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St. Mary of Egypt
AT the tender age of twelve, Mary left her father’s house that she might sin without restraint, and for seventeen…
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St. Perpetuus, Bishop
ST. PERPETUUS was the eighth Bishop of Tours from St. Gatian, and governed that see above thirty years, from 461…
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St. Hegesippus, a primitative father of the Church
HE was by birth a Jew, and belonged to the Church of Jerusalem, but travelling to Rome, he lived there…
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Easter Sunday
The resurrection of the dead is one of the most consoling truths of Christianity. To die forever would be the…
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Good Friday
Jesus Christ was nailed to the cross about midday, expired thereon in the afternoon, and was taken down in the…
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Holy Thursday/Maundy Thursday
On this day we mark the Last Supper and our Lord’s institution of the Holy Eucharist. It was also the…
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Spy Wednesday
So named for the clandestine plans of Judas Iscariot. Matthew 26:14-16. “Then one of the Twelve called Judas Iscariot went…
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Palm Sunday
Lessons without end, at once lofty and hallowing, might be deduced from the triumphant entry of Jesus Christ into Jerusalem,…
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St. Gontran, King
ST. GONTRAN was the King of Burgundy (present day east-central France) from 561 to 593. Gontran was the second surviving…