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  • READ: “WHY I WILL STILL TOAST SAINT AMBROSE THIS SUNDAY” by SEAN O’NEILL: Although superseded liturgically by the Second Sunday of Advent, December 7 is still the Feast of Saint Ambrose, the great 4th century bishop of Milan in Italy who hugely influenced Saint Augustine of Hippo’s decision to be baptized a Catholic. The Editor of the Diocese… Read more

  • PRAY: FIRST FRIDAY DEVOTION | FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5: Today is the First Friday of the month of December and thus, as with every First Friday, a day to more perfectly respond to the burning love within Christ’s divine heart for each of us. Why? Here’s the explanation:

    On December 27, 1673, a nun of the Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary,… Read more

  • READ: WHY WE SHOULD REVERE SAINT FRANCIS XAVIER by DEACON JOSEPH JONG: Today is the Feast of Saint Francis Xavier (1506-1552), the great Spanish Jesuit missionary who took the message of Jesus Christ and His Holy Church eastwards to India, Ceylon, Malacca, Molucca Islands, Philippines, and Japan. In 1552 he started on a voyage to China but died… Read more

  • READ: LED BY OUR LORD | TIM BUSCH’S EUCHARISTIC JOURNEY FROM MICHIGAN TO MANHATTAN: The King of the Universe wends his way through the capital of the world, writes David Kerr, Director of Communications for the Diocese of Lansing. New York City’s annual Eucharistic Procession is a spectacle that’s as startling as it is sacred. Serried ranks of… Read more

  • READ: SIX TIPS FOR LIVING A HOLY ADVENT by SHERI WOHLFERT: As each December draws near, the battle to balance Holy and Ho Ho Ho begins, writes Sheri Wohlfert, Catholic wife, mom, grandma, speaker, writer, and parishioner at Saint Mary in Westphalia. Christ is the center of the Christmas celebration, but what does that look like? Perhaps… Read more

  • READ: WELCOME TO THE MONTH OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION: That’s right, we have now entered December, Month of the Month of the Immaculate Conception. Ave Maria!

    The term “Immaculate Conception” refers to the conception of the Virgin Mary free from original sin by virtue of the merits of her son Jesus Christ. The Catholic Church teaches that… Read more

  • PRAY: FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT | NOVEMBER 30: “To you, I lift up my soul, O my God. In you, I have trusted; let me not be put to shame. Nor let my enemies exult over me; and let none who hope in you be put to shame.” (Entrance Antiphon, First Sunday of Advent, Cf. Ps 25 (24):1-3, 124)

  • “Gratitude is the first sign of a thinking, rational creature; ingratitude leads to so many breaks with God and our neighbor,” Blessed Solanus Casey (1870-1957). Have a blessed Thanksgiving!

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