Jesus went to the Mount of Olives.But early in the morning he arrived again in the temple area,and all the people started coming to him,and he sat down and taught them.Then the scribes and the Pharisees brought a womanwho had been caught in adulteryand made her stand in the middle.They said to him,“Teacher, this woman […]
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“He realised that devotion to Mary was a feature of highest value to the Order, that the title must render the Order loved by the people, and that if Our Lady should confirm the title by special privileges, the future of the Order would be assured. The Pope had already favored the Order, but their
Today, April 2, is the commemoration of Saint Pedro Calungsod. Pedro was born in 1654 and was educated by the Jesuits in the Visayas. He could read, write and speak Visayan, Spanish, and Chamorro. He had an artistic streak: he could paint, draw, sing, and do carpentry. He was a teenage catechist who worked with
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Some in the crowd who heard these words of Jesus said,“This is truly the Prophet.”Others said, “This is the Christ.”But others said, “The Christ will not come from Galilee, will he?Does not Scripture say that the Christ will be of David’s familyand come from Bethlehem, the village where David lived?”So a division occurred in the
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“The tradition of the first Generals was splendidly maintained by the man of divine election, St. Simon Stock, who figured so largely in the Order’s removal to Europe. The Order has preserved two fine prayers of his which he is said to have recited many times each day. Our Order still recites them daily in
Today, April 1, is the commemoration of Blessed Anacleto González Flores. Anacleto was born in 1888 to a poor family in Jalisco, Mexico. He was recommended by a local priest, a family friend, to enter the seminary. The priest was impressed by his intelligence. Although a standout student, Anacleto realized that he did not have
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Jesus moved about within Galilee;he did not wish to travel in Judea,because the Jews were trying to kill him.But the Jewish feast of Tabernacles was near. But when his brothers had gone up to the feast,he himself also went up, not openly but as it were in secret. Some of the inhabitants of Jerusalem said,“Is
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“Pope and Bishops, even in that first century, affix indulgences to the use of that name and moreover endeavor to grant to the Order a distinction by which it may more easily be recognized. In Northern Europe, we see this being done by the Bishop of Cologne in 1271.” Bl. Titus Brandsma What do you
Today, March 31, is the commemoration of Blessed Natalia Tulasiewicz. Born in 1906 in Poland, Natalia worked as a teacher and led the local lay apostolate. When World War II happened, Natalia decided to join underground educators in Krakow. She voluntarily went to Germany to join women forced into hard labor, as she wanted to
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Jesus said to the Jews:“If I testify on my own behalf, my testimony is not true.But there is another who testifies on my behalf,and I know that the testimony he gives on my behalf is true.You sent emissaries to John, and he testified to the truth.I do not accept human testimony,but I say this so
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