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On this mountain the LORD of hosts will provide for all peoples a feast of rich food & choice wines, juicy, rich food & pure, choice wines. On this mountain he will destroy the veil that veils all peoples, the web that is woven over all nations. He will destroy death forever. The Lord GOD will wipe away the tears from all faces; the reproach of his people he will remove from the whole earth; for the LORD has spoken.

Early in that struggle the interests of wealth allied themselves to, and were mixed with, the violent religious passions of Puritanism. ... Therefore, as the struggle increased in violence, Laud became the target for a double attack. He had repressed Puritanism in religion; he had supported personal monarchy in politics. His person was seized by the rebels, he was imprisoned, and at last they put him to death.

This is an amazing portrayal of the great saint. It makes him seems so human, vulnerable and real. I've always struggled with St. Paul, but after reading this, I have developed great empathy for him.

Holy Mary! Star of the Sea!
With grateful love our hearts are glowing;
Behold we bless thy Son and thee!
Oh, still our light and safety be
O'er the last dread course we're going!
T.D. Sullivan

In the beginning, the important thing is to acquire a knowledge of the principles of the spiritual life & to keep them constantly in mind; what then becomes more and more important as one grows in the spiritual life, is to keep one's mind supplied w/motives for perseverance & advancement, & to restore daily any distortion in one's perspective & sense of relative values that may arise from everyday contacts.

Worthy are you to take the scroll and to open its seals, for you were slain and by your blood you ransomed men for God from every tribe and tongue and people and nation, and have made them a kingdom and priests to our God, and they shall reign on the earth.

A hundred years before, he would have been essentially by temperament one of those naturally supporting the authority of the great Councils and thinking them superior to Rome. Yet it was for that very point, which he had himself doubted, that he consented to die. (St. Thomas More)

By this Holy Water and by Thy Precious Blood, cleanse me from my sins, O Lord.

Great marvels were about them at all times; in the winter were the stars; in winter often, too, the northern lights, a firmament of wings, a conflagration in the mansions of God.

Beautiful! 🥰

O Sublime Mystery, that man cannot fathom, wrought upon the altar of sacrifice! O miracle of God's own power and goodness.

Recite the seven penitential psalms from the Bible: 6, 32, 38, 51, 102, 130 and 143.

The end of the Gospel of Luke. Chapter 24: the couple eat the Bread of Life. The definition of Mercy is the love we do not deserve.

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."