Miracle in Missouri? Body of Benedictine Sisters’ Foundress Thought to Be Incorrupt
Hundreds of pilgrims have descended on a Benedictine monastery for religious sisters in rural Missouri in recent days…
Hundreds of pilgrims have descended on a Benedictine monastery for religious sisters in rural Missouri in recent days…
“One life is all we have and we live it as we believe in living it. But to sacrifice what you are and to live without belief, that is a fate more terrible than dying.”- St. Joan of Arc
St. Patrick was a great missionary bishop who converted a whole land from paganism, overturning the religion of the druids. He consecrated 350 bishops, erected 700 churches, and ordained 5,000 priests.
Join us from September 6 to September 14 as we pray a Novena to Our Lady of Sorrows.
The Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows focuses on the great suffering that Our Blessed Mother endured. This encompasses not only when she suffered during Our Lord’s passion and death, but also in her 7 sorrows.
In the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a town of Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man named Joseph, of the house of David, and the virgin’s name was Mary. And coming to her, he said, “Hail, favored one! The Lord is with you.”
Our Lady, who appeared in many visions to young Saint Bernadette Soubirous, proclaimed to “I am the Immaculate Conception.” Bernadette, who was poor and sickly, decried the woman as “dressed in a white robe, girded at the waist with a blue ribbon. She wore upon her head a white veil which gave just a glimpse of hair.
We begin the Novena to Saint Cecilia, patron Saint of music and one of the most famous Roman martyrs. It is said that she became the patroness of musicians after singing heartily to God at her wedding because she didn’t want to get married.
Jesus chose to reveal His Sacred Heart to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque in 1674. After having a difficult home life and struggling with her health, St. Margaret Mary knew what it meant to suffer. She was able to receive consolation and hope when she turned to the Sacred Heart.
It is, then, natural and worthy that as the Blessed Joseph ministered to all the needs of the family at Nazareth and surrounded them with his protection, he should now cover with the cloak of his heavenly patronage and defend the Church of Jesus Christ.
Carlo Acutis, an English-born Italian Catholic youth, was beatified by the Catholic Church in Assisi, Italy on October 10, 2020. His life is inspiring, not only for young people, but for every Christian.
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