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The truth will make you odd. Flannery O’Connor

Saint Gregory On Jesus' Healing Of The Two Blind Men

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St. Matthew 9:27-31 | And as Jesus passed on from there, two blind men followed him, crying aloud, “Have mercy on us, Son of David.” When he entered the house, the blind men came to him; and Jesus said to them, “Do you believe that I am able to do this?” They said to him, “Yes, Lord.” Then he touched their eyes, saying, “According to your faith be it done to you.” And their eyes were opened. And Jesus sternly charged them, “See that no one knows it.” But they went away and spread his fame through all that district. The Dialogues of (Pope) St. Gregory the Great Peter (a deacon of the Church). Because fit occasion is now offered, desirous I am to know what the reason was, that when our Saviour restored sight unto two blind men, and commanded them to tell nobody; yet they, after their departure, made him known throughout all that country. For had the only-begotten Son of God, who is co-eternal to his Father and the Holy Ghost, a desire herein to do that which he could not perform : to wit...

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...

Catholic Herald reports a second miracle attributed to Blessed John Henry Newman's intercession.

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"Blessed John Henry Newman could be canonized as early as next year after a second miracle was approved, the Catholic Herald has learned." https://catholicherald.co.uk/news/2018/11/28/second-newman-miracle-confirmed/ While they're at it, perhaps they/the Holy Father will recognize him as a Doctor of the Church. https://www.ewtn.com/library/MARY/zcardnewmdoc.htm

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.