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Reflections for Sunday, March 8th, 2015
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Reflections for Sunday, March 8th, 2015

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by on Mar 04, 2015 in Catechesis, Featured, Learn & Live the Faith, Sunday Reflections
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Meditation and Questions for Reflection or Group Discussion 1st Reading: Exodus 20:1-17 Responsorial: Psalm 19:8-11 2nd Reading: 1 Corinthians 1:22-254 Gospel: John 2:13-25 Lent, A Time to Allow the Lord to Cleanse Us as His Temple Zeal for your house will consume me. (John 2:17) If you remember just one thing from today’s Gospel, remember […]

St. Casimir, King
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St. Casimir, King

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by on Mar 04, 2015 in Saint of the Day, Saint of the Day - Ex Form
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CASIMIR, the second son of Casimir III., King of Poland was born A. D. 1458. From the custody of a most virtuous mother, Elizabeth of Austria, he passed to the guardianship of a devoted master, the learned and pious John Dugloss. Thus animated from his earliest years by precept and example, his innocence and piety […]

St. Cunegundes, Empress
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St. Cunegundes, Empress

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by on Mar 03, 2015 in Saint of the Day - Ex Form
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ST. CUNEGUNDES was the daughter of Siegfried, the first Count of Luxemburg, and Hadeswige, his pious wife. They instilled into her from her cradle the most tender sentiments of piety, and married her to St. Henry, Duke of Bavaria, who, upon the death of the Emperor Otho III., was chosen king of the Romans, and […]

St. Katharine Drexel, Foundress
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St. Katharine Drexel, Foundress

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by on Mar 03, 2015 in Saint of the Day
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Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. on 26 November 1858, Katharine was the second daughter of Francis Anthony Drexel, a wealthy banker, and his wife, Hannah Jane. The latter died a month after Katharine’s birth, and two years later her father married Emma Bouvier, who was a devoted mother, not only to her own daughter Louisa […]

St. Simplicius, Pope
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St. Simplicius, Pope

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by on Mar 02, 2015 in Saint of the Day - Ex Form
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ST. SIMPLICIUS was the ornament of the Roman clergy under Sts. Leo and Hilarius, and succeeded the latter in the pontificate in 468. He was raised by God to comfort and support his Church amidst the greatest storms. All the provinces of the Western Empire, out of Italy, were fallen into the hands of barbarians. […]

A Spoken Word Poem by Fr. Pontifex
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A Spoken Word Poem by Fr. Pontifex

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by on Mar 01, 2015 in Church Street, Featured, Poetry
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Why I Love Religion, And Love Jesus

St. David, Bishop
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St. David, Bishop

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by on Mar 01, 2015 in Saint of the Day - Ex Form
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ST. DAVID, son of Sant, Prince of Cardigan and of Non, was born in Wales in the fifth century, and from his earliest years gave himself wholly to the service of God. He began his religious life under St. Paulinus, a disciple of St. Germanus, Bishop of Auxerre, who had been sent to Britain by […]

Memorial of Sts. Romanus and Lupicinus
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Memorial of Sts. Romanus and Lupicinus

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by on Feb 28, 2015 in Saint of the Day - Ex Form
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ROMANUS at thirty-five years of age left his relatives and spent some time in the monastery of Ainay at Lyons, at the great church at the conflux of the Saône and Rhone which the faithful had built over the ashes of the famous martyrs of that city; for their bodies being burned by the pagans, […]

St. Leander, Bishop
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St. Leander, Bishop

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by on Feb 27, 2015 in Saint of the Day - Ex Form
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ST. LEANDER (c. 534-c. 596) was born of an illustrious family at Carthagena in Spain. He was the eldest of five brothers, several of whom are numbered among the Saints. He entered into a monastery very young, where he lived many years and attained to an eminent degree of virtue and sacred learning. These qualities […]

St. Porphyry, Bishop
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St. Porphyry, Bishop

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by on Feb 26, 2015 in Saint of the Day - Ex Form
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AT the age of twenty-five, Porphyry, a rich citizen of Thessalonica, left the world for one of the great religious houses in the desert of Sceté. Here he remained five years, and then, finding himself drawn to a more solitary life, passed into Palestine, where he spent a similar period in the severest penance, till […]

Reflections for Sunday, March 1, 2015
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Reflections for Sunday, March 1, 2015

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by on Feb 25, 2015 in Catechesis, Featured, Learn & Live the Faith, Sunday Reflections
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Second Sunday of Lent Meditation and Questions for Reflection or Group Discussion 1st Reading: Genesis 22:1-2,9-13,15-18 2nd Reading: Romans 8:31-34 Responsorial: Psalm 116:10,15-19 Gospel: Mark 9:2-10 Lent, A Time to Experience the Transforming Power of Christ He was transfigured before them. (Mark 9:2) Have you ever wondered why Jesus was transfigured? He never announced it. […]

the Memorial of St. Tarasius
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the Memorial of St. Tarasius

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by on Feb 25, 2015 in Saint of the Day - Ex Form
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TARASIUS was born at Constantinople about the middle of the eighth century, of a noble family. His mother Eucratia, brought him up in the practice of the most eminent virtues. By his talents and virtue he gained the esteem of all, and was raised to the greatest honors of the empire, being made consul, and […]

