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Saint Jude Helps a Single Mother

Saint Jude Helps a Single Mother By Mary Anne Miller The year was 1999 and St. Jude interceded for me not once but twice. I had recently gone through a divorce that blind-sided me after...

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St. Anne Novena

Dear Friend of Our Lady and Saint Jude, Do you remember your grandparents with fondness, respect and appreciation? Every year, on July 26th, the Church invites us to venerate the memory of good St. Anne,...

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Lenten Peace

Lenten Peace Br. Ambrose Arralde, O.P. This article appeared in the online journal, Dominicana. Lent is a time to attain peace of heart, not to lose it. Yet it is a common experience for people...

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The Way Of The Cross: Meditations For Lent

Dear Friend of Our Lady and St. Jude, On March 1st, Ash Wednesday, you and I will once again be called in faith to participate in the 40 day spiritual journey our Christian family calls...

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Our Lady of Lourdes Novena

Dear Friend of Our Lady and St. Jude, Every year, millions of pilgrims journey to the Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes in France seeking healing from disease; I was grateful for the opportunity to...

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The Sculptor-Priest of Fatima

The Sculptor-Priest of Fatima By Fr. Hugh Vincent Dyer, O.P. Fatima has been present in my imagination for nearly as long as I can remember.  I grew up in Albany, N.Y. in the 1980s. Albany...

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New Year’s Resolutions, Confession, and the Mother of God

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The Power of the Angelus

The Power of the Angelus By Heather King I’m a writer, personal essayist and storyteller with several books. A couple of years ago I was approached by a woman who proposed paying me to write...

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A Little Christmas Now

Dear Friend of Our Lady and St. Jude, In the Broadway musical Mame, just after she has lost her fortune in the Wall Street Crash of 1929, Mame sings to her family in an effort...

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A Hymn to Saint Jude

A Hymn to Saint Jude One joyful hymn of praise must greet Apostles whom we always find Together in the Gospel’s page, By faithful love and zeal combined. To follow Christ in early youth Was...