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OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE (REVISED)

 A CHRONOLOGY OF EVENTS RELATED TO THE MIRACLE1474   An Indian named Quauhtlatoatzin was born in Cuautitlan.1476   Juan de Zumarraga was born in Spain.1492   Christopher Columbus landed on an island in...

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THE BLESSED VIRGIN COMPARED TO THE AIR WE BREATHE by Gerard Manley Hopkins...

IN HONOUR OF OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE ON HER FEASTDAY (source: Paying Attention To The Sky) The Blessed Virgin Compared To The Air We Breathe                Gerard Manley Hopkins                Wild air,...

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THE MIRROR OF HELL

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LITURGY CHANGE OR RENEWAL by Fr Ephrem Lash (Orthodox)

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THE BLESSED VIRGIN (CO-REDEMPTION) IN THE THOUGHT OF FR HANS URS VON...

my source: Christendom AwakeIn looking at what the Swiss dogmatician Hans Urs von Balthasar has to say about our theme, I propose to divide up my materials into three piles, and I shall call these,...

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VALAAM: ARCHIPELAGO OF MONKS (ORTHODOX) In French

 OFFICIAL SITE OF VALAAM MONASTERY(CLICK)STEPS TO THE STARS (LIFE IN THE MONASTERY OF VALAAM (click)

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GAUDETE SUNDAY & THE MASSACRE OF CHILDREN

We were probably all shocked by what happened on Friday morning in Newtown, Connecticut, where a young man called Adam Lanza, after murdering his own mother, went into a primary school with two hand...

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THE MIRROR OF HELL: What do we believe about Hell?

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SEEKING GOD'S WILL - Five Principles of Discernment by Dr Peter Kreeft

 my source: The Integrated Catholic LifeDr. Peter Kreeft | November 27, 2012  Does God have one right choice for me in each decision I make?When we pray for wisdom to discern God’s will when it comes...

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ST NICHOLAS: CHRISTMAS 2012

Metropolitan Hilarion: St. Nicholas was the bishop of the city of Myra in Lycia (today this city is called Demre and is located in Turkey) and lived in the fourth century. Surprisingly little...

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THE FUTURE OF THE CHURCH IN ENGLAND by Fr Aidan Nichols O.P.

Fr Aidan Nichols OP on The Future of the Church in England from Clare Bowskill on Vimeo.

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THE RE-CREATION OF THE ICON by Lynette Hull

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WHY DID GOD BECOME MAN? according to St Athanasius by Rev. Dr George Dion Dragas

my source: MystagogyINTRODUCTION“God became man that we may become gods” (St. Athanasios).The Incarnation of God is the foundation of the Christian faith. Christ is the Son and Logos (Word) of God who...

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CHRISTMAS WITH TWO FATHERS & VIDEOS

A CHRISTMAS STORY BY LEO TOLSTOY  THE FOURTH WISE MAN THE THEOTOKOS AS MYSTICAL THEOLOGIAN: ST. GREGORY PALAMAS’ SERMONS ON THE VIRGIN MARYby Manuel Sumaresmy source: Cristo e a Cidade "Along with...

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HOMILY OF ABBOT PAUL AT MIDNIGHT mASS

 HAPPY CHRISTMAS, EVERYONE!!Christmas Eve 2012  “Do not be afraid. Behold, I bring you news of great joy, a joy to be shared by the whole people.” So began the angels their message to the shepherds...

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WHY GOD? by Maureen Dowd (The New York Times / December 25, 2012)

(thanks to Jim Forest)WHY GOD?When my friend Robin was dying, she asked me if I knew a priest she could talk to who would not be, as she put it, “too judgmental.” I knew the perfect man, a friend of...

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AN ORTHODOX MONASTERY IN POLAND

my source:http://www.en.monasterujkowice.pl/Orthodox Monastery of the sts. Cyril and Methodius in Ujkowice  (Poland)       In the summer of 1986, two hieromonks, Fr.Nikodem and Fr.Atanazy, settled in...

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THE PRIMACY OF CHARITY by Mgr Paul McPartlan

 A PAN-ORTHODOX COUNCIL AND VATICAN II by Peter de MeyProfessor of the Catholic University of Louvain 

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DOM GUÉRANGER'S INFLUENCE ON THE LITURGY OF THE 20TH CENTURY; ESPECIALLY...

My monastery, Belmont Abbey in Hereford was founded in 1859, and the opening Mass was celebrated by Dom P. Gueranger, even though it belongs to the English Benedictine Congregation.  Belmont was the...

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THE HOLY FAMILY AND MONASTIC LIFE

MONASTIC CONFERENCE GIVEN BY FR DAVID (in Spanish) AT PACHACAMAC ( Feast of St Thomas a Becket, 29th December), "This Christmas Octave gives us various themes, all of which reflect on the central theme...

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