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Catholic Priest - Aggregate Monk of Holy Transfiguration Monastery, Philokalia Ministries, Desert Fathers, Psychoanalytic Studies

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The devil appeared to three monks and said to them: if I gave you power to change something from the past, what would you change? The first of them, with great apostolic fervor, replied: "I would prevent you from making Adam and Eve fall into sin so that humanity could not turn
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St. Charbel pray for us An Italian woman from Australia heard of Saint Charbel Makhlouf in Lebanon and decided she wanted to go with her Lebanese friend and son to visit his shrine, as she was suffering from cancer. She arrived in Lebanon and went to the church only to
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The devil appeared to three monks and said to them: if I gave you power to change something from the past, what would you change? The first of them, with great apostolic fervor, replied: "I would prevent you from making Adam and Eve fall into sin so that humanity could not turn
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‘The devil loves noise; Christ looks for silence.’ St. Ambrose
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Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner.
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There was once a priest who did not want to serve the liturgy because it was a cold winter day. The temperature was 10 degrees below zero and the priest knew that the only person who was likely to come to the service was the chanter. The priest had no idea about the Church’s
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Seven years ago (15 Feb. 2015) on a beach in Libya, twenty-one Coptic Christians were slain for their faith by affiliates of Daesh. In memoria aeterna erit iustus: sancti martyres, orate pro nobis!
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Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner.
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Mother Teresa’s Humility List 1. Speak as little as possible about yourself. 2. Keep busy with your own affairs and not those of others. 3. Avoid curiosity. 4. Do not interfere in the affairs of others. 5. Accept small irritations with good humor. 6. Do not dwell on the faults
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76 years ago, St. Maximillian Kolbe offered his life to save that of another prisoner in Auschwitz.
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"In every person who lives unrepentant in sin, there lives a demon, as if in a house, who takes charge over everything within him. When by the grace of God such a sinner comes to contrition over his sins, repents, and ceases to sin - the demon is cast out from him. At first the
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111 years ago today, when Titanic struck an iceberg and was about to sink, Rev. Byles helped children, women and other people to the lifeboats. While he was active in saving other people, the priest did not forget his calling. He also led prayers, gave absolution and comforted
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St. Bernadette Soubirous (1844–1879) was the eldest of nine children born to an impoverished family from Lourdes, France. She was a sickly child who suffered from severe asthma her entire life. While out collecting firewood on February 11, 1858, at the age of 14, Bernadette saw
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Stat crux dum volvitur orbis: ‘The cross stands while the world turns’
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HOLY HOUR - SOLDIER FIELD, CHICAGO, 1943
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“The devil loves noise; Christ looks for silence.” ~St. Ambrose
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Mary was a martyr, not by the sword of the executioner, but by bitter sorrow of heart. - St Bernard of Clairvaux
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Christ is Risen!
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A parish may be poor, but if it has a holy priest it is truly rich. St. John Vianney pray for us.
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“Be who God meant you to be and you will set the world on fire.” St. Catherine of Siena
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A person who suffers bitterly when slighted or insulted should recognize from this that he still harbors the ancient serpent in his breast. If he quietly endures the insult or responds with great humility, he weakens the serpent and lessens its hold. But if he replies
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Virgin and Mother, Mother of God, pray for us.
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On Friday morning [28 March 1913] while I was still in bed, Jesus appeared to me. He was in a sorry state and quite disfigured. He showed me a great multitude of priests, regular and secular, among whom were several high ecclesiastical dignitaries. Some were celebrating Mass,
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Virgin and Mother, Mother of God, pray for us.
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A Meditation for the beginning of Lent “Each of us must come to the evening of life. Each of us must enter on eternity. Each of us must come to that quiet, awful time, when we will appear before the Lord of the vineyard and answer for the deeds done in the body, whether they be
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Holy God, Holy and Mighty, Holy and Immortal, have mercy on us.
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By Thy Passion, cure my passions. By Thy Wounds, heal my wounds.
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“You don’t have to be worthy, you only have to be willing.” St. Padre Pio
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When you are alone in your room, take your crucifix, kiss its five wounds reverently, tell -it to preach you a little sermon, and then listen to the words of eternal life that it speaks to your heart ; listen to the pleading of the thorns, the nails, the precious Blood. Oh, what
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A single tear shed at the remembrance of the Passion of Jesus is worth more than a pilgrimage to Jerusalem, or a year of fasting on bread and water.” - St. Augustine
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"In my deepest wound I saw your glory, and it dazzled me." St. Augustine
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“Dear friends, may no adversity paralyze you. Be afraid neither of the world, nor of the future, nor of your weakness. The Lord has allowed you to live in this moment of history so that, by your faith, his name will continue to resound throughout the world.” - Pope Benedict XVI
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Something strange is happening – there is a great silence on earth today, a great silence and stillness. The whole earth keeps silence because the King is asleep. The earth trembled and is still because God has fallen asleep in the flesh and he has raised up all who have slept
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When the world crumbles, truth is still standing. The world never gives you anything except promises; God alone delivers. St. Charbel
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Prayer to the Holy Face of Jesus Holy Face of Jesus, Be my joy. Holy Face of Jesus, Be my strength. Holy Face of Jesus, Be my health. Holy Face of Jesus, Be my courage. Holy Face of Jesus, Be my wisdom. Holy Face of Jesus, Image of the Father, Provide for me. Holy Face of Jesus,
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“The West has lost Christ and that is why it is dying; that is the only reason.” Dostoevsky
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As priests, our homilies sometimes inspire deep "meditation."
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No one, however weak, is denied a share in the victory of the cross. No one is beyond the help of the prayer of Christ. - St Leo the Great
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At forty-seven, St. Charbel returned to the hermitage near Annaya, where he would remain until his death. There, he lived a life of contemplation, penance, and mortification. During the extreme cold of the winters, he refused to put on additional clothes, shivering through his
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“Let all the earth keep silence before Him” Habakkuk 2:2
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