Christmas
 | Christmas: The Little Drummer Boy: A Magnificent Vocation
How Our Lord touches each soul in a special way
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| Christmas: Feast of Glory and of Peace
A meditation on how to avoid false glory and good will
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| Christmas: He Will Be Called the Prince of Peace
And His reign shall have no end…
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| Christmas: The Admiration & Tenderness of Our Lady for Her Newborn Son
A humility turned not toward self, but God
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| Christmas: Birth of Our Lord Jesus Christ
The thoughts of Our Lady upon seeing the Divine Infant for the first time
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| Christmas: The Shepherds of Bethlehem
The angels appear with great tidings of joy
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| Christmas: How Silent Night Reflects the German Mentality
A perspective where the sacral must be silent and calm
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| Christmas: The Two Advents of Our Lord Jesus Christ
The reasons for the Nativity & the circumstances of the Last Judgment
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| Christmas: Three Advents for Three Kinds of Men
Where do you fit in the three kinds of men?
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| Christmas: Preparing Soul and Body for Christmas
The ideal Christmas celebration requires a different way of understanding it
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| Christmas: The Glorification of Christmas through History
Important events in History that God desired to take place on Christmas
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| Christmas: Ara Coeli: Altar of the Heavens for the Santo Bambino
An early Roman Church is a symbol of the triumph of Christianity over Paganism
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| Christmas: The Prayer of the Shepherd
A simple shepherd before the Creche can achieve an elevated prayer
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| Christmas: Victory over the Three Egoisms
How to conquer the desires for wealth, pleasures and honors
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| Christmas: The Symbolism of Purity in the Christmas Scene
The purity and nobility of the ermine represent the qualities of the Divine Infant
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Enthronement to the Sacred Heart
History & promises for those who enthrone
Him in their homes
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A Statue of the Sacred Heart Emitting Certainty
Analysis of the supernatural traits of a pious statue
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| Devotion to the Sacred Blood of Jesus Christ Shed in the Passion
Promise of Our Lord to St. Elizabeth of Hungary, St. Matilda & St. Bridget
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| Why Is the Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus So Important?
It stimulates the noblest human sentiments & the noblest affections of Divintiy
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| Honoring Pictures of the Sacred Heart
Words of St. Margaret Mary on this pious practice
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| Promises of the Sacred Heart to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque
In a 1675 revelation Our Lord promised 12 privileges for the faithful
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| The Counter-Revolutionary Role of the Sacred Heart Devotion
How this devotion should properly be understood
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| The Sacred Heart of Jesus: Symbol of Combativity
An aristocratic devotion to form warriors and restore Christendom
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| Sacred Heart: The Sky of Lorraine and the Kingdom of Our Lord
How Christ reigns over each individual, province and people
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| The Five First Saturdays & Nine First Fridays
The conditions requested by Heaven to make them
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| Devotion & Novena to the Holy Face of Jesus
Promises made to a Carmelite nun in the 19th century
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| The Heart of the Son Is Contained in the Heart of the Mother
St. John Eudes, precursor to the Sacred Heart devotion
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| The Precious Blood of Jesus Christ
The Blood of Christ is the fountain of salvation
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| The Devotions to Our Lady & Our Lord Are Inseparable
A man is not a true Catholic without devotion to the Mother of God
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| The Origin of the Feast of Corpus Christi
The mission of St. Juliana of Liege & role of the Miracle of Orvieto
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The Holy Eucharist - Corpus Christi
The marvelous means Our Lord chose to remain with men on earth
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| Series on the Eucharist
 Part 1 - The Magnitude of the Gift of the Holy Eucharist
Comments on a meditation of St. Ignatius of Loyola
Part 2 - Our Debt of Gratitude to the Holy Eucharist
"How can you resist a God Who gives Himself to you?"
Part 3 - ‘Be Confounded by Your Ingratitude’
We should receive Our Lord abounding in confidence
Part 4 - Our Lord’s Affection in Giving Us the Eucharist
The time & way Christ instituted it & the difficulties He experienced
Part 5 - The Value and Efficacy of the Holy Eucharist
"After receiving this gift, how can I refuse You anything?"
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| The Christ Child Crucified on Mount Pichincha
"You must be heroes in the terrible times to come"
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| Page on the Holy Week: Click here to follow the ceremonies
Maundy Thursday, Good Friday & Holy Saturday, sequence & musics
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| Holy Week: The Heroism of Our Lord in the Garden of Gethsemane
A model of Catholic heroism that perseveres to the end
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| Holy Week: 'Who Will Stand Up for Me against Evildoers?'
