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Feast of the Epiphany 12 y
Feast of The Holy Name of Jesus 12 y
Feast of
the Holy Name of Jesus
This Feast is associated with the Feast of the Circumcision, for it is when a child was circumcized that he received a name and was accepted as a son of Abraham and a full member of his family (the Feast of the Holy Family will come soon, after the Feast of the Epiphany on the 6th). So honored is His Holy Name that devout Catholics bow their heads (men removing their hats) at the sound of "Jesus" (or "Iesus" in Latin), both inside and outside of th ... read more Feast of the Holy Family 13 y
Feast of the Holy Innocents 13 y
The Holy Innocents, Martyrs
Feast Day
December 28th
Collect:
Father,
the Holy Innocents offered you praise
by the death they suffered for Christ.
May our lives bear witness
to the faith we profess with our lips.
We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ,
your Son, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever. Amen +
Readings for Mass:
RSV-CE translation
First Reading: 1 John 1:5-2:2
Beloved; This is the message we have heard from Him [Jesus Christ], and proclaim to you, that God is light; a ... read more Feast St. John of Evangelist 13 y
Evangelist/ teacher in the suite of the great King is the beloved disciple St. John. So greatly did Christ love this disciple that He confided His own Mother, the Blessed Virgin, to his care. That is the reason why the feast of St. John is celebrated in the great Basilica of Our Lady.
The dominant them ... read more Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe 13 y
Our Lady of Guadalupe - Guadalupe, Mexico (1531)
Patroness of the Americas
Feast Day in the USA - December 12th
The opening of the New World brought with it both fortune-seekers and religous preachers desiring to convert the native populations to the Christian faith. One of the converts was a poor Aztec indian named Juan Diego. On one of his trips to the chapel, Juan was walking through the Tepayac hill country in central Mexico. Near Tepayac Hill he encountered a beautiful woman surrounded by a ball of light as bright as the sun. Speaking in his native tongue, the beau ... read more Feast of the Immaculate Conception 13 y
I'am the Immaculate Conception'
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December 8th: The Immaculate Conception of the Most Blessed Virgin
"Remember, My children, come to My Mother; for in Her memory of Her human days upon earth, She above all humans created—sinless, without the stigma of sin, a perfect life upon earth without sin, and assumed into Heaven, body and spirit—She above all can direct you because She is your Mother; She is the Queen of Heaven, and the Mother of every human being upon eart ... read more Feast of the Immaculate Conception 13 y
Testimonies | Veronica Lueken | Miraculous Photos | Bible | Radio Program |
December 8th: The Immaculate Conception of the Most Blessed Virgin
"Remember, My children, come to My Mother; for in Her memory of Her human days upon earth, She above all humans created—sinless, without the stigma of sin, a perfect life upon earth without sin, and assumed into Heaven, body and spirit—She above all can direct you because She is your Mother; She is the Queen of Heaven, and the Mother of every human being upon earth." - Jesus, August ... read more Feast of St. Andrew Apostle. 13 y
Saint Andrew, Apostle
Feast
November 30th
Saint Andrew - El Greco
1606 - Oil on Canvas
Museo del Greco - Toledo
Venite post me, faciam vos fieri piscatores hominum.
Come and follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.
Saint Andrew Christmas Novena
Hail and blessed be the hour and moment in which the Son of God was born of the most pure Virgin Mary, at midnight, in Bethlehem, in piercing cold. In that hour, vouchsafe, O my God! to hear my prayer and grant my desires, through the merits of Our Saviour Jesus Christ, and of His Bl ... read more fEAST: THE PRESENTATION
of the BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
13 y
November 21
Spiritual Bouquet: All things are naked and open to the eyes of Him to whom we must give account. Heb. 4:13
THE PRESENTATION
of the BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
Religious parents never fail by devout prayer to consecrate their children to God, His divine service and love, both before and after their birth. Some among the Jews, not content with this general consecration of their children, offered them to God in their infancy, by the hands of the pr ... read more Feast of Christ the King 13 y
Christ the King: Feast Day Sunday
Christ the King Sunday celebrates the all-embracing authority of Christ as King and Lord of the cosmos. Officially called the Feast of Our Lord Jesus Christ the King, it is celebrated on the final Sunday of Ordinary Time, the Sunday before Advent. In 2010, the feast falls on November 20th. Prayers: Christ the King Prayers
Basic Facts
Liturgical Color(s) : White
Type of Holiday: Solemnity; Holy Day of Obligation
Time of Year : Final Sunday of Ordinary Time (Sunday before Advent)
Duration : One ... read more Feast of Holy Souls in Purgatory 13 y
Holy Souls in Purgatory!
