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AUTOMATIC SUBSCRIBER MIGRATION TO OUR NEW DOMAIN http://WWW.CATHOLICSSTRIVINGFORHOLINESS.ORG  Dear valued subscribers, During the following days, your subscription to this blog, http://www.catholicsstrivingforholiness.com will be automatically migrated to our new domain, http://WWW.CATHOLICSSTRIVINGFORHOLINESS.ORG . This action would allow you to receive via e-mail the new posts which will be published in our new website. Furthermore, http://WWW.CATHOLICSSTRIVINGFORHOLINESS.ORG has additional features, in…

ST. JOSEMARIA ON PRIESTHOOD

ST. JOSEMARIA ON PRIESTHOOD As we celebrate today, Mar. 28, the anniversary of the priestly ordination of St. Josemaria (1925), let us thank God for the gift of priesthood and pray for the holiness, apostolic zeal and fidelity of all priests. Let us also ask Our Lord to send us vocations to priesthood. Below you…

POPE FRANCIS ON THE PARABLE OF THE BARREN FIG TREE.

POPE FRANCIS ON THE PARABLE OF THE BARREN FIG TREE. Here is a ZENIT translation of the address Pope Francis gave March 24, 2019, 3rd Sunday of Lent, before praying the midday Angelus with those gathered in St. Peter’s Square. * * * Before the Angelus: Dear Brothers and Sisters, good morning! The Gospel of this Third…

Pope Francis’ Address at Loreto on the Annunciation of Our Lord.

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March 25 ANNUNCIATION OF THE LORD [Solemnity] Mass prayers and readings

March 25 ANNUNCIATION OF THE LORD [Solemnity] Mass prayers and readings ENTRANCE ANTIPHON The Lord said, as he entered the world: Behold, I come to do your will, O God. [–» Greeting] COLLECT O God, who willed that your Word should take on the reality of human flesh in the womb of the Virgin Mary,…

CATHOLICS STRIVING FOR HOLINESS NEW WEBSITE.

Dear friends, starting March 25, 2019, your Catholic spiritual resource site, Catholics striving for holiness will have a new domain, http://www.catholicsstrivingforholiness.org Our http://www.catholicsstrivingforholiness.com domain will continue to work till further notice. We kindly suggest that you follow us and subscribe to our catholicsstrivingforholiness.org domain because the new posts will be published there. Thank you for your following and…

Lenten reading: HOLD FAST TO GOD, THE ONE TRUE GOOD (St. Ambrose).

Lenten reading: HOLD FAST TO GOD, THE ONE TRUE GOOD (St. Ambrose). Where a man’s heart is, there is his treasure also. God is not accustomed to refusing a good gift to those who ask for one. Since he is good, and especially to those who are faithful to him, let us hold fast to…

Lenten readings: THE MEANING OF THE “FEAR OF THE LORD” (St. Hilary of Poitiers).

Lenten readings: THE MEANING OF THE “FEAR OF THE LORD” (St. Hilary of Poitiers). Blessed are those who fear the Lord, who walk in his ways. Notice that when Scripture speaks of the fear of the Lord it does not leave the phrase in isolation, as if it were a complete summary of faith. No, many…

PRAYER OF ST. DISMAS, THE GOOD THIEF

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3rd SUNDAY OF LENT. Mass prayers and readings.

3rd SUNDAY OF LENT. Mass prayers and readings. On this Sunday the first scrutiny in preparation for the Baptism of the catechumens who are to be admitted to the Sacraments of Christian Initiation at the Easter Vigil is celebrated with the proper prayers. ENTRANCE ANTIPHON My eyes are always on the Lord, for he…

DAILY GOSPEL: “‘Can you drink the chalice that I am going to drink?’ They said to him, ‘We can.'”

DAILY GOSPEL WEDNESDAY, 2ND WEEK OF LENT: Mt 20:17–28 As Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the Twelve disciples aside by themselves, and said to them on the way, “Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be handed over to the chief priests and the scribes, and…

FIDELITY TO OUR DIVINE VOCATION: Let us ask it from God through St. Joseph.

FIDELITY TO OUR DIVINE VOCATION: Let us ask it from God through St. Joseph. Fidelity to the Lord is what gives meaning to our lives, no matter what our age or personal circumstances. We know that our earthly happiness depends upon our firm faith exercised and actualized daily, especially during difficult moments. As s spiritual…