 “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.
Pope
Benedict XVI to The Catholic
Church In China {whole
article here }
The
saints “a cloud of
witnesses over our head”, showing
us life of
Christian perfection is possible. Patron_Saints.html
THE PSALTER OF THE
BLESSED VIRGIN MARY PSALM 42
Judge me, O Lady, and discern my cause from the perverse nation:
from the malignant serpent and the pestiferous dragon deliver me.
Let thy holy fecundity scatter him: let thy blessed virginity bruise
his head.
Let thy holy prayers strengthen us against him: let thy merits put to
nought his strength.
Send the persecutor of my soul into the abyss: let the infernal pit
swallow him alive.
But I and my soul will bless thy name in the land of my captivity: and
I will glorify thee forever and ever.
Glory be to
the Father who created Heaven and earth; His only Son who
lived and died for all of us;
and the Holy Spirit the Lord giver of life, Who proceeds from the
Father and Son, with the Father and Son He is Worshiped and Glorified,
and He has spoken through the prophets: Amen.
For To Us Has Been
Born a Little Child, God Before the Ages (VI) Dec 30 - OUR LADY OF
BOLOGNA (Italy, 1193)
For Balaam laid before us precisely the meaning of the words he spoke
in prophecy,
when he said that a Star would dawn, a Star that quenches all
prophecies and auguries;
a Star that resolves the parables of the wise, and their sayings and
their riddles,
a Star far more brilliant than the star which has appeared, for he is
the maker of all the stars,
of whom it was written of old, 'From Jacob, there dawns a little Child,
God before the ages.'"
Romanus the Melodist (d. c. 560) Hymn I on the
Nativity, 5
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The 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.
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;
and 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
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Saints Alive
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Serbian http://www.copticchurch.net
Melkite
Monthly Saints with pics here http://www.stfrancisenid.com/memorials.htm
One Saint per day
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stjohndc.org God's
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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
since He promises such g reat reward, and that all Catholics should
endeavor to make the nine Fridays.
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God loves variety. He
doesn't
mass-produce his saints. Every saint is
unique, for each is 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 that is 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. God calls each one of us to
be a
saint in order to get into
heaven: only
saints are allowed into heaven. The more "extravagant"
graces are bestowed NOT for the
benefit of the recipients so much as FOR the benefit of others.
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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
Popes
mentioned in articles of
Saints today
St.
Felix I 269-274
Romæ
natális sancti Felícis Primi, Papæ et
Mártyris, qui sub Aureliáno Príncipe
Ecclésiam rexit.
Ipsíus tamen festum
tértio Kaléndas Júnii
celebrátur.
At Rome, the birthday of St. Felix I, pope
and martyr, who governed the Church during the reign of Emperor
Aurelian. His feast day is celebrated on the 30th of May.
St. Innocent
I
401-417
St Leo the Great. 440-461
Sancti
Leónis Papæ Primi, cognoménto Magni, Confessóris et
Ecclésiæ Doctóris, cujus dies
natális recólitur quarto Idus Novémbris.
Paul
VI_Athenagoras_05_01_1964
 Quote: Pope
Paul
VI’s 1969 Instruction
on the Contemplative Life includes this passage:
Benedict_XVI_Patriarch_Bartholomew 
but an encounter with a
person" -- Benedict XVI
"Christianity
is not a moral code or a philosophy,
BenedictXVI_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.
Cross
Not Optional, Says Benedict XVI
Reflects on Peter's
"Immature" Faith CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy, AUG. 31, 2008 (Zenit.org).-
Taking up one's cross isn't an option, it's a mission all Christians
are called to, says Benedict XVI.
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.
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.'"
"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."
Christ also knew that
"the
resurrection would be the last word," Benedict XVI added.
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).
