https://youtu.be/shKvDaSET6A Today the church celebrates The Feast of Saint Teresa of Jesus, also known as Saint Teresa of Avila. Teresa lived in an age of exploration as well as political, social, and religious upheaval. It was the 16th century — an age of turmoil in reform. She was born before the Protestant Reformation, and died […]
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The Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary
https://youtu.be/P9bEMgE9G-0 Today the church celebrates The Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary. Let us pray. Pour forth, we beseech you O Lord, Your grace into our hearts, that we, to whom the incarnation of Christ Your Son, was made known by the message of an Angel, may through the intercession of the Blessed Virgin […]
Continue ReadingThe Feast of the Holy Guardian Angels
https://youtu.be/HUfw1USufI0 Today the church celebrates The Feast of the Holy Guardian Angels. Let us pray. O God who in Your unfathomable providence are pleased to send Your Holy Angels to guard us. Hear our supplication as we cry to You that we may always be defended by their protection and rejoice eternally in their company. […]
Continue ReadingThe Feast of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux
https://youtu.be/1bxl_JE3nvI Today the church celebrates The Feast of Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus, commonly known as “The Little Flower.” Thérèse died on the 30th of September, 1897, of tuberculosis, in her Convent of Lisieux, at the age of 24. One of her most famous works is The Story of a Soul, urging all people to […]
Continue ReadingThe Feast of Saint Gerome
https://youtu.be/6rnIDu_eD-k On this last day of September, the church celebrates The Feast of Saint Gerome, who spent most of his life translating the scriptures. His famous saying is, “Ignorance of scripture is ignorance of Christ.” Father Jerry says in today’s homily, “We cannot be disciples by being mere spectators of God’s presence. Possessing a baptismal […]
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