CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: “Letter of Saint Pope John Paul II for the 1,250th Anniversary of the Martyrdom of St. Boniface, The Apostle of Germany'” – VaticanVa

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“… St. Boniface, who grew up in the monastic culture that was highly developed in his Homeland, remained throughout his life either a teacher or a disciple of it. He recognized as an important presupposition for preaching and receiving the Gospel the spiritual and moral development of the person through concern for and transmission of the ancient patrimony of Christian

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CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: “Saint Boniface, the Apostle of the Germans – Pope Benedict XVI General Audience 3.11.09” – VaticanVa

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“… Today, we shall reflect on a great eighth-century missionary who spread Christianity in Central Europe … St. Boniface … embarked on the preaching of the Gospel … fighting against pagan worship and reinforcing the foundations of human and Christian morality. …”

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CATHOLIC MASS VIDEO: Memorial of Saint Boniface, Bishop and Martyr, Tuesday 6.5.18 – Loretto Abbey (Archdiocese of Toronto)

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Catholic TV Mass for the Memorial of Saint Boniface, Bishop and Martyr, Tuesday, June 5, 2018, from Loretto Abbey in the Archdiocese of Toronto. [Click here for Mass Readings] [featured image adapted from image at Creative Commons Wikimedia Commons Pjposullivan, commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Loretto_Abbey_chapel_interior,_Toronto.JPG, with additional conditions stated at that link and in the alt-tag here]

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CATHOLIC FAITHWATCH: “[Parable of the Unfaithful Tenants -] Pope Benedict XVI Angelus 10.2.11” – VaticanVa

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In a 2011 Angelus, Pope Benedict XVI addressed Jesus’ Parable of the Unfaithful Tenants, including the need to Bear Fruit for the Kingdom of God.  Christ is the Stone Rejected by the Builders Who Became the Cornerstone, and Bearing Fruit means doing so being Faithful to Christ: “… a particularly severe warning from Jesus … ‘The Kingdom of God will

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CATHOLIC MASS VIDEO: Monday of the Ninth Week in Ordinary Time 6.4.18 – Loretto Abbey (Archdiocese of Toronto)

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Catholic TV Mass for Monday of the Ninth Week in Ordinary Time, June 4, 2018, from Loretto Abbey in the Archdiocese of Toronto. [Click here for Mass Readings] [featured image adapted from image at Creative Commons Wikimedia Commons Pjposullivan, commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Loretto_Abbey_chapel_interior,_Toronto.JPG, with additional conditions stated at that link and in the alt-tag here]

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CATHOLIC MASS READINGS: Monday of the Ninth Week in Ordinary Time 6.4.18 – USCCB/NABRV

Historic Bible

“… ‘A man planted a vineyard, put a hedge around it, dug a wine press, and built a tower. Then he leased it to tenant farmers and left on a journey. At the proper time he sent a servant to the tenants to obtain from them some of the produce of the vineyard. But they seized him, beat him, and

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CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: “Encyclical Letter Ecclesia De Eucharistia of His Holiness Saint Pope John Paul II, On the Eucharist in Its Relationship to the Church” – Saint John Paul II/VaticanVa

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“The Church draws her life from the Eucharist. This truth does not simply express a daily experience of faith, but recapitulates the heart of the mystery of the Church. In a variety of ways she joyfully experiences the constant fulfilment of the promise: “Lo, I am with you always, to the close of the age” (Mt 28:20), but in the

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