"Evil,
is only eradicated by holiness, not
by harshness. And holiness introduces into society a seed that heals
and transforms. It is like the tectonic plates of the earth’s
crust: The deepest layers need only shift a few millimeters to shatter
the world’s surface. Yet for this spiritual revolution to occur, we
must experience radical 'metanoia'--a conversion of attitudes, habits
and practices--for ways that we have misused or abused God’s Word,
God’s gifts and God’s creation. The challenge before us is the
discernment of God’s Word in the face of evil, the transfiguration of
every last detail and speck of this world in the light of
Resurrection." "The
victory is al ready present in the depths of the Church, whenever we
experience the grace of reconciliation and communion."
Patriarch_Bartholomew I: SYNOD
OF BISHOPS VATICAN CITY, OCT. 17, 2008
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is 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
extends to Syria, Cyprus, Iran and Greece.
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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.
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.
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.
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
1236-1325 welcomed people of all faiths & all walks of life Sufi Saint Hazrath Khwaja
Syed Mohammed Badshah Quadri Chisty Yamani Quadeer (RA)
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Mother Angelica
saving souls is this beautiful womans journey
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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:
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
Father Reardon, Editor of The
Catholic Bulletin for
20 years 
Lover of the poor; "A very Holy Man of God"
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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 5/31/1908
James
M. Reardon Publication History of the
Basilica
of Saint Mary
1955 {update}
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 B. 1872, Nova Scotia; Priest, ordained by
Bishop Ireland;
Member St. Paul
Seminary faculty
Litany of Loretto in Stained
glass windows Here.
Nave
Sacristy and Residence Here
Sanctuary spaces
filled between with grilles of hand-forged wrought iron 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. It
became the
Popes' own cathedral and official residence for the 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), Matthew (book),
and Jude (sword).
Every Christian
must be a living
book wherein
one can read the teaching
of the
gospel
It Makes
No Sense
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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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By
Father John Corapi, SOLT
 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.
THE
BLESSED MOTHER AND ISLAM
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.
Talk
is weak. Prayer is strong.
Pray! God bless you,
Father John Corapi
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DEC. 19, 2009 Decrees of Vatican's Saint Congregation
Testify to 10 Miracles; 10 Cases of Heroic Virtue; 1 Martyrdom
VATICAN CITY, DEC. 19, 2009 (Zenit.org).- Here are the 21
decrees of the Congregation for Saints' Causes approved today by
Benedict XVI. Five of the decrees are for miracles attributed to
those who are beatified, and are now qualified for canonization. Five
decrees are for miracles attributed to those who are venerable, and are
now qualified for beatification.
One decree testifies to martyrdom, and another is a decree of the
heroic virtue of a blessed. The nine remaining decrees testify to the
heroic virtue of servants of God.
[Decrees of miracles for blesseds]
-- a miracle attributed to the intercession of Blessed Stanislaw
Soltys, called Kazimierczyk, professed priest of the Canons Regular of
the Lateran, born Sept. 27, 1433 in Kazimierz (Poland) and died in the
same place May 3, 1489;
-- a miracle attributed to the intercession of Blessed André
Bessette (born Alfred), religious of the Congregation of the Holy
Cross; born in Saint-Grégoire d'Iberville, Canada, Aug. 9, 1845,
and died in Montreal, Canada, Jan. 6, 1937.
-- a miracle attributed to the intercession of Blessed Mary MacKillop
(born Mary Helen), founder of the Congregation of the Sisters of St.
Joseph of the Sacred Heart; born Jan. 15, 1842 in Fitzroy, Australia,
and died Aug. 8, 1909, in Sydney, Australia;
-- a miracle attributed to the intercession of Blessed Giulia Salzano,
founder of the Congregation of the Catechetical Sisters of the Sacred
Heart; born Oct. 13, 1846, in Santa Maria Capua Vetere, Italy, and died
May 17, 1929, in Casoria, Italy;
-- a miracle attributed to the intercession of Camilla Battista da
Varano, sister of the Poor Clares and founder of the monastery of St.
