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THE TIME PADRE PIO REBUKED A PRIEST FOR REFUSING ABSOLUTION
I've been steeped in the study of Padre Pio's life for years now and one fact that still astonishes me is that Pio heard one million confessions during the 52 year span from 1916 when he was granted...
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OH, YOU WHO WE HAVE LOVED, WE LOVE YOU STILL
Our dear friend, Danny Risdon is in the throes of grief on account of the sad passing of his close friend and spiritual director, Father Philip Cross. On May 3rd, Father Philip died at the age of 86....
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A VERY HAPPY FEAST OF ST ANTHONY TO YOU AND YOURS
Here I am stalking St Anthony, who is beloved by me. May you have a remarkable Feast day of the Saint who is the patron of lost goods.
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OF YOUR LOVE...
....please unite your prayers in union with a Traditional Latin Mass that will be offered on Monday, June 27th for The Miller Family. Drs. Kathleen and Kevin Miller have five lovely children, Claire,...
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WHEN EMPEROR HENRY WAS MIRACULOUSLY CURED BY MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL
Emperor Henry II reigned from the year 1002 to 1024. It is hard to exaggerate the spectacular power he wielded - he was a German king who also became King of Italy and was crowned Holy Roman Emperor by...
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MARGARET, POWERFUL PATRONESS OF THE PREGNANT
Margaret of Antioch was a Syrian Saint who lived during the brutal reign of Emperor Diocletian (284 - 305). We know from how Diocletian orchestrated the martyrdom of St Philomena that he had quite a...
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THROUGH THE MERITS OF THE FOURTEEN HOLY HELPERS, ON THE DAY OF JUDGMENT,...
LORD, 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 Son, Redeemer of the world,Have...
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THE VIRGIN MARY AND SOME OF OUR BEST WERE BORN TO (MUCH) OLDER MOTHERS
Let us start with the best woman ever born: The Blessed Virgin Mary. Her mother, Anne was 44 years of age when she gave birth to little baby Mary. She was to be Anne and Joachim's only child. It was...
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PRESTIGIOUS PANTALEON AND HIS PRODIGIES
Like St Augustine, St Pantaleon was born to a pagan father and a Christian mother. His father was very rich and wielded much influence in Northern Turkey of the 3rd century. It speaks to his father's...
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MALACHI MARTIN, RIP
On this day in 1999, Feast of St Pantaleon, Father Malachi Martin left this life and went to God. Fr Martin was born in County Kerry, Ireland to an Irish mother and a gynecologist father who hailed...
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MY MARY MAGDALENE MILESTONE
This year, the feast of St Mary Magdalene seemed like an ordinary day, but I asked in prayer if I could get to know her better. We traveled to a monastery for confession, and when we arrived the queue...
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SCOURGE OF HERESIES, PRAY FOR US
The Litany of St Alphonsus Liguori, Doctor of the ChurchLord 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...
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CHRISTOPHER, MORE MIGHTY INTERCESSOR THAN MYTH
Perhaps the one thing everyone agrees on about St Christopher is that he was a huge man of hulking height. Down through the ages, sacred art has portrayed him as statuesque and strapping. He was born...
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"HE COULDN'T UNDERSTAND WHY SHE WOULDN'T BE ATTRACTED TO THIS BLOOD-THIRSTY...
See the video below by Sensus Fidelium for a wonderful sermon on St Catherine of Alexandria. She was born in the year 290 and was astonishingly smart and scholarly. Catherine became one of the foremost...
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OF YOUR LOVE FOR ME...
...please unite your prayers in union with a Holy Traditional Latin Mass that will be offered for my intentions on Monday, August 8th. Many of you have many more pressing intentions to pray for, so...
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WHEN ST PHILOMENA KNOCKED ON MY DOOR THREE TIMES
A few months ago in March, I was getting ready for Sunday Mass and decided to offer the Novena to St Philomena and the Litany to her before I did my hair and make-up. It seems a minor decision, but I...
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FREDERICK OF THE FANTASTIC FLEECE
Recently, I enjoyed a visit with my friend, Frederick, the noble Great Pyrenees livestock guarding dog on the farm where he works. His glistening coat is a marvel of nature.
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BEAUTY BEAMS IN EVERY TRACE OF THE THE VIRGIN MARY'S FACE
We have just celebrated the most glorious feast of the Assumption of Our Lady into Heaven. It would be a shame were we only to ponder the Assumption once a year. When we recite the Glorious Mysteries,...
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HOLY LATIN MASS WILL BE OFFERED FOR SHIA LABEOUF...
...by a faithful priest in Los Angeles who will undertake to pray for Shia everyday going forward. Much prayer was offered for Shia when he was filming the Padre Pio movie, but I believe he needs the...
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ST AUGUSTINE ON THE ONLY WAY TO CONTROL THE SEXUAL APPETITE
In 8 years time, 1,600 years will have passed since St Augustine died on August 28th, in the year 430. Augustine's influence still looms large over us today, and while he lived a long time ago, human...
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