by Faith Central & Steve Welsh
“Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be powerful earthquakes, famines, and plagues from place to place;and awesome sights and mighty signs will come from the sky. “Before all this happens, however, they will seize and persecute you, they will hand you over to the synagogues and to prisons, and they will have you led before
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“During the month of November, the Church has us ponder the Four Last Things: death, judgment, Heaven, and Hell. As the golden gown of autumn gives way to the lifeless look of winter, we are encouraged to see that our lives are on a trajectory that leads to autumn and then to the winter of death. But those who have
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Catholic Mass for the Thirty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time, Nov. 13, 2016, from “Heart of the Nation” in Wisconsin. Click here for Mass Readings from the USCCB and the NABRV.
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“Most Holy Trinity: Our Father in Heaven, who chose Mary as the fairest of your daughters; Holy Spirit, who chose Mary as your Spouse; God the Son, who chose Mary as your Mother, in union with Mary we adore your majesty and acknowledge your supreme, eternal dominion and authority. Most Holy Trinity, we put the United States of America into
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“Lord, this is the People that longs to see Your Face.”… “… I had a vision of a great multitude, which no one could count, from every nation, race, people, and tongue. They stood before the throne and before the Lamb … ‘Salvation comes from our #God, who is seated on the throne, and from the Lamb.’” … “See what
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“Made strong by the teachings [of Scripture] let us go forward without trembling towards our redeemer, Jesus …. Let us go forward without trembling to the Congregation of the Saints, to that great Concourse of the Just. We will be going to our fathers: those who taught us the Faith. Even if we lack works, may our Faith help us
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… “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of heaven. Blessed are they who mourn, for they will be comforted. Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the land. Blessed are they who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be satisfied. Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy. Blessed are
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“… Beatitude is a work of God and results when we yield to His saving work in us. We are blessed when we accept and yield to the work that God alone can do. With this understanding, we see the beatitudes not as a prescription of what we must do per se, but as a description of what a human
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