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"Mary had it easy…" the devil whispers in your ear

Jesus left us the greatest treasure He had. He left us His Mother: "Woman, behold your son. Then he said to the disciple, 'Behold your mother'" (John 19:26-27). Our Lady has…

"Mary had it easy…" the devil whispers in your ear

Will: an abstract idea

I am more and more convinced that we are a generation in which our will and many other things are affected to the extent that we do not know how…

Will: an abstract idea

What if I want to be different?

A few days ago, I decided to talk to a classmate about the Faith… I actually have no idea if this girl is even baptized, but by her words I…

What if I want to be different?

Chronicles of the Irish Martyrs: Dissolution of Monasteries

The members of the Parliament had just finished writing up the laws to renounce the Pope or suffer death. Next on the schedule was the suppression and confiscation of major…

Chronicles of the Irish Martyrs: Dissolution of Monasteries

Gratitude that moves God’s Heart

Surely by now we are all pretty familiar with the story of the healing of the ten lepers found in chapter seventeen of Luke's Gospel. A quick and superficial read…

Gratitude that moves God’s Heart

A Leader of Kings

 It's pretty normal to have the idea in our heads of a king as this powerful person, with a golden crown and scepter, a nice red cape, a deep voice,…

A Leader of Kings

The gaze of God

Have you ever gone to a circus or carnival where they have a little house with rooms containing all sorts of mirrors? Some flatten you to the size of a…

The gaze of God

Chronicles of the Irish Martyrs: Renounce the Pope or Die

May 1st, 1537. Dublin. Two years after John Travers’ death, the Parliament Brown so desired was called together. In plain language, Brown presented to the members the wishes of the…

Chronicles of the Irish Martyrs: Renounce the Pope or Die

Good Books for Spiritual Reading

I was looking online the other day to see if I could find a list of good books for spiritual reading, and what did I find? Nothing. Except... well, “spiritual”…

Good Books for Spiritual Reading

You are the hope of the Church

"You are the hope of the Church and of the world, you are my hope." These words, pronounced by St. John Paul II on October 22, 1978, at the beginning…

You are the hope of the Church

A Geography Lesson for Lent

If you've studied Geography before, you'll probably have studied about Jesus and Mary. What on earth am I talking about? (Hohoho, “earth,” get it...?) Well, here's a thought: God is like…

A Geography Lesson for Lent

He Loved Us First

Love is one of the most used and manipulated words in current language. It can mean anything besides what it really means. Constantly we hear comments like, “What’s the big…

He Loved Us First

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THE HOME OF THE MOTHER YOUTH | MISSION 3

"May the tender love
that you feel for the Mother of God
urge you to radiate
the Christian virtues
in the world around you."

- St. John Paul II to
the Home of the Mother Youth
August 28, 1985