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Month: October 2020

Oct. 9 Friday of the Twenty-Seventh Week of Ordinary Time; Optional Memorial of St. Denis, bishop and martyr and companions, martyrs; St. John Leonardi, priest; St. John Henry Newman (Eng/Wales), Weekday

St. John Leonardi (1543-1609), a zealous Italian apostle, founded the congregation of the Mother of God, whose priest-members traveled throughout Tuscany urging the people to a stronger interest in their religion. Fr. John Leonardi longed to convert pa…

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Friday of the Twenty-seventh Week in Ordinary Time

Divide and conquer is a tactic used to overcome an adversary. When theforces have been split up, the opponent defeats each force due totheir separately diminished numbers. When we refuse to stand fast withChrist, we allow ourselves to become easy targets for the enemy. Thestrongest bond is a unified front with Our Lord. When we […]

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Saint John Leonardi

Saint John LeonardiGiving Unto Death St. John Leonardi was born in 1541 in Lucca, Italy. While studying for the priesthood, he also worked as a pharmacist’s apprentice. After his ordination on December 2, 1572, he worked with prisoners and the sick. His charitable and selfless example attracted some young laymen who began to assist him, most of […]

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Archbishop Follo: Vocation: a Wedding Invitation to Live an Experience of Communion

With prayer let us place ourselves in the merciful arms of God and we will feel like those wedding guests who did not deserve so much honor and we will feel enveloped by that mystery of happiness which is the Trinitarian life

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