by Faith Central & Steve Welsh
“God, it is said, sends the world saints when they are most needed-not men and women of ‘general holiness,’ but specialized experts who fit into the pattern of the times and are capable of giving God’s tone to their century. And so it was that on August 16, I8I5 when one era was closing in Europe with the exile of
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“Was it an angel or was it a dog? The life of Don Bosco furnishes us with a remarkable and interesting story of what appears to many an angelic intervention in saving the life of this servant of God from the fierce attacks of the Waldensian heretics, who made several attempts to assassinate him. …”
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“… in addition to charitable services, #Stephen also carried out a task of evangelization among his compatriots, the so-called “Hellenists”. … Luke insists … that Stephen, ‘full of grace and power’ (Acts 6: 8), presented in Jesus’ Name a new interpretation of Moses and of God’s Law itself. He reread the Old Testament in the light of the proclamation of
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“Stephen, filled with Grace and Power, was working great wonders and signs among the people. Certain members of the so-called Synagogue of Freedmen, … could not withstand the wisdom and the spirit with which he spoke. * * * … he, filled with the #Holy Spirit, looked up intently to heaven and saw the Glory of #God and #Jesus standing
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“The Second Sunday of Advent usually features the ministry of St. John the Baptist. He was the prophet who fulfilled the Office of Elijah, of whom it was said, See, I will send the prophet Elijah to you before that great and dreadful day of the Lord comes. He will turn the hearts of the fathers to their children, and
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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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“… 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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“… As a minister of God’s Word (cf. Lk 1: 2), Luke leads us to knowledge of the discreet yet penetrating light that radiates from it, while illustrating the reality and events of history. The theme of the Word of God, the golden thread woven through the two works that comprise Luke’s writing, also unites the two periods treated by
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The Life of Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos … The Beatification of Francis Xavier Seelos … Seelos Shrine … Prayers to Blessed Francis Seelos … Resources ….
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