The blessing of a city or worship of God in a procession is not just some performative act for the in-crowd or out-crowd.

Do we not believe that blessings are efficacious? Do we not believe that the worship is God is what we ought to do, and brings merit and grace?

The Vatican indicated in 2005: 'those who practise homosexuality, present deep-seated homosexual tendencies or support the so-called 'gay culture'' should not be admitted to seminaries.

Not all bishops listened.

The Pope reaffirmed this rule in hopes more follow it.

May 29 Saint Ursula (Julia) Ledóchowska, Virgin †1939
—Polish noble foundress of the Ursulines of the Agonizing Heart of Jesus
—Expelled from the Russian Empire due to her work
—Renowned speaker, polyglot who made a Finnish catechism
—In 1996 saved a man from electrocution death

Just a friend you haven’t met..

God already had a perfect plan for grass and grain.

Father, you're not gonna believe what happened.

May 28 Saint Paul Hạnh †1859
—Led a band of thieves in his youth
—When accused of being Christian before the emperor, maintained his profession of Christ amid flattery and bribes, scourges and laceration of his flesh
—Beheaded at age 32
—One of the Vietnamese Martyrs

May 26 St Mariana of Jesus de Paredes, TOSF †1645 at 26
—1st Saint of Ecuador
—Orphaned at 4, housed by sister & brother-in-law as she pursued holiness & strict penance
—Nourished spiritually in Sodality of Our Lady at the Jesuit parish
—Lived almost exclusively on the Eucharist

Please, please pray for Western Kentucky tonight, they are getting hit by tornadoes.

You need to first suffer well the small things before you can suffer well in the big things.

POV: You are Lord of hosts and Savior of the world watching me finish the Eucharistic Prayer.

The occasion of countless healings of body and soul, exorcisms, miracles,

the Sign of the Cross and invocation of the Most Holy Triune God may be one of the first and simplest prayers we learn while also among the most powerful.
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June is the month of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
Christ is King.

Patrick Deneen I know that the purpose of the post-War system is to prevent the rise of nationalism, but I am not sure we can call what we have “liberalism” precisely because it doesn’t care about consent of the governed. Freedom of assembly is also gone, and ask the cake guy about freedom of

Boss walked through with a burger on an Ember Friday

I’ll just leave this here 🤗

“𝗜 𝗔𝗠 𝗔 𝗖𝗔𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗟𝗜𝗖. 𝗜 𝗪𝗜𝗟𝗟 𝗡𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗥 𝗗𝗘𝗡𝗬 𝗚𝗢𝗗. 𝗜𝗧 𝗜𝗦 𝗕𝗘𝗧𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗠𝗘 𝗧𝗢 𝗗𝗜𝗘.”

Saint Anna Wang was born in Majiazhuang China. She lost her mother at the age of four, and was known as an exceptionally pious child who loved to read.

She was

An update: I have a kidney stone resting comfortably for the time being inside my left ureter. The good thing is I haven’t really had pain since being on Flomax.

I’m scheduled for a procedure later in June to break it up into smaller pieces. Prayers appreciated.

The imago Dei never meant that you had to accept every bad behavior or make sure people never felt bad. This has nothing to do with Christianity. It stems from our liberal humanist civil religion.

Bit by a Priest. The long-awaited reboot of Touched by an Angel, streaming now on Peacock