Prayer of St Thomas More
Prayer written by Saint Thomas More while he was imprisoned in the Tower of London, awaiting execution by King Henry VIII....
16 June, 2024
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Meeting and Knowing Jesus – Mother Teresa
The following is from a letter that St. Teresa of Calcutta (Mother Teresa) wrote to the religious sisters in the community she founded, the Missionaries of Charity. [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']I[/dropcaps] worry some of you still have not really met Jesus—one-to-one— you and Jesus...
23 May, 2024
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Mother of the Redeemer – John Paul II Redemptoris Mater
REDEMPTORIS MATER (Mary, Mother of the Redeemer) John Paul II Encyclical Letter of John Paul II on the Blessed Virgin Mary in the Life of the Pilgrim Church promulgated on 25 March 1987 [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']T[/dropcaps]he Mother of the Redeemer (Redemptoris Mater) has a precise...
05 May, 2024
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Mother Teresa’s Letter to the US Supreme Court on Abortion and Roe v. Wade
This amicus brief was filed before the U.S. Supreme Court in the cases of Loce v. New Jersey and Krail et al. v. New Jersey in February 1994, by Mother Teresa. It address the 1973 Court decision on Roe v. Wade establishing a legal...
21 January, 2024
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Love of Christ Drives Us – Anthony Claret
St. Anthony Claret here writes about evangelization and the apostolic zeal characteristic of the missionary spirit. He himself exemplified this in his own life, having founded a society of missionaries and serving as a zealous missionary bishop of Cuba....
22 October, 2023
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Thy Kingdom Come – Teresa of Avila
St. Teresa of Avila's comments on the Lord's Prayer, specifically, on the petitions "Hallowed be thy Name" and "Thy Kingdom Come." The excerpt is from her book The Way of Perfection....
15 October, 2023
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Unfathomable Treasure of Grace – Rose of Lima
Saint Rose of Lima on the unfathomable treasure of divine grace which comes to us through afflictions, tribulations, and struggles. Read on her feast day, August 23. [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']O[/dropcaps]ur Lord and Savior lifted up his voice and said with incomparable majesty: “Let...
20 August, 2023
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Duty to Pray and to Love – John Vianney
St. John Vianney, the humble and simple Cure of Ars, on the glorious duty of man to pray. He sees prayer, as intimate union with God in love, as producing serenity and sweetness. And such experience is available to all, including simple lay people. [dropcaps type='normal'...
02 August, 2023
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Friendship with Jesus – Teresa of Avila
St. Teresa of Avila on friendship with Jesus as the key to contemplation and the spiritual life and how all blessings, particularly contemplative prayer, come through the humanity of Christ. This selection is read on the Feast or liturgical memorial of Saint Teresa of Avila...
09 October, 2022
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Dig Deeply into Christ to find Riches & Treasures – John of the Cross
Saint John of the Cross makes clear that the only path to profound knowledge of God and the joy that this brings is through tribulation and suffering. But this difficult path is worth traveling. For Christ, the destination, is like a mine with many pockets...
14 December, 2021
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