Bishop of Jerusalem & Pope Francis   Request Second Day of Prayer and Fasting for Peace- This Friday October 27th PLEASE PLEASE JOIN US IN ANSWERING THIS REQUEST!  Also answer the request from Mary in her many apparitions to pray the rosary daily Pray with us every weekday evening - the Seven Sorrows Rosary for W...

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Reflections on the Seven Sorrows Rosary A Prayer for Peace in the Middle East After prayerful recollection, I offer the following Seven Sorrows Rosary prayer intentions  Timothy Duff, STM,  MA Cert., ERD , BCC Guardian/Co-Founder Opening Prayer: Crucified Jesus we pray at your feet and offer you the tea...

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ِA Call for Prayer and Fasting for Peace  "Since he is not the God of disorder but of peace" (1 Cor. 14,33) Last night, during our Sunday chaplet prayers to MMOMI, one of our devotees shared about  a letter sent out requesting to make Tuesday, October 17th a day of prayer and fasting for the situation in the Midd...

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The Rosary- Its Origin and A Theological Reference Saturday, October 7th Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary     The Battle of Lepanto in 1571 was a naval battle between the Ottoman empire and Christian forces (Venice, Spain, and the pope) during the Ottomans’ attempt to acquire Cyprus. Pope St. Pius V asked...

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Sacrifice, Suffering...and Salvation Today, I received an email from one of our spiritual support: the The Discalced Hermits of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Fairfield, Pennslvania. It is a reflection on redemptive suffering and death. I was really moved by the Hermit's reflections.  Send me any comments about ...

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Flowers: Reminders of Redemptive Suffering After praying the Joyful Mysteries last night, I came across an article in the on-line enyclopedia All About Mary at the Marian Library at the University of Dayton, Ohio. The article, Reparation through Flowers, by John S. Stokes Jr., is one of the most in-depth and beautiful ar...

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Since, we are going to be spending time meditating with Mary in October, I wanted to offer a little in-depth history of the Blessed Virgin. Over the years, my go-to place to look up scholarly questions about Mary is at the Marian Library at the Univeristy of Dayton, Ohio. It is now fully online and many resources are available. Take ...

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Finding Christ in those with Mental Illness- What does the Church say? From my own experience  of living and caring for someone with mental illness, I ask and meditate on the following question often: What is the Mystery of Christ within them? How does it affect those who love them and care for them? W...

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The Guild of St Benedict Joseph Labre's History of Devotion to Mary- Under the title Merciful Mother of the Mentally Ill (MMOMI) Prayer the Chaplet with us during Lent. A few years after founding the Guild in 1996, my mother and I felt a call to bring a new title of Mary specifically under Our Lady Guadalupe and wit...

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Relics and the Bible When discussing relics and the Saints, there are those people who think it is superstition or some type of erroneous worship that takes away from Christ. Properly understood, Catholic veneration of a relic (like the one of St Benedict Joseph Labre pictured on the right) is the way we honor God through the...

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