“A thousand years of human glory is not worth as much as an hour sweetly communing with Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament!” – Padre Pio
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Oil and Blessing
I am finishing a book ‘The Stripping of the Altars’ by Eamon Duffy. It details traditional religion in England 1400 to 1580. I am on the chapter ‘the attack on Traditional...
Last year Divine Mercy Sunday
Last year I heard the confession of a woman and gave her communion, and prayed the chaplet of Mercy with her on Divine Mercy Sunday at the hospital.. told her about the promise...
Divine Mercy and the rays
In life of St F… she saw the the rays coming from the Eucharist. She saw the rays but others did not.. On at least 2 times I got called to the hospital to give Last Rites… on...
Divine Mercy Sunday St Augustine
St Augustine writes ‘I speak to you who have just been reborn in baptism, my little children in Christ, you who are the new offspring of the Church, gift of the Father, proof of...
Divine Mercy Sunday
Taken from the Marian article.. Extraordinary Graces What graces are available and how do we receive them? In her Diary, St. Faustina records a special promise given to...
Fr Stefan answer question will animals be in Heaven..
This question can be answered in 2 ways.. yes and no. As to the first yes.. as Eden is an image of Heaven.. and that Jesus is seen as a lamb in Heaven.. and the book of Isaiah...
Saint Thomas Grace Charisms from Pints with Aquinas by Matt Fradd
Saint Thomas says ‘Grace is taken in three ways.. Being in Good Grace.. as the king looked on him with favor..2.. a gift freely bestowed..3 a gift given ‘gratis ‘ as we said to...
Some more thoughts on movie Fr Stu
Fr Stefan thoughts.. Fr Stu.. when I saw it on Sunday ‘I said to my mother I honestly don’t know what I will think’ It was better than I expected.. I felt the sincerity of Mat W…...
Hospital need your help
Happy Easter!!! May the risen Lord bless all of us, but especially those who are enduring their own passion and suffering. We pray that Jesus grants them a “resurrection” of...