St. Matthias
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St. Matthias

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by on Feb 24, 2015 in Saint of the Day - Ex Form
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AFTER our blessed Lord’s Ascension His disciples met together, with Mary His mother and the eleven apostles, in an upper room at Jerusalem. The little company numbered no more than one hundred and twenty souls. They were waiting for the promised coining of the Holy Ghost, and they persevered in prayer. Meanwhile there was a […]

Pope Francis, Evangelii Gaudium, The Joy of the Gospel
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Front Row With Francis: The Joy of Siblings

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by on Feb 23, 2015 in Catechesis, Featured, Learn & Live the Faith, The Shepherd's Voice
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The memories of my first born getting to know his baby sister are forever etched in my mind. From the second she arrived home from the hospital, he watched her in awe and stood proudly beside her. He tried to include her in his games and delighted when she began to smile and giggle at […]

St. Peter Damian
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St. Peter Damian

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by on Feb 23, 2015 in Saint of the Day - Ex Form
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ST. PETER DAMIAN was born in 988, and lost both parents at an early age. His eldest brother, in whose hands he was left, treated him so cruelly that a younger brother, a priest, moved by his piteous state, sent him to the University of Parma, where he acquired great distinction. His studies were sanctified […]

St. Polycarp, Bishop & Martyr
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St. Polycarp, Bishop & Martyr

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by on Feb 23, 2015 in Saint of the Day
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ST. POLYCARP, Bishop of Smyrna, was a disciple of St. John. He wrote to the Philippians, exhorting them to mutual love and to hatred of heresy. When the apostate Marcion met St. Polycarp at Rome, he asked the aged Saint if he knew him. “Yes,” St. Polycarp answered, “I know you for the first-born of […]

Reflections for Sunday, February 22, 2015
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Reflections for Sunday, February 22, 2015

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by on Feb 18, 2015 in Catechesis, Featured, Learn & Live the Faith, Sunday Reflections
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Meditation and Questions for Reflection or Group Discussion Mass Readings: 1st Reading: Genesis 9:8-15 2nd Reading: 1 Peter 3:18-22 Responsorial: Psalm 25:4-9 Gospel: Mark 1:12-15 Lent, A Time to Experience New Life in Christ I will establish my covenant with you. (Genesis 9:11) The story of Noah and the Great Flood assures us that destruction […]

Pope Francis, Evangelii Gaudium, The Joy of the Gospel
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Front Row With Francis: How Families Love

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by on Feb 16, 2015 in Catechesis, Featured, The Shepherd's Voice
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Catholics today grow up in the age of the broken family. Whether it was substance abuse, mental illness, or infidelity which caused family stress, many of us have to work through our own personal family issues, especially those related to our fathers or mothers. Pope Francis’ audience last week touched on the importance of the […]

Sts. Faustinus and Jovita, Brothers
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Sts. Faustinus and Jovita, Brothers

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by on Feb 15, 2015 in Saint of the Day - Ex Form
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Faustinus and Jovita were brothers, nobly born, and zealous professors of the Christian religion.  They preached the Gospel without fear in their city of Brescia, while, the bishop of that place lay concealed during the persecution. Their remarkable zeal excited the fury of the heathens against them, and procured them a glorious death for their […]

Sympathy for the Devil (None so Much for Job)
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Sympathy for the Devil (None so Much for Job)

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by on Feb 10, 2015 in Catechesis, Columnists, Featured, Learn & Live the Faith, Sunday Reflections
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SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL? (BUT NONE SO MUCH AS FOR JOB) Once upon a time the devil sought an audience with the Lord, which the Lord granted for he knew the devil to be a man of wealth and taste—a taste for blood. A bit of a wild child but God put up with him […]

St. Scholastica, Abbess
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St. Scholastica, Abbess

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by on Feb 10, 2015 in Saint of the Day, Saint of the Day - Ex Form
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OF this Saint but little is known on earth, save that she was the sister of the great patriarch St. Benedict, and that, under his direction, she founded and governed a numerous community near Monte Casino. St. Gregory sums up her life by saying that she devoted herself to God from her childhood, and that […]

Pope Francis, Evangelii Gaudium, The Joy of the Gospel
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Front Row With Francis: What Makes a Good Father

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by on Feb 09, 2015 in Catechesis, Featured, Learn & Live the Faith, Sunday Reflections
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On February 04, 2015, Pope Francis continued his catechesis on the family, reflecting on the dignity and role of fathers. Last week he spoke of the danger of “absent” fathers, reminding us of Saint Joseph who was also tempted to leave Mary, when he discovered she was pregnant. He was prevented from leaving when the […]

St. Bridgid, Abbess, and Patroness of Ireland
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St. Bridgid, Abbess, and Patroness of Ireland

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by on Feb 01, 2015 in Saint of the Day - Ex Form
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NEXT to the glorious St. Patrick, St. Bridgid, whom we may consider his spiritual daughter in Christ, has ever been held in singular veneration in Ireland. She was born about the year 453, at Fochard in Ulster. During her infancy, her pious father saw in a vision men clothed in white garments pouring a sacred […]

St. John Bosco
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St. John Bosco

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by on Jan 31, 2015 in Saint of the Day, Saint of the Day - Ex Form
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This apostolic priest of modern times is hailed as the patron of youth.  He was born in Castelnuovo, Italy, on August 16, 1815.  As a youngster, he was employed for a time as a shepherd, and this leisurely work gave him opportunity for prayerful union with God, which was so evident in the years of […]