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Saint of the Day - Saint Benjamin

March 31, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Saint Benjamin (424)
St. Benjamin, Martyr (Feast Day - March 31) The Christians in Persia had enjoyed twelve years of peace during the reign of Isdegerd, son of Sapor III, when in 420 it was disturbed by the indiscreet zeal of Abdas, a Christian Bishop who burned the Temple of Fire, the great sanctuary of the […]

Mar

31

Prelate Laments Murder of 2 Iraqi Women

March 31, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Tells Christians in Kirkuk: “Be Not Afraid”
BAGHDAD, Iraq - The murder of two elderly women of the Catholic Chaldean community in Kirkuk has heightened fears of the spread of anti-Christian violence in Iraq, says Archbishop Louis Sako.
The archbishop of the northern Iraqi diocese told the group Aid to the Church in Need that a Dominican […]

Mar

31

Blessed Dionysius the Carthusian, O. Cart. (PC)

March 31, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Born at Ryckel (near Loos), Flanders; died 1471. At the age of 22,
Dionysius earned his doctorate at the University of Cologne. In 1423,
he entered the Carthusian Order. He excelled as a mystical writer and
on this account has been honored with the title Doctor Ecstaticus.
Though he has never been officially beatified, he is commemorated as
such in […]

Mar

31

Before Prayer by Denys the Carthusian

March 31, 2007 | Leave a Comment

From the book, Ancient Devotions To The Sacred Heart, is this
before prayer petition written by Denys the Carthusian,
“O Lord Jesus Christ, in union with the praises Thou hast offered to
God from all eternity, I desire now to offer up these praises and
prayers, beseeching Thee through Thine infinite mercy, to give me a
contrite and devout heart, […]

Mar

30

Into Great Silence

March 30, 2007 | 4 Comments

Zeitgeist Films presents a documentary directed and written by Philip Groning. In French and Latin with English subtitles. Filmmaker Philip Groning spent six months living among the monks of the Grand Chartreuse Charterhouse in the French Alps for his documentary “Into Great Silence.” The filmmaker was granted unprecedented permission to film in 2002. This was […]

Mar

30

Bl. Columba made the way of the Cross every day of the year except Easter.

March 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment

“When we contemplate the sufferings of Jesus, He grants us, according
to the measure of our faith, grace to practice the virtues which He
revealed during those holy hours. How is this?
When Christ dwelt upon earth, an all-powerful virtue went out from
His Divine Person, healing bodily infirmities, enlightening the mind,
and quickening the soul: Virtus de illo exibat, […]

Mar

30

Saint of the Day - Saint John Climacus

March 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Saint John Climacus (605)
He was a monk on Mount Sinai who went there to live at the age of sixteen. He became an abbot, but after four years returned to his life as a hermit on this sacred mountain. It was on Mount Sinai that God gave Moses the Ten Commandments. It is on Mount […]

Mar

30

Religious Liberty Goes Beyond Worship, Says Prelate

March 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Westminster’s Cardinal Focuses on Service to the Common Good
Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor of Westminster signaled his concern about the kind of culture British society is producing as religion is pushed to the margins.
On the occasion of the 30th Thomas Corbishley Memorial Lecture on Wednesday at Westminster Cathedral Hall, the archbishop said there was a need for […]

Mar

29

Saint of the Day - Saint Jonas and Saint Barachisius and Saint Gladys

March 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Saint Jonas and Saint Barachisius (327)
These were Persian brothers who, with nine companions, were martyred for the Catholic Faith.
Saint Gladys (Fifth Century)
She was a Welsh saint. Her husband, Gundleus, became a saint too, and so did her son, Saint Cadoc.

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29

Omni die dic Mariae, Bernard of Cluny, d. c.1150

March 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment

 Traditional, Henry Bittleston, d.1886, /Trier  Gesangbuch, 1695

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Mar

28

Saint Benedict Center Conference

March 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment

This conference will take place in Nashua, New Hampshire, on August 17 to 19, 2007 for our eleventh annual conference.
Theme: “Conforming our Minds to Reality: Truth, History, and the Present State of Affairs.”
Clergy and Religious
This year, they are waving admission costs for interested clergy and religious. Priests, deacons, brothers, sisters, and seminarians - all are welcome […]

