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First Saturday’s Devotion
Dear Friend of Our Lady & Saint Jude, Our Blessed Mother said, “Look, my daughter, at my Heart encircled by these thorns with which men pierce it at every moment by their blasphemies and ingratitude....
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Mother’s Day
Let us remember your mother in our prayers at the Rosary Shrine of St. Jude! Honor your mother (or any mother who needs prayer) by adding her name to our current novena of masses or...
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Easter Novena
Dear Friend of Our Lady and Saint Jude, During this Lenten season of repentance and reconciliation, we joyfully anticipate the Easter greeting spoken by the Risen Christ to His disciples, “Peace be with you.” Through...
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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
New Year’s Resolutions, Confession, and the Mother of God By Br. Isaac Augustine Morales, O.P. A version of this article appeared in the online journal, Dominicana. New Year’s Day always struck me as something of...
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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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St. Jude Saves a Life
St. Jude Saves a Life By Kathy Smith I used to go to the 5:30 weekday mass at Saint Joseph’s Church in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Manhattan. The young priest would give short but...