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Litany of Humility This Sunday’s readings have a lot to do with the virtue of humility. This is a difficult virtue to foster, since it often requires humiliation! But here is a prayer to help us grow in it, written by Cardinal Merry del Val. O Jesus! meek and humble of heart, Hear me. From …

Read moreFrom the Rector, Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time, 8/28/2022

Pope Francis: The Theology of Poverty The Holy Father reflected on the place of poverty in the Gospel, saying that the Gospel becomes incomprehensible if poverty is removed from it. Let the poverty of Christ enrich us Continuing his paraphrase of St. Paul, Pope Francis went on to call on all of us to follow …

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Indulgences for the Holy Souls in Purgatory An indulgence can either be partial or plenary. It is partial if it removes only part of the temporal punishment due to sin, or plenary if it removes all punishment. To be able to gain an indulgence, one must have the intention to gain them, and perform the …

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The Sign of Peace at Mass God made us as creatures of body and soul. Because of this, as St. Thomas Aquinas says, we must give God a two-fold act of adoration, adoring God in our heart, and adoring Him in outward actions. The Catholic Encyclopedia defines “ceremony” of the Liturgy as, “an external action, gesture, …

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Catechist Formation Class #10 – The Creeds To print or view this class, please click on the link below: http://shccatechistformation.blogspot.com/2014/10/catechist-formation-class-9-creeds.html