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WORLD DAY of the SICK
February 11 is the 26th World Day of the Sick, a commemoration instituted by St. John Paul II. The World Day of the Sick takes place each year on the memorial of Our Lady of Lourdes.The title of Pope...
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A REAL CATHOLIC COLLEGE
WYOMING CATHOLIC COLLEGE is marking its 10th anniversary this school year. The school’s distinctive combination of a Great Books curriculum and strong formation in the Catholic faith with outdoor...
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CHAMPIONS OF ANOTHER KIND
As we watched the opening ceremony of the Olympics, the hope of peace between North and South Korea was uppermost in our hearts and we were reminded of champions of another kind on that same soil with...
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AN UNCOMMON WOMAN
We sometimes think we have it hard, but then we read about the life of a religious who knew real bigotry in her life, in spite of her dedication to others.MOTHER THERESA was born Marie Almeide Maxis...
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HIS BODY GIVEN
I am going to use the theme of the Holy Eucharist this Lent- leading us to Holy Thursday. For me, many of the ills in our world and especially in our Church are due to a lack of understanding of...
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MODERN MARIA GORETTI
Soon to be Blessed, VERONICA ANTAL was a Romanian Roman Catholic professed member from the Secular Franciscan Order and member of the Militia Immaculatae. She was known for her strong faith and her...
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HIS BODY GIVEN FOR US- 2ND SUNDAY OF LENT
The Mass makes present the Sacrifice made by Jesus on the Cross, and to this Sacrifice we add our own “sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving” offering up all that we have and all that we are.So many...
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THE BODY OF CHRIST- ALWAYS WITH US
Almost a year and a half after an August 2016 earthquake in the central area of the Italy, a tabernacle with 40 intact and consecrated hosts was found amid the rubble in Our Lady of the Assumption...
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THE POWER of the EUCHARIST - 3rd SUNDAY of LENT
Daniel Bonnell…if we let ourselves be purified by the sanctifying power that flows from the Eucharist, if we offer ourselves to the Lord in this Sacrifice and receive Him into our innermost souls in...
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AN ORDINARY WOMAN - EXTRAORDINARY MYSTIC
Someone who appears once in a while in the Magnificat,is a little known mystic- at least in our country. She is a good example that one does not have to be a religious living in the cloister to...
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JOY IN THE EUCHARIST- LAETARE SUNDAY
The Fourth Sunday of Lent is called Laetare Sunday, when the Church takes a bit of breather from Lenten practice as we sing “Rejoice, Jerusalem… be joyful, all who were in mourning!”We look with...
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MYSTIC FROM NANTES
GABRIELLE BOSSIS was a French Catholic laywoman, actress and mystic, best known for her mystical work Lui et Moi, published in English translation as He and I. The book recounts her dialogues with...
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THE GREAT SACRIFICE- FIFTH SUNDAY of LENT
This morning at Mass as I heard the words, “This is the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world,” I was reminded that we are looking upon the very same Jesus who suffered for us, who died...
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HARD WORK FOR THE LORD
SERVANT of GOD ADELE DIRSYTE was born in 1909 in Lithuania. She was the youngest of six children and her parents were hardworking farmers. Adele spent her childhood working the farm and attending...
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PALM SUNDAY
VEXILLA REGIS the hymn we sing at Vespers from Passion Sunday to Holy Thursday and on the Feast of the Triumph of the Cross, was written by Venantius Fortunatus (530-609) and is considered one of the...
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MONDAY OF HOLY WEEK
Behold! The nails with anguish fierce,His outstretched arms and vitals pierce:Here our redemption to obtain,The Mighty Sacrifice is slain.Where deep for us, the spear was dyed,Life's torrent rushing...
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TUESDAY IN HOLY WEEK
Fulfilled is all that David toldIn true prophetic song, of old:Admidst the nations, God said he,Has reigned and triumphed from the Tree.In this painting we see the agonizing stance Mary Magdalene...
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WEDNESDAY IN HOLY WEEK
.O Tree of beauty! Tree of light!O Tree with royal purple dight! (*)Elect on whose triumphal breastThose holy limbs should find their rest.On whose dear arms, so wildly flungThe weight of this world’s...
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HOLY THURSDAY- BODY GIVEN FOR US
Hail wondrous Altar! Victim hail!Thy Glorious Passion shall avail!Where death Life's very Self endured,Yet life by that same Death secured. At the feet of St. John the Baptist is a lamb bearing a...
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THAT FRIDAY WE CALL GOOD
O Cross! all hail! sole hope, abideWith us now in this Passion-tide:To give fresh merit to the saintAnd pardon to the penitent.Grunewald's dark and harrowing portrayal of the Crucifixion shows a...
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