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NEW BENEDICTINE SAINT
VENERABLE BERNARDO VAZ de CONCELOS was a Benedictine monk, mystic, poet, and authored "Canticle of Love". He studied at the University of Coimbraand was part of the St Vincent de Paul Society which...
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HOLY COUPLE DEDICATED TO THE WRETCHED
As readers know I am always on the hunt for new saints and saints to be proclaimed by the Church. Having a great devotion to St. Marianne of Molokai, I was fascinated to learn of a French couple, both...
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HOPE FOR US ALL!
Like everyone today I sometimes get caught up into the web of negativity regarding the situation- crises- in our world today, but some interesting facts have recently come to light from Nicholas...
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AN AMERICAN SAINT IN PERU
The Studio of ManenoOutside of the Studio ManenoWhen most Americans hear the name Peru, they think of Lima or Machu Picchu, but those who have followed my blogs from the early days, know there is...
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BISHOP WHO LOVED BASEBALL AND AFRICA
It isn’t often that one finds a future saint from their own Alma Mater. While he was educated by the Jesuits, in high school and at University, he entered another Order.SERVANT OF GOD VINCENT JOSEPH...
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PRAYER AND GOOD WORKS- A NEW SAINT FOR LAYWOMEN
Woman at Prayer - Edgar Maxence ( French- d. 1954)On February 18, it was announced from the Vatican,that a lay woman is being considered for canonization.SERVANT of GOD ENRICA ONORANTEwas a wife and...
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PRIESTS CALLED TO HOLINESS
It isn’t often that I deal with Church politics in this Blog, but the recently released 8 points that came out of the Bishops' meetings last week in Rome regarding the sex scandal in our Church left me...
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SACRED MUSIC IN MODERN TIMES
Praying Nuns Singing- (c.1400) Because our prayer in the monastery is centered on the Gregorian Chant, we are especially sensitive to the cacophony which is often common in parishes today. Personally...
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ASH WEDNESDAY
Today we begin, with Ash Wednesday, our trek into Lent as we plod along, hopefully with Jesus, towards His final days on earth and the glorious Resurrection. Trek you ask? Plod? According to the...
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GOOD SHEPHERDS IN OUR CHURCH
Each Lent in the monastery we take a theme for the focus of our prayer and this year it is for our 2 Holy Fathers and the priesthood - for priests in dire need and those who are following in the...
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THE HEART OF A PRIEST
This past week we had a special “guest” in Seattle, as the relic of St. Jean Vianney’s incorrupt heart was given for veneration. The Shrine of Ars, France, entrusted to the Knights of Columbus the...
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MOTHER OF ALL PRIESTS
In May of 2010 Pope Benedict XVI dedicated himself and all priests to the Blessed Mother, Mother of all priests, at Fatima. Here in part is his prayer which we pray especially at this time:Our Lady...
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PRIESTS IN THE MODERN WORLD
In the late 1970s Servant of God John A. Harden , SJ (See Blog. 1/ 30 / 2018) gave a homily at the Vatican entitled “The Holy Eucharist and Holiness in Priests”, which fits where we are in the...
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HOLY PRIESTS IN THE MIDST OF CRISES
“What then is the greatest single need in the priesthood today? It is holiness. What the Church and the world mainly need is holy priests. The next question is the hard one: How are priests to become...
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ONLY THE EUCHARIST
“Priests have no choice. The psychological pressure from the world, the flesh and the devil is too strong to cope with by themselves. The Holy Eucharist must remain, if it already is, or become, if it...
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PRAYER FOR OUR PRIESTS
I would like to address myself to the subject of the value of prayer and sacrifice for priests – the value of prayer and sacrifice for priests. If there was ever a need to pray and sacrifice for...
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PRIESTS IN NEED
Miguel Jeronimo ZendejasO my beloved Jesus,I bring Thee the poverty of Thy priests, that Thou wouldst enrich them.I bring Thee the emptiness of Thy priests, that Thou wouldst fill them.I bring Thee the...
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FORGIVENESS
With the crises in our Church whereby so many priests and Bishops have failed to uphold their sacred duty to act as Christ to their people, there is great emphasis on the wounded, suffering victims of...
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PRIESTS INVITED TO KNOCK
I have had several emails from a woman who is the great, great (and maybe more greats) grandniece of Venerable Archdeacon Bartholomew Cavanagh the curate at the time of the apparition at Knock in...
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CHRIST'S SPECIALISTS
I am meeting you, priests called by Christ to serve him in the new millennium. You have been chosen from among the people, appointed to act in relation to God, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins....
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