highest authority of the
Orthodox Church.
The Pope
remembered the martyrs of
the Armenian Church and the Armenian
genocide, without explicitly
mentioning it, and denounced
the persecution of Christians
in modern times.
Benedict XVIThat testimony culminated in the twentieth century, which proved a time of Unspeakable suffering for your people. Most recently we have all been saddened by the escalation of persecution and violence against Christians in parts of the Middle East and elsewhere. The Catholicos is based in Lebanon. That is why, the Pope said, he prays every day for peace in this country and throughout the Middle East. Benedict XVI said there will only be peace in the region when each country is free to decide its own destiny and when every ethnic and religious group accepts and respects the others. Aram I emphasized that the churches must be means for peace and to achieve that they must recognize “all” genocides, even the Armenian.. The Catholicos recalled his meeting with John Paul II, adding that this visit represents a new step for ecumenical dialogue. Our meeting is an opportunity to pray and reflect together, and to renew our commitment and efforts for Christian unity. Armenian church members from all over the world join with Catholicos in making pilgrimages to Rome. |
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great psalm
of the Passion, Chapter
22, whose
first verse “My God, my God, why hast
thou forsaken me?”
Jesus pronounced on the cross, ended with the vision: “All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the Lord; and all the families of the nations shall worship before him” For kingship belongs to the LORD, the ruler over the nations. All who sleep in the earth will bow low before God; All who have gone down into the dust will kneel in homage. And I will live for the LORD; my descendants will serve you. The generation to come will be told of the Lord, that they may proclaim to a people yet unborn the deliverance you have brought. |
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Benedict XVI to The Catholic
Church In China {whole
article here} 2000
years of the Catholic Church
in China The saints “a cloud of witnesses over our head”, showing us life of Christian perfection is possible. THE PSALTER OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN
MARY PSALM
47
Great art thou, O Lady, and exceedingly to be praised: in the city of the God of Heaven: in the entire Church of His elect. Thou hast ascended, hymned by the angelic choirs: buoyed by the archangels, crowned with lilies and roses. Meet her, ye Powers and Principalities: go to welcome her, ye Virtues and Dominations. Cherubim, and Thrones, and Seraphim, exalt her: and place her at the right hand of the Spouse, her most loving Son. Oh, with how joyful a soul, with how serene an aspect hast thou received her, O God of angels and men: and given her the principality over every place of thy domination. Join us on CatholicVote.org. Be part of a new
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Saint Frances Xavier Seelos Practical Guide
to Holiness
1. Go to Mass
with deepest devotion. 2. Spend
a half hour to reflect upon your main
failing & make resolutions to
avoid it.3. Do daily spiritual reading for at least 15 minutes, if a half hour is not possible. 4. Say the rosary every day. 5. Also daily, if at all possible, visit the Blessed Sacrament; toward evening, meditate on the Passion of Christ for a half hour, 6. Conclude the day with evening prayer & an examination of conscience over all the faults & sins of the day. 7. Every month make a review of the month in confession. 8. Choose a special patron every month & imitate that patron in some special virtue. 9. Precede every great feast with a novena that is nine days of devotion. 10. Try to begin & end every activity with a Hail Mary My God, I believe, I adore, I trust and I love
Thee. I beg pardon for
those who do not believe, do not
adore, do not
O most Holy trinity, Father,
Son and Holy Spirit, I adore Thee profoundly.
I offer Thee the most
precious
Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of
Jesus Christ, present in all the
Tabernacles of the world, in reparation
for the
outrages, sacrileges and indifference
by which He is offended, and by the
infite merits of the Sacred
Heart of Jesus and the
Immaculate Heart of Mary.
I beg the conversion of poor sinners, Fatima Prayer, Angel of Peace
The
voice of the Father is heard,
the Son enters the water, and
the Holy Spirit appears in the form
of a dove.
THE
spirit and example of the
world imperceptibly instil the
error into the minds of many that
there is a kind of middle way of going
to Heaven; and so, because the world does
not live up to the gospel, they bring the gospel
down to the level of the world. It is not by this
example that we are to measure the Christian rule,
but words and life of Christ. All His followers
are commanded to labour to become perfect
even as our heavenly Father is perfect, and
to bear His image in our hearts that we may be His
children. We are obliged by the gospel to die to ourselves
by fighting self-love in our hearts, by the mastery
of our passions, by taking on the spirit of our Lord.
