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"The first thing that must strike a non-Christian about a Christian's faith is that it is all too daring. It is too beautiful to be true: The mystery of being, unveiled as absolute love, coming down to wash the feet and the souls of its creatures; a love that assumes the whole burden of our guilt and hate, that accepts the accusations that shower down.. all the scorn and contempt that nails down his incomprehensible movement of self-abasement -- all this absolute love accepts in order to excuse his creature before himself......"

(Hans Urs von Balthasar)

Sorry for being offline a bit :)

I had many deaths and sicknesses to deal with and have been more "inactive" online.

I have been unable to get to email or blogs, some Twitter but not much.

I am trying now to get back online...I am recovering from double lung bronchitis and my 6 year old had 2 weeks of walking pneumonia with high fevers (got to 106.2 even! yikes).

However, it is the end of year business, so I may be spotty for a tad bit but should be good back in 2012...God Willing, right?!

I hope you are all doing well.  Thanks for subscribing and commenting and recommending my blog!

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Happy Advent and especially, today, Happy Feast of the Immaculate Conception! :)

(via FrCassian Sama)
The feast of the Immaculate Conception reminds us that if God in His mercy and goodness towards mankind can make His Mother Mary immaculate in her being from the time she was conceived, it is also possible that, though our hearts have been tainted by sin, it can be made immaculate again and again through the blood of the seed (Jesus) of Mary. Thanks to Mama Mary for this possibility--Fr.CS,OP

LAY DAY OF FAST FOR PRIESTS IS SAT 22 OCT!

Lay Day of Fast for Priests
Saturday, 22 October 2011

Lay Day of Fast for Priests 2011

Suggested Format of Fast (Text)

FAST will be from Dawn until 3.00 PM.

Participants can fast from any thing that will allow each to
share in some way in the sacrifice of Our Lord. Fasting from
Food, Television, Speech,Cigarettes or anything else will be
offered for the fast hours on behalf of our priests in the
local, national and Universal Church.

Suggested 3.00 PM Concluding Service

• Eucharistic Adoration -ending at 3.00 PM
  
• Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
  
• World Mission Rosary for Our Priests
  
• Closing Benediction
  
• Prayer for Priests (Text)
  

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Would that today you might fast so as
to make your voice heard on high, this
is the fasting that I wish which will
release those bound unjustly and untie
the thongs of the yoke. It will set free
the oppressed. Then your light shall
break forth like the dawn, and your
wounds shall quickly be healed; your
vindication shall go before you and the
glory of the Lord shall be your
rearguard. Then you shall call and the
Lord will answer, you shall cry for help
and He will say:    Here I am!

                    (adapted from Isaiah 59: 6-14)

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page. Thank you.

The Sixth annual, worldwide Lay Fast for Priests will take
place on Saturday, 22 October 2011. Every lay member of
the Body of Christ is invited to join the global fasters from
all corners of the Universal Church who want to lift up our
priests to Almighty God for their protection, divine
sustenance and fidelity to the ministry of Holy Orders.

via annaprae.com

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Archbishop Fulton Sheen credited with baby's stunning recovery

Archbishop Fulton Sheen credited with baby's stunning recovery

via catholicnewsagency.com

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St. Padre Pio and Giovanna: The debt he paid for a soul :: Catholic News Agency (CNA)

St. Padre Pio and Giovanna: The debt he paid for a soul

via catholicnewsagency.com

Every September 23, the Catholic Church celebrates the feast day of St. Padre Pio. This holy Capuchin priest from Pietrelcina, Italy was widely known for his supernatural gifts of bi-location, reading souls and the bodily marks of Christ, better known as stigmatas. What may be less known, however, was the debt he willing to pay in order to save souls.

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Pope says Catholic-Jewish dialogue important for society

Pope says Catholic-Jewish dialogue important for society

via catholicnews.com

The Nazi "reign of terror" clearly demonstrated the depths of evil that men are capable of when they deny God and the dignity of all people he created, Pope Benedict XVI told leaders of Germany's Jewish community.

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Can you help Deacon John?

Please Donate for my wife’s Kidney failure Medical bills. She’s on weekly Procrit shots . You will always be in my daily prayers. God Bless+

via deaconjohnspace.wordpress.com

"I work a part-time job to help pay for the medications and doctor visits, but it’s really tough making ends meet. "

Deacon John has GREAT internet work (check out his blogs!) and is a great Deacon....so, I just post this to share IN CASE someone reading this has extra funds that they won't really miss and are looking for a decent person to help. :)

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A Priest is not born of an Angel

“A priest is not born of an angel but of
a mother. He is chosen from amongst the
people, is anointed with the Sacrament of
Priesthood and returned back to the people,
to the Church – into their care, their prayer
and their love. The priest is a sign of the
omnipotence of our God. Pray for priests.
Love them. Support them. Help them to be
holy. We are weak and fragile. If your knees
are not bent in prayer for us, we stumble and fall. We need your prayer.” - Fr. Jozo Zovko ofm

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Vienna cardinal takes tough line on priest revolt | Reuters

(Reuters) - The head of Vienna's Roman Catholic community ruled out sweeping changes demanded by dissident priests and said there could be "serious conflict" if they defied Church teaching on celibacy or give communion to remarried divorcees.

via uk.reuters.com

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Atheist scholar wanted a Catholic funeral - CathNews

Smith was baptised a Catholic and specified a Catholic funeral service, stressing, however, that, ''I will die an atheist''. He was a Marxist to the end, but tempered his politics with the knowledge that in life we are measured by our achievements. 

