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A BLESSED FEAST OF ST PATRICK TO YOU AND YOURS
I wish you a most happy feast of the great St Patrick. I got a gift of a sparkly shamrock scarf, which I've been wearing on my walks and during outings to shops as preparation for March 17. May I...
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IF IT IS NOT GOD'S WILL FOR YOU TO KNOW YOUR DESTINY, PLACE YOUR TRUST IN ST...
In this year of St Joseph, I revisited a most favorite book of mine, Fr F X Schouppe's Purgatory, to see if there was ever an instance in the lives of the mystics when a soul in eternal life appeared...
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MY GIFT TO YOU ON ST JOSEPH'S FEAST DAY
Happy Feast of St Joseph to you! In honor of this fantastic feast, I have written a brief guide on how you may gain all the Plenary Indulgences which are on offer in this Year of St Joseph. The...
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PADRE PIO: "YOU'RE IRISH, AREN'T YOU? LOVE OUR LADY OF KNOCK, MAKE HER LOVED!"
I was warmed by the news that Pope Francis has elevated the Marian Shrine of Knock in County Mayo, Ireland to the higher status of International Marian and Eucharistic Shrine. This has extraordinary...
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THE VERY BEST I'VE HEARD ON THE BATTLE FOR JORDAN PETERSON'S SOUL
Former Chaplain to Her Majesty the Queen and recent convert to Catholicism, Dr Gavin Ashenden has done a remarkable video entitled, Jordan Peterson and Jesus Christ - the Ongoing Discovery. I invite...
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ON THIS FEAST OF THE ANNUNCIATION, HOW YOU MAY RECEIVE THE PERFUMED PEARLS OF...
The glorious Feast of the Annunciation falls on March 25th, when we celebrate the occasion the Archangel Gabriel appearing to the Virgin Mary and announcing that she was with Child. This Feast occurs a...
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YOU MAY PRAY TO PADRE PIO FOR A BABY
Some time back I was asked to pray for a lovely couple who have been trying for a baby for quite some years; at the time they had been hoping to conceive for over 7 years. I suggested that they pray to...
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OBTAIN FOR ME THE GRACE TO WORK IN THE SPIRIT OF PENANCE IN EXPIATION OF MY SINS
I begin my consecration to St Joseph on this day, March 30th. My close friends, Catherine Collins and Danny Risdon or "Rizzo" as he likes to be called will be joining me. Were it not for their...
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"I'LL DIE WHEN I'M 33 - THE SAME AGE AS JESUS"
I was inspired by a comment left by regular reader (and prayer warrior), James Ignatius, to post on Sr Clare Crockett and to revisit the documentary made about her life, All or Nothing. Like me, Clare...
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WHEN THE SUN WAS VEILED LIKE A WIDOW IN MOURNING
We are in Good Friday. May I humbly invite you to join me in meditating on the Sorrowful Passion of Our Lord Jesus? I have written an aid to meditation that draws on Mary of Agreda and Anne Catherine...
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BLACK IS THE COLOR...
...of my attire on Good Friday and around my neck is a garnet cut in a drop-shape that reminds me of Our Lord's Precious Blood shed for us. My one meal is halibut in a little butter with broccoli and...
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THIS EASTER, WEAR THE GOLD GARMENT OF YOUR LIFE TRANSFORMED IN CHRIST
One Easter, St Gertrude the Great made a special request of Our Lord. She was about to receive Holy Communion and she asked Jesus if it would please Him that by her taking into herself His Precious...
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"WITH THEE, O LET ME RISE"
May I wish you, dear reader, a very happy and holy Easter. This Easter I find myself reading George Herbert's Easter Wings, which you may find below. I find myself saying with the poet to Our Lord,...
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OF YOUR CHARITY, PLEASE PRAY FOR ME...
...because I am under deadline to complete a piece of writing on Archbishop John Charles McQuaid. I would dearly appreciate prayer that I write a good article in the days left me. T'will be published...
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IF YOU SUBMIT TO ST GERTRUDE, OUR LORD WILL DRAW YOU TO HIM
During the Octave of Easter, St Gertrude the Great was stirred in her soul to petition Our Lord that she might become fruitful in winning souls for Him. She wanted that her good actions become a...
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THE WOMAN WHO WAS TOO ANGRY TO NOTICE SHE'D BEEN MIRACULOUSLY HEALED
I have something of a guilty pleasure, in that I find some stories from the life of Brother Andre Bessette to be quite humorous. I'll be reading a book on him, and I find myself giggling girlishly. He...
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SO THAT HE MAY DWELL IN IT AS ON A THRONE OF LOVE
Beautiful Prayer of Blessed Bartolo Longo to St JosephSaint Joseph, Vicar of the Holy Spirit in fulfilling the duties of your wonderful marriage with Mary, introduce the Holy Spirit to my will in...
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THE HOLY NAME SAVED ME FROM A DOG BITE
I know it is not a good idea to protest too much, but I must protest that I am an avowed dog lover. I have an obsessive love of dogs that borders on mania. When I was in primary school, aged about 10,...
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MAY I INVITE YOU TO JOIN ME IN OFFERING A NOVENA TO THE HOLY SPIRIT, COMPOSED...
A novena is a prayer that is said once a day for 9 days straight. You offer it 9 times - once a day for 9 days. I invite you to offer this prayer written by St Catherine of Siena to the Holy Spirit in...
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HOW CATHERINE OF SIENA SAVED HER FATHER FROM THE FIRE OF GOD'S JUSTICE, AND...
Some claim that St Catherine of Siena was the 25th child born to her parents. But actually Catherine was the 23rd of 25 children, born in 1347. Catherine had a twin sister who was the 24th and another...
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