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Saint Gertrude the Great
In the Roman Calendar there are five Saints who bear the title: “the Great”. These illustrious few are composed of first two Bishops: Saint Basil the Great and Saint Albert […]
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QOTD: Necessity of Daily Prayer – 1
“Who is a greater friend to us, than He who delivered up His body for us? Now we have here another kind of command given us, that at all times, […]
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First Council of Nicaea
FIRST COUNCIL OF NICAEA – 325 AD INTRODUCTION This council opened on 19 June in the presence of the emperor, but it is uncertain who presided over the sessions. In […]
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Pope Saint Martin I
On the day after the great Feast of the Holy Bishop of Tours we celebrate the Feast of another Bishop named Martin, and one who is no less glorious. He […]
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Third Council of Constantinople
Third Council of Constantinople: 680-681 INTRODUCTION To make an end of the Monothelite controversy, Emperor Constantine IV asked Pope Donus in 678 to send twelve bishops and four western Greek […]
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Saint Martin of Tours
On the 11th of November we keep the glorious Feast of Saint Martin, Bishop of Tours, the great Thaumaturges (“wonder worker”) who was one of the greatest Saints the Church […]
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The Dedication of the Basilica of Saint Savior
On the ninth day of November each year the whole Catholic Church celebrates the dedication of the glorious Archbasilica of the Most Holy Saviour and Sts. John the Baptist and […]
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QOTD: Pardoning our Enemies
“The flies tormented her, but she wouldn’t kill them. ‘I always give them freedom. They alone have caused me misery during my sickness. I have no enemies, and since God […]
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QOTD: Devotion to the Most Blessed Sacrament – I
“We must never depart from the holy ciborium or, rather, from the Heart of Jesus the Host. There we receive the grace of all His mysteries, because there do they […]
Blessed Sacrament, Devotion, Jesus