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Fr. Faber: On the importance of thanksgiving

"Ah! if we have reason to pity God, if we may dare so to speak with St. Alphonsus, because men sin against His loving Majesty, still more reason have we to do so when we see how scanty and how cold are the thanksgivings offered up to Him. Nothing is so odious among men as ingratitude; yet it is the daily and hourly portion of Almighty God. There is no telling wh…

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Sermon for Passion Sunday by St. Alphonsus Liguori

ON THE DANGER TO WHICH TEPIDITY EXPOSES THE SOUL. It can be found here: https://en.m.wikisource.org/wiki/Sermons_for_all_the_Sundays_in_the_year/Sermon_19

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How to Act towards Invalidly Married Catholics

By Fr. Donald F. Miller, C.SS.R. Some guiding principles for those who face the too common problem of an invalid marriage in the circle of their family or friends. ONE of the most common and difficult moral problems that must be faced by Catholics today is that concerning the right attitude to be taken toward Catholics who have publicly renounced the grace of God by …

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God our Lord

God hath made all things for Himself- - Prov. 16:4 We are all of us jealous of what belongs to ourselves. We resent it if any one interferes with it, or deprives us of any portion of it. Yet no one owns anything by a title so absolute as that by which God is the Lord and owner of all creatures in the universe. My body and my soul are His; everything I possess is Hi…

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Make Haste and Save Thyself - Mother Mary Loyola

"We all know the story of the destruction of wicked Sodom: how two Angels were sent to save Lot who lived there; and how eager they showed themselves on their charitable errand. "And the Angels pressed Lot, saying: Arise, save thy life; look not back, but save thyself in the mountains. ... And as he lingered, they took his hand, saying: Make haste and be sa…

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St. Alphonsus Liguori: Praying for Final Perseverance

"And although the first graces that come to us without any co-operation on our part, such as the call to faith or to penance, are, as St. Augustine says, granted by God even to those who do not pray; yet the Saint considers it certain that the other graces, and specially the grace of perseverance, are not granted except in answer to prayer ." "We ought…

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Spiritual Communion

"This pious practice has been most emphatically commended by all spiritual teachers, and by the Council of Trent; for it is a means most conducive to the perfecting of the soul, and brings manifold blessings and consolations, inasmuch as it contains graces and benefits almost similar to those received in sacramental Communion." During our times, this take…