Archive for November, 2014

Poem: "Holy Wholly Holy"
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Poem: “Holy Wholly Holy”

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Holy Wholly Holy Child, more than dear, Three, Father, father and me, Made you, Wholly, completely, holy. I surround you. Not part of me, You are in me, Wholly, totally, holy. For this time, You move and I hold all of you, Wholly, entirely and holy. How many times have Your lips touched me ? […]

Pope Francis, Evangelii Gaudium, The Joy of the Gospel
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Front Row With Francis: The Visible Church

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“Though absent from our eyes, Christ our Head is bound to us by love. Since the whole Christ is Head and body, let us so listen to the voice of the Head that we may also hear the body speak.” -St Augustine Continuing his catechesis on the nature of the Church, Pope Francis took this […]

Holiness is For All!
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Holiness is For All!

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At age 16, I thought that aspiring to holiness was out of the question. If you really wanted to be holy, I thought, you had to be a priest, nun, or brother. And you had to spend your days doing “religious stuff” like praying, preaching, teaching catechism, or serving the poor. But I had developed […]