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FLIGHT
“Flight into Egypt” Lyuba Yatskiv- Ukraine Pope Francis’ prayer for UkraineLord God of peace, hear our prayer!Open our eyes and our hearts,and give us the...
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A LETTER FOR PEACE
In October of 2019, I did a Blog on an amazing Lazarist missionary who has dedicated nearly 50 years of his life to the poorest people in Madagascar.FATHER PEDRO OPEKA(born in Argentina of Slovenian...
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BENEDICTINES IN THE UKRAINE FLEE
. Benedictines at Zhytomyr - Christmas 2021News of our Benedictine sisters in the Ukraine has been spotty at best. At the outbreak of the war they were...
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WOMEN OF OUTSTANDING COURAGE
Kateryna Dmyterko- Ukraine As we celebrateInternational Women's Day this week honoring women around the world, we are watching women of the Ukraine struggle in heartbreaking ways, trying to keep...
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LENT FOR THE WHOLE WORLD
The world is being carried along on a rushing torrent of events which are beyond human control. Armageddon seems to be approaching in one form or another. However, there is one power available to...
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WOUNDS NOT HIDDEN
"We are not asked to ignore or hide our wounds. A church with wounds can understand the wounds of today's world and make them her own, suffering with them, accompanying them and seeking to heal them. A...
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FORGIVE US, LOARD
Pope Francis read a prayer asking God to have mercy and bring peace to the war in Ukraineduring his Wednesday general audience on March 16. It was written by Archbishop Domenico Battaglia of...
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THE PAIN OF WOMEN
Today as many of the Irish have a celebration for St. Patrick, the people of the Ukrainecontinue their suffering.Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk called for prayers for women living in parts of...
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PIERCED HANDS
As the war in the Ukraine continues, we focus our meditation on the suffering Christ, who died that we may have life and peace not discord.The famous Isenheim Christ certainly gives us the...
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PASSION
Your voice speaks to my soul:Be not afraid of my golden garments, have no fear of the rays of my candles,For they are all but veils of my love, they are all but as tender hands covering my secret.I...
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DEDICATION TO THE IMMACULATE HEART OF OUR MOTHER
Mykola Zhuravel - UkraineMarch 25, 2022 the feast of the Annunciation, Pope Francis will consecrate Russia and Ukraine to the Immaculate Heart of Mary...
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CONSECRATION TO MOTHER OF GOD
If we want the world to change, then first our hearts must change. For this to happen, let us allow Our Lady to take us by the hand. Let us gaze upon her Immaculate Heart in which God dwelt, “our...
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WHERE IS GOD? WHY SUFFER?
“Where is God during war? Where is God when we are being killed? God is with us. He is being crucified again by those who are shooting at us. He is being condemned to death again by those religious...
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HIDDEN WOUND
The Shoulder Woundof Jesus calls to mind the wound that Jesus is said to have received carrying the cross on which He was crucified. It is attributed to Bernard of Clairvaux and to St. Gertrude.St....
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PRAYER FOR PEACE
We ask you, Queen of Peace,to help us respond with the power of truth and loveto the new and unsettling challenges of the present moment.Help us also to pass through this difficult period,that...
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HEROIC WOMAN OF POETRY
March was WOMEN’S HISTORYmonth which studies of the role that women have played in history. It includes the study of the history of the growth of woman's rights throughout recorded history, personal...
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DISSIDENT POETESS
Contemporary Ukrainian writer LINA KOSTENK is in her 90s, but is already one of the most inspiring women in the country’s history. For many years, her work remained unpublished, since in the 1960s she...
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ABORIGINAL STATIONS
As we enter Holy Week, I ponder some unusual Stations of the Cross from Australia, imagined, dreamed and painted by JOHN DUNN, an Olkola/ Djabaguy man from Far North Queensland. Along the seven-metre...
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WOMEN IN WAR MEET CHRIST
As women continue to bear the burdens of war in the Ukraine, they know that nothing will be the same, but in spite of the hardships, these women are brave and resilient. These are ordinary women...
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THE WOUND IN THE SIDE
The final wound was in the side of Jesus' chest, where, according to the New Testament, His body was pierced by the Lance of Longinus in order to be sure that He was dead. The Gospel of John states...
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