Taken from book “Saint John Paul The Great: His Five Loves” ~ Jason Evert “From his childhood, his father instilled in Karol a strong devotion to the Holy Spirit. He recalled his father telling him, ‘You don’t pray to the Holy Spirit enough. You ought to pray to him.’ … [His father] taught him […]
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Saint John Damascene Feast day: 4th December Priest, Father and Doctor of the Church St John Damascene was known as one of the greatest poets of the Church. Born in Damascus in the 7th century his first occupation position was ‘chief revenue officer’ just like his father. He later became a monk at St
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Taken from the book “Saint John Paul The Great: His Five Loves” ~ Jason Evert “Saint Maximilian Kolbe points out: ‘True knowledge of the Immaculata can only be acquired in prayer. The purer a soul is, the greater efforts it makes to avoid sin. . . the more and better will it get to
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Saint Catherine of Alexandria Feast: 25th November Patronage: Philosophers, preachers and young girls I was intrigued to find out more about St Catherine as she is the patron of young girls, which I feel is very relevant to many of us who have daughters; nieces; goddaughters; granddaughters who could spiritually benefit from St Catherines
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Saint Elizabeth of Hungary Feast: 19th November (Traditional); 17th November (New) Patronage: Catholic charities St Elizabeth, patron of the Third Order of St Francis and patron of Catholic charities as well, was born into a family of great wealth. Elizabeth was one of the daughters of the King of Hungary, yet she chose to lead
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O Christ Jesus, when all is darkness and we feel our weakness and helplessness, give us the sense of Your presence, Your love, and Your strength. Help us to have perfect trust in Your protecting love and strengthening power, so that nothing may frighten or worry us, for, living close to You, we shall
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‘They came to Bethsaida. Some people brought a blind man to him and begged him to touch him. ‘He took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the village; and when he had put saliva on his eyes and laid his hands on him, he asked him, “Can you see
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‘What is given us here is not a piece of a body, not a thing, but him, the Resurrected one himself – the person who shares himself with us in his love, which runs right through the Cross.” Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI The process of transubstantiation, as mentioned in Part 3 of our series on
“The Catholic Church has always offered and still offers to the sacrament of the Eucharist the cult of adoration, not only during the Mass, but also outside of it, reserving the consecrated hosts with the utmost care, exposing them to the solemn veneration of the faithful, and carrying them in procession.”’ CCC 1378 The
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As we outlined in Part 2 of our Sacraments series, there are a number of things we need to do as part of going to Confession. One of those is to examine our conscience. Examining our conscience is not just a matter of a period of personal introspection before we go into the Confessional
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