Clare in Camerino; born April 0, 1458, in Camerino, Italy, and died in
the same city May 31, 1524;
[Decrees of miracles for venerables]
-- a miracle attributed to the intercession of Venerable José
Tous y Soler, priest and professed of the Order of Friars Minor
Capuchin and founder of the Congregation of the Capuchin Sisters of the
Mother of the Divine Pastor; born March 21, 1811, in Igualada, Spain,
and died Feb. 21, 1871, in Barcelona, Spain.
-- a miracle attributed to the intercession of Venerable Leopoldo de
Alpandeire Sánchez Márquez (born Francisco), a professed
brother of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin; born July 24, 1866, in
Alpandeire, Spain, and died Feb. 9, 1956, in Granada, Spain.
-- a miracle attributed to the intercession of Venerable Manuel Lozano
Garrido, a layman; born Aug. 9, 1920, in Linares, Spain, and died in
the same city Nov. 3, 1971;
-- a miracle attributed to the intercession of Venerable Teresa
Manganiello, a laywoman, of the Third Order of St. Francis; born in
Montefusco, Italy, Jan. 1, 1849, and died Nov. 4, 1876;
-- a miracle attributed to the intercession of Venerable Chiara Badano,
lay; born in Sassello, Italy, Oct. 29, 1971, and died Oct. 7, 1990;
[Decree recognizing marytrdom]
-- the martyrdom of the Servant of God Jerzy Popieluszko, diocesan
priest; born Sept. 14, 1947, in Okopy Suchowola, Poland, and killed for
hatred of the faith Oct. 20, 1984, near Wloclawek, Polond;
[Decree recognizing heroic virtue of a blessed]
-- the heroic virtue of Blessed Giacomo Illirico da Bitetto, a
professed brother of the Order of the Friars Minor, born in 1400 in
Zara, Dalmacia, and died around the year 1496 in Bitetto, Italy;
[Decrees recognizing heroic virtue for servants of God]
-- the heroic virtues of Servant of God Pius XII (Eugenio Pacelli),
supreme pontiff; born in Rome on March 2, 1876, and died in Castel
Gandolfo on Oct. 9, 1958;
-- the heroic virtues of Servant of God John Paul II (Karol Wojtyla),
supreme pontiff; born May 18, 1920, in Wadowice, Poland, and died in
April 2, 2005, in Rome;
-- the heroic virtues of Servant of God Louis Brisson, priest and
founder of the Oblates of St. Francis de Sales; born June 23, 1817, in
Plancy, France, and died n the same city Feb. 2, 1908;
-- the heroic virtues of Servant of God Giuseppe Quadrio, professed
priest of the Salesians of St. John Bosco; born Nov. 28, 1921, in
Vervio, Italy, and died in Turin, Italy, Oct. 23, 1963;
-- the heroic virtues of Servant of God Mary Ward, founder of the
Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary, born in Mulwith, England, Jan.
23, 1585, and died in Hewarth, England, Jan. 30, 1645;
Father Giuseppe Quadrio (1921-63), a Salesian.
Sister Mary Ward (1545-1615), an Englishwoman who founded the Institute
of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Loreto Sisters).
-- the heroic virtues of Servant of God Antonia Maria Verna, founder of
the Sisters of Charity of the Immaculate Conception of Ivrea; born in
Pasquaro di Rivarolo, Italy, June 12, 1773, and died in the same city
Dec. 25, 1838;
-- the heroic virtues of Servant of God Maria Chiara Serafina de
Jesús Farolfi (born Francisca), founder of the Missionary
Franciscan Clarists of the Blessed Sacrament; born Oct. 7, 1853, in
Tossignano, Italy, and died June 18, 1917, in Badia di Bertinoro,
Italia;
-- the heroic virtues of Servant of God Enrica Alfieri (born Maria
Angela), professed religious of the Congregation of the Sisters of the
Charity of St. Juana Antide Thouret; born Feb. 23, 1891, in
Borgovercelli, Italy, and died in Milan, Italy, on Nov. 23, 1951;
-- the heroic virtues of Servant of God Giunio Tinarelli, layman,
member of the Silent Workers of the Cross, born in Terni, Italy, May
27, 1912, and died in the same city Jan. 14, 1956.
