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Vatican Seeking Spiritual

Moms for Priests

And Dioceses Willing to Offer Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration

http://www.zenit.org/article-21253?l=english

Roman Catholic Church (Latin Rite)

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LITANY TO ST. JOSEPH

Lord, have mercy.  Christ, have mercy.  Lord, have mercy. Jesus, hear us.  God, the Father of Heaven, God, the Son, Redeemer of the world, God, the Holy Spirit, Holy Trinity, One God, Holy Mary, St. Joseph, Renowned offspring of David, Light of Patriarchs, Spouse of the Mother of God, Chaste guardian of the Virgin, Foster father of the Son of God, Diligent protector of Christ, Head of the Holy Family, Joseph most just, Joseph most chaste, Joseph most prudent, Joseph most strong, Joseph most obedient, Joseph most faithful, Mirror of patience, Lover of poverty, Model of artisans, Glory of home life, Guardian of virgins, Pillar of families, Solace of the wretched, Hope of the sick, Patron of the dying, Terror of demons, Protector of Holy Church, Lamb of God, who take away the sins of the world, Lamb of God, who take away the sins of the world, Lamb of God, who take away the sins of the world. He made him the lord of his household. Let us pray, ---  O God, in your ineffable providence you were pleased to choose Blessed Joseph to be the spouse of your most holy Mother; grant, we beg you, that we may be worthy to have him for our intercessor in heaven whom on earth we venerate as our Protector: You who live and reign forever and ever. Saint Joseph, pray for us.	Lord, have mercy. Christ, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. Jesus, graciously hear us. Have mercy on us. Have mercy on us. Have mercy on us. Have mercy on us pray for us. pray for us. pray for us. pray for us. pray for us. pray for us. pray for us. pray for us. pray for us. pray for us. pray for us. pray for us. pray for us. pray for us. pray for us. pray for us. pray for us. pray for us. pray for us. pray for us. pray for us. pray for us. pray for us. pray for us. pray for us. pray for us. spare us, O Lord. graciously hear us, O Lord. And prince over all his possessions.

EUCHARIST-SCHNEIDER Jan-8-2008

Bishop says Catholics should kneel, receive communion on tongue

By Cindy Wooden

Catholic News Service

http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/0800122.htm

 REPORTS THAT ROME WOULD PUSH EXORCISM POINT UP SERIOUS CRISIS IN ROMAN CHURCH

 http://www.spiritdaily.com/exorcists.htm

INDULGENCES AND PURGATORY

A plenary indulgence offers full pardon of the temporal punishment (suffering in this life or the next) due to sins already forgiven in confession
Purgatory is a kind of spiritual waiting room - for people who do not go directly to paradise or hell after death - to purify souls of residual sin before they enter heaven

The Pope is expected to visit the shrine during the jubilee year.

The pontiff also said believers who prayed at places of worship dedicated to Our Lady of Lourdes from 2-11 February 2008 - or who were unable to make the journey - would also be able to receive indulgences.

The decree was signed by US Cardinal J Francis Stafford, who is head of the Apostolic Penitentiary, a Vatican court dealing with indulgences and matters of conscience.

Prayer of the Jubilee Year of 2008
God our Father
among all creatures You have formed Mary,
the perfect creature, the “Immaculate Conception”.
Here in Lourdes she proclaimed this name and Bernadette repeated it.
The Immaculate Conception; this is a cry of hope:
evil, sin, and death are no longer victors.
Mary, precursory sign, dawn of salvation!

Mary,
You, the innocence and refuge of sinners
We pray to you.

Hail Mary……….. !

Lord Jesus,
You gave us Mary as our Mother.
She shared Your Passion and Resurrection.
Here in Lourdes she showed herself to Bernadette,
saddened by our sins but radiant with Your light.
Through her, we entrust to You our joys and our sorrows,
our own, those of the sick, and those of all people.

Mary,
Our sister and our mother,
our confidant, and our help
We pray to you

Hail Mary……….. !

