June 2012
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St. Catherine Labouré and Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal
Wonderful, well-researched 1904 account of the Apparition of Our Lady in the Rue du Bac Paris to St. Catherine Labouré.
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Holy Communion with the Sacred Heart of Jesus
We are still in the Octave of the Feast of the Sacred Heart and I want to attempt to capture something of my thoughts and feelings on receiving Holy Communion last Friday, on the Feast itself. Since receiving Holy Communion on that Feast, I have been focussed on the meaning of the words, Our Lord…
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Feast of the Sacred Heart—‘Behold this Heart’
We approach the Feast of the Sacred Heart. In order to prepare ourselves, let us consider the history that gave birth to this great Feast. It is the Third Apparition of the Sacred Heart to Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque that is relevant here. Known as the Great Revelation, this Third Apparition took place in the…
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O Paray! O Feast! O Sacred Heart!
O Paray-le-Monial, place of my heart and most sacred place of His Heart. Place where the Sacred Heart appeared to Saint Margaret Mary back in the 1670s. Lord, how I wish I were there, witnessing the pilgrims gather from far and wide, to celebrate tomorrow the great Feast of Thy Most Sacred Heart. Yet, more…
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Statues Of Christ
Statues of Christ … The Catholic world is filled with such statues, some of them small, some of them mighty and monumental indeed. For example, overlooking Rio de Janeiro, we find Christ the Redeemer. Here is a closer view than the one above. The statue is roughly two thirds the size of the Statue of…
Foreword for Monarchy by Roger Buck
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