These
are the conditions
under which Christ makes His promises
and numbers us among His children,
as is manifest from His words which the
apostles have left us in their inspired
writings. Here is no distinction made
or foreseen between the apostles or
clergy or religious and secular persons.
The former, indeed, take upon themselves
certain stricter obligations, as a means of
accomplishing these ends more perfectly; but
the law of holiness and of disengagement of the
heart from the world is general and binds all
the followers of Christ.
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God loves variety.
He doesn't mass-produce his
saints. Every saint is unique each
the result of a new idea.
As the liturgy says: Non est inventus
similis illis--there are no two exactly alike.
It is we with our lack of imagination, who paint the same haloes on all the saints. Dear Lord, grant us a spirit not bound by our own ideas and preferences. Grant that we may be able to appreciate in others what we lack in ourselves. O Lord, grant that we may understand that every saint must be a unique praise of Your glory. Catholic saints are holy people and human people who lived extraordinary lives. Each saint the Church honors
responded to God's invitation
to use his or her unique gifts.
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The 15 Promises of the Virgin Mary to those who recite
the Rosary ) Revealed
to St. Dominic and Blessed Alan)
1. Whoever
shall faithfully serve me by the recitation of the Rosary, shall receive
signal graces. 2. I promise my special protection and the
greatest graces to all those who shall recite the Rosary. 3.
The Rosary shall be a powerful armor against hell, it will destroy vice,
decrease sin, and defeat heresies. 4. It will cause virtue
and good works to flourish; it will obtain for souls the abundant mercy of
God; it will withdraw the hearts of people from the love of the world and
its vanities, and will lift them to the desire of eternal things. Oh,
that soul would sanctify them by this means. 5. The
soul that recommends itself to me by the recitation of the Rosary shall not
perish. 6. Whoever shall recite the Rosary devoutly, applying
themselves to the consideration of its Sacred Mysteries shall never be conquered
by misfortune. God will not chastise them in His justice, they shall
not perish by an unprovided death; if they be just, they shall remain in
the grace of God, and become worthy of eternal life. 7.
Whoever shall have a true devotion for the Rosary shall not die without
the Sacraments of the Church. 8. Those who are faithful
to recite the Rosary shall have during their life and at their death the
light of God and the plentitude of His graces; at the moment of death they
shall participate in the merits of the Saints in Paradise. 9.
I shall deliver from purgatory those who have been devoted to the Rosary.
10. The faithful children of the Rosary shall merit a high
degree of glory in Heaven. 11. You shall obtain all
you ask of me by the recitation of the Rosary. 12. I shall
aid all those who propagate the Holy Rosary in their necessities. 13.
I have obtained from my Divine Son that all the advocates of the Rosary shall
have for intercessors the entire celestial court during their life and at
the hour of death. 14. All who recite the Rosary are my
children, and brothers and sisters of my only Son, Jesus Christ. 15.
Devotion to my Rosary is a great sign of predestination.
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His Holiness Aram I, current (2008) Catholicos of Cilicia of Armenians, whose
See is located in Lebanese
town of Antelias. The Catholicosate was
founded in Sis, capital of Cilicia, in the year 1441
following the move of the Catholicosate of
All Armenians back to its original See of Etchmiadzin
in Armenia. The Catholicosate of Cilicia enjoyed
local jurisdiction, though spiritually subject to
the authority of Etchmiadzin. In 1921 the See was transferred
to Aleppo in Syria, and in 1930 to Antelias.
Its jurisdiction currently
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Aramaic dialect of Edessa, now known as Syriac
The exact date of the introduction
of Christianity into
Edessa {Armenian
Ourhaï in Arabic
Er Roha, commonly Orfa or Urfa,
its present name} is not
known. It is certain, however,
that the Christian community
was at first made up from the Jewish population
of the city. According to an ancient
legend, King Abgar V, Ushana, was
converted by Addai,
who was one of the seventy-two
disciples. In fact,
however, the first King of Edessa
to embrace the Christian Faith was Abgar
IX (c. 206) becoming official kingdom
religion.
Christian
council held at Edessa early
as 197 (Eusebius, Hist.
