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O MORNING STAR
O ORIENSLatin:O Oriens,splendor lucis aeternae, et sol justitiae:veni, et illumina sedentes in tenebris, et umbra mortis.English:O Morning Star, splendor of light eternal and sun of righteousness:...
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KING OF NATIONS
O REX GENTIUMLatin: O Rex Gentium, et desideratus earum, lapisque angularis, qui facis utraque unum: veni, et salva hominem, quem de limo formasti. Fra AngelicaEnglish: O King of the...
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GOD WITH US- EMMANUEL
O EMMANUEL Anna Kolisnyk- UkraineLatin: O Emmanuel, Rex et legifer noster, exspectatio Gentium, et Salvator earum: veni ad salvandum nos,...
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CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS- EVEN IN WAR
I love this painting by the Ukrainian artist OSTAP LOZYNSKY, who died January 6, 2022 at the age of 38. He would have known of the beginning days of the invasion in his country, and I wonder if this...
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HE IS BORN UNTO US
This colorful and unusual painting is by YULIA CHAIKA, a visual artist born and raised in Kyiv, Ukraine. Since the quarantine due to the covid 19 she has lived in Spain.She works with various types of...
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HOLY INNOCENTS TODAY
Today is the FEAST of the HOLY INNOCENTS- when the baby boys living at the time of Jesus’ birth were all slaughtered due to the raging jealousy of the mad King Herod. It is also when Joseph flees with...
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HOLY FAMILY
Pope St. John Paul II writes:For every believer, and especially for Christian families, the humble dwelling place in Nazareth is an authentic school of the Gospel. Here we admire, put into practice,...
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OUR MOTHER IN THE NEW YEAR
Why do we celebrate the feast ofMARY THE MOTHER OF GOD on New year's day?In his Apostolic Letter, Marialis Cultus, Pope St. Paul VI explained: “This celebration, placed on January 1 …is meant to...
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A YEAR OF HOPE
2025 is a JUBILEE YEAR- which occurs every 25 years. The theme this time is HOPE. The last ordinary holy year, the Great Jubilee Year of 2000, which took place under St. John Paul II, was one of the...
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PILGRIMS OF HOPE
"In the last two years, not a single country has been unaffected by the sudden outbreak of an epidemic that made us experience first-hand not only the tragedy of dying alone, but also the uncertainty...
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RETURN TO THE HEART
In calling for 2025 to be the YEAR of HOPE, Pope Francis has asked all Catholics to become “pilgrims of hope”. “Kindness is not a diplomatic strategy” nor “a set of rules to ensure social harmony or...
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BAPTISM- THE BEGINNING OF HOPE
The BAPTISM OF JESUS, is a sign of HOPE for all in a life that Christ has promised we too will participate in. It is the hope that can come only when we realize that through the birth and death of...
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HOPE HAS RISEN
At Christmas, we received a card from France from the Abbey of Jouarre, where our foundress Mother Benedicta Duss started. We were all struck by the one line on the card from NABIL ANTAKI a doctor in...
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STRUGGLE AND HOPE
“We know that hope is often put to the test. Our world is marked by war and by so many injustices; it is torn by individualism. All this often generates doubt, fear of the future and very often...
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HOPE FOR YOUTH
Everyday one reads about the youth in our country, or around the world, and the negative effects they have on culture and society. Then one or two (or more) young people show up at the monastery and...
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THE LUCKY 1%
It is normal for seniors to tell the present generation how great their youth was, remembering the uncomplicated good times, comparing them to the ills of today. But here is proof that growing up in...
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UKRAINIAN MOTHER TERESA OF CALCUTA
Now that we start a new month (where did January go?) it is time to get back to our saints, the real purpose of this Blog.BL. JOSOPHATA (MICHAELINA) HORDASHEVSKA, another new Ukrainian saint, was born...
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CONSECRATED LIFE DAY
Today, February 2, is the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord and also the World Day for Consecrated Life, a commemoration instituted by Pope St. John Paul II in 1997. The World Day for Consecrated...
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FATHER OF THE CHANT
The following letter may be of interest to those who follow the Liturgy. This letter is to the Abbot of Saint-Pierre de Solesmes (France), Dom Geoffroy Kemlin, from the Holy Father on the anniversary...
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BIRD COUNT IN FEBRUARY
February 14–17, 2025 is the annual Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC). Bird lovers everywhere unite in the effort to tally as many of the world's bird species as possible over these four days. Combined...
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VIRGIN of HODEGETRIA- HELP OUR MESS
The Marian icon of the VIRGIN of HODEGETRIA is the only example of UKRAINIAN art held in the Vatican Museums. This sacred image dating from the seventeenth century, now more than ever cannot fail to...
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INVASION ANNIVERSARY
February 24 marks the third anniversary of Russia's INVASION of UKRAINE in 2022. Though Ukraine has won many battles, the war for Ukraine’s right to exist as an independent, democratic nation rages...
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PRAYER FOR UKRAINE- TODAY
A Prayer for UkraineGod of peace and justice,we pray for the people of Ukraine today.We pray for peace and the laying down of weapons.We pray for all those who fear for tomorrow,that your Spirit of...
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CONTEMPLATIVE ARTIST
A fascinating artist of many of my favorite saints is KREG YINGST. Kreg is obviously a very contemplative man, as he uses his art for prayer.He is both a painter and a self-taught printmaker. Through...
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PRAYER FOR OUR WORLD
Icon: Protection of the Mother of God - Iryna SolonynkaThe bravery of the Ukrainian people and its president has inspired freedom-loving people around the world, these...
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