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Two Places, One Mission: The (10)Saints Who Bilocated for God’s Glory

January 6, 2025

Profiled Saints and Beati Known to Have Bi-Located The Catholic Church has long been a treasure trove of mystical phenomena, from incorruptible bodies to miraculous healings. Among these wonders is the extraordinary gift of bilocation—being present in two places at once. While this phenomenon remains rare, it has been documented in the lives of several…
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How to bless your home with Epiphany chalk

January 3, 2025

ach year around the feast of the Epiphany many parishes throughout the world participate in an annual blessing of chalk. It is an ancient tradition that not only places God at the entrance of your home, it places your entire family under his protection. The Epiphany blessing of chalk and homes is a centuries old…
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A JUBILEE PRAYER BASED ON SCRIPTURE AND THE POPE FRANCIS BULL OF INDICTION OF THE ORDINARY JUBILEE OF THE YEAR 2025 By Fr Emil Milat

December 31, 2024

Powered By EmbedPress A JUBILEE PRAYER BASED ON SCRIPTURE AND THE POPE FRANCIS BULL OF INDICTION OF THE ORDINARY JUBILEE OF THE YEAR 2025 By Fr Emil Milat Heavenly Father Thank you for this Sacred Jubilee Year of Hope. A time of greater intensity in the life of Grace where liberation is proclaimed according…
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From the Manger to the Magi: 10 Ways to Celebrate the 12 Days of Christmas

December 26, 2024

The presents have been unwrapped, the carols have been sung, and the joyful Mass of Christmas Day has come and gone. But wait—Christmas isn’t over yet! The Church gives us 12 glorious days to continue celebrating, right up to the Feast of the Epiphany (January 6). Between the manger and the Magi, there’s a whole…
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How We Know Jesus Was Actually Born On 25th December?

December 23, 2024

How We Know Jesus Was Born on December 25 Introduction The Catholic Church, since at least the second century, has celebrated the birth of Christ on December 25. However, some argue that Jesus was not born on this date. Let us examine the usual objections to December 25 as Christ’s birthday and provide theological, historical,…
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Advent and the End Times: What Advent Teaches Us About the Second Coming!

December 19, 2024

Advent is more than a countdown to Christmas; it’s a call to spiritual renewal, a season of hope, and a time to prepare not just for the celebration of Christ’s birth, but for His glorious return at the end of time. In the hustle of the holiday season, Advent whispers a reminder: Stay awake. Be…
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Chaplet, Novena, Prayer to Our Lady of Mercy

December 17, 2024

Chaplet to Our Lady of Mercy (consists of three decades) In the beginning: Hail, holy Queen, Mother of Mercy; our life, our sweetness and our hope! To you do we cry, poor banished children of Eve. To you do we send our sighs, mourning and weeping in this valley of tears. Turn, then, most gracious…
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I met a miracle : the story of John Traynor, miraculously cured at Lourdes

December 14, 2024

The Astonishing Miracle of John Traynor: From Broken Veteran to Lourdes Pilgrim On September 10, 1937, Reverend Patrick O’Connor, a missionary of St. Columban, found himself face-to-face with a miracle in the bustling railway station of a French town. That miracle had a name—John Traynor. Towering at five feet ten, with a strong ruddy face…
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A Visit from St. Nicholas | Twas the night before Christmas

December 13, 2024

‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the houseNot a creature was stirring, not even a mouse;The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there; The children were nestled all snug in their beds;While visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads;And mamma in her ‘kerchief, and…
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What is LAS POSADAS? How to Celebrate?

December 12, 2024

LAS POSADAS is an Advent devotion common among Mexican and Latino Christians. Although customs vary, generally on each of the nine evenings before Christmas Eve members of local families gather together, sing traditional villancicos (Spanish Christmas hymns), and are lead by two members dressed as Mary and Joseph to designated homes (“inns”) where they seek shelter as the…
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