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Exaltation of the Holy Cross

Early in the fourth century St. Helena, mother of the Roman Emperor Constantine, went to Jerusalem in search of the holy places of Christ's life. She razed the second-century Temple of Aphrodite, which tradition held was built over the Savior's tomb, and her son built the Basilica of the Holy Sepulcher over the tomb. During…

Feast Day: September 5 Patron of World Youth Day Birth: 1910 Death: 1997 Beatified By: Pope John Paul II “By blood, I am Albanian. By citizenship, an Indian. By faith, I am a Catholic nun. As to my calling, I belong to the world. As to my heart, I belong entirely to the Heart of Jesus. ”…

Feast Day: August 29th St. John the Baptist, the greatest of all the Saints after the Blessed Virgin Mary, was Our Lord's cousin. Although he was conceived in original sin like the rest of us, yet he had the most humility of all, apart from Our Lady. The name, John means God is merciful, or gift…

August 22, 2018 The Story of the Queenship of Mary Pope Pius XII established this feast in 1954. But Mary’s queenship has roots in Scripture. At the Annunciation, Gabriel announced that Mary’s Son would receive the throne of David and rule forever. At the Visitation, Elizabeth calls Mary “mother of my Lord.” As in all…

Quote of the Week

“[What is adoration?] I would say: adoration is recognizing that Jesus is my Lord, that Jesus shows me the way to take, and that I will live well only if I know the road that Jesus points out and follow the path he shows me. Therefore, it means saying: ‘Jesus, I am yours. I will follow you in my life, I never want to lose this friendship, this communion with you.’ I could also say that adoration is essentially an embrace with Jesus in which I say to him: ‘I am yours, and I ask you, please stay with me always.’”

Pope Benedict XVI, The Eucharist, p. 111

Did You Know?

During the invitation to communion we respond, “Lord, I am not worthy to receive you, but only say the word and I shall be healed”. This prayer is based on the centurion’s prayer in Matthew 8:8 in which he asks Jesus to heal his servant. The centurion’s humility and faith amazed Jesus and Jesus granted his prayer saying, “Truly, I tell you, in no one in Israel have I found such faith” (Matthew 8:10). We, too, are to come forward with the same sense of humility and faith.

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