Holy Spirit, you are the Spirit of love and unity.
Here in Lourdes, through Bernadette, Mary asked
for a Chapel, and for people to come in procession.
Inspire the Church which Christ is building on Peter’s faith:
that it may be one.
Guide the pilgrimage of the Church:
that it may be faithful and daring!

Mary, you are filled with the Holy Spirit,
you are the spouse and the servant.
You are the model for Christians, and the maternal face of the Church.v We pray to you.

Hail Mary……….. !

…

For the many graces received here,
for all the conversions,
all the forgiveness,
all the healings,
for the vocations and promises
which you have witnessed or engendered,
for the love of serving others, which you have let us experience,
Our Lady of Lourdes
we thank you!

With all our brothers and sisters of the human race,
with all people in need of peace and justice,
with young people in search of a way,
you who appeared so young to little Bernadette,
with all those who are in mourning, who are ill,
handicapped, or facing a setback,
with those who may have a reason for despair:
Our Lady of Lourdes
We pray to you!

Because you are the smile of God,
the reflection of the light of Christ,
the dwelling place of the Holy Spirit,
because you chose Bernadette in her misery,
because you are the star of the morning, the gate of Heaven,
and the first resurrected creature
we praise you,
we acclaim you
and with you we sing the wonders of God

Magnificat !

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This prayer is comprised of six verses. The first three or second three may be used separately at different times.

A Hail Mary may be said after each verse.

Expert agrees with pope on the harmful effect of Harry Potter

An expert in English literature, Edoardo Rialti, has written in the Vatican newspaper to support the current pope assertion that the blockbuster Harry Potter series has a detrimental spiritual impact on young Christian minds.

http://au.christiantoday.com/article/expert-agrees-with-pope-on-the-harmful-effect-of-harry-potter/3730.htm 

  Joan's blog from EWTN

  http://www.ewtn.com/news/blog.asp?blog_ID=1

RAY'S  BLOG

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 Heavenly Father, in

Your love for us, protect against the wickedofdevil, those helpless little onehttp://www.robertspitzer.org/s to whom You have  of life.

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Pope calls on media to adopt "info-ethics"

 http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/1/24/worldupdates/2008-01-24T192324Z_01_NOOTR_RTRMDNC_0_-315743-1&sec=Worldupdates

Making Converts of Cradle Catholics

By Mary Beth Kremski

http://www.catholic.com/thisrock/2005/0502fea1.asp

Resources to combat the New Age

http://www.angelfire.com/ms/seanie/newage/nindex.html

 Pope OKs plenary indulgence for Lourdes' 150th anniversary

By Carol Glatz
Catholic News Service

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- To mark the 150th anniversary of Mary's appearance to St. Bernadette Soubirous near Lourdes, France, Pope Benedict XVI authorized a special indulgence to encourage renewed holiness.


Catholics can receive a plenary indulgence for taking part in any public or private devotion to Our Lady of Lourdes, said U.S. Cardinal J. Francis Stafford, head of the Apostolic Penitentiary, a Vatican court dealing with indulgences and matters of conscience.

As Christians strive to become more holy, they can look to Mary who "calls the faithful to her son and his sacrifice and to the love of the Father," said the cardinal, quoting from "Lumen Gentium," the Second Vatican Council's Dogmatic Constitution on the Church.

The Vatican published the cardinal's statement announcing the indulgence and outlining the requirements for receiving it Dec. 5.

An indulgence is a remission of the temporal punishment due for sins committed. A plenary indulgence is the remission of all punishment.

Cardinal Stafford said the indulgence can also be applied to the souls of the faithful in purgatory.

Catholics can receive the indulgence during two time frames.

Pilgrims visiting the Massabielle grotto, where Mary appeared to St. Bernadette, can receive the indulgence during the Lourdes jubilee year, which runs from Dec. 8, the feast of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, until Dec. 8, 2008.

