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My Mother, My Confidence

August 20, 2008 | 5 Comments

O Mary Immaculate, the precious name of Mother of Confidence, with which we honor you, fills our hearts to overflowing with the sweetest consolation and moves us to hope for every blessing from you.  If such a title has been given to you, it is a sure sign that no one has recourse to you [...]

Aug

20

Pontiff Prays for Polish Storm Victims

August 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Benedict XVI expressed his spiritual closeness and prayer for victims of unusually severe weather, including a tornado, that hit Poland last Friday night.
The Pope assured his prayers today when he addressed Polish pilgrims who attended the general audience.
Three died in the storms and several were wounded.
“Many have lost the patrimony of a whole life,” the [...]

Aug

20

Blog updates.

August 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment

 PAX!
We will try and get our postings up today as soon as we can. Power is temporarily back on. I’ll try and post now that power is on, before it goes off again. They turn it off and re-route it because the transformers are under water. This is worse than Hurricane Aaron in 1995 because [...]

Aug

20

On the Assumption

August 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Here is a translation of the address Benedict XVI delivered Aug. 15, the solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, before reciting the midday Angelus with several thousand people gathered in the courtyard of the papal summer residence at Castel Gandolfo.
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Dear Brothers and Sisters!
In the heart of what the Latins called [...]

Aug

20

Saint Bernard

August 20, 2008 | 2 Comments

Bernard was born in 1090 in Dijon, France. He and his six brothers and sisters received an excellent education. His heart was broken when his mother died. He was just seventeen. He might have let sadness get the best of him had it not been for his lively sister Humbeline. She cheered him up and [...]

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