Chapter 6-7

The people for their sins, are oppressed by the Madianites. Gedeon is called to deliver them.…

Celebrated Each Year on November 2



This day is for remembering and praying for the souls of the those in Purgatory. At Masses today (there will be three), the glorious Sequence "Dies Irae" (also used in Requiem Masses, i.e., Masses for the Dead) will be recited after the Epistle, Gradual, and Tract ("Dies Irae" means "Day of Wrath").



Between Noon of November 1 and Midnight November 2, a person who has been to confession and Communion can gain a…

St. Margaret Mary Alacoque

Religious of the Visitation Order. Apostle of the…

My sister has been reading a book on how to feel good about yourself and how one talks about or to oneself affects a person's self esteem.  She told me a person should say "I love myself therefore..... "  and you fill in the blank.

I pondered on this and thought that what most people are missing are true Catholic teaching and prayers.   The one and only thing to fill in the blank to this statement is this:

I love myself therefore every morning when I wake up I will…

As I did not know much about St. Louis Bertrand, I researched and found an old book online from 1880's that captures his life.  He is compared to St. Francis Xavier, as an Apostle to the West, but little has been done to promote his life and miracles.

He was of the same family as St. Vincent Ferrer, who was his model.

Here's a link which takes you to a book if you'd like to read it.

Sketches of Illustrious Dominicans :…

"Thank you St. Therese of the Child Jesus, for prayers answered!!!   My novena prayer request for my son was positively answered, TODAY, on her feast day!  

Deo Gratias

October

The Holy Rosary (feast of the Holy Rosary, first Sunday in October).…