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Canonization of Pier Giorgio Frassati COMMENTARY: The soon-to-be saint is the antidote to so much of what ails our world. https://www.ncregister.com/features/pier-giorgio-frassati-canonization-saint-for-young-people?utm_campaign=NCR&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_kVlGCgLuToFnZsBe9C-GKotTIyiqz6GC24...

Saint Gregory the Theologian, Archbishop of Constantinople, a great Father and teacher of the Church, was born into a Christian family of eminent lineage in the year 329, at Arianzos (not far from the city of Cappadocian Nazianzos). His father, also named Gregory (January 1), was Bishop of Nazianzus...

"When a scrupulous person has once made up his mind that he has not consented to a temptation, he must not reason the matter over again to see whether he has really consented or not, for the same temptations often return by making this sort of reflections."

Desideratus is also known as Desire and brother of Desiderius and Deodatus. He became a courtier at the court of king Clotaire, was active in combating heresy and simony, and in 541, was made bishop of Bourgues. He attended several councils that condemned Nestorianism and Eutychianism, was reputed t...

"We ought to abhor every kind of affectation, whether in talking, dressing, or anything else."

Stars win Game 7, eliminate defending champion Golden Knights Round 2 starts tonight against the Avalanche.

Gisela, Bavarian duchess, was born around 980. Her parents were Henry II, Duke of Bavaria and Gisela of Burgundy. She was raised by Saint Wolfgang of Regensburg, Benedictine monk. Gisela was to become a nun but when she was asked to marry Stephen, she accepted. Thus she married the son of Géza, Gran...

"We must often remember what Christ said, that not he who begins, but he that perseveres to the end, shall be saved."

In the year 95, Saint John the Evangelist, the only surviving Apostle, who was governing all the churches of Asia Minor (present-day Turkey), was apprehended at Ephesus and sent in chains to Rome. The Emperor Domitian did not relent at the sight of the venerable old man, but condemned him to be cast...

"He who is unable to spend a long time together in prayer, should often lift up his mind to God by ejaculations."

Saint Judith of Prussia, also known as Jutta, born in Thuringia, was a member of the very noble family of Sangerhausen with which the dukes of Brunswick were related. She was espoused to a nobleman of equal rank, but in the married state she was more intent upon virtue and the fear of God than upon ...

"We must not give up praying and asking, because we do not get what we ask all at once."

So what happened in Germany?........

Let me put it this way...Hitler sure wasn't any help.

Gotthard of Hildesheim was born around 960 AD in Reichersdorf, Bavaria. From a young age, he showed a fondness for learning and an inclination towards the Church. Encouraged by these early indications of his devotion, his parents sent him to be educated under the guidance of the Benedictines in Nied...