June 2023

Month

THE IMPORTANCE OF SACRED LITURGY. One year ago this week, on the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles, June 29, Pope Francis issued an Apostolic Letter. Entitled ‘Desiderio Desideravi,’ Latin for “I have
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DO YOU REGULARLY VISIT THE BLESSED SACRAMENT? In Part 29 of my years-long series on the 2022-2025 National Eucharistic Revival, we look, once again, at Eucharistic Adoration. As I mentioned last week, the Blessed Sacrament is reserved in most Catholic churches and other places; the ‘sign’ or ‘signal’ that the Lord Jesus’ Real Presence
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DO YOU REGULARLY VISIT THE BLESSED SACRAMENT? Since 1986, the spokesman for a motel chain Motel 6 ended commercials by saying, “I'm Tom Bodett for Motel 6, and we'll leave the light on for you." Every Catholic Church or place where the Blessed Sacrament is reserved
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SAINT BONIFACE: THE PATRON SAINT OF D-DAY? On June 5, the Church honors an English-born man who was baptized with the name Winfred. Born in Devonshire in 675, he became a Benedictine Monk, taking the religious name Boniface, and was elected by his brothers as their Abbot. At the request of Pope Gregory II
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