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Mass Calendar For May 2019
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Fri. May 3--Sacred Heart--(Encouraged to attend Mass)
Sat. May 4--First Saturday for BVM--(Encouraged to attend Mass) Sun. May. 5--3rd Sunday of Easter--(Must attend Mass) Sun. May 12--4th Sunday of Easter (Mother's Day)--(Must attend Mass) |
Sun. May 19--5th Sunday of Easter--(Must attend Mass)
Sun. May 26--6th Sunday of Easter--(Must attend Mass) Thurs. May 30--The Ascension of the Lord--(Day of Obligation--Must attend Mass) |
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Vatican City, May 19, 2019 / 05:56 am (CNA).- The boundless love with which Jesus Christ loves each and every person is the same love Catholics are compelled to show their “enemies,” Pope Francis said Sunday. Speaking during his address before the recitation of the Regina Coeli prayer May 19, the pope asked people to answer a question in their hearts: “Am I capable of loving my enemies?” “We all have people – I do not know if they are enemies – but that do not agree with us, who are ‘on the other side,’” he said. “Or does anyone have people who hurt them,” he added, urging people to ask themselves: “Am I capable of loving those people? That man, that woman who hurt me, who offended me? Am I able to forgive him?”
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Lourdes, France, May 16, 2019 / 12:00 pm (CNA).- Over 12,000 soldiers from over 40 countries are set to arrive in Lourdes, France on Friday as part of the 61st Annual International Military Pilgrimage. The pilgrimage goes throughout the weekend before concluding on Sunday. Read More...
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This digital library videos and literature was created as a thank you gift to the generous souls who support the growing seminary and life-changing ministries of St. Michael’s Abbey as members of the Abbot’s Circle. Click here for more info.
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Fr. Mike explains why it is so important to attend Catholic Mass every week. There are some Catholics who think that Mass is optional but it is an every-week obligation. If one does not attend Mass, it is a serious mortal sin that causes one to become separated from God. Serious mortal sin can only be forgiven through absolution by a priest in confession. A person cannot receive the Holy Eucharist with mortal sins on their souls.
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Every person experiences loneliness at one time or another. It isn't a disease to be alone. In fact, most single people experience loneliness and there's nothing wrong with that. God has given you this time for you to have a closer relationship with Him and to learn how to love others. This doesn't mean that single people should go out with the wrong type of people but it means that you should learn how to love your neighbors and spend this "lonely time" in service to God, for Jesus and for others.
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Every person wants clarity to know what they should do in their lives but Fr. Mike states that God has already revealed to you things that He wants you to do today.
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Is there such as thing as finding "The One"? Fr. Mike Schmitz discusses the reasons why many single people get "analysis paralysis" because they are so concerned about finding that one person they think they should marry.
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This video is for those who do not seem to have a clear vocation in their life. In this video, Fr. Mike gives the advice that when one is trying to discern their vocation, it might not be easy to figure out what vocation would suit us best. But one thing is for sure and that is that God wants us to do His Will and to strive to become the best Catholic we can be right now.
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Daily Scripture Readings
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"Whoever loves God must also love his brother."
1 John 4:21 Do No Harm Reflection: Pope John Paul II wrote, "To do harm, to promote violence and conflict in the name of religion is a terrible contradiction and offense against God." Do no harm. Be kind to your brethren. Pray for the conversion of evildoers. Prayer: Fill me, Lord, with Your Holy Spirit of Love. Amen --Excerpts taken from "Uplifting Thoughts for Every Day" By Fr. Catoir |
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For The Month of May 2019
Our Blessed Mother Mary The month of May is the "month which the piety of the faithful has especially dedicated to Our Blessed Lady," and it is the occasion for a "moving tribute of faith and love which Catholics in every part of the world [pay] to the Queen of Heaven. During this month Christians, both in church and in the privacy of the home, offer up to Mary from their hearts an especially fervent and loving homage of prayer and veneration. In this month, too, the benefits of God's mercy come down to us from her throne in greater abundance" (Paul VI: Encyclical on the Month of May, no. 1). This Christian custom of dedicating the month of May to the Blessed Virgin arose at the end of the 13th century. In this way, the Church was able to Christianize the secular feasts which were wont to take place at that time. In the 16th century, books appeared and fostered this devotion. The practice became especially popular among the members of the Jesuit Order — by 1700 it took hold among their students at the Roman College and a bit later it was publicly practiced in the Gesu Church in Rome. From there it spread to the whole Church. The practice was granted a partial indulgence by Pius VII in 1815 and a plenary indulgence by Pius IX in 1859. With the complete revision of indulgences in 1966 and the decreased emphasis on specific indulgences, it no longer carries an indulgence; however it certainly falls within the category of the First General Grant of Indulgences. (A partial indulgence is granted to the faithful who, in the performance of their duties and in bearing the trials of life, raise their mind with humble confidence to God, adding — even if only mentally — some pious invocation. Devotion to Mary The Blessed Virgin Mary is the