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THE LORD'S ENTREPRENEUR
I am constantly telling people that the world today needs more holy lay people- in all walks of life and in all countries. Here is an example of one such man, one who gave his riches to honor the...
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MODEL FOR THE LAY FAITHFUL
Another holy layman was just added to the list of future canonized saints.On March 19th Cardinal Angelo Amato, prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, presided at the Mass of...
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OUR LADY of FATIMA'S FRIEND
In his native LandThis saint to be fits in with our Lenten theme of Eucharistic Adoration.SERVANT of GOD FATHER ALOYSIUS ELLACURIAwas born in 1905 in the farm town of Yurre (Basque Country), Spain. He...
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MOTHER of HOLY ADORATION
Continuing our theme of Adoration, I noted in In SInu Jesu, that the author on occasion mentions a Benedictine nun I had not heard about, and since she plays an important role in this new Benedictine...
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ADORATION FOR HOLY WEEK
As a devotion, Eucharistic Adoration, prayer, and meditation are more than merely looking at the Blessed Host, but are a continuation of what was celebrated in the Eucharist. Meditation performed in...
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SEATTLE'S NEW BISHOP
Bishop Eusebio, Archbishop Peter & Bishop Elect DanielAfter celebrating Mass on March 26 at his parish in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Msgr. Daniel Mueggenborg saw he’d missed a call from an unknown number. He...
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FRIEND of the EUCHARISTIC JESUS
Although Mother Yvonne-Aimée is not yet recognized by the Church as a saint, her story suggests that she likewise found that, through her own wounds, she was able to draw closer to the wounded and...
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GOOD FRIDAY
The Church's life is a life of the cross, a continual dying... With her hands outstretched in prayer, wholly one with her Lord, she is herself the cross; of which it should be said until the end of...
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ADORATION OF THE CROSS- GOOD FRIDAY
Nicola Saric- GermanyOn Good Friday, the entire Church fixes her gaze on the Cross at Calvary. At this time, we try to understand at what cost Jesus has won our redemption. In the solemn ceremonies of...
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EASTER WITNESS- FEAR NOT
Mary Magdalene - Nikola SaricAll four Gospel accounts note the empty tomb was first discovered by women. This is significant in two ways. First of all it highlights the fear of the male disciples....
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MOTHER WHO LOVED THE EUCHARIST
In the next few BLOGS I will present some women who had a great devotion to the Eucharist and spent their lives promoting adoration and reparation.VENERABLE CONCEPCION (“CONCHITA”) CABRERA de ARMIDA...
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BURNING LOVE of the EUCHARIST
ST. MARIA CRISTINA of the IMMACULATE CONCEPTION BRANDOwas born Adelaide Brando in Naples in 1856 to Giovanni Giuseppe Brando and Maria Concetta Marrazzo. Her mother died after her birth and she was...
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THE EUCHARIST AS A SCHOOL
BL CANDIDA of the EUCHARIST was born Maria Barba on 16 January 1884 in Catanzaro as the tenth of twelve children (five who died in their childhoods) to the appellate court judge Pietro Barba and...
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THE GOOD SHEPHERD AND VOCATIONS
Dr. He QiBeing shepherds to our Cotswold sheep, this Sunday is a favorite one. We did not breed our sheep this past year- for the first time in almost 40 years, but were given 3 lambs in Holy Week to...
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BENEDICTION BLESSED & GREAT WRITER
When I entered monastic life, we were allowed to bring 3 books with us: The Bible,The Exercises of St. Gertrude and Christ the Life of the Monk by Dom Columba Marmion.BLESSED COLUMBA MARMION, OSB was...
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GREAT FRIENDS IN THE SPIRIT
It amazes me that one saint leads me to another. In reading about Mother Mectilde de Bar, I cameacross Bl. Columba Marmion and his name leads me to another. Here is a great friend of the...
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JESUS APPEALS TO OUR WORLD
As today is the centennial of thefirst appearanceatFATIMA, let us take a look at one who was known for the intense propagation of the Holy Rosary, along with an apparition by the Sacred Heart of Jesus...
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ANOTHER SOUL FOR JESUS
These next two Saints to be I found on the site of the monks of Silverstream in Ireland. In reading snatches of their lives, I find great similarities between them and St. Faustina. The Lord seems to...
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VICTIM SOUL FOR PRIESTS
BL. PIERRE-JOSEPH CASSANT was born on 6 March 1878 in France to parents who were orchard-keepers as the second child born to them. He was a student at a boarding school run by De La Salle Brothers and...
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UPDATE ON IRISH JESUIT- BLESSED OF THE POOR
FATHER JOHN SULLIVAN the Irish Jesuit , who we treated in a Blog last year (6/18/16), was beatified at the Church of St. Francis Xavier in Dublinon May 13.Father John Sullivan (1861-1933) was son of...
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