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Christmas Novena

November 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Prayer to Obtain Favors
(here mention your request)

Hail and blessed be the hour
And moment in which the Son of God
Was born of the most pure Virgin Mary,
At midnight, in Bethlehem, in piercing cold.
In that hour vouchsafe, O my God,
To hear my prayer and grant my desires,
Through the merits of Our Saviour Jesus Christ,
And of His Blessed [...]

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The Prayer of the Night

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My friend you will come to know God through our prayer of the night.
At the vigils we keep for our church and world you will be drawn in to Gods presence.
Each night we silently climb our mountain to stand alone before God.
We offer incense and pray psalms to the one who has called us.

That trials [...]

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Stay Awake!

November 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Gospel Commentary for 1st Sunday of Advent
By Father Raniero Cantalamessa, OFM Cap
The first year of the three year liturgical cycle, year A, begins Sunday. Matthew’s Gospel accompanies us through this year.
This Gospel is characterized by its ample reporting of Jesus’ teachings — the famous sermons, such as the Sermon on the Mount — and its [...]

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Encyclical Letter “Spe salvi”

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SPE SALVI
OF THE SUPREME PONTIFF
BENEDICT XVI
TO THE BISHOPS
PRIESTS AND DEACONS
MEN AND WOMEN RELIGIOUS
AND ALL THE LAY FAITHFUL
ON CHRISTIAN HOPE  

Introduction
1. “SPE SALVI facti sumus”—in hope we were saved, says Saint Paul to the Romans, and likewise to us (Rom 8:24). According to the Christian faith, “redemption”—salvation—is not simply a given. Redemption is offered to us in [...]

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Pope: Christ Wills Catholic-Orthodox Unity

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Sends Letter to Istanbul Patriarch on Feast of St. Andrew
Benedict XVI expressed in a letter to Patriarch Bartholomew I of Istanbul his wish that Catholic-Orthodox dialogue continues to progress toward the union that Christ himself desired.
A Vatican delegation, led by Cardinal Walter Kasper, president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, delivered the letter [...]

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