May 2023

Month

COME HOLY SPIRIT! Today brings Eastertime 2023 to its climax: the Solemnity of Pentecost, also called ‘the Birthday of the Church.’ Some say the Church’s ‘birth’ was when Jesus began His public ministry, which we now continue. Saint John Chrysostom [died: 407]
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TENSION BETWEEN STATE & CHURCH OR POPES AND OTHERS IS FAR FROM NEW! Which Holy Father wrote these words: “… with all my powers I have tried to see that the holy Church, the bride of God, our lady and mother, might return
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SAINT ISIDORE THE FARMER. Long before John Belushi uttered the phrase: “Food Fight!” in the 1978 flick, ‘Animal House,’ the production, distribution and sharing of food has been, is, and seemingly always will be, a source of contention. Wars have been waged over farming land;
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SAINT JOHN OFAVILA. Although he lived over half a century ago, Saint John of Avila [1499 - May 10, 1569], who served as a Priest in Spain, has had the Church’s spotlight shone on him in recent years.
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