The isolation of Our Lord in His Passion and a call to our total dedication
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| Holy Week: The Apostolate of Suffering - Part 1
The suffering of being rejected by one's own milieu
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| Holy Week: The Apostolate of Suffering - Part 2
Expiatory suffering to spread the graces of Redemption
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| Holy Week: The Apostolate of Suffering - Part 3
Everything sublime is born from sacrifice
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| Holy Week: How Should We Follow the Passion of the Catholic Church?
A more enthusiastic love, a unconditional dedication, and a keener combativity
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| Holy Week: The Love of the Cross in Today’s Life
True compassion for the Church is to share in her sufferings
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| Holy Week: The Three Falls and the Three Degrees of Exhaustion
The meaning behind each of the three falls of Our Lord on the Way of the Cross
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| Holy Week: Preparation for Good Friday
Three scenes to contemplate and special graces to request
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| Holy Week: God’s Justice and Judas - Part 1
Commentary on ‘Judas, will you betray the Son of Man with a kiss?’
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| Holy Week: God’s Justice and Judas - Part 2
Finding the balance between justice and mercy
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| Holy Week: Our Lord Taken Prisoner
‘You come to imprison me with swords and staffs...’
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| Holy Week: The Reproaches of the Passion - Part 1
The Church laments the ingratitude of the Jews toward their Messiah
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| Holy Week: The Reproaches of the Passion - Part 2
How God freed the Jews from Egypt; their bitter retribution in the Passion
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| Holy Week: The Reproaches of the Passion - Part 3
How God gave to the Jews in the Holy Land, and how they treated Jesus Christ
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| Holy Week: The Seven Last Words of Our Lord
Reactions of the Devil to each of these words, according to Ven. Mary of Agreda
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Devotions to Our Lady
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Slavery to Mary - 4: The Devil's Hatred of True Devotion to Mary
A mysterious hand hides the manuscript & destroys part of it
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Slavery to Mary - 3: The Rewards of Practicing Slavery to Mary
'The Holy Ghost will come in abundance to produce wonders of grace'
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Slavery to Mary - 2: Our Lady Will be Queen of Hearts
We must 'breathe Mary as the body breathes air'
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Slavery to Mary - 1: The Wonderful Effects Our Lady Works in Souls
What comes from Her lasts forever
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The Wise & Immaculate Heart of Mary
How Our Lady practiced the virtue of wisdom
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Our Lady Help of Christians: A Second Victory with Napoleon
Our Lady frees Pope Pius VII from captivity & converts the tyrant
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Pray the Impossible Requests Novena
Beginning on the Annuncation and ending on Christmas
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The Purification - Its Mystery
A prophecy fulfilled as Our Lord entered the Temple
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| A Visit to Our Lady of Belén
Testimony of two pilgrims to Carmel Mission
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| | Our Lady of Knock
Part 1 - The Silence Veils a Secret
Report of the apparition
Part 2 - Our Lady of Knock & the Apparition at La Salette - 2
A comparison of two important 19th century Marian apparitions
Part 3 - Our Lady Appears at Knock during Her Crowning at La Salette
Knock must be seen in light of La Salette's dire message
Part 4 - Our Lady of Knock & Our Lady of Lourdes
Both confirm papal declarations
Part 5 - An Approaching Storm
The Fatima warning prefigured by Our Lady of Knock
Part 6 - Knock, Mediatrix of All Graces & Immaculate Heart of Mary
Knock foresees these two Marian devotions
Part 7 - St. John in the Apparition of Knock
Why is the Apostle wearing a miter & carrying the Apocalypse?
Part 8 - The Living Bishop, St. John
Is Knock telling us that the Apostle has a role to play in end times?
Part 9 - St. John Is Alive, According to Saints
The faithful Bishop who confirms the Apostolic Succession
Part 10 - Popes & Hierarchy Oppose Our Lady’s Messages
Common points in La Salette, Lourdes, Knock & Fatima
Part 11 - A Message Hidden & Defiled by Vatican II Hierarchy
All is joy, peace and ecumenism at the Shrine...