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DECREES OF THE CONGREGATION
FOR THE CAUSES OF SAINTS
VATICAN CITY, 17 JAN 2009 (VIS) - Today, during a private
audience with Archbishop Angelo Amato S.D.B., prefect of the
Congregation for the Causes of Saints, the Pope authorised the
congregation to promulgate the following decrees:
All Servants of God
MIRACLES:
- 1909 Ciriaco
Maria Sancha y Hervas, Spanish cardinal archbishop of
Toledo, founder of the Congregation of the Sisters of
Charity of Cardinal Sancha
(1833-1909).
- 1956 Carlo Gnocchi,
Italian diocesan priest and founder of the "Pro Juventute" Foundation
(1902-1956).
- 1735 Bernardo
Francisco de Hoyos, Spanish professed priest of the
Company of Jesus (1711-1735).
- 1919 Raphael
Rafiringa (ne Louis), Madagascan professed religious
of the Institute of Brothers of Christian Schools
(1856-1919).
- 1946 Eustachio
Kugler, (ne Joseph), German professed religious of
the Hospitaller Order of St. John of God (1867-1946).
HEROIC VIRTUES
- 1659 Juan de
Palafox y Mendoza, Spanish bishop of Osma (1600-1659).
- 1888 Robert
Spiske, diocesan priest and founder of the Congregation of
Sisters of St. Hedwig (1821-1888).
- 1932 Carolina Beltrami, Italian foundress of
the Institute of "Immaculatine" Sisters of Alessandria (1869-1932).
- 1998 Mary of the Immaculate e Conception
Salvat y Romerio (nee Maria Isabella), Spanish superior general of the
Institute of
Sisters of the Company of the Cross
(1926-1998).
- 1842 Liberata
Ferrarons y Vives, Spanish laywoman of the Third Order of
Carmelites (1803-1842).
In the course of a private audience with Cardinal Secretary of
State Tarcisio Bertone S.D.B. on 22 December 2008, the Pope authorised
the Congregation for the Causes of Saints to promulgate a decree
regarding the heroic virtues of
1871 Jose
Tous y Soler, Servant of God Spanish professed
priest of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchins and founder of the
Capuchin sisters of the Mother of the
Divine Shepherd (1811-1871).
CSS/DECREES/AMATO VIS 090119
(320)
RITES OF BEATIFICATION APPROVED BY
THE HOLY FATHER VATICAN CITY, 8 SEP 2009 (VIS)
The Office of Liturgical
Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff today announced that the following
rites of beatification,
approved by the Holy Father, will take place over the coming
months:
- Servant of God Eustachio Kugler (ne Joseph), German
professed religious of the Hospitaller Order of St. John of God: at 2
p.m. on Sunday 4 October in the cathedral of Regensburg, Germany.
- Servant of God Ciriaco Maria Sancha y Hervas, Spanish cardinal and
archbishop, founder of the Congregation of the Sisters of Charity of
Cardinal Sancha, at 10 a.m. on Sunday 18 October in the cathedral of
Toledo, Spain.
- Servant of God Carlo Gnocchi, Italian diocesan priest and founder of
the "Pro Juventute" Foundation: at 10 a.m. on Sunday 25 October in the
Piazza del Duomo in Milan, Italy.
- Servant of God Zoltan Lajos Meszlenyi, Hungarian bishop and martyr:
at 10.30 a.m. on Saturday 31 October in the cathedral of Esztergom,
Hungary.
