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“He has not made us for nought; He has brought us thus far, in order to bring us further, in order to bring us on to the end. He will never leave us nor forsake us; so that we may boldly say, ‘The Lord is my Helper; I will not fear what flesh can do [...]
I expect we’ll be seeing more of these. Details: On the same day last month that Pope Benedict XVI canonized St. Kateri Tekakwitha, Belleville Bishop Edward Braxton announced that a new parish, to be named for the new saint, will be built in Gallatin County. The new parish will stand on the same land, in [...]
The inimitable Louis Armstrong does it as only he can. From 1959, at a concert in Germany. Trivia buffs take note: Armstrong lived not far from where I live today, and is buried in Flushing. His funeral in 1971 drew an astonishing who’s-who of the music world, and the honorary pall bearers included Bing Crosby, [...]
Last year on this day, my parish celebrated a special Mass to mark the first feast day of Blessed John Paul II. Below is part of my homily for that occasion. It remains a personal favorite of mine. Blessed John Paul, pray for us! — DGK He was a typical village priest. He said mass, [...]
As I mentioned in my homily this morning, St. Kateri is featured in my parish’s reredos. Here are a couple pictures I took today to illustrate. The sacristan is lighting the candles by the image of St. Boniface. Kateri is located in the upper right corner of the Boniface image.
From Rome Reports comes this concise video, which gives some of the color and flavor of today’s canonizations.
Complete text, via Vatican News: The Son of Man came to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many (cf. Mk 10:45) Dear Brother Bishops,Dear brothers and sisters! Today the Church listens again to these words of Jesus, spoken by the Lord during his journey to Jerusalem, where he was to accomplish [...]
As most of you know, today the Holy Father formally declared a number of new saints, including two from New York, Mother Marianne Cope and Kateri Tekakwitha. I think it is a special and unexpected grace that Kateri was declared a saint during our parish centennial. She is literally a part of this church. If [...]
What does it take to become a saint? The video below from CNS offers some answers. It features interviews with the two people whose healings were recognized as the miracles needed for the canonization of Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha and Blessed Marianne Cope. Take a look.
From the In My Backyard Desk…an observation, from Lawrence Downes in the New York Times: When Pope Benedict XVI canonizes seven Catholic saints in Rome next Sunday, two Americans will be among them, bringing the total of American saints to an even dozen. That may seem surprisingly few after 500 years of Christianity in the [...]
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