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John the Baptist prepares the way for Christ
John the Baptist may be one of the most important figures to appear before Christ’s actual ministry. In the Gospels, it is John who presages the ministry of Christ. He is in his very essence a fulfillment of the prophecy in the Book of…
St. John Fisher-Our chiefest labor
Optional Memorial of St. Paulinus of Nola, Bishop; Sts. John Fisher, Bishop, and Thomas More, Martyrs Our chiefest labor in prayer must be to inflame and set our hearts on fire. — St. John Fisher
St. Teresa of Ávila-The inimitable things
Memorial of St. Aloysius Gonzaga, Religious The inimitable things in the saints often do us the most good. — St. Teresa of Ávila
St. John Bosco-It’s a form of trade
Wednesday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time It’s a form of trade, you see. I ask God for souls, and pay him by giving up everything else. — St. John Bosco
St. Romuald-Take every opportunity
Optional Memorial of St. Romuald, Abbot Take every opportunity you can to sing the psalms in your heart and to understand them with your mind. — St. Romuald
Why did my husband die so young?
Q. Dear Father: On Dec. 10, 2016, I lost my beloved 44-year-old husband to a sudden death. He had no symptoms until three days before he died. We were married for 14 years and have one daughter. We have a lot of friends and family members…
Do I need to confess the abuse I endured?
DEAR FATHER: Father, I have a question for you. A few years ago, my sister went to my 85-year-old mother and revealed a period of incestuous molestation that one of my brothers perpetuated against her, myself, and another sister. I have…
St. Thomas Aquinas-To will change
Monday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time To will change is not the same as to change will. — St. Thomas Aquinas
St. Francis de Sales-On no account give way
Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time On no account give way to sadness, the enemy of devotion. — St. Francis de Sales
St. Bernard of Clairvaux-[Mary] is the ladder
Saturday of the Tenth Week in Ordinary Time Blessed Virgin Mary is the ladder of sinners, she is my chief confidence, she is the whole ground of my hope. — St. Bernard of Clairvaux
