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A prayer for the world’s children

August 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment

“He took the children in his arms, put his hands on them and blessed them.” — Mark 10:16

We pray for the children
Who sneak popsicles before supper,
Who erase holes in math workbooks,
Who can never find their shoes.
And we pray for those
Who stare at photographers from behind barbed wire,
Who can’t bound [...]

Aug

19

Role of the Lay Faithful

August 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Here is the text of Secretary of State Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone’s Aug. 8 keynote address at the annual convention of the Knights of Columbus.
The text is provided by the Knights of Columbus.
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Celebrating 125 years of Faith in Action: Witnessing to the ‘Yes’ of Jesus Christ
Address of His Eminence Tarcisio Cardinal Bertone, S.D.B.
Secretary of [...]

Aug

19

Praise to God’s Goodness

August 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Prayer of the Presence of God
Dom Augustin Guillerand
PART IV: THE PRAYER OF PRAISE
40 - Praise to God’s Goodness
MY GOD, you are goodness in its essential source. You receive it from no one, and you possess it in possessing your Being. Indeed, it is your Being. You are good in the same way as you _are_, [...]

Aug

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Saint John Eudes

August 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment

John Eudes was born in Normandy, France, in 1601. He was the oldest son of a farmer. Even as a child, he tried to copy the example of Jesus in the way he treated his family, friends and neighbors. When he was only nine, another boy slapped his face. John felt himself becoming angry. Then [...]