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Deed for the Pious Transfer of His Holiness John Paul II (translated in English!)

Deed for the Pious Transfer of His Holiness John Paul II

via flickr.com

Interesting!

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The Power of the Heart (great tiny read)

The Power of the Heart

Father Pius E Sammut
Discalced Carmelite

via ourgardenofcarmel.org

A great tiny read...click link to website to read it.

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The Power of the Heart (great tiny read)

The Power of the Heart

Father Pius E Sammut
Discalced Carmelite

via ourgardenofcarmel.org

A great tiny read...click link to website to read it.

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Miles Jesu: Sons and Daughters of the Immaculate of Heart of Our Lady of the Epiphany, An Ecclesial Family of Consecrated Life in the Catholic Church

Miles Jesu participates in the Church’s mission principally through the new evangelization: led by the spirit of the Gospel for the sanctification of the world from within as leaven. Our goal is to provide a specific means for the laity to recognize and live out the call to become saints, not only by work but by family and social commitment, and to help others become saints. This calls for leaders in seeking the Kingdom of God by engaging in temporal affairs and by ordering them according to the plan of God.

via milesjesu.com

Click link above for more info...

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Corpus Christianum - For the Renewal of Christendom -Private Association (info)

CORPUS CHRISTIANUM is an international Private Association of the Faithful, open both to men and women, dedicated to praying for a renewal of Christendom.

via corpuschristianum.org

Click link above for more info if you are interested.

"The Catholic Church is by far the largest, the most widespread, and the most ancient of Christian communions in the world, and is moreover the mighty trunk from which the other communions claiming to be Christian have broken off at one time or another. If, then, we limit the application of the term Christendom to this, its most authentic expression, the unity of Christendom is not a lost ideal to be recovered, but a stupendous reality which has always been in stable possession. For not only has this Catholic Church ever taught that unity is an essential note of the true Church of Christ, but throughout her long history she has been, to the amazement of the world, distinguished by the most conspicuous unity of faith and government..."

- The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume XV

"Give me an army saying the Rosary and I will conquer the world!"
- Pope Pius IX

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FRIENDS OF THE SUFFERING SOULS (Masses for Holy Souls in Purgatory)

Welcome to the website of the Friends of the Suffering Souls, a Catholic Lay Association conducting a perpetual novena of Masses for the Holy Souls in Purgatory. 

This association was inspired by the 100 consecutive Masses offered for the Holy Souls by the Venerable Archdeacon Cavanagh, Parish Priest of Knock prior to the appearance there of Our Blessed Mother in 1879.

Each member undertakes to arrange at least one Mass each year for all the holy souls and our deceased member.

But you can arrange as many Masses as you wish for this novena.

It is our goal to reach an average of 100 Masses for the holy souls each and every day of the year

via knocknovena.com

Great site to get involved in! click link above.....

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Prayer to St Peregrine and for Prayer Requests to the Shrine (click)

A Prayer to St. Peregrine for Sick Relatives and Friends

O great St. Peregrine, you have been called "The Mighty", the "The Wonder Worker" because of the numerous miracles which you obtained from God for those who have turned to you in their need. For so many years you bore in your own flesh this cancerous disease that destroys the very fiber of our being. You turned to God when the power of human beings could do no more, and you were favored with the vision of Jesus coming down from His cross to heal your affliction. I now ask God to heal these sick persons whom I entrust to you:

(Here mention their names)

Aided by your powerful intercession, I shall sing with Mary a hymn of gratitude to God for His great goodness and mercy.

Amen.

via servite.org

Click link for more info...a prayer card to St Peregrine, his story, or prayer requests or Mass schedules at the shrine, etc.

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United States Association of Consecrated Virgins (Click for Info)

the website of the United States Association of Consecrated Virgins (USACV)

via consecratedvirgins.org

A voluntary association of consecrated virgins living in the world! The purpose of the USACV is to provide support to its members in the faithful living out of their vocation and “…to assist one another in service to the Church as befits their state.” (Canon 604, Code of Canon Law). Click for info the link above.

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BSP Brothers and Sisters of Penance (another lay association, click for info)

The BROTHERS AND SISTERS OF PENANCE

via bspenance.org

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Confraternity of Penitents, Catholic Lay Association, Franciscan Third Order (Click for more info!)

The Confraternity of Penitents

via penitents.org

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