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I'm assuming these are common in the area for all? We are the only ones in our area that have a shelter. Actually we have only seen a handful. Some people have what is called a saferoom built into their garage. Some are anchored to cement or others are built underground when the home is built. We h...

Bede is one of the few saints honored as such even during his lifetime. His writings were filled with such faith and learning that even while he was still alive, a Church council ordered them to be read publicly in the churches. At an early age, Bede was entrusted to the care of the abbot of the Mon...

the angel passed over the homes that had the blood of the lamb Oh my! You just made me remember that all my entry doors have the Epiphany blessing and inscription over them. I also have the blessing in my out buildings and the shelter on the inside. I did notice that the last inscription that was p...

"The Holy Spirit is the master of prayer, and causes us to abide in continual peace and cheerfulness, which is a foretaste of Paradise."

I can sit on my front deck and watch the country critters come and eat. I am very close to where they feed. About 12 to 15 Mourning Doves hang out at my house but they are frightened very easily so I don't go out when they are eating; it scares them away. I also have a pair of Cardinals that live he...

Just noticed that one of my redbud trees has two large limbs broken. Feeling very blessed and protected.

Stephen woke me up right after 11 PM and said we needed to get into the storm shelter. A tornado was coming straight for us and it was huge. It was a super cell. First I burnt blessed palm and prayed the prayer against storms; I grabbed my tornado bag and we ran down there and my daughter, Nichole, ...

Little is known of the life of Eleutherius. Of Greek background, his name is Greek for "frank, honest, free spirited". He was born in the Nicopolis in Epirus. He was a deacon in the Church of Rome under Bishops Anicetus and Soter of Rome. Chosen to succeed Bp. Soter, Eleutherius is remembered mainly...

Happy Feast Day of St. Philip Neri!

"Let us strive after purity of heart, for the Holy Spirit dwells in candid and simple minds."

The legacy of Madeleine Sophie Barat can be found in the more than 100 schools operated by her Society of the Sacred Heart, institutions known for the quality of the education made available to the young. Sophie herself received an extensive education, thanks to her brother Louis, 11 years older and...

"The greatness of our love of God must be tested by the desire we have of suffering for His love."

IMHO....yep! priest accused of biting woman https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2024/05/23/accepted-by-god-florida-priest-accused-of-biting-woman-during-communion/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=catholic_news_prominent_jesuit_the_society_of_jesus_is_in_profound_decline_leade...

Father Julio Fernández Techera, a Jesuit priest and rector of the Catholic University of Uruguay, has written a widely circulated, critical essay about the Society of Jesus warning that the order, founded by St. Ignatius of Loyola in 1534, is in “deep decline.” https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new...

I just spoke to someone and she told me that her baby's heart beat is too slow and from what the doctors say, the baby may not live. Please pray with me to St. John of God, the Heart Saint, that this child's heart will stabilize. God knows who she is.

Thanks in advance