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WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE SACRED HOST

“WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE CRUCIFIX, YOU UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH JESUS LOVED YOU.  WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE SACRED HOST YOU UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH JESUS LOVES YOU NOW.” -MOTHER TERESA Every day, Jesus humbles Himself just as He did when He came from His Heavenly Throne into the Virgin’s Womb; everyday He comes to us …

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FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER – GOOD SHEPHERD SUNDAY

FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER – GOOD SHEPHERD SUNDAY Good Shepherd Sunday is the Fourth Sunday of Easter in the Catholic liturgical calendar; that is, the Sunday three weeks after Easter Sunday. The name derives from the gospel readings on this day which are taken from the 10th chapter of John. In this reading Christ is …

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MARY, MOTHERHOOD AND THE HOME

HAPPY AND BLESSED MOTHER’S DAY TO OUR BLESSED MOTHER MARY LITTLE MAMA LUISA, AND TO ALL MOTHERS CLICK IMAGE FOR A BEAUTIFUL ACCOUNT OF “MARY, MOTHERHOOD AND THE HOME” BY ARCHBISHOP FULTON J. SHEEN   THE VIRGIN MARY IN THE KINGDOM OF THE DIVINE WILL  Maternal Appeal of the Queen of Heaven Dearest child, I …

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ABANDON OURSELVES IN GOD, IN HIS DIVINE WILL

ABANDON OURSELVES IN GOD, IN HIS DIVINE WILL “Few souls understand what God would accomplish in them if they were to abandon themselves unreservedly to Him and if they were to allow His Grace to mold them accordingly.” – St. Ignatius of Loyola EXCERPTS FROM THE LETTERS OF THE SERVANT OF GOD, LUISA PICCARRETA Letter …

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Everything Should be Will of God within us

FROM THE LETTERS OF THE SERVANT OF GOD, LUISA PICCARRETA Fiat – In Voluntate Dei! 43.  My good daughter in the Divine Volition, Oh, how I’d love that everything in you were Will of God!  I tell you as a mother that your concern about feeling cold, about not having one tear for the pains …

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Apparition of Saint Michael the Archangel

Thursday, May 08, 2014 APPARITION OF SAINT MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL Monte Gargano, Italy (492)   GREATER DOUBLE / WHITE Today’s feast commemorates an apparition of St. Michael the Archangel on Monte Gargano in southern Italy in the year 492. In that year, a man named Gargan was pasturing his large herds in the countryside. One …

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St. Thomas Aquinas: 5 Reasons for Christ’s Resurrection

St. Thomas Aquinas gives us 5 reasons for Christ’s Resurrection. The following comes from The Sacred Page:   It behooved Christ to rise again, for five reasons. First of all; for the commendation of Divine Justice, to which it belongs to exalt them who humble themselves for God’s sake, according to Lk. 1:52: “He hath …

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QUOTES FROM POPES JPII AND BENEDICT XVI ON EUCHARISTIC ADORATION

QUOTES FROM POPES JOHN PAUL II AND BENEDICT XVI ON EUCHARISTIC ADORATION “The worship of the Eucharist outside of the Mass is of inestimable value for the life of the Church.  This worship is strictly linked to the celebration of the Eucharistic Sacrifice.  The presence of Christ under the sacred species reserved after Mass—a presence …

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Eucharistic Adoration – Hidden God

Eucharistic Adoration Adoro te devote, latens Deitas — “Hidden God, I devoutly adore you” — is the first line of the famous eucharistic hymn at­tributed to St. Thomas Aquinas. Jesus promised: “I will remain with you always” (Matt. 28:20), but he does so hidden behind the disguise of transubstantiated bread. We see Christ’s humility in this hiddenness. …

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Feast of Saints Philip and James, Apostles

St. Philip The Apostle Philip was one of Christ’s first disciples, called soon after his Master’s baptism in the Jordan. The fourth Gospel gives the following detail: “The next day Jesus was about to leave for Galilee, and He found Philip. And Jesus said to him: Follow Me. Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the town …

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