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A THEORY AS TO WHY "MARY" LOST FAVOR WITH THE JEWS
A few of my Jewish friends have called their daughters, Miriam, and once one found a polite way to tell me that they'd had something of an averse reaction because it was the same name as Jesus's...
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WHEN ST PHILOMENA GAVE ME A RUBY HEART
During Advent, early December, my friend and fellow writer, Keith Berube asked me something that made me regretful for when I've been cynical. Keith asked me if I had ever heard of St Philomena sending...
View ArticlePADRE PIO VOLUNTEERED TO GO TO HELL FOR BAD PRIESTS
Here is a clip from an interview I gave last September 23rd, Padre Pio's feast day, when I appeared on Joe McClane's show. This is the full episode of the show:
View ArticleMAY YOU HAVE A BLESSED FEAST OF ST PATRICK!
I wish all my readers, friends and loved ones a most blessed and delightful feast of St Patrick. Some years ago, I took part in a documentary done by EWTN on the Apostle of Ireland. Ye might like to...
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ST BENEDICT'S INTERCESSION CURED BELOVED FRANK OF A VOMITING CONDITION
His formal name is Francis Albert, but now he goes by Frank. Darling Frank was rescued on a college campus in Texas. He's a fine fellow, but we don't ask how he survived, what he ate or whenever he...
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OF YOUR LOVE...
....please pray in union with a Holy Traditional Latin Mass that a close friend, a beautiful Catholic woman has asked be offered for my intentions. The Mass will be offered in Ireland, tomorrow, March...
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DRIVE FAR AWAY FROM ME THE CRUEL ENEMY
August Queen of the HeavensAugust Queen of the Heavens, heavenly sovereign of the Angels, Thou who from the beginning received from God the power and the mission to crush the head of Satan, we humbly...
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"I AM THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION"
180 years ago a baby girl, Bernadette was born in a remote town in the Pyrenees. She was raised in the clink. Well, it was no longer used as a lock-up for criminals because it was no longer thought...
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MARY POTTER: THE LONDON "SAINT" WHO GAVE HER LIFE FOR THE DYING
Mary Potter, a native Londoner had an extremely pressing meeting with Pope Leo XIII. She was a 35 year-old nun with a glowing peachy complexion, cornflower blue eyes and a smile that imparted peace and...
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MAY I INVITE YOU TO JOIN ME IN OFFERING THE NOVENA TO THE PATRON SAINTS OF...
Saints Louis and Zelie Martin were the parents of "The Little Flower" or St Therese, and they were the first married couple to be canonized together in history. My good friend, Patrick O'Hearn...
View ArticleGREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
My best friend, Catherine Collins has produced and narrated Mrs. Anne Hope's Lives of the Early Martyrs. The first chapter has been released, and the second will follow on July 6th. Bravo,...
View ArticleTHE EARLY MARTYRS BY MRS HOPE: CHAPTER 2 SAINTS MARY MAGDALEN, MARTHA,...
This is the second installment of Lives of the Early Martyrs. Enjoy! Here is the first chapter in case you missed it.
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I HAD THE GREAT JOY...
...of watching Wildcat, the thrilling biopic of author, Flannery O'Connor. It is an unflinchingly portrayal of her intellectual and physical agony as she grappled with finishing her novel, Wise Blood....
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THE AWESOME HOLY MASS OF PADRE PIO
Pio always set his alarm clock for 2:30 or 2:40 a.m. and then he did lengthy preparation. The other friars saw him moving the rosary beads between his fingers as he walked to the sacristy so he could...
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PADRE PIO: "HE TAKES MORE CARE OF US THAN A MOTHER TAKES OF HER CHILD"
My friend, Frank Rega has a marvelous post which is a mini-treasury of Padre Pio's wisdom. Do check it out! I spent the last 7 years writing a book on Pio, and am in the throes of doing over 700...
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THE INCORRUPTIBLE CORKONIAN: LITTLE NELLIE OF HOLY GOD
I just watched a lovely mini-documentary on Little Nellie of Holy God, to whom I am particularly devoted. In the posts that I’ve written about her, I omitted that 18 months after her death and burial,...
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SORCERERS TURNED SAINTS
Late in the 3rd century, Cyprian was busy as a type of match-maker. Well, not the most reputable kind and he had no inhibitions about employing devils to coerce those who were unwilling to be fixed...
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WHEN ST MICHAEL PROTECTED MY FINANCIAL RECORDS
It was some years ago, I was living in London, sharing with other women, and I lived with one lady who had what the hipsters might call "a thing". She could be overly interested in other people's...
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Padre Pio on St Thérèse of Lisieux: "a soul completely stripped of self and...
A few years back, I posted that Pio said of St Thérèse of Lisieux "she is a Saint, a very great Saint." Pio bilocated to be at her canonization, he was seen in the congregation at St. Peter's Basilica...
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HOLY TRADITIONAL LATIN MASS WILL BE OFFERED FOR ME
A friend of mine suggested that I put up this variety of post at least a full 24 hours before the Holy Mass is to be offered, so that people have time to get ready and offer prayers in union with the...
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