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U.S. Dollars Rebuilding Peru Churches

January 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment

The Church in the United States will help Cubans construct a cathedral and Peruvians to rebuild their churches after last year’s earthquake.
These are just two of the projects that stand to receive help from the 2008 Collection for the Church in Latin America, which will be taken up in most U.S. parishes Jan. 26-27.
The theme […]

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St. Augustine Encourages Our Trust in an Ever-Living Christ

January 16, 2008 | 1 Comment

  Continuing the catechesis he began last week on the subject of St. Augustine, in today’s general audience, held in the Paul VI Hall, the Pope considered the final years in the life of that Doctor of the Church.
  The Holy Father highlighted how, four years before his death, St. Augustine had appointed a successor, […]

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In The Desert

January 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment

In the desert we can only stay if Jesus calls us.
We will only persevere if we follow in the footsteps of the Son of God.
There is no other reason or purpose for this journey.
We are not in our individual solitudes for ourselves alone.
The desert began the saving work of Christ.
After his baptism Jesus was driven […]

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Ask God for Unity among All Christ’s Disciples

January 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment

  At the end of today’s general audience, held in the Paul VI Hall, the Holy Father recalled that the day after tomorrow, 18 January, marks the beginning of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, the theme of which this year is St. Paul’s invitation to the Thessalonians: “Pray without ceasing”.
  This time the […]

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“a paradox”

January 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment

“Here [Charterhouse] , we gaze past the horizons of structure to the
Mystery that both sustains and outstrips it. One aspect of this
Mystery of particular contemporary interest, we believe, can be
envisaged as a paradox, although clearly conformed to traditional
spirituality: to seek the Absolute, and him alone, we must relinquish
it, since it so swiftly shows itself to […]

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Anniversary of Mother Mariana’s Death

January 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Happy Feast Day of Mother Mariana de Jesus Torres!
On January 16th, 1635, as Mother Mariana was given the great grace of knowing the day and the hour of her death, she prepared her community for her death. She had written a Last Will and Testament to be used as a guide for the Conceptionist Monastery for all […]