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Ash Wednesday a day of fast and abstinence
In accordance with the prescriptions of canon 1253, the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops decrees that the days of fast and abstinence in Canada are Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. Fridays are days of abstinence, but Catholics can substitute special … Continue reading
NO MERE MAN
Never did man speak like this man. In one of his homilies Saint Augustine comments concerning this passage from John 7:46 and says that Jesus did not speak like other men because he is no mere man, he is … Continue reading
Devotion to Mary
As St. Louis De Montfort describes in his writings devotion to Mary is absolutely necessary for us in our spiritual life. God’s will for each of us is that we be holy as God is holy. Chosen soul, living image … Continue reading
Think on these things.
Philippians 4:8 8 For the rest, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are modest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are holy, whatsoever things are amiable, whatsoever things are of good repute, if there be any virtue, if there … Continue reading
Readings 17 February 2012
Prayer for Preparation for MassPrayer of St. Ambrose Lord, Jesus Christ, I approach your banquet table in fear and trembling, for I am a sinner, and dare not rely on my own worth but only on your goodness and mercy. … Continue reading
Congratulations Bishop Nicola De Angelis, C.F.I.C.
On the 3 February 2012, a first friday, the new Catholic College Sacred Heart of Peterborough held its founding convocation and installed new officers as Chancellor, President, Dean and Registrar. May the good Lord bless Bishop De Angelis for his … Continue reading
Pope’s Lenten Message
From Zenit we have the Pope Benedict’s Lenten Message for 2012. http://www.zenit.org/article-34255?l=english Pope’s Message for Lent 2012 “We Must Not Remain Silent Before Evil” VATICAN CITY, FEB. 7, 2012 (Zenit.org).- Here is a Vatican translation of Benedict … Continue reading
Readings 14 February 2012
Prayer for Preparation for MassPrayer of St. Ambrose Lord, Jesus Christ, I approach your banquet table in fear and trembling, for I am a sinner, and dare not rely on my own worth but only on your goodness and mercy. … Continue reading
Who wants to go to heaven?
Do you want to go to heaven? I think most of us would say that we would like that very much. This is the reason God created us out of love, to be with Him forever and our loved ones, all the Saints … Continue reading
Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Daily Readings: First Reading: Job 7:1-4, 6-7 1 The life of man upon earth is a warfare, and his days are like the days of a hireling. 2 As a servant longeth for the shade, as the hireling looketh for … Continue reading