Part 12 - The Lamb & Altar in the Knock Apparition
The progressivists use Knock to promote the New Mass
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| The Heart of the Son Is Contained in the Heart of the Mother
St. John Eudes, precursor to the Sacred Heart devotion
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| Devotion to Maria Bambina
How this devotion was born in Milan & the miracles it worked
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| A Proposal to Sing the Salve Regina
A brief history of the prayer that has enchanted the Catholic world
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| The Devotions to Our Lady & Our Lord Are Inseparable
A man is not a true Catholic without devotion to the Mother of God
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| Mary, the Finder of Grace - Inventrix Gratiae
Why the Church calls Mary 'our life, our sweetness and our hope'
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| Pius IX and the Immaculate Conception
Her beauty, power and protection for sinners
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| Canon Bacci & Our Lady of Genezzano
In gratitude for a great grace, he spreads her devotion
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| Our Lady of Prompt Succor, a Patroness for Americans
Her miraculous protection at the Battle of New Orleans
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| The Virgin of the Dew - La Virgen del Rocio
A million people honor Our Lady in a traditional Spanish procession - Slide show
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| Our Lady of Good Success
Testimonies, articles, prayers and questions about Our Lady of Good Success
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| Our Lady of Fatima
The Third Secret refers to the corruption of the Hierarchy
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| Fatima Issues
A page dedicated to the apparitions of Our Lady at Fatima
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| The Immaculate Conception of Our Lady
Her intransigence and combativeness are counterparts to her purity
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| The Nativity of Our Lady
When the victory of the Devil was complete, she was born, sealing his destruction
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| The Presentation of Our Lady in the Temple
In her life in the Temple, she began her preparation to be the Mother of Our Lord
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| The Annunciation and the Incarnation of the Word
Jesus living in Mary's womb is a mystery that contains all the others
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| The Visitation of Our Lady
The Magnificat refutes a sentimental piety that prevails in many Catholic circles
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| The Divine Maternity of Our Lady
Since she is the Mother of God, she is also the Mother of all men - and our Mother
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| The Assumption of Our Lady
The different joys Our Lady experienced in her Assumption and Coronation
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| The Queenship of Our Lady
To follow the will of Our Lady on earth is to defend the Church in today's crisis
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| Our Lady Queen of the Angels
Asking her to send her Angels to smash the demonic influence of the Revolution
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| Our Lady of the Rosary
Rosary: a means of salvation & a powerful weapon against evil
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| Our Lady, Seat of Wisdom
The greatest means to attain wisdom is through the devotion to the Our Lady
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| Our Lady of the Miracle
The conversion of Ratisbonnne was a strong blow to the Revolution
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| Our Lady of Lourdes
The great lesson of Lourdes is the acceptance of our sufferings
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| Our Lady of Good Counsel of Genazzano
First impressions on standing before this picture of Mother and Son
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| Our Lady of Good Counsel and Pettrucia
The unwavering hope of one woman is rewarded with a great miracle
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| La Macarena – Our Hope
A photo-history of one of the most popular devotions of Holy Week in Seville
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| Our Lady Help of Christians
Just as at Lepanto, Our Lady has a victory prepared for us today
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| Our Lady of Mount Carmel
The Carmel Order and its link with the mystery of Fatima
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| Our Lady of Confidence
Our Lady promised those who venerate this image special protection in crisis
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| Our Lady of the Abandoned Ones
A majestic statue in Valencia who protects her abandoned children
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| Our Lady of Guadalupe
The courtesy of Juan Diego in his dealings with Our Lady
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| Our Lady of Nazareth
An important devotion that traveled from the Old world to the New
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| Our Lady of Las Lajas
No scientist can explain how the marvelous picture is imprinted in the rock
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| Our Lady of Almudena, Patroness of Madrid
The confidence of the Crusaders is rewarded by the discovery of her statue
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| Our Lady of Perpetual Help
The rich symbolism of each part of the Byzantine painting
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| Mater Admirabilis - Mother Most Admirable
A model ideal for young women and ladies in the world
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| La Conquistadora, Our Country's Oldest Devotion to Our Lady
An important reminder of Our Lady's place in American history
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| Our Lady of Kazan and its Relation to the Fatima Message
Russia has not converted and the Icon should not return to the Schismatics
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| The Rosary and the Scapular: Weapons against Pride and Sensuality
Gifts from Out Lady to help us combat our revolutionary tendencies
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Devotions to St. Joseph
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Going to St. Joseph in a Time of Chaos
Increasing our devotion to the Patron of the Catholic Church
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| St. Joseph, an Undervalued Saint
Our Lady advises us to have more recourse to this Great Saint
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| The Feast Day of St. Joseph
His role taking care of Our Lord and Our Lady
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| With St. Joseph at Christmas: In a Sea of Peace
A journey inside the soul of the great Patriarch a little before his Son was born
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| The Importance of Devotion to St. Joseph
St. Teresa of Avila and St. Alphonsus Liguori pay homage to the great Saint
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| Prayer to St. Joseph
To make our family a family of saints
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| The Great St. Joseph
A book rich in data about the Patron of the Church
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Devotions to Special Saints
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| Ven. Antonio Margil: Apostle of New Spain and Texas
The epic story of the Franciscan miracle worker of the Americas
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| St. Philippine Duchesne: Failures Became Her Success
Her life was a series of failures; her perseverance & prayer earned her Heaven
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| St. Therese of the Child Jesus: Master of Her Temperament
A visage that reveals grandeur, suffering and serenity
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| A Tribute to St. Philomena
In thanksgiving for continual favors received
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