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WORDS TO THE WHYS

The truth will make you odd. Flannery O’Connor

Pastors Help Us Become Saints

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Reverent liturgy, including well-prepared homilies firmly rooted in biblical wisdom made accessible. We really and truly meet Jesus and the saints in the sacred Liturgy. Rendered beautifully, mindful of the connection between the earthly and the heavenly Liturgy, we are formed by the Eucharistic Jesus for an eternity with him. Confession: supply formation to assist the examination of conscience, refinement of judgement, clarity of purpose, development of virtue, and dependence on God's grace. God provides the medicine of mercy through Holy Mother Church to help us grow in holiness. We need what the Holy Ghost provides: perspective. Without the grace of God, we can flounder in scrupulosity or wander in indifference. The Light of God is necessary for us to remain vigilant and ready to repent of our sins. If we become full of ourselves, there is no room for God in our lives. Fellowship and a rich devotional life: study and discussion groups that support formation for mission, evangel...

Cowley/Bellevue Eucharistic Miracle? “Father Gino, take me back to my home in Cowley.”

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"At this place on June 3, 1948, Father Gino Violini, parish priest of Cowley, found the Eucharistic Host suspended in the air, surrounded by rays of light." The following story comes from Sacred History of Canada: http://histoiresainteducanada.ca/en/le-miracle-eucharistique-de-cowley-alberta/ A parishioner at St. John Henry's, Victoria, brought the story to this blogger's attention. The Eucharistic Miracle of Cowley, Alberta LOCATION: 49 35 3 N 114 22 26 W On July 18, 1946, Father Gino C. Violini stood before a small wooden church in a little town nestled in the foothills of the Canadian Rockies in Southern Alberta. St. Joseph’s was a forlorn, nearly-abandoned little mission church. A small group of people gathered around this man dressed in mourning. They said they didn’t need a priest; Cowley didn’t need a priest, and if it ever came to pass that they needed one, they would inform Bishop Carroll of the fact. Furthermore, they didn’t want to see him reading his brevi...

POPE LEO XIV Magnifica Humanitas

Even in the darkest nights, the Lord raises up men and women who refuse to give up, who persevere in doing good, who protect the vulnerable and open pathways to reconciliation. The memory of the saints, righteous people and the oft-forgotten peacemakers, show us that grace does not magically eliminate conflict, but instead it inspires active resistance to evil and an astonishing creativity in doing good” (paragraph 211).

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

I doubt not then but innocence shall make false accusation blush, and tyranny tremble at patience.

BLAISE PASCAL

Truth is so obscure in these times, and falsehood so established, that, unless we love the truth, we cannot know it.

SOREN KIERKEGAARD

There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn't true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true.