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Practicing Augustinian spirituality in our marriage has brought unity amid differences
The Rule of St. Augustine makes sense within a monastery or convent. But does it work in marriage? This couple of 40 years says yes.
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‘Gift and forgiveness are the foundation of our existence,’ Pope tells pilgrims (CWN)
Jesus “reminds us that gift and forgiveness are the foundation of our existence,” Pope Leo XIV said on September 13 to pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square for his Sunday …
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Pope recalls 250th anniversary of Slovak diocese (Holy See Press Office (Latin))
Pope Leo XIV appointed Cardinal Mario Grech, secretary general of the General Secretariat of the Synod, as his special envoy to the celebration of the 250th anniversary of the establishment …
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Pope encourages Benedictine women religious to be ‘ever more rooted in Christ’ (CWN)
Pope Leo XIV encouraged Benedictine women religious to “to be ever more profoundly rooted in Christ, and to be his living and prayerful witness throughout the earth.”
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Be like Nehemiah and seek the common good, Pope counsels Fratelli Tutti encounter participants (CWN)
Invoking the example of Nehemiah’s efforts to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem, Pope Leo XIV encouraged participants in the 4th Fratelli Tutti Synodal Encounter to seek the common good.
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The Holy Cross is an invitation to faith, to life, to love
“St. Jerome in the act of contemplating the crucifix”, by Guercino Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-78) [WikiArt.org] Readings:• Num 21:4b-9• Ps 78:1bc-2, 34-35, 36-37, 38• Phil 2:6-11• Jn 3:13-17 “By its …
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St. Teresa of Ávila—Be proud that you are helping God bear the cross …
Be proud that you are helping God bear the cross, and don’t grasp at comforts. It is only mercenaries who expect to be paid by the day. Serve him without …
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Sep. 14 Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, Feast
The Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross was observed in Rome before the end of the seventh century. It commemorates the recovery of the Holy Cross, which had …
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Saying “We will never forget” while forgetting what can happen again
Members of the New York Police and Fire Department hold a flag for the national anthem at the National 9/11 Memorial and Museum in New York City Sept. 11, 2021. …
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Pope Leo XIV remembers 9/11 victims, calls for peace and forgiveness
The pontiff marked the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks with prayers for the dead and those still bearing its wounds, while his Angelus reflection stressed that forgiveness …