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“… contrast the Good Samaritan, one who was willing: he saw the wounded man and ‘was moved with compassion.’ It involved labor, time, and expense. Hoisting an unconscious man unto his donkey could not have been easy. He was no doubt on a business trip, but he delayed his business in order to help. The traveler had been robbed of

“… My revered Predecessor, St Gregory the Great, a Benedictine monk and celebrated biographer of St Benedict, invited us to discern the basis of a life wholly dedicated to “seeking and serving Christ, the one true Saviour” (Preface of the Mass of St Benedict), in the atmosphere of great faith in God and intense love for his law which motivated

“Benedict of Nursia was a monk and abbot who lived in the 5th and 6th century AD. He founded several monasteries and wrote a rule for monasteries which became fundamental for Western Monasticism. The Catholic Church venerates him as Patron of Europe. …”

“… Now that the miracle has been confirmed … the Diocese of Peoria can formally begin planning for the Beatification of Archbishop Sheen, which will take place in Peoria. …”

“… ‘Let’s pray this Independence Day for the moral and spiritual strength of our country,’ Archbishop Gudziak said. ‘There are many challenges to the founding principles of our country. Let us pray that each of us can continue upholding the openness, the welcome, the generosity, the open-heartedness, the willingness to help, that this country stands for.’ …”

“St. Maria Goretti is unique in that she is the youngest canonized saint in the Church. … Maria is known as a wonder-worker. She has intervened with the Lord to produce countless miracles. …”

“‘… No one patches an old cloak with a piece of unshrunken cloth, for its fullness pulls away from the cloak and the tear gets worse. People do not put new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise the skins burst, the wine spills out, and the skins are ruined. Rather, they pour new wine into fresh wineskins, and both are preserved.’”

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]

“… When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralytic, ‘Courage, child, your sins are forgiven.’ * * * … that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins’ – He then said to the paralytic, ‘Rise, pick up your stretcher, and go home.’ He rose and went home. When the crowds