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  • The top takeaway from Fatima: the daily rosary (plus how to pray without falling asleep) 

    If you’re in the same place between desire and follow through, give these strategies a try. Your rosary changes things; lives and peace depend upon it; the world needs your prayer! Someone else may include using myriad social media lives or YouTube videos of the rosary to pray “with And God didn’t give you ten fingers for nothing. and generous’ eyes confident in divine intervention because only God can touch the hearts of man to give

  • Saint of the week: Óscar Romero

    of life... that those who avoid danger will lose their life, while those who out of love for Christ give themselves to the service of others will live, like the grain of wheat that dies, but only apparently sisters, let us look at these matters at this moment in our history with this hope, with this spirit of giving Let us live this faith, and I assure you that there will be a solution to all of our great social problems

  • Saint of the week: Ven Matthew Talbot

    (He's not the only one; China's St Mark Ji Tianxiang also lived heroic struggle against addiction.) He never found easy eradication of his vulnerability to addiction: “It is as hard to give up drinking But he found the only One who has such life-giving love, and in Him and with the sacraments, Matt Talbot

  • Novena to St Thérèse of Lisieux Day 9: Victory

    Pray that I may live my life in union with God’s plan for me, and one day see the Face of God whom you satisfied, it is necessary that it lower itself to nothingness, and transform that nothingness into living fire!"

  • An authentic New Orleans king cake recipe, plus some rules

    I don't want to come down so heavy, but I've lived too many weary winters of flagrant king cake sacrilege Savory?! TBS vanilla ( we like this local brand, which also makes other wonderful flavorings ) 2 1/2 tsp yeast Fine Sprinkle the rolled out dough with a light layer of fine white sugar and then a layer of cinnamon. Pinch the ends together. ( We use a French style rolling pin without handles like this one —I think it gives

  • 10 Catholic gifts that honor Our Lady

    For all the gift-giving occasion of Our Lady's month, or just because, here are ten versatile gift ideas Immaculate Heart of Mary fine art print: I love browsing Etsy's array of vintage and classic images of

  • Why you should visit cemeteries when you travel

    Ancient live oaks stand guard, their massive branches draped in dramatic Spanish moss. Often I wonder about the people resting here, who they were, what they did with their lives. Some of the military graves give the teeniest bit of biographical info: Navy, World War I. You and I will soon be at the end, and we’ll be very grateful that we lived in a manner that doesn’t

  • Saint of the week: Scholastica

    You can order original commissions, fine art prints, stickers, and more at my art website. About 1,500 years ago, a twin brother and sister named Benedict and Scholastica lived in Italy. of Scholastica's life are few: she was Benedict's twin, she founded a monastery for women, and she lived As they led their own communities, Benedict and Scholastica lived far apart and rarely saw each other She told him, " I asked a favor of you, and you refused to listen to me.

  • How to pray the daily rosary without falling asleep 

    If you’re in the same place between desire and follow through, give these strategies a try. Your rosary changes things; lives and peace depend upon it; the world needs your prayer!  Someone else may include using myriad social media lives or YouTube videos of the rosary to pray “with And God didn’t give you ten fingers for nothing. and generous’ eyes confident in divine intervention because only God can touch the hearts of man to give

  • Saints quotes for traveling

    The way a man gives beautiful roses to the one he loves, so did God give creation to you. +St Augustine "The whole earth is a living icon of the face of God."

  • Movies for Holy Week

    Paul, Apostle of Christ : Another fascinating meditation on the real lives of the Apostles. It touches on the cost of witness, the martyrdom-soaked early Church, and why all of that gives credibility Triumph of the Heart :  Jesus’ sacrifice at Calvary echoes through history in the lives of the saints You’ll easily connect this story to Judas, as well as the ways we justify sin in our own lives. How does our Church today compare to the early Church or the lives of the saints?

  • Saints quotes about death

    We are body-soul creatures made to live sacramental lives . If, at the hour of death, someone is living in bad habit, the poor soul will fall on the side of hell +St Augustine Live so as not to fear death. For those who live well in the world, death is not frightening but sweet and precious. +St Teresa of Ávila Praised be you, my Lord, through our Sister Bodily Death from whom no one living

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