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On St. John the Baptist

December 9, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Here is a translation of the address Benedict XVI delivered today before reciting the midday Angelus with several thousand people gathered in St. Peter’s Square.* * *
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ!
Yesterday, on the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, the liturgy invited us to turn our gaze to Mary, mother of Jesus and our mother, [...]

Dec

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From the Pastor’s Desk

December 9, 2007 | Leave a Comment

The divorce of mercy from justice is sentimentality, as the divorce of justice from mercy is severity, Mercy is not love when it is divorced from justice. He who loves anything must resist that which would destroy the object of his love. The power to become righteously indignant is not an evidance of the want [...]

Dec

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Office of Paters and Aves

December 9, 2007 | 2 Comments

The Office of the Converse and Donate Brothers and Sisters of the Carthusian Order.
In conformity with Stat .43.10, for each Hour of the Office, the Brother or Sister always enjoys freedom of choice between: an Office composed of Paters and Aves; an Office composed of Psalms.
On the other hand, when the Brother or Sister is [...]

Dec

9

Promises and Vows

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The Catechism of the Catholic Church
Promises and vows
2101 In many circumstances, the Christian is called to make promises
to God. Baptism and Confirmation, Matrimony and Holy Orders always
entail promises. Out of personal devotion, the Christian may also
promise to God this action, that prayer, this alms-giving, that
pilgrimage, and so forth. Fidelity to promises made to God is [...]