Eccl., V,xxiii). In 201 the city was devastated
by a great flood, and the Christian
church was destroyed
(“Chronicon Edessenum”,
ad. an. 201).
In 232 the relics of the Apostle St. Thomas were brought from India,
on which occasion his Syriac
Acts were written.
Under Roman domination martyrs
suffered at Edessa:
Sts. Scharbîl
and Barsamya,
under Decius; Sts.
Gûrja, Schâmôna,
Habib, and others
under Diocletian.
In the meanwhile Christian
priests from Edessa evangelized Eastern Mesopotamia and Persia, established
the first Churches in the kingdom of the Sassanides. Atillâtiâ, Bishop of Edessa,
assisted at the Council of
Nicæa (325).
The “Peregrinatio
Silviæ”
(or Etheriæ) (ed.
Gamurrini, Rome, 1887, 62 sqq.)
gives an account of the many
sanctuaries at Edessa
about 388.
Although Hebrew had been the
language of the ancient Israelite
kingdom, after their
return from Exile the Jews
turned more and more to Aramaic,
using it for parts of the books
of Ezra and Daniel in the Bible.
By the time of Jesus, Aramaic
was the main language
of Palestine, and
quite a number of texts from the
Dead Sea Scrolls are also written
in Aramaic.
Aramaic
continued to be an important
language for Jews,
alongside Hebrew, and parts
of the Talmud are written
in it. After Arab conquests of the
seventh century, Arabic quickly replaced Aramaic as the main language of
those who converted to Islam, although in out of the way places, Aramaic
continued as a vernacular language of Muslims.
Aramaic, however, enjoyed its
greatest success
in
Christianity. Although
the New Testament
wins written in Greek,
Christianity had come into existence
in an Aramaic-speaking
milieu, and it was the Aramaic
dialect of Edessa, now known
as Syriac, that became the literary
language of a large number of Christians
living in the eastern provinces
of the Roman Empire and in the
Persian Empire, further east.
Over the course of the centuries
the influence of the Syriac Churches
spread eastwards to China
(in Xian, in western China, a
Chinese-Syriac inscription
dated 781 is
still to be seen); to southern India
where the state of Kerala can boast
more Christians of Syriac liturgical
tradition than anywhere else in the
world.
680 Shiite saint Imam Hussein, grandson of Islam's Prophet Muhammad Known as Ashoura and observed by Shiites across the world, the 10th day of the lunar Muslim month of Muharram: the anniversary of the 7th century death in battle of one of Shiite Islam's most beloved saints. Imam Hussein died in the 680 A.D. battle fought on the plains outside Karbala, a city in modern Iraq that's home to the saint's shrine. The battle over a dispute about the leadership of the Muslim faith following Muhammad's death in 632 A.D. It is the defining event in Islam's split into Sunni and Shiite branches. The occasion is the source of an enduring moral lesson. "He sacrificed his blood to teach us not to give in to corruption, coercion, or use of force and to seek honor and justice." According to Shiite beliefs, Hussein and companions were denied water by enemies who controlled the nearby Euphrates. Streets get partially covered with blood from slaughter of hundreds of cows and sheep. Volunteers cook the meat and feed it to the poor. Hussein's martyrdom recounted through a rich body of prose, poetry and song remains an inspirational example of sacrifice to many Shiites, 10 percent of the world's estimated 1.3 billion Muslims. |
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Meeting of the
Saints walis
(saints
of Allah)Great men covet to embrace martyrdom
for a cause and principle.
So
was the case with
Hazrat Ali.
He could have made
a compromise with the evil
forces of his time and, as
a result, could have led a very comfortable,
easy and luxurious life.
