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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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Novena for the Holy Souls in Purgatory by St. Alphonsus Liguori

After each day's meditation and prayer, recite the 'Prayer to Our Suffering Savior for the Souls in Purgatory', followed by one 'Our Father' and 'Hail Mary'. Prayer to our Suffering Savior for the Souls in Purgatory “O most sweet Jesus, through the bloody sweat which Thou didst suffer in the Garden of Gethsemane, have mercy on these Blesse…

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Seven Sorrows of Mary: #1 The Prophecy of Simeon

"The martyrdom of Mary was longer than that of all the martyrs The martyrdom of Mary was greater than that of all the martyrs The martyrdom of Mary was never equaled The martyrdom of Mary was without relief" - St. Alphonsus Liguori First Sorrow: The Prophecy of Simeon In this valley of tears, every man is born to weep, and every one must suffer those affli…

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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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St. Alphonsus: Mercy and Justice

There are two ways by which the devil endeavors to deceive men to their eternal ruin: after they have committed sin he tempts them to despair on account of the severity of divine judgment; but before they have sinned he encourages them to do so by the hope of obtaining the divine mercy. And he effects the ruin of numberless souls as well by the second as by the fi…