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By admin on February 19, 2012
The Steadfast Prayer of Our Blessed Mother 6/9/2007 – 6:13 AM PST Advertisment +J.M.J.+ By Monsignor Charles M. Mangan Catholic Online When we consider the earthly life of Our Blessed Lady, we are struck by Her attention to the marvelous ways in which God was moving in Her and around Her. Mary possessed a delicate [...]
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By admin on January 20, 2012
When enumerating the abundant virtues of Our Blessed Mother, that of purity always attracts attention. Everything about Holy Mary—Her body, intellect and will—has the sweet and enticing fragrance of purity. In “The Virtue of Purity: An Undivided Heart” (The Catholic Faith, March/April 1999), Professor Mark Lowery, Ph.D. offers a valuable discussion of purity. He writes: [...]
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By admin on January 10, 2012
Ask any Catholic bishop, priest or deacon from a Western country who works with engaged couples about the incessant challenges he faces and he is likely to respond that the number one obstacle today is that these young men and women—many of whom are well-intentioned—come from a very secular environment that is not at all [...]
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By admin on January 7, 2012
As a priest, I have been asked dozens of questions about the Holy Rosary, perhaps the two most frequent being: How do I pray the Rosary? Why is it important During these final days of October, I ask myself: What does the Holy Rosary mean for me? Thanks to my parents and teachers, I [...]
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By admin on December 9, 2011
Immaculate Mary The Universal Church exults constantly, but especially every December 8th, in the truth of Our Blessed Mother’s Immaculate Conception. God shielded Mary from Original Sin. She did not inherit, as we did, the transgression of our parents Adam and Eve. Pope Blessed Pius IX (1846-1878), in his December 8, 1854 Apostolic Constitution [...]
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By admin on November 26, 2011
What is the link between Mary the Mother of God, the Ministerial (also known as the “Ordained” or the “Hierarchical”) Priesthood and the Common Priesthood of the Baptized (sometimes referred to as the “Priesthood of the Laity”)? Since Mary miraculously brought forth the Son of God made flesh from her chaste womb, she is the [...]
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By admin on November 17, 2011
The Church’s extraordinary wisdom is illustrated in numerous ways, one being the very existence of Advent. The Faithful are granted several weeks to make ready for the Solemnity of the Birth of Christ. What is the result? Such a period of prayerful preparation if sincerely “entered into” ensures that December 25 will not be just [...]
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By admin on November 4, 2011
This year’s one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the definition of the Dogma of the Immaculate Conception rightly inspires much reflection on the profound truth that the Maiden of Nazareth was preserved—thanks to the abundant grace of God in view of the merits won by the God-Man Jesus Christ on Calvary—from Original Sin in order [...]
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By admin on October 24, 2011
On Dec. 14, 1989, the Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith released its “Letter to the Bishops of the Catholic Church on Some Aspects of Christian Meditation.” This document, approved by Pope John Paul II, recognizes that some Christians, experiencing a “spiritual restlessness arising from a life subjected to the driving pace of [...]
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By admin on October 15, 2011
Mother M. Teresa of Calcutta, the Foundress of the Missionaries of Charity, attracted much attention from around the world because of her sincere concern for “the poorest of the poor.” Millions of persons-some believers, others indifferent to the supernatural-hailed her as a ‘living saint.” Her story has been recounted often since her death on Friday, [...]
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