But he was not a person
who would succumb to such
temptations. His upbringing,
his education and his training in
the lap of the holy Prophet made
him refuse such an offer.Rabia Al-Basri (717–801 C.E.) She was first to set forth the doctrine of mystical love and who is widely considered to be the most important of the early Sufi poets. An elderly Shia pointed out that during his pre-Partition childhood it was quite common to find pictures and portraits of Shia icons in Imambaras across the country. Shah Abdul Latif: The Exalted Sufi Master born 1690 in a Syed family; died 1754. In ancient times, Sindh housed the exemplary Indus Valley Civilisation with Moenjo Daro as its capital, and now, it is the land of a culture which evolved from the teachings of eminent Sufi saints. Pakistan is home to the mortal remains of many Sufi saints, the exalted among them being Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai, a practitioner of the real Islam, philosopher, poet, musicologist and preacher. He presented his teaching through poetry and music - both instruments sublime - and commands a very large following, not only among Muslims but also among Hindus and Christians. Sindh culture: The Shah is synonymous with Sindh. He is the very fountainhead of Sindh's culture. His message remains as fresh as that of any present day poet, and the people of Sindh find solace from his writings. He did indeed think for Sindh. One of his prayers, in exquisite Sindhi, translates thus: “Oh God, may ever You on Sindh bestow abundance rare! Beloved! All the world let share Thy grace, and fruitful be.” Shia Ali al-Hadi, died 868 and son Hassan al-Askari 874. These saints are the 10th and 11th of Shia's 12 most revered Imams. Baba Farid Sufi 1398 miracle, Qutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki renowned Muslim Sufi saint scholar miracles 569 A.H. [1173 C.E.] hermit gave to poor, Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti greatest mystic of his time born 533 Hijri (1138-39 A.D.), Hazrat Ghuas-e Azam, Hazrat Bu Ali Sharif, and Hazrat Nizamuddin Aulia Sufi Saint Hazrath Khwaja Syed Mohammed Badshah Quadri Chisty Yamani Quadeer (RA) 1236-1325 welcomed people of all faiths & all walks of life |
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Colombia
was among the
countries Mother Angelica
visited. In Bogotá, a Salesian priest - Father Juan Pablo Rodriguez - brought Mother and the nuns to the Sanctuary of the Divine Infant Jesus to attend Mass. After Mass, Father Juan Pablo took them into a small Shrine which housed the miraculous statue of the Child Jesus. Mother Angelica stood praying at the side of the statue when suddenly the miraculous image came alive and turned towards her. Then the Child Jesus spoke with the voice of a young boy: “Build Me a Temple and I will help those who help you.” Thus began a great adventure that would eventually result in the Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament, a Temple dedicated to the Divine Child Jesus, a place of refuge for all. Use this link to read a remarkable story about The Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament Father Reardon, Editor of The Catholic
Bulletin for 14 years Lover of the poor;
“A very Holy Man of God.”
Monsignor
Reardon
Protonotarius
Apostolicus Pastor 42 years BASILICA OF SAINT MARY Minneapolis MN 
America's First Basilica Largest Nave in the World
August 7, 1907-ground broke for the foundation
by
Archbishop Ireland-laying cornerstone May
31, 1908
Brief History of our Beloved Holy Priest Here and his published books of Catholic History in North America Reardon, J.M. Archbishop Ireland; Prelate, Patriot, Publicist, 1838-1918. A Memoir (St. Paul; 1919); George Anthony Belcourt Pioneer Catholic Missionary of the Northwest 1803-1874 (1955); The Catholic Church IN THE DIOCESE OF ST. PAUL from earliest origin to centennial achievement 1362-1950 (1952); The Church of Saint Mary of Saint Paul 1875-1922; (1932) The Vikings in the American Heartland; The Catholic Total Abstinence Society in Minnesota; James Michael Reardon
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Priest, ordained by Bishop
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Affiliations
and Indulgences
Litany of Loretto in Stained glass
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here. Nave
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Member -- St. Paul Seminary
faculty.
Sanctuary spaces between them filled with grilles of hand-forged wrought iron the life of our Blessed Lady After the crucifixon Apostle statues Replicas of those in St John Lateran--Christendom's
earliest Basilica.
Ordered by Rome's first Christian Emperor, Constantine the Great, Popes' cathedral and official residence first millennium of Christian history. The only replicas ever made: in order from
west to east {1932}.
Saints Simon
(saw), Bartholomew
(knife), James
the Lesser
(book), John
(eagle), Andrew (transverse
cross), Peter keys),
Paul
(sword), James
the Greater (staff), Thomas (carpenter's
square), Philip (serpent),
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and Jude
sword
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| THE BLESSED
MOTHER
AND ISLAM
By Father
John Corapi. Site http://www.fathercorapi
June 19, Trinity Sunday, 1991: Ordained Catholic Priest under
Pope John Paul II;
By Father John Corapi, SOLTthen 2,000,000 miles delivering the Gospel to millions, and continues to do so. 
