Monthly Archives: March 2015

Jesus to St. Faustina on Spiritual Warfare

Originally at: http://catholicexchange.com/jesus-st-faustina-spiritual-warfare-25-secrets by KATHLEEN BECKMAN In Cracow-Pradnik, June 2, 1938, the Lord Jesus directed a young Polish Sister of Mercy on a three-day retreat. Faustina Kowalska painstakingly recorded Christ’s instruction in her diary that is a mystical manual on prayer and … Continue reading

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Quotes from Saint Padre Pio

1. “Jesus is with you even when you don’t feel His presence. He is never so close to you as He is during your spiritual battles. He is always there, close to you, encouraging you to fight your battle courageously. He is … Continue reading

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Pope Francis blockbuster media interview

Originally at: http://www.cruxnow.com/church/2015/03/13/pope-francis-calls-sexual-abuse-scandals-a-grave-problem/ by Inés San Martín ROME — Pope Francis has delivered one of his strongest statements to date on the Catholic Church’s child sexual abuse scandals, calling them a “grave problem” and declaring that “one priest abusing a minor … Continue reading

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Small Things With Great Love: An Interview with James Rosenbloom

Read this: http://www.ignitumtoday.com/2015/03/12/small-things-with-great-love-an-interview-with-james-rosenbloom/  

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To Be a Father Means Above All to Be at the Service of Life and Growth

Originally at: http://www.zenit.org/en/articles/pontiff-s-reflection-on-st-joseph-at-vesper-service Here is the address Benedict XVI delivered today upon presiding over a celebration of vespers with local clergy and with representatives of ecclesial movements and of other Christian confessions at the Basilica of Mary Queen of the Apostles. … Continue reading

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The Great Reformer: Pope Francis’s Pastoral Revolution, Two Years On

Originally at: http://www.abc.net.au/religion/articles/2015/03/13/4197012.htm by Austen Iveriegh While in Dublin recently, I stopped by the Jesuit community at Milltown to meet a man who had once taught Scripture in a huge college outside Buenos Aires, which was at that time run by the … Continue reading

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Jubilee of Mercy!

(Vatican Radio) The Pontifical Council for the New Evangelization has produced this explanatory note for the upcoming Holy Year, the Jubilee of Mercy. In St. Peter’s Basilica, Pope Francis announced today, March 13, 2015, the celebration of an “extraordinary Holy … Continue reading

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The Thrill of the Chaste, Catholic Edition

Visit here: http://www.austincnm.com/index.php/2015/03/review-the-thrill-of-the-chaste-catholic-edition/#.VQVENY7F_uR  

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Keeping Catholic Schools Catholic

Originally at: http://denvercatholic.org/opinion/keeping-catholic-schools-catholic/#.VQPU_fnF98E by George Weigel There seems to be some dispute as to whether the original Trotskyite—that would be, um, Leon Trotsky—ever said, “You may not be interested in the dialectic but the dialectic is interested in you.” One quotation-archaeologist, … Continue reading

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Persia’s Christian Roots

Originally at: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/anxiousbench/2015/03/persias-christian-roots/ by Philip Jenkins I have been exploring the history of Christianity within the Persian Empire, a subject very well known to specialists working on that area, but less so to their counterparts who study the story in its … Continue reading

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