Mother of the Church and therefore the example, as well as the guide and inspiration, of everyone who, in and through the Church, seeks to be the servant of God and man and the obedient agent of the promptings of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit, as Pope Leo XIII reminded us, is the soul of the Church: All the activity and service of the members of the Church, beginning with the supreme participation of the Blessed Mother in the work of the Church, is vivified by the Holy Spirit as the body, in all its activities, is vivified by its soul. The Holy Spirit is the Paraclete, Advocate, and Comforter which Christ Himself sent to be our consolation in the sorrowful mysteries of life, our source of moderation in the joyful mysteries of life, our added principle of exaltation in the glorious mysteries of life. So He was for the Blessed Mother; so also He is for the least of us; so also He is for the rest of the Church, even for those who are its unconscious but conscientious members. Wherever there is faith there is the example of Mary, because she lived by faith as the Scriptures remind us.... If, then, piety is the virtue which binds us to the sources of all life, to God, to our parents, to the Church, to Christ, certainly Christian piety binds us, in grateful love, to Mary — or our acceptance of Christ and of the mystery of our kinship with Him is imperfect, partial, and unfulfilled. — Cardinal John Wright Click here to recite the Consecration to the Blessed Mother and to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Source Credits: CatholicCulture.org & CatholicSistas.com 
Immaculate Heart of Mary, pray for us. Sacred Heart of Jesus,
please have mercy on all single people and please grant them all eternal life.
In this video, Rick Steves features a few Catholic holy pilgrimage sites of Rome, Italy. Watch now. Video by RickSteves.com.
Take the time to help a poor and/or homeless person in some way. Remember that you will be helping Jesus Himself!
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The Angel's Prayer of Fatima
"Most Holy Trinity, Father, Son and Holy Ghost, I adore Thee profoundly, and I offer Thee the Most Precious Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of the same Son Jesus Christ, present in the Tabernacles of the world, in reparation for all the sacrileges, outrages and indifferences by which He Himself is offended. And by the infinite merits of His Most Sacred Heart and through the Immaculate Heart of Mary, I beg of Thee the conversion of poor sinners. Amen"
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Pope Paul II would have been 99 years old today
and preparations for his centenary are underway by Rome Reports Four young people design the "Google Maps" for Masses
by Rome Reports Pope to healthcare workers: The patients is not a number
they are a person by Rome Reports Vatican Gardens inaugurates Our Lady of Quinche image
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Buy books about the single Catholic life, click here. And, be sure to buy religious sacramentals that every Catholic should be wearing, click here. Check out EWTN On-Demand which gives access to over 12,000 Catholic video programs online. Watch Catholic TV today. Click here to watch Catholic TV today! If you would like to volunteer to help at the Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes in Lourdes, France, please click here. You must pay for your own round-trip plane airfare to Lourdes but the Shrine will assist you with accommodations there for only 12 Euros per day for meals and accommodations. Apply today. Learn about the Sacred Heart of Jesus and more about the Divine Mercy of Jesus. Send for a Papal Blessing for your family. Send for some genuine Lourdes Water for people who are in need of healing at the Lourdes Center. Encourage your family to Catholic Homeschool their kids if they cannot afford regular Catholic school. See Permanent Exhibition of the Body of Padre Pio at The Shrine of St. Pio of Pietrelcina in Italy. Send for free Catholic Home Study Courses to learn about the Catholic faith. If you can afford it, please send a donation to the Catholic Home Study Service. Donations are optional. Read the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops 
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Many Catholics dream of visiting the holy Marian shrines but may find it too expensive to do so. With modern technology, the Catholic Church has found ways to make the Marian shrines available to all people by allowing Catholics and all Christians to ask petitions and to view the Marian shrines live on location. Please take the time to spend some time with Our Blessed Mother at Her shrines and email your petitions to Her. You can also listen to the information about the various Marian apparitions. Click on the names of the Shrines to be transported to those locations and click on the stories of Our Lady.
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This video by Vivacristo describes about the visions of the afterlife as described by St. Faustina Kowalska. We need to all make sure that we change our lives so that we all will attain heavenly salvation and not eternal destruction. If you have sinned, please go to confession as soon as possible so that you will again be united with God and Our Lord Jesus. Then, make sure that you do not continue to offend God or Our Lord anymore. |
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It is extremely important that single Catholics throughout the world learn about their faith. There are some Catholics who were not catechized well as children and did not learn much about their faith at that young age. As adult Catholics, we must all get to know what our Catholic faith teaches so that no one is ignorant of the faith. Take the time now to read the online version of the Catechism of the Catholic Church. Once you learn more about your Catholic faith, you can then help to pass on that information to family and many others. Click here |
Are you a single person interested in the Catholic faith
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If you would like to become a Roman Catholic, find out more about the RCIA program at the nearest Catholic Church in your parish.
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