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My First Communion – Thérèse of Lisieux

Here St. Thérèse of Lisieux, the Little Flower, tells of the experience of her First Holy Communion which took place on 8th May 1884....

30 September, 2020 / 0 Comments

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Saint Peter Claver’s Ministry to Slaves

St. Peter Claver was a Spanish Jesuit who came to the New World in the early 17th century and dedicated his life as an evangelist and pastor to black slaves and worked at the same time as a tireless advocate on their behalf. His...

31 August, 2020 / 2 Comments

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Living in Christ Our Head – John Eudes

St. John Eudes on living in Christ in intimate union, as body is united to head. Jesus, who is the source of our life, wants to live in and through us. [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']I[/dropcaps] ask you to consider that our Lord Jesus Christ is...

16 August, 2019 / 2 Comments

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Personal Relationship to Jesus According to John Paul II

Here are some quotes from John Paul II demonstrating that Catholic Christianity is a matter of a personal, living relationship with our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ – a relationship that is meant to grow ever deeper...

02 July, 2019 / 0 Comments

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Lessons of Nazareth – Paul VI

Pope Paul VI was the first Pope we know of since Peter to return to the Holy Land on pilgrimage. While in Nazareth in 1964, he spoke these words about the lessons we can learn from the everyday life of the Holy Family during the...

30 June, 2019 / 0 Comments

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Thomas More – Letter to His Daughter Margaret

This Letter was written by St. Thomas More to his daughter Margaret (Meg) from his cell in the Tower of London where he had been imprisoned by King Henry VIII. Soon after writing this Letter, Thomas was condemned to death on trumped up charges....

19 June, 2019 / 3 Comments

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Rules from the Spiritual Exercises – Ignatius of Loyola

[dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']T[/dropcaps]O HAVE THE TRUE SENTIMENT WHICH WE OUGHT TO HAVE IN THE CHURCH MILITANT Let the following Rules be observed. First Rule. The first: All judgment laid aside, we ought to have our mind ready and prompt to obey, in all, the...

04 July, 2018 / 0 Comments

Thomas More, Patron of Statesmen – John Paul II

John Paul II's proclamation of Saint Thomas More as Patron of Statesmen and Politicians, an example of moral integrity, a witness to the primacy of the truth over power and a defender of the inalienable dignity of the human conscience....

17 June, 2018 / 0 Comments

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Jesus’ Sacrifice, Our Redemption -John Fisher

Jesus sacrifice of himself for our sake on the cross has brought redemption to the whole world, says St. John Fisher, the fifteenth century English bishop whose own self-sacrifice would recall that of his master....

05 March, 2018 / 0 Comments

Ad Tuendam Fidem-Pope John Paul II on Protecting the Faith

Ad Tuendam Fidem Pope John Paul II's Apostolic Letter Motu Proprio, by which certain norms are inserted into the Code of Canon Law and into the Code of Canon of the Eastern Churches (May 28, 1998) (L'Osservatore Romano explanatory note: On January 9, 1989, the Congregation for the...

05 February, 2018 / 0 Comments