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Friday, February 16, 2024

Seven Founders of the Servite Order

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These seven men were the founders of the Servite Order, a community instituted for the special purpose of cultivating the spirit of penance ...

Friday after Ash Wednesday

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At that time: the disciples of John came to Jesus, saying, "Why do we and the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?" An...
Thursday, February 15, 2024

Thursday after Ash Wednesday

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Jesus said, "If any man would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me." - St. Luke 9:23 Jesu...
Wednesday, February 14, 2024

Marked By God For Change

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In days gone by, the Pope, as the Bishop of Rome, would walk barefoot to St. Sabina's Church on the Aventine hill, built on the site of ...
Tuesday, February 13, 2024

So Lent Begins...

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This is the time of the year when our Holy Mother the Church uses all her rich resources to bring us back to holiness, back to wholeness in ...
Monday, February 12, 2024

Fasting and Abstinence in Lent

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Fasting is recommended by the Sacred Scriptures and is practiced by the Church as a means of atonement for sin and commending individuals an...
Sunday, February 11, 2024

Chair of St. Peter Novena

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NOVENA BEFORE THE FEAST OF THE CHAIR OF ST. PETER V. In the Name of the Father, + and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. R. Amen. Antiphon: ...
Saturday, February 10, 2024

Made Whole By Christ

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A leper came to Jesus beseeching him, and kneeling said to him, "If you will, you can make me clean." Moved with pity, he stretch...
Friday, February 9, 2024

St. Scholastica

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Twins often share the same interests and ideas with an equal intensity, so it is no surprise that Scholastica and her twin brother, Benedict...
Wednesday, February 7, 2024

St. Josephine Bakhita

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On February 8, the Church commemorates the life of St. Josephine Bakhita, a Canossian Sister who was kidnapped and sold into slavery in Suda...

St. Jerome Emiliani, Priest and Confessor

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St. Jerome Emiliani was born in the 15th century, and as a young man he became a soldier for the city-state of Venice. During that time he w...
Monday, February 5, 2024

St. Paul Miki and the Martyrs of Japan

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Nagasaki, Japan, is known in history as the city on which the second atomic bomb was dropped in 1945 during the last stages of World War ...
Sunday, February 4, 2024

St. Agatha, Virgin and Martyr

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St. Agatha was born in Sicily, and is one of the many brave and faithful martyrs of the 3rd century. Her family was a wealthy and important ...
Saturday, February 3, 2024

Second Sunday before Lent: Sexagesima

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“At that time: Jesus left the synagogue, and entered the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John. Now Simon's mother-in-law lay ...

St. Blaise, Bishop and Martyr

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St. Blaise was a physician and Bishop of Sebaste, Armenia. He lived in a cave on Mount Argeus and was a healer of men and animals. According...