Thursday, January 18, 2024

Why Latin?

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Tuesday, December 12, 2023

The Third Secret Of Fatima:

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Wednesday, November 22, 2023

This Was True In The Catholic Church For Over 1600 Years. Do We No Longer Believe In The Incarnation?

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  The Nicene Creed was drawn up in the General Councils of Nicea in 325 A.D. and Constantinople in 381 A.D. to condemn heretics who denied t...
Monday, November 20, 2023

HOC EST ENIM CORPUS MEUM (FOR THIS IS MY BODY)

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  After pronouncing the words of Consecration, the priest never disjoins his fingers and thumbs, except when he is to take the Host, until a...
Thursday, November 16, 2023

Anima Christi Prayer by Saint Ignatius Of Loyola (1491 - 1556)

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Soul of Christ, sanctify me. Body of Christ, same me. Blood of Christ, inebriate me. Water from the side of Christ, wash me. Passion of Chri...
Tuesday, November 14, 2023

“The Fingers that Hold God”: The Priestly Benefits of ‘Liturgical Digits’ (Somehow Lost With Vatican II)

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  Over a period years attending the  usus antiquior prior to Vatican II,  I find myself noticing more and more the lost custom of the priest...
Saturday, October 28, 2023

The Original Portiuncula in Assisi, Italy

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Thursday, October 19, 2023

Saint Charbel Miracle

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  An Italian woman from Australia heard of Saint Charbel Makhlouf in Lebanon and decided she wanted to go with her Lebanese friend and son t...
Thursday, October 05, 2023

The Synod Of Synodality: The Vatican Embraces Liberation Theology

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  By Chris Dickson, F.L.A. I am appalled by the naivete of our Church being duped into anti-Christian communism. Liberation theology is a th...

Suffer To Be Ruled

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  "The horse is a noble and useful creature; for in his swiftest course he suffers himself to be ruled, and turned hither and thither, ...

Mocking The Poor

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Once blessed Francis had gone to the hermitage of the brothers near Roccabrizia to preach to the people of that region. Now, on the day of t...
Wednesday, October 04, 2023

Happy Feast Day of St. Francis of Assisi

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Tuesday, October 03, 2023

October 3rd: The Transitus of St. Francis of Assisi

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  Then he (St. Francis) asked the Brothers to read the passage of St. John's Gospel which begins: "Before the paschal feast began&q...
Monday, October 02, 2023

"Rebuild My Church"

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  W hen Saint Francis heard those words from the mouth of the Lord, speaking through the San Damiano crucifix in a small, dilapidated church...
Monday, September 18, 2023

Building Begins In The Spring Of 2024

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  The Footer and the Floor has been poured. Now the stones go up in the Spring of 2024 and the roof goes on in the Fall of 2024. T
Sunday, September 10, 2023

Dangerous Ohio Constitutional Amendment

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  Beginning Friday, September 15th, Catholics across the state of Ohio will be joining in prayer for the protection of human life and dignit...
Tuesday, June 13, 2023

Christ Is The Basis Of Our Catholic Faith

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  If Christ is truly the basis for our Catholic faith, then our every action must be considered with great reverence in mind. If He is not t...
Saturday, March 18, 2023

St. Francis Regarding Ezekiel 3:18

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Photo of the T.O.R. Sisters of Steubenville, Ohio "I would take it to mean that you should be so on fire with life and holiness that th...

The Heart's Innocence

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  Photo of Fra Chris in front of the Portiuncula Hermitage in Jerusalem, Ohio holding "Sorello Chiara," (Sister Clair) "Since...
Tuesday, March 14, 2023

Environmentalists Are Lost In Slavery To A False god

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For created things are less than the human person. They are made for you, not you for them, and so they can never satisfy you. Only I can sa...
Friday, March 10, 2023

The Servant Of God Must Show Joy!

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  Photo of the T.O.R. Sisters of Steubenville If Saint Francis saw any of his companions with a sad or downcast countenance, he reproved him...

Footprints In The Water

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To say that the road the soul travels to God is through the sea (the Prophet Baruch) and that His footsteps are in the many waters and so un...
Sunday, March 05, 2023

The Power Of Christ Compels You!

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THE FRANCISAN LAY APOSTOLATE FOLLOWS THE PERIMITIVE RULE OF 1221

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Here begins the Rule of the Continent Brothers and Sisters: In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. The memor...
Saturday, March 04, 2023

Prophesy Of Fr. Michael Scanlan, T.O.R. In 1980

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  Fr. Michael Scanlan, TOR, 1931-2017 Father Mike was a gentle giant in the Roman Catholic Faith, and a very dear friend. It seems like just...
Friday, March 03, 2023

Communion In The Hand A Sacrilege?

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  "...take care to lose no part of It [the Body of the Lord] . Such a loss would be the mutilation of your own body. Why, if you had be...
Thursday, March 02, 2023

The Church Prescribes The Use Of The Paten

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  The Church prescribes the use of the paten for Communion to avoid having any particles of the Sacred Host fall to the ground (see Missale ...
Wednesday, March 01, 2023

Prayer of St. Francis Before the Crucifix

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  Most High, Glorious God, enlighten the darkness in my heart, and give me correct FAITH, sure HOPE and perfect CHARITY, with understanding ...
Friday, February 24, 2023

WHAT WE HAVE TAKEN WITH OUR MOUTH

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Quod ore sumpsimus Comine, pura mente capiamus: et de munere temporali fiat nobis remedium sempiternum. (Grant, O Lord, WHAT WE HAVE TAKEN W...
Thursday, February 16, 2023

Communion In The Hand Or On The Tongue? Simply Read Your Bible...

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  Saint Padre Pio receiving Communion “But you, mortal, hear what I say to you; do not be rebellious like that rebellious house; open your m...