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St. Stanislas, Bishop, Martyr
STANISLAS was born in answer to prayer when his parents were advanced in age. Out of gratitude they educated him…
Yearly Archives: 2015
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Reflections for Sunday, May 10, 2015
Meditation and Questions for Reflection or Group Discussion Mass Readings: 1st Reading: Acts 10:25-26, 34-35, 44-48 2nd Reading: 1 John…
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Jesus, May You Increase
Billboards around St. Louis recently are showing a new advertising slogan for a franchise of gyms: “What Will Be Your…
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St. John Before the Latin Gate
In the year 95, St. John, who was the only surviving apostle, and governed all the churches of Asia, was…
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Hang Up the Phone and Play!
It was Saturday afternoon and the sun shone brightly in the sky. After so much rain recently, my children were excited to…
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Hail Mary, Full of Grace
Throughout more than thirty years with degenerative multiple sclerosis there have been horrible times with the disease that dragged me…
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St. Pius V, Pope
A DOMINICAN friar from his fifteenth year, Michael Ghislieri, as a simple religious, as bishop, and as cardinal, was famous…
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On the Road Again: St. Paul–Satan’s Apostle to Ambassador for Christ
His name was Saul. In his young and undiscovered days, before he became Paul the Apostle, he worked as lead…
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St. Monica
MONICA, the mother of St. Augustine, was born in 332. A, a girlhood of singular innocence and piety, she was…
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The Discovery of the Holy Cross
GOD having restored peace to His Church, by exalting Constantine the Great to the imperial throne, that pious prince, who…