Crown of Thorns. Crown of Glory

If you are an alcoholic or an addict, chances are you might be familiar with anxiety and depression. There is a new blog that deals with those issues from a Catholic perspective. It is written by Rosario and is at Crown of Thorns.Crown of Glory: “CATHOLIC HOPE FOR THOSE WITH DEPRESSION AND OTHER ANXIETY DISORDERS.” …

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The many ways of God's healing gifts

The following is a link to an article on being open to the varied and diverse ways that God can heal you. Please read and consider how or if it can be relevant to your life. Spirit Daily – Daily spiritual news from around the world: “GOD IS A GOD OF SURPRISE AND HAS SUCH …

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St. Maximilian Kolbe Novena for Alcoholics and Addicts

In a previous post I wrote about the Feast of St. Maximilian Kolbe . Last year I had written a novena for his intercession for alcoholics and addicts. I neglected to do it this year, but there is no reason for anyone to not start it now. You can say novenas for a saint’s intercessory …

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Feast of St. Maximilian Kolbe

Today is the Feast of St. Maximilian Kolbe, one of my favorite saints. From a blog post of mine from 2007: “St. Maximilian Kolbe was a Polish Franciscan priest who was executed at the Nazi concentration camp at Auschwitz in 1941. He offered himself up in place of another man, who survived the death camp …

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Feast of the Transfiguration

Today marks the Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord. I had written about it earlier, as a part of the meditation on the Fourth Luminous Mystery of the Rosary . Today also marks the beginning of what you may call an “unofficial” Lent. Lent is a period of penance and mortification lasting 40 days, …

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