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Pentecost IGNATIAN SPIRITUALITY: SET THE WORLD ABLAZE - May 15, 2013 ... dramatic events to the short account of Pentecost in the Fourth Gospel. Jesus, on his day of resurrection, comes into the midst of his Disciples and says, "Peace be with you" and then shows him his hands and his side. After wishing them peace again, he breathes the Holy Spirit onto them and gives them the power to retain and forgive sins – a very simple gesture, but very effective. What do the two accounts communicate to us? In Acts, Luke stresses the importance of ...http://predmore.blogspot.com/2013/05/pentecost.html
Go to Joseph VULTUS CHRISTI - May 1, 2013 ... in thy grief, when death knocks at thy door. Go to Joseph no matter when, thy refuge he will be. He holds the key to Jesus' Heart, Its treasures are for thee! Saint Joseph in May The month of May begins with a feast of Saint Joseph. It is significant that the commemoration of Saint Joseph both precedes and follows the heart of the whole liturgical year: the glorious Pasch of the Lord. We celebrated Saint Joseph on March 19th; he returns to us again today. Saint Joseph is never ...http://vultus.stblogs.org/2013/05/go-to-joseph-1.html
Spiritual Exercise PEWSPECTIVE - April 30, 2013 ... that I have in mind to say. Prayers appreciated.] Thomas Merton began his biography with these words: On the last day of January in 1915, under the sign of the Water Bearer, in a year of a great war, and down in the shadow of some French Mountains on the borders of Spain, I came into the world. I think mine begins this way: On a holiday now forgotten, in 1951, under the sign of the Balance, as a minor war came to a stale mate, under the shadow of a crucifix, a baby scientist ...http://pewspective.blogspot.com/2013/04/spiritual-exercise.html
A Father Z Favorite: Saint Gianna Molla THE BLACK CORDELIAS - April 28, 2013 ... had made me think a great deal. Even I have faith now and so let's wait for the death of the fetus". Elisabete left the hospital and went to the home of Carlos Cesar's aunt, Janete Arcolino, who was a nurse. Dr. Bicego lent them the sonar machine so that they could monitor the heart beat of the child and told them to check her temperature and blood pressure every six hours. They continued the super hydration treatments and eventually began a cortisone treatment to prevent problems with the ...http://theblackcordelias.wordpress.com/2013/04/28/a-father-z-favorite-saint-gianna-molla/
The Moynihan Report: Letter #53: Protect MARY, OUR MOTHER - March 19, 2013 ... Pope Francis to open his pontificate draws on the work and image of St. Joseph, spouse of Mary, head of the Holy Family. And that message is to "protect." This message is important at a time when the figure of the person who "protects," be he or she a father, a mother, a priest, a scholar, a leader, is under attack -- in a time when the "protection" is entrusted to others, or to none, when the "protectors" are anonymous, or hidden, or when they simply don't ...http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/YVVY/~3/cRGHy9nWSP8/the-moynihan-report-letter-53-protect.html
The Life of Saint Brigid of Ireland THE KOALA BEAR WRITER - February 1, 2013 ... While it's hard to find much information about her life, it is clear that she was a holy woman who had a great impact upon the country of her day. Saint Brigid's Childhood Brigid was born in about 450 in Ireland. Her father was an Irish chieftain and her mother was a slave in his court. Her parents may have been baptized by Saint Patrick and she herself likely heard the great saint preach. She was interested in the religious life from a young age. Brigid likely worked in her ...http://www.thekoalabearwriter.com/2013/02/the-life-of-saint-brigid-of-ireland.html
Goffine's Devout Instruction on the Feast of Saint Brigid ST. CONLETH'S CATHOLIC HERITAGE ASSOCIATION - February 1, 2013 ... Bronchessa, was descended from the noble house of the O'Connors. Bridget spent her early years in Connaught, and was reared by a nurse who fortunately for her, was a Christian. She grew up beautiful in appearance, but still more so in her heavenly virtues, her meekness, humility and sweetness of manner. Her mother and her nurse carefully instructed her in the Christian religion; and deeply impressed upon her young mind the goodness and mercy of Jesus, and the ...http://catholicheritage.blogspot.com/2013/02/goffines-devout-instruction-on-feast-of.html
St. Mother Marianne Cope A CATHOLIC MOM IN HAWAII - January 23, 2013 "The Beloved Mother of the Outcasts" Today is the feast of our beloved saint and one of the Church's newest saints recently canonized. Today would also have been her 175th birthday. The following are excerpts pertaining to Mother Marianne's death from the late Sister Mary Laurence Hanley, OSF's biography of St. Marianne Cope entitled A Song of Pilgrimage and Exile. "Although her body's strength was ...http://hicatholicmom.blogspot.com/2013/01/st-mother-marianne-cope.html