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"THIS IS MY BELOVED SON, IN WHOM I AM WELL PLEASED"
Gospel according to St Matthew, Chapter 17, Douay-Rheims Bible"And after six days Jesus taketh upon him Peter and James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into a high mountain apart: And he...
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BROTHER ANDRE! A MIRACLE WORKER DOUBTED BY HIS OWN FAMILY
On Saturday, August 9th, 1845, a fragile baby boy was born in a primitive cabin at the centre of a forest, 32 miles from Montreal, Canada. The cabin walls were made from blocks of wood joined with...
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PADRE PIO ONLY EVER OFFERED THE TRADITIONAL LATIN MASS
On Wednesday, August 10th, 1910, the 23 year-old seminarian Pio and his mother Giuseppa climbed aboard a horse and buggy. The driver cracked the whip and they set off for Benevento, the nearest city....
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HOW TO CELEBRATE THE FEAST OF OUR LADY'S ASSUMPTION AND SEE THE END OF...
St Gertrude the Great - the extraordinary German mystic who lived in the 1200s - had quite a lot of trouble celebrating the Feast of the Assumption. Gertrude usually had robust health, but when the...
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MEET MARGARET SINCLAIR, THE SCOTTISH WONDER WORKER
I first heard of Venerable Margaret Sinclair in less than ideal circumstances. I was reading about the late Jimmy Savile when I learned that Savile's mother, Agnes Kelly had prayed to Venerable...
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ST AUGUSTINE'S ADVICE TO WIVES IN DIFFICULT MARRIAGES, ESPECIALLY WOMEN WITH...
We owe much to St Augustine of Hippo. He is a Father and Doctor of the Catholic Church, but he is also a father of our way of thinking. Augustine's great works, notably City of God and Confessions are...
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ST AUGUSTINE LOVED HER ALWAYS, DURING HER LIFE AND AFTER HER DEATH, SHE WHO...
There came a time when St Monica felt herself being called from this earthly sojourn to eternal life. Monica had lived an exhausting life of constant prayer and self-sacrifice. She had borne with her...
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MY FELLOW WOMEN: FIND A HUSBAND YOU CAN OBEY
When I was a teenager in Cork in the early noughties, I was interested in hearing the life-stories of some married couples who I grew to know very well when I was passing from girlhood to early...
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I AM EXCEEDINGLY GRIEVED FOR HAVING OFFENDED THEE
O my God, I am exceedingly grieved for having offended thee and with my whole heart I repent of the sins I have committed. I hate and abhor them above every other evil, not only because by so sinning,...
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EVEN THE DEMONS ADMIT THAT ST MICHAEL IS THE GREATEST ANGEL
During the summer just past, I was rudely awoken one night by a strong stench of burning. The air around my bed seemed heavy and thick with particles of scorched earth. In my sleepiness, I thought that...
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PADRE PIO'S JOKE ABOUT THE DRUNK AND THE DEVIL
Padre Pio and the famed exorcist, Father Gabriele Amorth were very close friends. Their friendship was not blighted by jealousy or envy. It was an unfortunately negative trait in certain other priests...
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QUEEN OF THE MOST HOLY ROSARY, HASTEN THE HOUR OF MERCY
Queen of the most holy Rosary, in these times of such brazen impiety, manifest thy power with the signs of thine ancient victories, and from thy throne, whence thou dost dispense pardon and graces,...
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MALACHI MARTIN'S DEEP REVELATIONS ON THE THIRD SECRET OF FATIMA
In the late 1990s, the consummate Vatican insider, Father Malachi Martin went on Art Bell's radio show and entered a guessing game with the listeners. They told him the hearsay they had heard about the...
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A REGRET OF MINE...
...is that I did not include a classic painting of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in my post on the Third Secret of Fatima because Our Lady has requested that Russia be consecrated to her Immaculate...
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WHERE MARRIED PEOPLE GO IN HEAVEN
From the time she was in her mid-twenties, the great German mystic, Gertrude was given spectacular visions while she was tucked inside her Benedictine convent. It was not, however, til later in her...
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CHASTE DOVE WITHOUT THE STAIN OF SIN
Litany to St Gertrude the GreatLord, have mercy.Lord, have mercy, Christ, have mercy.Christ, have mercy, Lord, have mercy.Lord, have mercy, Christ, hear us.Christ, graciously hear us.God the Father of...
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MY THOUGHTS ON NATURAL FAMILY PLANNING...
I need to honor a request that a faithful reader made of me. In 2013, 8 years ago, I wrote a piece for The Catholic Herald in which I argued that the debate that governs "Natural Family Planning" or...
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OF YOUR LOVE...
...please offer much prayer for a soul for whom Holy Traditional Latin Mass will be offered tomorrow, October 28th, the Feast of Ss Simon and Jude. I am genuinely worried about this person, their...
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THY KINSHIP WITH OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST ACCORDING TO THE FLESH
Prayer to St Jude, cousin of Jesus ChristO glorious Saint Jude Thaddeus, by those sublime prerogatives, where with thou wast ennobled in thy lifetime, namely, thy kinship with Our Lord Jesus Christ...
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ST JUDE, WHO DIDST PREACH THE GOSPEL IN PERSIA, PRAY FOR US!
The Litany of St Jude ThaddeusLord, have mercy on us. Christ, have mercy on us. Lord, have mercy on us. Christ, hear us. Christ, graciously hear us. God the Father of Heaven, Have mercy on us.God the...
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