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WHEN THE HOLY SOULS PROTECTED A JEWELER FROM RUIN
Father Dolindo Ruotolo is in a tiny minority of celebrated souls; he was one of the few people who was hailed by Padre Pio to be a living saint. Father Dolindo lived from 1882 to 1970, so he outlived...
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AN EASY PURGATORY FOR NOT COMPLAINING
St Margaret Mary was a cloistered French nun and she spent the last 19 years of her life hidden from the world. She is most famous for the revelations Our Lord gave her on how to adore His Heart. But...
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OF YOUR EXTRAORDINARY CHARITY...
....please pray for the intentions of a certain soul for whom I have requested Holy Mass. Their soul is in grave danger. They are not a Catholic nor were they brought up in any religion, but as an...
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DEVOTION TO THE HOLY FACE MAKES YOU BEAUTIFUL
When I was in my early 20s, I had the idea of attending a meeting held by Communists. We had nothing in common, except that like me, they found fault with the European Union. So, I popped along to the...
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THE NEW YORK TIMES LAUDS THE LATIN MASS - DEO GRATIAS
We were out for a fish-dish, when a friend of ours texted about a story on the Traditional Latin Mass that has just come out in The New York Times. He seemed genuinely impressed. We've been trying for...
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A GOOD QUEEN WHO GOT A TOUGH PURGATORY
St Elizabeth, who was Princess of Hungary and Duchess of Thuringia (Germany), often spent long hours of the night in prayer. Elizabeth was the daughter of King Andrew II and Queen Gertrude. When her...
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YOU MIGHT ENJOY EGGS IN PURGATORY...
Kendra Tierney shared a recipe for a dish called, Eggs in Purgatory, which she makes using a mix of tomato, garlic and then adding poached eggs. I found this in her excellent book, The Catholic All...
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A MAN DIRELY POSSESSED AT THANKSGIVING DINNER
Luis grew up in Italy and since boyhood had a strong call to be a monk. He always wanted to give himself totally to the Lord. In his twenties, he didn't realize his vocation but still hungered to be a...
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THE WONDERS OF ST CECILIA
Valerian was a young man who wanted to marry Cecilia. He got her parents' permission and in obedience to her mama and papa, Cecilia wore a flowing golden gown and tied the knot with Valerian. The...
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PADRE PIO HAS A SPECIAL HEART FOR PARENTS WITH SICK CHILDREN
May 1981, James and Barbara Doyle's little baby boy, Darren was struck down by bacterial meningitis. The little mite was only 13 months old, and when they rushed him to hospital in Clonmel, Ireland,...
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O MOST MERCIFUL QUEEN
St Peter Damian's feast day is my birthday, February 21. The date he died was the date I was born. Most likely he is invoked the most on that day, and perhaps intercedes especially for the children...
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YOU MAY CROWN THE INFANT KING THIS ADVENT
This Advent - like always - I've struggled to prepare my heart to welcome the Infant King because it has been closed by clinches of selfish concerns. The point of Advent is to prepare the heart to...
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THE PATRON SAINT OF PEOPLE WITH ABUSIVE FATHERS
I'd like to put forth St Barbara as a patron saint of people - men and women - who have abusive fathers. In the 3rd century, Barbara was born to a pagan father in Nicomedia, Turkey. Barbara was...
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PRAISE TO THE NOBLE AND PRECIOUS BLOOD
St Ambrose of Milan's Prayer before Holy Communion Lord Jesus Christ, I approach your banquet table in fear and trembling, for I am a sinner, and dare not rely on my own worth but only on your goodness...
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GOD ALONE IS ABOVE HER
Joachim and Anne were married and had been trying for a baby for decades. Anne was in her 40s and had been scorned as the sinful woman whose suspected and supposed sins meant God had not blessed them...
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TABERNACLE OF STONE THAT SHELTERED THE SAVIOR
The childhood home of the Blessed Virgin Mary later became the haven where she and Joseph raised Jesus. This is the abode where St Joseph had authority over the Christ Child, where the Holy Family ate,...
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SHEPHERDS ARE THE PRIVILEGED
Shepherds, often little boys and girls who tend sheep, are very often the people to whom Our Lord and Our Lady give special messages and visions. It seems shepherds are the ones who are given the most...
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JESUS, MARY AND JOSEPH WERE ROYALS, NOT PEASANTS
I have been bothered by the modern attempt to call Mary and Joseph peasants. It is usually done more with the Virgin Mary when contemporary writers and commentators stress she was a simple peasant...
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THE BEST LITANY OF THE SAINTS I'VE EVER FOUND
Lord, have mercy on us. Lord, have mercy on us. Christ have mercy on us. Christ have mercy on us. Lord, have mercy on us. Lord, have mercy on us. Christ, hear us. Christ, hear us. Christ, graciously...
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