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12 – December

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03 December, 2023 /

The Gospel of Luke presents Mary, mother of Jesus, as the model of faith, showing us what faith must include to be authentic and effective. And imitating Mary's virtue is key to an authentic Marian devotion....

03 December, 2023 /

Ambrose here provides a fascinating glimpse into the rites preceding baptism in 4th century Milan as well as into the adult catechesis (RCIA) of the early Church in which direct discussion of the sacraments, mystagogia, was given only after people had already received the sacraments...

16 July, 2023 /

It is fitting that the feast of St. John, apostle and evangelist, occurs during the Christmas season. For it is John, in his gospel and his first epistle, who so clearly teaching us the wonder of the incarnation, the word of God and word...

25 December, 2022 /

[dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']S[/dropcaps]t. Ambrose of Milan's life (Sant Ambroggio de Milano in Italian) is a particularly fascinating story.  St. Ambrose was born around 339 in what is now Trier, Germany, the son of the Roman prefect of Gaul.  Following his father's footsteps,...

06 December, 2022 /

A ode to the Blessed Virgin by St. Anselm, read on the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of Mary, December 8. The doctrine of the sinlessness of Mary from the moment of her conception was believed and taught in the church long before it...

07 December, 2021 /

John of the Cross here gives forceful expression to the faith of the Church that in Jesus Christ, God the Father has given us his complete and ultimate revelation of Himself and His plan for our lives. The glimplses of God and partial revelations of...

01 June, 2021 /

The Prayer of Abandonment, written by Blessed Charles de Foucauld, is one of the most beautiful prayers of faith, trust and surrender in the Christian spiritual heritage.  Memorize it, pray it often, and share it with others! [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']F[/dropcaps]ather, I abandon myself into...

20 March, 2021 /
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12 – December

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  • 12/01 Charles de Foucauld
  • 12/03 Francis Xavier
  • 12/06 Nicholas
  • 12/07 Ambrose
  • 12/08 Immaculate Conception
  • 12/12 Our Lady of Guadalup
  • 12/13 Lucy
  • 12/14 John of the Cross
  • 12/17 Countdown to Christmas
  • 12/18 Countdown to Christmas
  • 12/19 Countdown to Christmas
  • 12/22 Countdown to Christmas
  • 12/25 Christmas Day
  • 12/26 Stephen
  • 12/27 John the Evangelist
  • 12/28 Holy Innocents
  • 12/29 Thomas a Becket