Category: Saints
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Homily for Thursday, 10th Week in Ordinary Time (Memorial of St. Anthony of Padua)
13.06.2024 – St. Patrick Catholic Church, Largo, FL O Holy Saint Anthony – Pray for us 1Kings 18:41-46, Psalm 65, Matthew 5:20-26 Today, the Church celebrates St. Anthony of Padua, one of the great heroes of the Christian faith. St Anthony of Padua was born in 1195 in Lisbon, Portugal to a wealthy Portuguese family.…
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Homily for the Memorial of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
08.06.2024 – St. Patrick Catholic Church, Largo, FL Mary kept everything in her heart Isaiah 61:9-11, 1Samuel 2: 1,4-8, Luke 2:41-51 We celebrate today the memorial of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. The Immaculate Heart of Mary signifies, first of all, the great purity and love of the heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary for…
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Homilía del Vigésimo Tercer Domingo del Tiempo Ordinario
19.11.2023 – Villanueva del Arzobispo – Iznatoraf Tuve miedo, y me fui y escondí tu talento en la tierra Proverbios 31,10-13, Salmo 127, 1Tesalonicenses 5,1-6, Mateo 25,14-30 Quiero comenzar esta reflexión felicitando a los directores y los miembros de la Banda Musical La Moraleja por la celebración este año de Santa Cecilia, Patrona de todos…
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Homilía en la Fiesta de San Lucas
18.10.2023 – Colegio Cristo Rey – Villanueva del Arzobispo Lucas, el médico amado, compañero de viaje de Pablo 2Timoteo 4,10-17, Salmo 145, Lucas 10,1-9 Celebramos hoy al amable san Lucas, “el médico amado” (Col. 4,14 y 11; cf. 2Tim. 4,11, Filem. 24) y compañero de viaje de Pablo (cf. Pasajes “Nosotros” en Hch. 16,11ss) y…
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Prayer to Heal a Wounded Heart on the Feast of Saint Valentine, February 14
O God, the source of all true love, I come to you wounded and bleeding deep inside my heart. I come to you a victim of fake love; please heal me from the grief, loss and pain of love gone wrong. Help me overcome a deep heartache that destroyed me in the past. Make me…
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Tú también puedes ser un santo – Homilía para la solemnidad de todos los santos
La invitación y la llamada a la santidad es una llamada e invitación universal. Todo ser humano está llamado a la santidad. No es una cosa reservado solamente a los sacerdotes, monjes, religiosos o religiosas. No importa su estado, género o color. Todos están llamados a la santidad. De norte a sur, de este a…
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Hoy es la fiesta de San Valentín, patrono de los enamorados
Por aciprensa/14 February 2020 Cada 14 de febrero se recuerda a San Valentín, patrono de los enamorados. Según la tradición, durante la persecución a los cristianos en los primeros siglos el santo ponía en riesgo su vida para unir a las parejas en matrimonio. Todos los santos se caracterizan por haber llevado su amor a…
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Homily at the Funeral Mass of Seminarian Michael Nnadi (Sokoto Diocese), on 11th February 2020 at Good Shepherd Seminary, Kaduna by Matthew Hassan Kukah, Bishop of Sokoto Diocese
1. We have gathered around the remains of Michael in supplication but also as solemn witnesses to the penetrating darkness that hovers over our country. I have the rare honour of being considered the principal mourner in this ugly tragedy. It is not an honour that I am worthy of receiving. The honour belongs to…
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The night is dark, and I am far from home; Lead thou me on! Legacy of Saint John Henry Newman
1. Lead, kindly Light: historical context[1] Lead, Kindly Light is a hymn with words written in 1833 by Saint John Henry Newman as a poem titled “the Pillar and the Cloud”. A poem biblically based on Exod 13: 21-22. John Henry Newman was 33 years old when he found himself on a boat from the…
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5 keys to understanding the dogma of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary
BY LILIANA MONTES | ACI Prensa 14.08.2019 4.29PM Every August 15 we celebrate the dogma of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary to the Heavens. Here are five keys that will help us to better understand this truth about the Catholic faith. 1. You must know what a dogma means A dogma is a truth…
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