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What is Charismatic Renewal?

What is Charismatic Renewal?

A BRIEF HISTORY There are many questions and many misunderstandings about Catholic charismatic renewal but essentially, it is a renewal of the Church in our times using all the gifts of the Holy Spirit, just as the Church was intended from the beginning, to proclaim the Gospel News of Jesus Christ, risen and Lord of […]

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  December 31, 2017   No comments
The Real Meaning of Christmas

The Real Meaning of Christmas

The historic record of the birth of Christ can be found in Matthew 1:18-25 and Luke 2:1-20. Unlike any other baby, the one born that night in Bethlehem was unique in all of history. He was not created by a human father and mother. He had a heavenly pre-existence (John 1:1-3, 14). He was God, […]

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  August 3, 2017   No comments
Mystical Stigmata

Mystical Stigmata

To decide merely the facts without deciding whether or not they may be explained by supernatural causes, history tells us that many ecstatics bear on hands, feet, side, or brow the marks of the Passion of Christ with corresponding and intense sufferings. These are called visible stigmata. Others only have the sufferings, without any outward […]

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  August 3, 2017   No comments
Importance of Holy mass

Importance of Holy mass

In the Mass the Son of God becomes man again, so that in every Mass the stupendous Mystery of the Incarnation, with all its infinite merits, is repeated as truly as when the Son of God first took flesh in the womb of the Virgin Mary. St. Augustine: “What a sublime dignity is that of […]

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  August 3, 2017   No comments
Why should I confess?

Why should I confess?

The precept to confess at least once a year is a reminder to receive the sacrament of penance on a regular basis. If no grave sin has been committed in that time, confession is not necessary. However, frequent confession is of great value; it makes us more deeply conformed to Christ and most submissive to […]

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  August 3, 2017   No comments