“If there were three such priests as you, my kingdom would be ruined!” Satan’s words to Saint John Vianney, Patron Saint of Priests [featured-image single_newwindow=”false”] Every year on Holy Thursday we are reminded of the utter importance of the priesthood in the Catholic Church. We relive the Last Supper, where Jesus instituted the Most Holy Eucharist […]
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“There is more merit to one hour of meditation on My sorrowful Passion than there is to a whole year of flagellation [extreme physical mortification]” (Jesus speaking to Saint Faustina, Diary, Notebook I, 369). Each year during Lent we are reminded of the sacred Passion, Death and Resurrection of Our Lord, Jesus Christ. Yet, too often
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“Strengthen yourself for combat.” – Words of Jesus to Saint Faustina Kowalska (Diary, Notebook I, 145). [featured-image single_newwindow=”false”] Saint Faustina was certainly a gifted soul. She had such great wisdom in the spiritual life and she received it all from the hand of God.
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Is it true, prince, that you once declared that ‘beauty would save the world?’ – Fyodor Dostoyevsky This oft-quoted line from Dostoyevsky’s The Idiot is bold and provocative. Is it possible that beauty, so often misused in the modern world, could save the world? [featured-image single_newwindow=”false”] Rising to the occasion, the ancient Saint Augustine appears
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I had never heard Palestrina’s music before, and I bought a record and put it on, and I almost had a mystical experience. I said, this is the music of angels. This doesn’t come from earth; this comes from heaven. This is a different kind of music, just as a cathedral is a different kind
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And in that region there were shepherds out in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And an angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were filled with fear. And the angel said to them, “Be not afraid; for behold, I bring
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In an age where we have made numerous technological advances that are meant to save us time, we find ourselves busier than ever. We live in a non-stop culture that puts supreme emphasis on “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” and as a result, the average American works a 47 hour work week. Even more so,
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