- Servant of God Maria Alfonsina Danil Ghattas (nee Soultaneh Maria),
co-foundress of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Most Holy Rosary
of Jerusalem: at 10.30 a.m. on Sunday 22 November, Solemnity of Christ
the King, in the Basilica of the Annunciation in Nazareth, Israel. OCL/BEATIFICATIONS/...
VIS 090908 (220)
Holy Land Christians Welcome Beatification Maria Alfonsina
Danil
Ghattas to Be Named Blessed in Nazareth JERUSALEM, SEPT. 10, 2009
(Zenit.org).- Holy Land Christians are rejoicing over the forthcoming
beatification, the first to take place in their country, of Maria
Alfonsina Danil Ghattas, which is planned for Nov. 22 in Nazareth.
Father Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Custos of the Holy Land, affirmed this
Wednesday, the day after the Holy See publicized the place and date of
the beatification. The Vatican communiqué reported that "Mother
Ghattas," born Soultaneh Maria, co- founder of the Congregation of the
Sisters of the Most Holy Rosary of Jerusalem, will be beatified on the
solemnity of Christ the King in the Basilica of the Annunciation in
Nazareth. Father Pizzaballa told the Italian agency Sir that this
celebration will be "an important event, which will bring the
Palestinian Christian community together again after Benedict XVI's
visit." He explained, "This beatification gives local Christians
a symbol and spiritual example at a difficult time, in which their
number is diminishing, with so many challenges such as secularization,
formation and the political problems that continue unresolved."
Mother Ghattas' spiritual daughters, the Sisters of the Most Holy
Rosary, were very enthusiastic when the news was made public. Sister
Ildefonsa, secretary general of the congregation, explained to Sir that
not only her congregation but the whole Christian community, especially
in Galilee have been preparing for a long time. She stated, "We have
sent a letter from the congregation to all the convents spread across
the Middle East, so that they will pray and fast faced to the
beatification."
The beatification "will be, for our Christian communities, an
invitation to courage, to stay despite the difficulties," the nun
added. "On our part we intend to give them education and
instruction."
Daughter of Palestine
Ghattas was born on October 4, 1843 in Jerusalem. She entered religious
life at age 14, with the Sisters of St. Joseph of the Apparition,
taking the name Alfonsina. She had visions of the Virgin Mary, who
requested that she found a congregation dedicated to the Holy Rosary.
In 1880, together with Father Joseph Tannous, she initiated the new
religious community, which soon spread all over the Holy Land. The
Custos of the Holy Land stated that Mother Ghattas was "a daughter of
Palestine who lived in the Holy Land and who understood the importance
of instruction and formation to give Christian witness in this
tormented region of the world."
HOLY FATHER TO CANONISE FIVE BLESSEDS ON 11 OCTOBER
VATICAN CITY, 1 OCT 2009 (VIS) - At 10 a.m. on Sunday 11 October the
Holy Father will celebrate Mass in St. Peter's Square, during which he
will canonise five blesseds, according to a communique released today
by the Office of Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff.
The five future saints are: Zygmunt Szczesny Felinski
(1822-1895), Polish former archbishop of Warsaw and founder of the
Congregation of Franciscan Sisters of the Family of Mary; Francesc Coll
y Guitart (1812-1875), Spanish professed priest of the Order of Friars
Preachers and founder of the Congregation of the Dominican Sisters of
the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary; Jozef Damian de Veuster
(1840-1889), Belgian professed priest of the Congregation of the Sacred
Hearts of Jesus and Mary, and of the Perpetual Adoration of the Blessed
Sacrament of the Altar (PICPUS); Blessed Rafael Arnaiz Baron
(1911-1938), Spanish oblate friar of the Order of Cistercians of the
Strict Observance, and Mary of the Cross Jugan (nee Jeanne)
(1792-1879), French virgin and foundress of the Congregation of the
Little Sisters of the Poor.
OCL/CANONISATIONS/...
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