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REGINA COELI: QUEEN OF HEAVEN

The Regina Coeli (“Queen of Heaven”) is a traditional Marian prayer. During the Easter season (from Easter until Pentecost), the Regina Coeli is recited in place of the Angelus, that ancient prayer of the Church which has traditionally been recited at noon and again at 6:00 p.m. The prayer dates back to at least the […]

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LENT IS ENDING. I HAVE FAILED.

So here we are in the home stretch. The six weeks of Lent, during which I was going to become a new creation, are winding down. Christ is in the tomb, and we look to His rising on Sunday morning. I have failed. Again. I was going to pray more; but too many evenings, I […]

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THE SUDARIUM OF OVIEDO: THE “OTHER SHROUD” OF JESUS

And so Simon Peter also came, following him, and entered the tomb; and he saw the linen wrappings lying there, and the face-cloth which had been on His head, not lying with the linen wrappings, but rolled up in a place by itself. John 20:6-7 What exactly are we talking about here? The “linen wrappings”—well, that’s […]

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WHAT DO YOU TELL YOUR CHILDREN ABOUT THE EASTER BUNNY?

Now I make known to you, brethren, the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received, < cheap generic levitra span style=”text-decoration: underline;”>on which also you stand, by which also you are saved, if you hold fast the word which I preached to you, unless you believed in vain. - 1 Corinthians 15:1-2 […]

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UPDATES Regarding the Vatican’s Blogger Meeting

The Pontifical Council for Social Communications has issued updates regarding the Meeting with Bloggers. (“It’s not quite a blognic,” they say on their website.) Not much news there! I already knew that it was limited to bloggers who are on the list, and that I should bring ID to verify my identity. that it was […]

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