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The Liturgy in the Vernacular

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2nd Ed. English Cathechism of the Catholic Church 891 “The Roman Pontiff, head of the college of bishops, enjoys this infallibility in virtue of his office, when, as supreme pastor and teacher of all the faithful – who confirms his brethren in the faith he proclaims by a definitive act a doctrine pertaining to faith [...]

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The Seven Last Words of Christ – Dubois

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The Seven Last Words of Christ is presented in eight movements: an introduction for soprano and orchestra followed by a movement for each word of Christ from the cross. Composing for the Catholic church, Dubois used traditional texts from the Roman Catholic Holy Week liturgies to add meditations on the scriptural account.
The opening soprano solo [...]

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Carthusian Spirituality

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Bruno, the Saint of the Charterhouse
God Answers in the Desert
By Giorgio Papasogli
English Edition, Parkminster 1984
Chapter 15
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Carthusian Spirituality
“Bruno was a man of profound ecclesiastical sensibility, and it is easy to understand how this appalling drama could have sharpened within him the desire for a complete personal immolation, and the need for a life [...]

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Novena to Saint Gerard – Day 7

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Saint Gerard, unconquered hero, most patient in suffering, do thou who didst glory in infirmity, and under slander and most cruel ignominy didst rejoice to suffer with Christ, obtain for me patience and resignation in my sorrows, that I may bravely bear the cross that is to gain for me the crown of everlasting glory.
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