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Dios es amor

Algunos cómo hemos llegado a temer dar nuestra voluntad y nuestra vida total en el amor a Dios que es amor. Este temor es un engaño. Dios no se remover nuestra alegría, pero nos muestran la manera de vivir la plenitud de la vida y vivir en la imitación de Cristo que...

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God is Love

Some how we have come to fear giving our will and our total life in love to God who is love. This fear is a deception, as God does not take our joy away, but shows us the way to live the fullness of life and in living in imitation of Christ we receive true joy. "And...

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“First Things First” — A Call for Penance

Full text of Presidential Address at the opening session of USCCB Plenary in Baltimore by Cardinal Timothy Dolan. My brother bishops, Yes, we have "a lot on our plate" as we commence our meeting, urgent issues very worthy of our solicitude as pastors -- the suffering...

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Anima Christi

Soul of Christ, sanctify me Body of Christ, save me Blood of Christ, inebriate me Water from Christ's side, wash me Passion of Christ, strengthen me O good Jesus, hear me Within Thy wounds hide me Suffer me not to be separated from Thee From the malicious enemy defend...

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Post Election Distress

My dear parishioners, The morning after the election I felt upset and distressed, but not related to any specific thing. As I reflected on this, I checked out Facebook and was further upset and later guided to lasting peace. My distress was like soldiers who are...

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The Lord’s Prayer — The Our Father

From a letter to Proba by Saint Augustine, bishop (Ep. 130, 11,21-12,22; CSEL 44, 63-64) On the Lord’s Prayer We need to use words so that we may remind ourselves to consider carefully what we are asking, not so that we may think we can instruct the Lord or prevail...

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Cardinal Dolan on Reconciliation

Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan Synod Intervention Tuesday, October 9, 2012 The great American evangelist, The Venerable Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, commented, “The first word of Jesus in the Gospel was ‘come’; the last word of Jesus was ‘go’.” The New Evangelization ...

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Why do Catholic Crucifixes have a Corpus?

Did you ever wonder why Catholics use and respect Crucifixes rather than plain crosses. It is NOT because Catholics do not recognize Easter as some badly misinformed preachers have claimed. There can be no Easter without Good Friday, the scarificial death of Jesus on...

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