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Oklahoma Catholic parish hit by tornado; tabernacle unharmed and sanctuary candle still lit https://catholicvote.org/oklahoma-catholic-parish-hit-by-tornado-tabernacle-unharmed/?mkt_tok=NDI3LUxFUS0wNjYAAAGTAOKsS5LRt-q7A4btXEjIHG1m9w_9qLAy6ysRv52jkMs1tWSSEfYMBkWUwLTg1cai7HCL5lc8F_Yu5f2Qfyan5jSFzvWLIw...

NOVENA TO THE HOLY SPIRIT FOR THE SEVEN GIFTS https://www.ewtn.com/catholicism/devotions/novena-to-the-holy-spirit-for-the-seven-gifts-309 This Novena begins on the day after the Solemnity of the Ascension, Friday of the 6th Week of Easter, even if the Solemnity of the Ascension is transferred to th...

Saint John of Ávila (feast day: May 10) is one of the Catholic Church's most recent Holy Doctors, designated on Oct. 31, 2012. On the occasion, he was praised by Pope Benedict XVI for being “constantly grounded in the sacred Scriptures, passionately concerned for the truth and an outstanding precurs...

"If those who are molested by scruples wish to know whether they have consented to a suggestion or not, especially in thoughts, they should see whether, during the temptation, they have always had a lively love to the virtue opposed to the vice in respect of which they were tempted, and hatred to th...

Canonization of Pier Giorgio Frassati COMMENTARY: The soon-to-be saint is the antidote to so much of what ails our world. https://www.ncregister.com/features/pier-giorgio-frassati-canonization-saint-for-young-people?utm_campaign=NCR&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_kVlGCgLuToFnZsBe9C-GKotTIyiqz6GC24...

Saint Gregory the Theologian, Archbishop of Constantinople, a great Father and teacher of the Church, was born into a Christian family of eminent lineage in the year 329, at Arianzos (not far from the city of Cappadocian Nazianzos). His father, also named Gregory (January 1), was Bishop of Nazianzus...

"When a scrupulous person has once made up his mind that he has not consented to a temptation, he must not reason the matter over again to see whether he has really consented or not, for the same temptations often return by making this sort of reflections."

Desideratus is also known as Desire and brother of Desiderius and Deodatus. He became a courtier at the court of king Clotaire, was active in combating heresy and simony, and in 541, was made bishop of Bourgues. He attended several councils that condemned Nestorianism and Eutychianism, was reputed t...

"We ought to abhor every kind of affectation, whether in talking, dressing, or anything else."

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Gisela, Bavarian duchess, was born around 980. Her parents were Henry II, Duke of Bavaria and Gisela of Burgundy. She was raised by Saint Wolfgang of Regensburg, Benedictine monk. Gisela was to become a nun but when she was asked to marry Stephen, she accepted. Thus she married the son of Géza, Gran...

"We must often remember what Christ said, that not he who begins, but he that perseveres to the end, shall be saved."

In the year 95, Saint John the Evangelist, the only surviving Apostle, who was governing all the churches of Asia Minor (present-day Turkey), was apprehended at Ephesus and sent in chains to Rome. The Emperor Domitian did not relent at the sight of the venerable old man, but condemned him to be cast...