Since November is dedicated to the Holy Souls in Purgatory, I am commending this Sacred Heart Friday post to them. Since, as you must know by now, the devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus is partly about our making reparations for the sins of others, what better population to make reparations for than the …
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This is an annual post on a fruitful pious devotion for November: Catholic Culture has an excellent article regarding a very beneficial pious activity that can aid in your own spiritual progression. It also is a good reminder of where we’ll end up someday. (A grave. Morbid, true, but you wouldn’t be here unless you’re …
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My wife ran across this article the other day about a newly Blessed in the Catholic Church who worked with addicts, the homeless, and other marginalized people: Blessed Sandra Sabattini, the first bride-to-be beatified in the Catholic Church | Catholic News Agency Her last words, written before her death (from being hit by a car) …
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For this Immaculate Heart Saturday, I’d like to post a thought-piece that’s like a companion to yesterday’s post. This time on the relationship between the Immaculate Heart of Mary and the Little Way of St. Therese of Lisieux. The Immaculate Heart of Mary is the purity of Mary’s love for her children (and we are her …
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For this Sacred Heart Friday, I’d like to post a little thought-piece on a relationship between the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Little Way of St. Therese of Lisieux. The Sacred Heart is, as you must know by now, the intense love that God has for humanity. A love so great that He gave …
For this Sacred Heart Friday post I did a search for “October 20 and the Sacred Heart,” and not expecting to find much, perhaps a feast day for a saint dedicated to it. I didn’t, but the first hit was this: Feast of Mater Admirabilis – Academy Of The Sacred Heart (LA): On October 20 …
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Today is the feast day of St. Margaret Mary Alaocoque, the Apostle of the Sacred Heart. I found a few prayers that are relevant to this blog and some of the topics I’ve been writing about. In this article by Anne Costa, (whom I’ve reviewed her before, please check out: “A review of two books …
Due to a variety of circumstances within my control, I haven’t come up with anything substantive for this week’s Immaculate Heart Saturday. So, here are two images, the first is a pretty one of Mom as the Immaculate Heart. The next is one of Mom being crowned Queeen of Heaven and Earth. In these days …
Today is October 13th, the day we recall the “Miracle of the Sun” event at Fatima in 1917. This was intended to be a warning. Our Lady said at Fatima, ‘War is punishment for sin.” World War I was raging at the time and among her warnings was that a worse war would take place …
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Today is the Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary; originally known as Our Lady of Victory, it was created to honor the Blessed Virgin Mary whose protection and intervention were credited with the Holy League’s defeat of the Ottoman Navy in 1571. Failure of the League would have been disastrous for Christian Europe, already …