Among the most important
titles we have in the Catholic Church for the Blessed
Virgin Mary are Our Lady of Victory and Our Lady of
the Rosary. These titles can be traced back to one of the most
decisive times in the history of the world and Christendom.
The Battle of Lepanto took place on October 7 (date of feast
of Our Lady of Rosary), 1571. This proved to be the most crucial
battle for the Christian forces against the radical Muslim navy
of Turkey. Pope Pius V led a procession around St. Peter’s
Square in Vatican City praying the Rosary. He showed true pastoral
leadership in recognizing the danger posed to Christendom
by the radical Muslim forces, and in using the means necessary
to defeat it. Spiritual battles require spiritual weapons,
and this more than anything was a battle that had its origins
in the spiritual order—a true battle between good and evil.Today we have a similar spiritual battle in progress—a battle between the forces of good and evil, light and darkness, truth and lies, life and death. If we do not soon stop the genocide of abortion in the United States, we shall run the course of all those that prove by their actions that they are enemies of God—total collapse, economic, social, and national. The moral demise of a nation results in the ultimate demise of a nation. God is not a disinterested spectator to the affairs of man. Life begins at conception. This is an unalterable formal teaching of the Catholic Church. If you do not accept this you are a heretic in plain English. A single abortion is homicide. The more than 48,000,000 abortions since Roe v. Wade in the United States constitute genocide by definition. The group singled out for death—unwanted, unborn children. No other issue, not all other issues taken together, can constitute a proportionate reason for voting for candidates that intend to preserve and defend this holocaust of innocent human life that is abortion. As we watch the spectacle of the world seeming to self-destruct before our eyes, we can’t help but be saddened and even frightened by so much evil run rampant. Iraq, Lebanon, Afghanistan, Somalia, North Korea—It is all a disaster of epic proportions displayed in living color on our television screens. These are not ordinary times and this is not business as usual. We are at a crossroads in human history and the time for Catholics and all Christians to act is now. All evil can ultimately be traced to its origin, which is moral evil. All of the political action, peace talks, international peacekeeping forces, etc. will avail nothing if the underlying sickness is not addressed. This is sin. One person at a time hearts and minds must be moved from evil to good, from lies to truth, from violence to peace. Islam, an Arabic word that has often been defined as “to make peace,” seems like a living contradiction today. Although it is supposed to be a religion of peace, Islam has been hijacked by Satan and now operates in the dark space of international terrorism. As we celebrate the birthday of Our Lady, I am proposing that each one of us pray the Rosary for peace. Prayer is what must precede all other activity if that activity is to have any chance of success. Pray for peace, pray the Rosary every day without fail. There is a great love for Mary among Muslim people. It is not a coincidence that a little village named Fatima is where God chose to have His Mother appear in the twentieth century. Our Lady’s name appears no less than thirty times in the Koran. No other woman’s name is mentioned, not even that of Mohammed’s daughter, Fatima. In the Koran Our Lady is described as “Virgin, ever Virgin.” Archbishop Fulton Sheen prophetically spoke of the resurgence of Islam in our day. He said it would be through the Blessed Virgin Mary that Islam would be converted. We must pray for this to happen quickly if we are to avert a horrible time of suffering for this poor, sinful world. Turn to our Mother in this time of great peril. Pray the Rosary every day. Then, and only then will there be peace, when the hearts and minds of men are changed from the inside.
Father John Corapi
goes to the heart of the contemporary world's many woes
and wars, whether
the wars in Afghanistan, Iraq,
Lebanon, Somalia, or the Congo, or
the natural disasters that
seem to be increasing every year, the
moral and spiritual war is at the basis of
everything. “Our battle is not against
human forces,” St. Paul asserts, “but
against principalities and
powers, against the world rulers of this
present darkness...”
(Ephesians
6:12).
The “War to end all wars” is the moral and spiritual combat that rages in the hearts and minds of human beings. The outcome of that unseen fight largely determines how the battle in the realm of the seen unfolds. The title talk, “With the Moon Under Her Feet,” is taken from the twelfth chapter of the Book of Revelation, and deals with the current threat to the world from radical Islam, and the Blessed Virgin Mary's role in the ultimate victory that will result in the conversion of Islam. Few Catholics are aware of the connection between Islam, Fatima, and Guadalupe. Presented in Father Corapi's straight-forward style, you will be both inspired and educated by him. About Father John Corapi. Father Corapi is a Catholic priest
.
