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VATICAN PREPARING A MANUAL TO HELP PRIESTS CELEBRATE MASS Prefect Warns Against Making Liturgy Into a 'Show' H. Sergio Mora RO...

http://www.memri.org/clip/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/3721.htm London, January 12th

Poll alert two...this one seems to not be getting attention. Perhaps it is too boring....

A prayer for purity of heart through the intercession of Saint Gemma http://www.stgemmagalgani.com/2010/08/prayer-to-st-gemma-for-purit...

St. Paul listed his sufferings for a reason. He was in the Illuminative State, if not the Unitive State. And, he was trying to teach us wh...

The way of purification is up to God, but it must happen. For most of us, the first stage of purgation is the breaking of the will and ...

I cannot go through all this writings, but I am trying to highlight some. I am using different saints and authors so that readers have a ...

Snow is beautiful. Snow creates less activity. Snow makes the world more silent. Snow changes our expectations. Snow reminds us of...

Crazy Blogging Days , and I am reading two books and talking to friends and petting the cat.....not this one...and out in the snow.....

thanks to Orthowiki Cassian is also one of the earliest writers to list the deadly vices which keep us from God. He lists lust, avarice...

John Cassian, who died in 435, was one of the first "monks" I read about thirty-five years ago. His wisdom provides us with a p...

Joke of the Day What do Obama and God have in common? Neither has a birth certificate. But, here is a sad joke from Damian Thompso...

US Slips Out of Top 10 ‘Happiest Countries’ from Newsmax.com For the first time, the United States does not rank in the top 10...

Another supertradmum poll..... You can vote for more than one category....

In an effort to show that Barbie was an influence in the making of at least one generations' views of women, authors have traced the ...

A nod to Fr. Z. in the second scene here on feeling disgusted about certain things.................

Dear Holy Men of God, Dear Excellencies and Fathers, For many years, I have sat in the congregations of many churches which have parochial...

It is snowing again. It is really cold outside. And, I have good internet access. Taking advantage of the days here. Take your time an...

Even baby bats are cute.............. And more....

Well, last year, this caused a storm, but almost every year I refer to Keat's melancholy, but interesting poem on "The Eve of St...