SAINT ANTHONY was an advocate of women. He helped many to forego prostitution, an ‘occupation’ often forced upon women who had escaped abusive marriages, but then had no way to earn money...
ON EASTER Sunday, March 27, 2016, one of the best known women in Catholic circles died. With a name and face familiar to millions worldwide, Mother Mary Angelica of the Annunciation, who was born in...
HOW OFTEN we pray this prayer to the Blessed Mother: Hail, holy Queen, Mother of Mercy! Our life, our sweetness, and our hope! To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve, to thee do we send...
AT THE TIME of Christ, ointments were oily substances made with oil compounded with various spices, resins, and aromatics, preserved in small alabaster boxes to retain their fragrance. They were...
PSALM 51 contains the phrase, “Purify me with hyssop, and I shall be clean” (Psalm 51: 7). A familiar lavender or white flowered herb in many parts of the world, hyssop is a two to four...
HOW MIGHT Anthony have preached on the Passion of Christ? His sermon notes on the Passion are more like an actual sermon than notes. Can’t you almost hear him preaching the following?
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