The pillars of father's preaching
are basically:
Love
for and a relationship
with the Blessed Virgin
Mary Leading a vibrant and loving relationship with Jesus Christ Great love and reverence for the Most Holy Eucharist from Holy Mass to adoration of the Blessed Sacrament An uncompromising love for and obedience to the Holy Father and the teaching of the Magisterium of the Church |
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OF THE CONGREGATION FOR THE
CAUSES OF SAINTS VATICAN CITY, 19 DEC 2011 (VIS)
The Holy Father today received in audience Cardinal Angelo Amato S.D.B., prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, and authorised the promulgation of decrees concerning the following causes: MIRACLES - Blessed Giovanni Battista Piamarta, Italian priest and founder of the Congregation of the Holy Family of Nazareth and of the Congregation of the Humble Sister Servants of the Lord (1841-1913). - Blessed Jacques Berthieu, French martyr and priest of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) (1838-1896). - Blessed Maria del Carmen (born Maria Salles y Barangueras), Spanish foundress of the Conceptionist Missionary Sisters of Teaching (1848-1911). - Blessed Maria Anna Cope, nee Barbara, German religious of the Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis in Syracuse U.S.A. (1838-1918). - Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha, American laywoman (1656-1680). - Blessed Pedro Calungsod, Filipino lay catechist and martyr (1654-1672). - Blessed Anna Schaffer, German laywoman (1882-1925). - Servant of God Louis Brisson, French priest and founder of the Oblates of St. Francis of Sales (1817-1908). - Servant of God Luigi Novarese, Italian diocesan priest and founder of the Silent Workers of the Cross (1914-1984). - Servant of God Maria Luisa (nee Gertrude Prosperi), Italian abbess of the convent of the Order of St. Benedict of Trevi (1799-1847). - Servant of God Mother St. Louis (nee Maria Luisa Elisabeth de Lamoignon, widow of Mole de Champlatreux), French foundress of the Sisters of St. Louis (1763-1825). - Servant of God Maria Crescencia (nee Maria Angelica Perez), Argentinean professed religious of the Congregation of the Daughters of Our Lady of the Orchard (1897-1932). MARTYRDOM - Servant of God Nicola Rusca, Swiss diocesan priest, killed in hatred of the faith (1563-1618). - Servants of God Luis Orencio (ne Antonio Sola Garriga) and eighteen companions of the Institute of Brothers of Christian Schools; Antonio Mateo Salamero, diocesan priest, and Jose Gorostazu Labayen, layman, all killed in hatred of the faith in Spain in 1936. - Servants of God Alberto Maria Marco y Aleman and eight companions of the Order of Carmelites of the Ancient Observance, and Agustin Maria Garcia Tribaldos and fifteen companions of the Institute of Brothers of Christian Schools; all killed in hatred of the faith in Spain between 1936 and 1937. - Servants of God Mariano Alcala Perez and eighteen companions of the Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mercy, killed in hatred of the faith in Spain between 1936 and 1937. HEROIC VIRTUES - Servant of God Donato Giannotti, Italian diocesan priest and founder of the Congregation of Sisters Handmaidens of the Immaculate Conception (1828-1914). - Servant of God Marie-Eugene of the Child Jesus (ne Henri Grialou), French professed priest of the Order of Discalced Carmelites and founder of the Institute of Notre-Dame de Vie (1894-1967). - Servant of God Alphonse-Marie (nee Elisabeth Eppinger), French foundress of the Congregation of Sisters of the Blessed Saviour (1814-1867). - Servant of God Marguerite Lucia Szewczyk, Polish foundress of the Congregation of the Daughters of the Sorrowful Mother of God - Seraphic Sisters (1828-1905). - Servant of God Assunta Marchetti, Italian co-foundress of the Missionary Sisters of St. Charles (1871-1948). - Servant of God Maria Julitta (nee Teresa Eleonora Ritz), German professed sister of the Congregation of Sisters of the Redeemer (1882-1966). - Servant of God Maria Anna Amico Roxas, Italian laywoman and foundress of the Society of St. Ursula (1883-1947). VIS 20111219 (580) |
