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MAY EVERY HEART CONFESS THY NAME
O Jesus, King most wonderful!Thou Conqueror renowned! Thou Sweetness most ineffable!In Whom all joys are found!When once Thou visits the heart, Then truth begins to shine,Then earthly vanities...
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A VERY HAPPY FEAST OF OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE TO YOU AND YOURS
Here I am with a nun-friend in front of a beautiful framed image of Our Lady of Guadalupe.For this feast, I am always a bit late to the party because I think of the feast as falling on December 13th...
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GEMMA GALGANI'S GAME WITH HER GUARDIAN ANGEL
Gemma Galgani, the Tuscan mystic, who lived from 1878 to 1903, had a rare privilege in that she saw and spoke with her Guardian Angel as though the winged chap were her peer. Her Angel was her mercury....
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"TO BE PRODIGAL OF MYSELF"
About a decade ago, I was in London Oratory, sitting in a pew and gathering my thoughts after Mass. Someone approached me and slipped a prayer card into my hands. The card asked for prayers that a...
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"THE CHIEF SOURCE OF MY MISERY"
Although we may not acknowledge it, the London-born Cardinal Rafael Merry del Val's decisions still have a role on our daily lives. Yes, Merry del Val was an aristocrat brought up in the highest of...
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, LITTLE FLOWER!
148 years ago today, St Thérèse of Lisieux was born in a windswept, chilly corner of northwestern France. Thérèse was born on a Thursday, January 2nd, 1873. This January babe came into the world in...
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MY TOP 10 POSTS OF 2020 - THE NUNS HAVE IT!
Throughout the year of tumult that was 2020 my blog garnered 449K hits for 163 posts, and the 10 posts that got the most traffic were:1. WHY JESUS GAVE SISTER MARY OF ST PETER THE GOLDEN ARROW 2. YOU...
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TO THESE MEN, I ENTRUST MYSELF AND MY LOVED ONES...
Melchior Paul von Deschwanden's Saint Joseph and Jesus with John the BaptistFor 2021, I am entrusting myself and my loved ones to the care of St Joseph and St Andre Bessette, who is famous for being...
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YOUR GUIDE IN THE YEAR OF ST JOSEPH IS ST ANDRE BESSETTE
Brother Andre was a little fellow, a butter-bean of a man as they would say in my native Ireland. His warm brown eyes melted with compassion and his cheeks were creased with a discrete smile. Like...
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NOTHING BUT A THIN VEIL
"There is so little distance between Heaven and earth that God always hears us. Nothing but a thin veil separates us from God."Saint Andre Bessette
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OF YOUR CHARITY, PLEASE PRAY FOR ME...
...in union with a Traditional Latin Mass that will be offered for my intentions tomorrow January 10th at St Mary's, Gosport. A close friend of mine asked the Gosport Friars if they would offer Holy...
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POWERFUL NOVENA TO ST ANDRE BESSETTE
Lord, You chose Brother Andre to spread devotion to St Joseph and to dedicate his life to the poor and afflicted. Grant through his intercession the favor that I request...(Make known your...
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AMAZING MIRACLES OF ST ANDRE BESSETTE: CURES FROM CANCER
Beloved Andre Bessette was laid to rest in January 1937. And for those who could no longer go to the Notre Dame College and ask the tiny brother in his threadbare black habit for a cure, they started...
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I WILL HOLD TRUMPY EVER CLOSE...
It was an occasion of sorrow for me when Donald Trump had to hand over power to the Biden administration. I felt a tad guilty because I had assumed Trump would get a 2nd term, and had neglected to...
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NOVENA TO ST JOSEPH FOR ANTI-PRESIDENT, JOSEPH BIDEN
I find it astounding that we are in the Year of St Joseph, and that the newly inaugurated anti-President has the first name Joseph. I'm appalled by Joseph Biden's policies, not least his extreme...
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IN THIS YEAR OF ST JOSEPH, PLEASE JOIN ME IN PRAYING...
Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini's masterpiece of The Holy FamilyPrayer of St Peter Julian Eymard to St JosephO glorious St Joseph, you who did faithfully obey the law of God, your heart was pierced at the...
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WHY CERTAIN SOULS LOSE OUT ON A MIRACLE
I am very much enjoying my study of the life of Brother Andre of Montreal, the little religious brother who was so tiny he looked like a penguin, and whose tiny stature belied his enormous intercessory...
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HIDDEN MORTAL SINS DEVOUR THE HEART
In preparation for St John Bosco's feast day which falls on January 31st, I have been revisiting the accounts he gave of his mystical dreams which I find riveting and as enlightening now as they were...
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A MOST HAPPY FEAST OF ST JOHN BOSCO TO YOU AND YOURS!
Does God communicate with us through our dreams? St John Bosco was shown God's plan for his life in a dream when he was only a boy of 9. The vivid dream would remain etched in his mind for his...
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