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HUNGARY'S MARTYR
BLESSED ZOLTAN LAJOS MESZLENYI, the second of five children, was born in 1892 in Hatvan, Hungary , into a strong Catholic family. His father was a teacher and a school principal. He attended grammar...
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THREE AMERICANS MADE VENERABLE
On Nov. 17, the U.S. Catholic bishops voted to advance the level of causes of beatification and canonization for Servants of God Charlene Marie Richard, Auguste Robert Pelafigue (See Blog Oct....
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EUCHARIST REVIVAL PATRON
BLESSED CARLOS ACUTIS(Blogs June 2020 & July 2018 ) will serve as the patron of the first year of a new three-year Eucharistic Revival project the U.S. bishops approved Nov. 17, a designation that...
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FOOD FOR THE SOUL- THANKSGIVING
Just in time for Thanksgiving I came across two books on food for the soul- as well as the kitchen. Table of Plenty: Good Food for Body and Spirit (Stories, Reflections, Recipes) Table of Plenty...
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EXPECTANT MOTHER OF OUR SAVIOR
While Americans do not celebrate Advent as do many European countries, we still await the coming of the Christ Child. We count the days with often a frenetic preparation, yet in our preparation to...
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EXPECTATION STILLNESS
The scriptures tell us that there is a time and season for everything, for each particular event. There is a time of preparing for Christmas, and that is Advent, and then there is a time for...
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THE VIRGIN'S TEARS
This 14 century fresco was discovered in a convent in Dirbi, Georgiain the late 20th century. The Virgin has just told Joseph about the baby to come. With her right hand raised to her head and wiping...
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WAITING
Considering the circumstances Mary found herself in, we can only imagine her nine-months as filled with anxiety, especially with the initial doubts of St. Joseph, and yet she must have known awe and...
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STILL WAITING
During these blessed Advent days, we, too, are called to imitate the Israelites by cultivating an attitude of strong hope, patiently waiting as they did, for the arrival of the expected Messiah. The...
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MARY’S PAINS
We ask ourselves what we are waiting for. Are we waiting for something, or perhaps for someone? Are we waiting at all, or have we dropped all expectations in disillusionment in a world that moves too...
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NOT FAST ENOUGH
Most just indeed it is, O holy Mother of God, that we should unite in that ardent desire thou hadst to see Him, who had been concealed for nine months in thy chaste womb; to know the features of this...
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THE GREAT "O"s
Today we start singing the Great ”Os” at Vespers. Having been taught by the very well educated Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet in my grammar school years, I am always glad to find some news of...
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UNIVERSAL EXPECTATION
Today is the feast of"OUR LADY of EXPECTATION", which is also known as “OUR LADY of the O”because the Church a has just begun to sing the "O” Antiphons at Vespers. They remind us of the universal...
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BIRDS IN ADVENT
Audubon's 122nd Christmas Bird Count takes place in the Western Hemisphere from Tuesday, December 14, 2021 through Wednesday, January 5, 2022. We were to do ours this past Saturday, but a storm was...
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MARY OUR HOPE
As we are into the final week of Advent, we know it- if we listen- as the time of stillness, for quiet, for discernment. This week should be one in which we prepare ourselves for the mystery of the...
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CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS
Tsugouharu Foujita – French (d. 1968)PEACE AND JOY AS HE HAS COME TO SAVE OUR WORLD
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THE SHEPHERDS
“And in the same region there were shepherds out in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And an angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they...
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BLESSED 2022
In his address on New Year’s Day, the Holy Father said: “The new year begins under the sign of the Holy Mother of God, under the sign of the Mother. A mother’s gaze is the path to rebirth and growth....
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90th BIRTHDAY IN THE MONASTERY
Dr. He QiTomorrow we celebrate Epiphany, or Little Christmas, or the Three Kings, which, whatever one calls it, marks the end...
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THE LONE MONK - HOPE IN DARKNESS
Monk by the Sea- Caspar FriedrichEven though this painting will run through text, it needs to be seen in the largest form possible, to see the monk...
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