Category: Catholic Motivation

Have you heard of “Our Lady of Old Silverware”?

November 16, 2023

By Aleteia Aplaster statue of Our Lady is on display in Thérèse’s bedroom at Les Buissonnets, the Martin family home in Lisieux. Today, this representation of the Mother of God is known as “Our Lady of the Smile.” However, it’s merely a reproduction of the statue to which the young woman from Lisieux attributed her…
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Prayer ‘Dearest and most Blessed Virgin Mary. . .’by St. Thomas Aquinas

September 19, 2023

Dearest and most blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God, overflowing with affection, Daughter of the Sovereign King, and Queen of the Angels: Mother of Him Who created all things, this day and all the days of my life I commend to the bosom of thy regard my soul and my body, all my actions, thoughts,…
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The Rosary Converted a Satanist Priest to a Catholic Blessed

September 13, 2023

Blessed Bartolo Longo was born to a devout Catholic family in 1841. His formative years were a tumultuous time for Italy, and he was swept up in nationalistic fervor. Many of his college professors were actually ex-priests who took a dim view of the Catholic Church. Bartolo started to dabble in the occult. He eventually…
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Reverence Revival

August 12, 2023

Reverence Revival Where has Catholic reverence gone? Those born after 1970 may find this question puzzling. Do we not use holy water when we enter church? During Mass we sit, kneel, and stand when required. Everyone is very friendly to one another. It seems perfectly fine. For others from an earlier era, though, something is…
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Before Confession…

May 13, 2023

Be truly sorry for your sins. The essential act of Penance, on the part of the penitent, is contrition, a clear and decisive rejection of the sin committed, together with a resolution not to commit it again, out of the love one has for God (which is reborn with repentance). Understood in this way, contrition…
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From Lands that See the Sun Arise | hymn from the Roman Breviary (5th century)

May 10, 2023

FROM lands that see the sun arise, to earth’s remotest boundaries, the Virgin-born today we sing, the Son of Mary, Christ the King. Blest Author of this earthly frame, to take a servant’s form he came, that liberating flesh by flesh, whom he had made might live afresh. In that chaste parent’s holy womb, celestial…
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Can a Medal Lose Its Blessing?

May 8, 2023

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The Most Powerful Healing Prayer by Saint Padre Pio

May 8, 2023

Heavenly Father, I thank You for loving me. I thank You for sending Your Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, to the world to save and to set me free. I trust in Your power and grace that sustain and restore me. Loving Father, touch me now with Your healing hands, for I believe that Your…
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O Christ, Whose Glory Fills the Heaven

April 10, 2023

hymn from the Roman Brieviary, 5th century O Christ, whose glory fills the heaven, our only hope, in mercy given; Child of a Virgin meek and pure; Son of the Highest evermore: Grant us Thine aid Thy praise to sing, as opening days new duties bring; that with the light our life may be renewed…
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The Bible Gets It Right: Jesus’ Crucifixion Matches History

March 29, 2023

Archaeology confirms that the Bible gets it right when it gives the details describing Jesus’ crucifixion. Physical remains from other crucified men reveal that the facts stated in the Bible match Roman history. Why does the Bible get the details right? Because it tells a true story! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWsQ9BuwoOQ
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