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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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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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Christmas Novena
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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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...
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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...