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Summaries of Catholic Teaching. TOPIC 10: THE PASSION AND DEATH ON THE CROSS OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST.

Summaries of Catholic Teaching. TOPIC 10: THE PASSION AND DEATH ON THE CROSS OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. Author: Antonio Ducay, Professor of Dogmatic Theoloby, Pontificia Università della Santa Croce OUTLINE: Introduction Meaning of the Mystery of the Cross The Cross reveals God’s mercy and justice in Jesus Christ Sinners caused the Cross to…

February 11. OUR LADY OF LOURDES: The Apparitions. 24th World Day of the Sick.

February 11. OUR LADY OF LOURDES. The Apparitions. 24th WORLD DAY OF THE SICK. Dear friends, Happy Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes! This day marks the first apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary in 1858 to fourteen-year old Marie Bernade (St. Bernadette) Soubirous. There were eighteen apparitions in all, the last of which…

JESUS DOES NOT WANT MERE ADMIRERS. HE WANTS ENAMOURED AND FAITHFUL FOLLOWERS.

JESUS DOES NOT WANT MERE ADMIRERS. HE WANTS ENAMOURED AND FAITHFUL FOLLOWERS. As a recently ordained priest, I came upon an article in a Spanish Catholic magazine, in which the author cited an idea which was engraved in my mind and which I have often used in my preaching. The idea, which he attributed to…

POPE FRANCIS IN UGANDA “TEACHERS, CATECHISTS: YOURS IS A HOLY WORK!”

POPE FRANCIS IN UGANDA “CATECHISTS: YOURS IS A HOLY WORK!” Dear friends: Here is a Vatican translation of the address Pope Francis gave on the evening of Nov. 27, 2015, to a meeting of catechists and teachers in Uganda, taken from zenit.org. The meeting was held at the site of the first martyrdoms…

An Appeal to All Men & Women of Goodwill

WE WANT PEACE, STOP THE KILLING, IN THE NAME OF GOD, PLEASE! An appeal to all men and women of goodwill, of any race or religión: With the recent —and past— tragic events of heinous and senseless violence causing numerous deaths and suffering among many people in the world (Beirut, Iraq, Syria, Paris, Nigeria,…

THE FINAL JUDGMENT “He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead.”

THE FINAL JUDGMENT “He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead.” With the celebration of the Solemnity of Christ the King this coming Sunday, we are now in the final days before the end of the liturgical year. During the liturgical year, the Church commemorated the events of the History…

32nd Sunday O.T. (B): GENEROSITY AND COMPLETE TRUST IN GOD.

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THE HOLY SOULS IN PURGATORY (1). On Sin and Temporal Punishment

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POPE FRANCIS On Spirit of Service, Humility and Sacrifice

Pope Francis On the Spirit of Service, Humility and Sacrifice Dear friends, the Church rejoices with the canonization of its new saints, Blesseds Vincenzo Grossi, Maria dell’Immacolata Concezione, Ludovico Martin and Maria Azelia Guérin during the Mass yesterday October 18, 2015 in St. Peter’s Square. During the homily Pope Francis centered his thoughts on Jesus’…

29th Sunday of O.T. (B) SERVIAM! I will serve!

29th Sunday of O.T. (B) Serviam! I will serve! “Almighty ever-living God, grant that we may always conform our will to yours and serve your majesty in sincerity of heart.” Dear friends, the words written above comprise the opening prayer of this Sunday’s Mass in which our Mother Church wishes to remind us of our VOCATION AND…