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235 total views September 16, 1991 Dear Redd I know how strongly you wished to come home to witness my investiture. Unfortunately, God willed otherwise. However, do not feel so sad about your not being able to be here for this occasion. After all, becoming a monsignor is not the most beautiful event that can happen
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158 total views We all have different fears. Some are afraid of the dark. Some are afraid of their hidden secrets. Some are afraid of getting old. Some are afraid of being inexperienced, because of their youth. Cory is afraid of coup de tat. The candidates are afraid of losing in the elections. The military are
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339 total views There are some things to be clarified as we observe today the memory of the Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary. First of all, I would like to tell what the Queenship of Mary does not mean. It does not mean that Mary has almighty power in heaven. It does not mean that
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161 total views The doctrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary is official Catholic teaching. It is dogma. This means that if we want to remain a Catholic, we must believe in faith that Mary was assumed into heaven. And if we don’t like to believe that Mary was assumed into heaven body and
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208 total views The feast we are celebrating today happened very simply in a very ordinary setting because of one ordinary person. It came about through the simple yes of a simple woman named Mary. And the Father’s plan for the second person of the Trinity to take human form became a reality. Let us mull
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169 total views You hear it time and again, and I think it will not do us harm to repeat it, that the Our Father is the model of all Christian prayers. This means each time we pray, our prayer should follow the pattern of the Our Father. If we listen very carefully and examine the
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191 total views If there was any man who walked here on earth who did not need to pray, it was Jesus. Jesus did not have to pray because He is God and man. Jesus did not need to pray because He was always in communion with God and He is God Himself. Yet, the Gospel
