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BEAUTIFUL DREAMER, OH HOW I LOVE YOU
I have a special love for St John Bosco whose feast day we celebrate today. Born in 1815, he became an educator of boys and young men in Italy of the 1800s when Italy was often in a bad place, in...
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SHORT AND STRONG NOVENA TO ST JOHN BOSCO
Dear St John Bosco, In need of special help, I appeal with confidence to you, for I require not only spiritual graces, but also temporal ones, and in particular for... (here mention your intentions)....
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A CHILD'S CONSECRATION TO ST JOSEPH BEGINS WITH IMITATION OF ANDRE BESSETTE
In that most tumultuous year of 1929, there was a man called Desjardins from Ontario, Canada, who was involved in a serious accident that left him paralyzed from the waist down. He was told he would...
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A REQUEST OF ST JOSEPH IS DENIED, AND A MIRACLE REVERSED
In the era of Brother Andre Bessette, there was a wealthy man in New York who had a disabled daughter. At the time his daughter was referred to as "a cripple", she could not walk without crutches. Her...
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O YOU WHOSE POWER REACHES ALL OUR NECESSITIES
Welcome to Wednesday, day devoted to St Joseph!May I invite you to join me in offering the Prayer of St Francis de Sales to St Joseph?Glorious St Joseph, spouse of the Virgin Mary, we beseech you...
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A MOST HAPPY FEAST OF OUR LADY OF LOURDES TO YOU AND YOURS!
The glorious feast of Our Lady of Lourdes falls on February 11th, the same date that Our Lady first appeared to little Bernadette Soubirous in the year 1858. Bernadette described Our Lady as being as...
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YOU NEED LAY YOUR FACE DOWN IN THE GROUND TO ESCAPE THE DEVIL - THAT RAGING...
In honor of St John Bosco's feast day, I wrote a post on his dream of the 14 Tables. Tis a long time 'til we next celebrate John Bosco's feast day which falls on Monday January 31st, 2022, and I don't...
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BE OUR COMFORT, HOPE, STRENGTH AND CONSOLATION
O brilliant star of purity,Mary Immaculate, Our Lady of Lourdes,Glorious in your assumption,triumphant in your coronation,show unto us the mercy of theMother of God, Virgin Mary,Queen and Mother, be...
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THE REVENGE VISITED UPON BROTHER ANDRE BESSETTE
Brother Andre in his modest cellThe Holy Cross Brothers - the religious order to which Little Brother Andre belonged - were often asked by families to prepare a dead body for burial. It may sound an...
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HAPPY ST VALENTINE'S DAY TO YOU AND YOURS
I wish you a very happy St Valentine's Day. I was quite chuffed because himself gave me red blossoms. It was a lifelong dream of mine to receive such a bouquet. May I invite you to join me in offering...
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STAMPED WITH BLACK ASH, MY LENTEN PILGRIMAGE BEGINS
On Wednesday, February 17th, we queued in a parking lot for a little baggie containing a pot of black ash and a cork stamp. The cork was wrapped in purple satin and the top of the pot was a matching...
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THE POPE'S ENEMY, GIROLAMO WANTED A CAP OF BLOOD, BUT HIS BODY WAS REDUCED TO...
Florence, May 1498. A scaffold was erected in Piazza della Signoria where the infamous Dominican, Girolamo Savonarola was to be hanged. Conveniently enough for the corrupt Pope Alexander VI,...
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ECSTATIC CONGRATULATIONS TO CARDINAL ZEN!
I just love Cardinal Joseph Zen, the zealous Chinese shepherd who does not coddle the Vatican, and who is a strident critic of certain powerful clerics in the Catholic hierarchy because he argues they...
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FATHER MIKE SCHMITZ HAS ROPED ME INTO...
...listening to his Bible in a Year podcast. I have to say I'm loving it. Father Mike is reading, The Great Adventure Bible. I feel it is preparing me to read the Douay-Rheims Catholic Bible.
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HOLY MASS WILL BE OFFERED FOR...
...Catherine Collins on her birthday, March 6th by a very holy prelate. Please, of your love, offer your prayers in union with this Holy Mass. Catherine has made a wonderful recovery from covid in...
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WHILE THE POPE IS IN IRAQ - YOU MAY OFFER THE LITANY OF ST JOSEPH FOR...
In this year of St Joseph, the Vatican's Apostolic Penitentiary issued a decree which lists 15 distinct acts of piety which you may do to gain a Plenary Indulgence. One which you may consider doing at...
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THE MOST CHILLING THING I HAVE EVER HEARD
At the start of Lent, I had been praying for something that would help me understand the concept of abuse of God's mercy, because I have wondered if I may be guilty of that. I have been hoping to...
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ST DOMINIC SAVIO, "I AM GOD'S AMBASSADOR"
On March 9th, 1857, Dominic Savio breathed his last. He lay in his cot, locks of his brown hair fanned across his pillow as the light left his dark brown eyes. He'd had an illness that was like...
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PRESS HIM IN MY NAME AND KISS HIS FINE HEAD FOR ME
St Joseph and the Christ Child by Miguel CabreraMay I invite you to join me in offering the novena to St Joseph? The classic novena prayer to St Joseph invites Joseph to caress and kiss the Christ...
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WHY YOU MAY CONSIDER JOINING THE THIRTEENTH OF THE MONTH CLUB
I am so happy that there is a Thirteenth of the Month Club, which is open to you, me and anyone who wishes to enjoy this network of grace.The Club is run by the priestly order, The Marians of the...
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