December 28 FEAST OF THE HOLY INNOCENTS, MARTYRSMass prayers and readings. Today, the Church celebrates the memory of the small children of the neighborhood of […]
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Dec. 28: FEAST OF THE HOLY INNOCENTS GOSPEL, COMMENTARY AND REFLECTION ON THE FLIGHT TO EGYPT.
Dec. 28: FEAST OF THE HOLY INNOCENTS GOSPEL, COMMENTARY AND REFLECTION ON THE FLIGHT TO EGYPT GOSPEL OF DEC. 28, FEAST OF THE HOLY INNOCENTSMt 2:13–18 […]
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Dec. 27: ST. JOHN, APOSTLE AND EVANGELIST. Mass and St. Augustine’s treatise.
Dec. 27: ST. JOHN, APOSTLE AND EVANGELIST. Mass prayers and readings and St. Augustine’s treatise. Born in Bethsaida, St. John together with James, his brother, […]
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December 14: ST. JOHN OF THE CROSS, Priest & Doctor of the Church.
December 14: ST. JOHN OF THE CROSS, Priest & Doctor of the Church. Born in Fontiveros, Spain, St. John of the Cross (1542-1591), after a […]
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Dec. 13 ST. LUCY, Virgin and Martyr
Dec. 13 ST. LUCY, Virgin and Martyr St. Lucy is one of seven women, aside from the Blessed Virgin Mary, commemorated by name in the […]
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Dec. 11: ST. DAMASUS I, POPE AND CONFESSOR.
Dec. 11: ST. DAMASUS I, POPE AND CONFESSOR St. Damasus I (305-384) was probably near the city of Idanha-a-Velha (in Lusitania, Hispania), in what is […]
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Dec. 10: OUR LADY OF LORETO. Brief history and prayer.
December 10:OUR LADY OF LORETO Since the fifteenth century, and possibly even earlier, the Holy House of Loreto, a town south of Ancona, has been […]
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December 9: ST. JUAN DIEGO CUAHTLATOATZIN
December 9ST. JUAN DIEGO CUAHTLATOATZIN.Short bio and a letter of St. John Paul II December 9Saint Juan Diego Cuahtlatoatzin St. Juan Diego (1474-1548) was born […]
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December 8: HOMILY FOR THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION OF MARY.
December 8:HOMILY FOR THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION OF MARY (SOLEMNITY)AV reflection summary and text. Dear friends: Happy Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of Mary! As we […]
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Dec. 26: ST. STEPHEN, PROTOMARTYR. Mass and sermon
Dec. 26ST. STEPHEN, THE FIRST MARTYR.Mass and Sermon of St. Fulgentius He was the first Christian martyr. Stoned outside Jerusalem, he died praying for his […]
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December 7: ST. AMBROSE, Bishop and Doctor of the Church
Dec. 7ST. AMBROSE OF MILAN,Bishop and Doctor of the Church. While living in Milan, serving the imperial government, St. Ambrose (340-397) was baptized and elected […]
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December 6: ST. NICHOLAS OF BARI, BISHOP. Nicolas the Wonderworker “Santa Claus” explained.
December 6: ST. NICHOLAS OF BARI, BISHOP. Nicolas the Wonderworker “Santa Claus” explained. Saint Nicholas of Bari (270–343), also called Nikolaos of Myra, was a […]
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