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Aunt Betsy has her idiosyncrasies, and one of them is a liking for beauty in individuals, as well as in chairs and tables and cups and saucers. You will see that all her servants are pretty. She picks them for their good looks, I believe, and trains them afterwards. She would not have so much as a bad-looking stable boy.'

I had no idea that the Temple 'veil' talked about in Scripture was 'a massive blue-and purple curtain, as thick as a hand width, expertly woven and elaborately embellished with embroidery'.

It is not of his house, but of himself, that a man grows weary.

Chapter 5 - The Birth of Mary: Here we learn ways to celebrate and honor Our Queen!

Last day in the Old Testament!

Nearly finished...

She frequently recommended those who consulted her to reestablish or put new life into old works, rather than create new ones. "By so doing," she said, "you do good and mock the devil, for he has no way of slipping himself in by self-love and ambition."

August 17th is my brother's birthday. The entry for that day encourages prayer for all the souls in your family -- past, present, and future -- until the end of time.

This is the gift of insight from the Holy Spirit that we need as well: to identify how our lives and our current experiences fit into God's plan of salvation that he has been working for all time.

Many a time at the moment of Communion she saw the Host come to Life. Jesus was there, sometimes in the form of a child lying upon the petals of a white lily saying to her: "I am the flower of the field and the lily of the valley"; sometimes in the form of a King dressed in purple: "There are scarcely 2 souls sincere in their love. The others are equally ready to come to church or to go to the theater."

By allowing him (the father) to witness the demon respond to his paternal blessing, God showed him how he needed him to engage as head of household. God wants the whole family to be healed and reconciled, and it begins with the father.

And yet, in this extraordinarily painful and debilitated physical condition, Jesus not only spoke from the cross but was in complete control of everything that took place around him.

Become a liberator for the souls in purgatory. If one person can liberate our friends, think what thousands can do. The souls never forget their friends!

Cardinal Burke told Raymond Arroyo: No one has been able to define what the meaning of synodality is – this has become kind of a place holder for advancing all kind of ideas about the Church, about the sacred liturgy. [Rejecting the idea that the synod] is an essential mark of the Church. The Church’s hierarchical communion has taught, and the Second Vatican Council is clear from Our Lord’s own example.

Adam’s sin brought death to humanity, estrangement from God, and the corruption of the created world. Now the Second Adam would ascend the cross, reversing the effects of Adam’s fall, bringing life and sanctification not only to the human race but to all of creation. But to accomplish this great mystery, Jesus would endure an agonizing ordeal beyond our comprehension.

The three brothers are together in Algeria in the French Foreign Legion for the next FIVE years. The valuable stone, the Blue Water has not turned up yet and no one even considers that someone besides the young people could have stolen it.

The attacks against the Church, appearing on many different fronts, including those internal to her earthly existence, must stir those who love Our Lord to greater knowledge of Him, greater love of Him, and greater dedication to His glory and the salvation of souls. Our Lord said, “With God, all things are possible.”

Yes, that’s what I want you to give me, your keys. It is your keys that keep you from sleeping. Each one of them is a little demon, and each one of those little demons alone is heavier than a mountain. With such a weight, my poor Granny, even the angels, even if they tried all of them together, couldn’t carry you to Paradise.