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Laetare Sunday – Fourth Sunday in Lent

Laetare Sunday Fourth Sunday in Lent Catholic Encyclopedia The fourth, or middle, Sunday of Lent, so called from the first words of the Introit at Mass, “Laetare Jerusalem” — “Rejoice, O Jerusalem“. During the first six or seven centuries the season of Lent commenced on the Sunday following Quinquagesima, and thus comprised only thirty-six fasting …

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Embracing the Cross

FROM THE HOURS OF THE PASSION Eighteenth Hour Jesus embraces the Cross. My tortured Good, with You I repair, with You I suffer. But I see that your enemies hurl You down the stairs; the people await You with fury and eagerness; they make You find the Cross ready, which You long for with many …

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The Cross

From the Hours of the Passion The Eighteenth Hour From 10 to 11 AM Jesus takes up the Cross and walks toward Calvary, where He is stripped My Jesus, insatiable love, I see that You give Yourself no peace, I feel Your fidgets of Love, Your Pains. Your Heart beats strongly; in every heartbeat I …

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Fulton J. Sheen: Communism and the Conscience of the West (1948)

Mgr. Fulton J. Sheen Communism and the Conscience of the West (1948)   “[Satan] will set up a counterchurch which will be the ape of the [Catholic] Church. . . . It will have all the notes and characteristics of the Church, but in reverse and emptied of its divine content.” Quote: The Antichrist will not …

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Why God Loves us

Why God Loves us Archbishop Fulton Sheen  ‎“God did not love me because I am lovable. I became lovable because God poured some of His goodness and love into me. I then began to apply this charity to my neighbor. If I do not find him lovable, I have to put love into him as …

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An Act of Hope and Confidence in God

 An Act of Hope and Confidence in God by St. Claude De La Colombiere My God, I believe most firmly that Thou watchest over all who hope in Thee, and that we can want for nothing when we rely upon Thee in all things; therefore I am resolved for the future to have no anxieties, …

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THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY – THE WOMAN I LOVE

THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY THE WOMAN I LOVE Bishop Fulton J. Sheen

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Mary, the World’s First Love

Mary The World’s First Love Bishop Fulton J. Sheen

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FEAST OF THE ANNUNCIATION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY

FEAST OF THE ANNUNCIATION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY March 25 FROM THE VIRGIN MARY IN THE KINGDOM OF THE DIVINE WILL DAY 19 Lesson of the Sovereign Queen: Now, child of my Heart, pay attention to Me and listen: several days before the descent of the Eternal Word upon earth, I could see Heaven …

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Santa Maria Greca – Corato

Santa Maria Greca – Corato On the occasion of the feast of the Madonna Greca, after a complex process of restoration, it will be reopened to the crypt of the Shrine which houses the icon depicting the Madonna Greca (oil on panel). According to tradition, the effigy to the miraculous events that took place in …

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