Mar

28

Saint of the Day - Saint John of Capistrano and Saint Spes

March 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Saint John of Capistrano (1456)
He was one of the great apostles of the Holy Name of Jesus. Three other great apostles of the Holy Name of Jesus are: Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, Saint Bernardine of Siena and Saint Ignatius of Loyola. Saint John of Capistrano was a Franciscan. It was through his devotion to the […]

Mar

27

Science Isn’t Only Way to Know

March 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Science Isn’t Only Way to Know, Says Cardinal
Philosophical Papers Aim to Validate Metaphysics
DUBLIN, Ireland - The extraordinary successes of science carry with them the danger of thinking that only scientific knowledge is verifiable, said Cardinal Cahal Daly.
Cardinal Daly, the retired archbishop of Armagh, is publishing a collection of articles called the “Philosophical Papers.”
The book was […]

Mar

27

The Apparition of Our Lord to the Blessed Virgin Mary on the day of His Resurrection

March 27, 2007 | 2 Comments

The Apparition of Our Lord to the Blessed Virgin Mary on the day of His Resurrection
It was on March 27, in the year 33, that Jesus rose from the dead. This was the first Easter Sunday. Our Lord died at three o’clock in the afternoon, on March 25, in the year 33, and was three […]

Mar

26

Portugal and the Dogma of the Faith

March 26, 2007 | Leave a Comment

In Portugal the people have the Faith as something obvious. They do not need a demonstration that the Catholic Faith is true, they just know it as evident. Other peoples discuss whether the Catholic Faith is true to be more secure about it. The simple Portuguese people consider such discussions superfluous. They will admit such […]

Mar

26

Words to Live By

March 26, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Happy moments, PRAISE GOD.
Difficult moments, SEEK GOD.
Quiet moments, WORSHIP GOD.
Painful moments, TRUST GOD.
Every moment, THANK GOD. 
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Mar

26

Saint of the Day - Saint Ludger

March 26, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Saint Ludger (809)
He was the apostle of Saxony, and the first Bishop of Munster. He supported the Emperor Charlemagne in his appreciation and realization of the sanctity and the necessity of the Catholic Faith. Saint Ludger wrote Saint Gregory of Utrecht’s life.
Saint Manuel (304)
This is the Spanish, Portuguese and Catalan form of Emmanuel, which means […]

Mar

25

This is the Greatest of All Days in the History of the World

March 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment

This is the Greatest of All Days in the History of the World.
It was on March 25 that Adam and Eve were created. It was on March 25 that Our Lord was conceived in the womb of the Blessed Virgin Mary. It was on March 25 that Jesus died on the Cross for us, on […]

Mar

24

Omni die dic Mariae

March 24, 2007 | 2 Comments

A copy of this hymn by St. Bernard of Cluny was found beneath the right temple of St. Casimir’s ( 1461 - 1484 ) incorrupt body when his grave was opened.
Daily, daily sing to Mary,
Sing, my soul, her praises due:
All her feasts, her actions honor
With the heart’s devotion true.
Lost in wond’ring contemplation,
Be her majesty […]

Mar

24

Bishops Note Errors in Daniel Maguire’s Works

March 24, 2007 | 1 Comment

Publish Statement on Marquette University Professor 
The U.S. episcopal conference’s Committee on Doctrine has published a statement declaring that the pamphlets published by a Marquette University professor “do not present authentic Catholic teaching.”
The view presented in Daniel Maguire’s two pamphlets on abortion, contraception and same-sex marriage “cross the legitimate lines of theological reflection and simply enter […]

Mar

23

Saint of the Day

March 23, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Our Lady of Victories
This is the name given to a beautiful image of the Blessed Virgin which the French took from the Greeks at Constantinople in 1204 in a battle in which they scored a victory. There is also a famous and much-loved church called Our Lady of Victories in Paris. This church was desecrated […]

Mar

23

The Admonition of Jon Sobrino, SJ

March 23, 2007 | Leave a Comment

John Sobrino, S.J. is the latest liberation theologian to recieve a Vatican censure. It seems that liberation theologians in Latin America can’t seem to get it through their heads that the twin facts of injustice and poverty do not alter the Christian message but confirm its importance. The trick is not to use social problems […]

Mar

22

To Be Credible, Respect Life, Pope Tells Doctors

March 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment

 Benedict XVI told doctors, nurses and other health care workers that their credibility depends on their respect of and love for life.
The Pope gave them this message today when receiving in audience participants of the plenary session of the Pontifical Council for Health Care Ministry.
The Holy Father stated: “Esteem for and confidence in health care […]

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