Today, June 8, is the memorial of Saint Medard. Medard was born in 456 in Picardy, France. His parents were Nectardus and Protagia, both from the nobility. His brother was St. Gildardus. It is said that he was a pious youth and an outstanding student who studied at Saint-Quentin. He was devoted to Nectardus, accompanying […]
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Jesus said to his disciples:“Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets.I have come not to abolish but to fulfill.Amen, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away,not the smallest letter or the smallest part of a letterwill pass from the law,until all things have taken place.Therefore,
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“As an example of a soul that always followed the inspiration of the Holy Ghost, he cites in the same chapter the example of Our Lady ‘la gloriosa’, the glorious one, Mother of God. From her earliest existence she was raised to this state. Never was the image of any creature impressed in her mind,
Today, June 7, is the memorial of Blessed Anne of St. Bartholomew. Secretary of St. Teresa of Avila. Anne Garcia Manzanas was born in 1550 in Spain. At 13, the orphan Anne became a shepherdess. She already knew that she had a vocation. As a devotee to the Passion of Christ, she wanted to consecrate
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Jesus said to his disciples:“You are the salt of the earth.But if salt loses its taste, with what can it be seasoned?It is no longer good for anythingbut to be thrown out and trampled underfoot.You are the light of the world.A city set on a mountain cannot be hidden.Nor do they light a lamp and
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“Particularly does he praise in her the fact that she, who is indeed called by the angel “full of the Holy Ghost”, always let herself be led by the Holy Spirit, an ideal which we must strive after in our intercourse with God, however difficult it may be and however few will be found who
Today, June 6, is the memorial of Mary, Mother of the Church. This is celebrated the Monday after Pentecost. St. Augustine of Hippo and Pope St. Leo the Great, both Doctors of the Church, reflected on the Virgin Mary as Mother of Christ and Mother of the Church. St. Augustine wrote, “Mary is the mother
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Standing by the cross of Jesus were his motherand his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas,and Mary of Magdala.When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple there whom he loved,he said to his mother, “Woman, behold, your son.”Then he said to the disciple,“Behold, your mother.”And from that hour the disciple took her into his
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“For St. John of the Cross, Our Lady is the ideal of the soul that strives upward toward God, and is drawn by God towards Himself. But she is so under more than one aspect. Not always does he express himself with equal force.” St. Titus Brandsma What do you think of this quote? Write
On the evening of that first day of the week,when the doors were locked,where the disciples were,for fear of the Jews,Jesus came and stood in their midstand said to them,“Peace be with you.” When he had said this,he showed them his hands and his side.The disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord. [Jesus] said to
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