Pilgrims who visit any public sanctuary, shrine or other worthy place dedicated to Our Lady of Lourdes may receive the indulgence Feb. 2-11. Feb. 11 is the day the first of 18 apparitions occurred and is the feast of Our Lady of Lourdes. Feb. 2 is the feast of the Presentation of the Lord.

Cardinal Stafford said that to obtain the special indulgence one must fulfill the normal requirements set by the church for all plenary indulgences; these include the person going to confession within a reasonably short period of time, receiving the Eucharist and praying for the intentions of the pope, all in a spirit of total detachment from the attraction of sin.

Those who make a pilgrimage to Lourdes must visit the following sites, preferably in this order:

-- The parish where St. Bernadette was baptized.

-- The Soubirous family home.

-- The Massabielle grotto.

-- The chapel where St. Bernadette received her first Communion.

At each location the faithful should end their meditation by praying the Lord's Prayer, the creed and the special jubilee prayer or a prayer to Mary.

Those visiting a holy place dedicated to Our Lady of Lourdes in another part of the world Feb. 2-11 also should pray the Lord's Prayer, the creed and the special jubilee prayer or a prayer to Mary.

Catholics who cannot visit Lourdes or join a communal service dedicated to Our Lady of Lourdes because of illness or other serious reason could still earn the indulgence "in their own home or wherever they are" Feb. 2-11, Cardinal Stafford said.


http://www.ewtn.com/Devotionals/novena/lourdes.htm

http://www.wf-f.org/OurLadyofLourdes.html 

http://www.the-tidings.com/2008/021508/diffce.htm

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JOY FILLED MARRIAGE

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CHRISTOPHER WEST

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 LENTEN REGULATIONS

 http://www.thebostonpilot.com/article.asp?ID=5794

 Annie Karto

 http://www.catholicmusicnetwork.com/profiles/153.asp

Ritual of Dealing With Demons Undergoes a Revival

By Craig Whitlock
Washington Post Foreign Service
Monday, February 11, 2008; A09

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/10/AR2008021002435_pf.html

 Boston’s ‘healing priest’

Rev. Edward McDonough

dies at 86

 http://news.bostonherald.com/news/regional/general/view.bg?articleid=1072923&srvc=home&position=emailed

MEMO TO THE POPE: PLEASE YOUR HOLINESS, ADDRESS CRISIS OF FAITH WITH THE BISHOPS

 http://www.spiritdaily.com/memotopope.htm

 Vatican-led Global Anti-Abortion Campaign gaining wide support

 http://www.catholic.org/international/international_story.php?id=26634

 FIND YOUR TRUE SELF AND FIND COMFORT HERE AS WELL AS EASIER WAY INTO HEAVEN

http://www.spiritdaily.com/whoreallyare2.htm

New Age teachings lead away from Christ

Priest cautions against yoga, homeopathy

http://www.wcr.ab.ca/news/2008/0218/newage021808.shtml

Irish Jesuit

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Sacred Space

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Family Rosary Radio

Voices of the Saints 

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Spirit & Life^®

Humanae Vitae Priests

http://www.hli.org/sl_2008-02-25.html 

In Persona Christi: The Priest and Contraception

http://www.catholicexchange.com/node/70735

  Father Michael J. McGivney would be first American born priest to be
declared a saint

 Blessed Mother

 Her Feet Shod with Holiness And, if our faith had given us nothing more
Than this Example, of all Womanhood,
So mild, so merciful, so strong, so good,
So patient, so peaceful, loyal, loving, pure -
This were enough to prove it higher and truer
Than all the creeds the world had known before.
Virgin, who lovest the poor and lonely,
If the loud cry of a mother's heart
Can ever ascend to where thou art,
Into thy blessed hands and holy
Receive my prayer of praise and thanksgiving
Let the hands that bore our Savior bear it
Into the awful presence of God;
For thy feet with holiness are shod,
And, if thou bearest it, he will hear it.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

No Atheists in Earthquakes

http://www.newoxfordreview.org/note.jsp?did=0508-notes-earthquakes

Couple Prayer Series

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