[dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']O[/dropcaps] sacrum convivium O sacred banquet, in which Christ is received, the memory of his Passion is renewed, the mind is filled with grace, and a pledge of future glory is given to us.Tantum ergo Down in adoration falling, Lo! the sacred Host we hail; Lo! o'er ancient...
[dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']O[/dropcaps]ur Lady of Guadalupe ‘completely beyond’ scientific explanation, says researcher Phoenix, Ariz., Aug 7, 2009 / 04:10 pm (CNA).- Researcher and physicist Dr. Aldofo Orozco told participants at the International Marian Congress on Our Lady of Guadalupe that there is no scientific...
[dropcaps type='normal' font_size='65' color='' background_color='' border_color='']M[/dropcaps]oderate obesity can cut three years off life expectancy A new analysis of almost one million people from around the world has shown that obesity can trim years off life expectancy. Oxford University researchers found that moderate obesity, which is now common, reduces...
[dropcaps type='normal' font_size='65' color='' background_color='' border_color='']W[/dropcaps]ho are you, sweet light, that fills me And illumines the darkness of my heart? You lead me like a mother's hand, And should you let go of me, I would not know how to take another step. You are the space That embraces my being...
[dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']O[/dropcaps]n the morning of the 14th of September, a great crowd gathered at the Villa Sexti, in accordance with the order of the governor Galerius Maximus. That same day the governor commanded Bishop Cyprian to be brought before him for...
[dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']T[/dropcaps]he September 2005 issue of the Archives of Dermatology reports that patients under long-term antibiotic therapy ran a risk of developing upper respiratory tract infections at more than twice the rate of people not using the drugs. The findings highlight the dangers that...
[dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']P[/dropcaps]artridge in a pear tree Jesus Christ, symbolized as a mother partridge that feigns injury to decoy predators from helpless nestlings. Two turtle doves Old & New Testaments Three French Hens Faith, hope, charity Four Calling birds The Four Gospels Five Golden Rings The Pentateuch or Five Books of...
[dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']S[/dropcaps]t Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin (1474-1548). Little is known about the life of Juan Diego before his conversion, but tradition and archaelogical and iconographical sources, along with the most important and oldest indigenous document on the event of Guadalupe, "El Nican...
[dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']A[/dropcaps]pr. 04 (CWNews.com) - Looking back across a span of 75 years, a boyhood neighbor of John Paul II spoke recently of the simple but deep ties that bound him to the Pope in a lifelong friendship. The bonds that formed...
[dropcaps type='normal' font_size='65' color='' background_color='' border_color='']M[/dropcaps] y beloved brethren, the story of Job prefigures that of Christ. Thus we understand it, and we can see the truth of this by detailed comparison. Job was called a righteous man by God; and God is righteousness...