Print this out to save your family and friends
Prayer of St. Gertrude the Great, dictated by Our Lord Jesus Christ.
A 3.5" x 5.5" Prayer Card,
The Holy Souls Will Repay Us
A Thousand Times Over
Now who can be in more urgent need of our charity than the souls in Purgatory? What hunger, or thirst, or dire sufferings on Earth can compare ... read more Feast of all Saints. 13 y
All Saints Day is when the Church commemorates all saints, known and unknown. The eve of All Saints is known as All Hallows Eve, or Halloween. All Saints Day is November 1. Prayers: All Saints Day Prayers
Basic Facts About All Saints Day
Liturgical Color(s) : White
Type of Holiday: Solemnity, Holy Day of Obligation (West); Feast (East)
Time of Year : November 1 (in the East, the Sunday after Pentecost)
Duration : One Day
Celebrates/Symbolizes : All Saints, known and unknown
Alternate Names : All Hallows, Hallowmas, Halloween
Scriptural References : Mark 12:26- ... read more Feast of St''s Simon and Jude Apostles. 13 y
SAINTS SIMON and JUDE
Feasy Day: October 28
Spiritual Bouquet: It is God who works in you both to will and to accomplish. Phil. 2:13
SAINTS SIMON and JUDE
Apostles and Martyrs
(† First Century)
Saint SAINTS SIMON and JUDE
Apostles and Martyrs
(† First Century)
Simon was a simple Galilean, as the ancients called one’s close relatives — aunts, uncles, first cousins; he was one of the Saviour’s four first cousins, with James the Less, Jude and Joseph, all sons of Mary, the wife of Alpheus, or Cleophas, ... read more Feast Day St. Luke 13 y
Saint Luke
Saint Luke
Feastday: October 18
Patron Physicians and Surgeons
Luke, the writer of the Gospel and the Acts of the Apostles, has been identified with St. Paul’s "Luke, the beloved physician" (Colossians 4:14). We know few other facts about Luke’s life from Scripture and from early Church historians.
It is believed that Luke was born a Greek and a Gentile. In Colossians 10-14 speaks of those friends who are with him. He first mentions all those "of the circumcision" -- in other w ... read more Feast: St. Margaret Mary Alacoque 13 y
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque
Feastday: October 17
Daughter of Claude Alacoque and Philiberte Lamyn, Margaret was born on July 22, at L’Hautecour, Burgundy, France, was sent to the Poor Clares school at Charolles on the death of her father, a notary, when she was eight years old. She was bedridden for five years with rheumatic fever until she was fifteen and early developed a devotion to the Blessed Sacrament. She refused marriage, and in 1671 she entered the Visitation convent at Par ... read more the 21 promises of our lord to anyone who recited the 15 st. bridget prayers for a whole year. 13 y
21 amazing promises from the Lord...
Introduction
F. J. GIRARD, V. G.
These Prayers and these Promises have been copied from a book printed in Toulouse in 1740 and published by the P. Adrien Parvilliers of the Company of Jesus, Apostolic Missionary of the Holy Land, with approbation, permission and recommendation to distribute them.
Parents and teachers who will read them to young infants for at least one year will assure their being preserved for life from any grave accident which would involve the loss of one of their five senses.
Pope Pius IX took cognizance of these Prayers with the prologue; he approved them ... read more |