le 5 mai Saint Hilaire d'Arles. Le 5 mai, mémoire de notre père, saint Hilaire, évêque métropolitain d'Arles D'après la "Vitae Honorati et Hilarii" et les traditions. Saint Hilaire est né au commencement du 5ème siècle. Si on ne connaît plus son lieu de naissance exact - comme pour la plupart des gens de son époque d'ailleurs, célèbres ou non - il semble cependant que ce fut dans le même pays que saint Honorat son prédécesseur, à savoir dans l'ancienne Gaule Belgique, aux confins de la Lorraine et de la Bourgogne. Sa famille était illustre par la condition sociale, mais il en fut peut-être le plus grand ornement par la condition spirituelle. Il reçut une éducation conforme à son milieu, étudiant les arts libéraux les belles lettres. Il acquit une parfaite connaissance des pensées et écrits des philosophes antiques. Doué de vivacité d'esprit, il en développa une belle éloquence. A l'issue de ses études, saint Hilaire fut chargé d'un poste important dans l'administration …Zêde
St. Therese of Lisieux ~~~ Do you realize that Jesus is there in the Tabernacle expressly for you - for you alone. He burns with the desire to come into your heart...
The Dialogue of Saint Catherine of Siena St. Catherine, one of the few remarkable women declared a Doctor of the Church, did not write this text with a pen and ink, but dictated it while in a state of ecstasy, recording a continuous, intimate dialogue with God the Father. The Dialogue is a practical, soul-stirring conversation for anyone seeking clarity, certainty, and an unshakeable connection to the Divine. Discovering Your God-Given Mission
Beatification of Pope John Paul II - May 1 2011 Pope John Paul II reigned as pope of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State for 26 years from October 1978 to his death, on 2 April 2005. Since his death, many thousands of people supported the case for beatifying and canonising Pope John Paul II as a saint. His formal beatification ceremony took place on 1 May 2011. Beatification of Pope John Paul II - Wikipedia
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“Pope Francis was like a second father to me, and I still miss him deeply,” said his nurse, Massimiliano Strappetti, 56, in an interview with Corriere.it on April 19. Francis hated hospital stays and joked whenever he had to go to Gemelli Hospital: “You’ll see—the cardinals are preparing the conclave now.” “Every morning when he woke up, he would ask me, ‘Hello, who died today?’ That was just how he was,” Strappetti recalled. One day, Strappetti told Francis that he was divorced and living with another woman. The pope replied: “And what’s the problem?” He then asked: “Do they let you receive Communion? If not, tell me the names of those priests who refuse - I’ll go speak to them myself!” For Strappetti, Francis was a “surprising” pope. #newsAzcbcontal
Acts 13:44-52 On the road, there are people who have no idea of what God's presence is like. It is good to approach them gently and reveal the beauty of God in their hearts. John 14:7-14 Jesus said to Philip, “Whoever has seen me has seen the Father.” When we realize that the love of God loves us infinitely more than the greatest joy we have ever experienced, we begin to see God. Biblical texts: NAB-RE Normand Thomas.
What an excellent essay. St. Athanasius uses a similar technique to that used by the prophet Daniel in defending the accused wife (who reminds us so much of a faithful Catholic woman). St. Athanasius also has a prophetic defense against contraception. (not quoted in this article) “How can sterile and ignorant persons understand the eternal birth of God?” The Place of the Patriarchs of Antioch in Church History, by Exarch Elias B. Skaff, 1993, Sophia Press.
Prominent Vatican journalists Edward Pentin and Diane Montagna decried the Vatican’s recent reception and celebration of the Anglican female “archbishop” of Canterbury as scandalous and “absurd.” Montagna on Monday quoted from Pope Leo XIV’s address to Sarah Mullally in which he referred to “new problems” that “have arisen in recent decades, rendering the pathway to full communion” between the Catholic Church and Anglicans “more difficult to discern.” “Of course, chief among these new problems is the fact that a woman dressed in liturgical attire is now being passed off – and celebrated by the Vatican and even by the Pope – as someone who seemingly has valid Orders when she doesn’t – first because she’s a woman and second because she’s an Anglican,” Montagna wrote. She highlighted the fact that Archbishop Flavio Pace, Secretary of the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity, had gone so far as to “bow” before her and make the Sign of the Cross “as though receiving a real …
Oh, Tom, I love this. It is so, so true. We could benefit, perhaps, in those hard moments by going into our rooms, closing the door, getting on our knees and begging Our Blessed Mother for the right things to say and to help us be the kind of Mother she is.
The six remaining cloistered Carmelite nuns in Jonquières, France, are closing their historic community, ending a 400-year legacy of prayer ... and martyrdom.
The Carmelite convent that gave us the 16 Martyrs of the French Revolution will close: "The Carmel of the Annunciation, founded in Compiègne in 1641 and following the Rule of St. Teresa of Avila, was the 53rd foundation in France at the time. It had a unique impact, giving the Church 16 holy martyrs. These 16 nuns were expelled from their monastery during the French Revolution and guillotined in Paris on July 17, 1794, out of hatred for the faith."
DC1 St. Athanasius of Alexandria – The Doctors of the Church with Dr. Matthew Bunson From Vatican.va, an excerpt from the teachings of Pope Benedict XVI General Audience 2007: Athanasius was undoubtedly one of the most important and revered early Church Fathers. But this great Saint was above all the impassioned theologian of the Incarnation of the Logos, the Word of God who – as the Prologue of the fourth Gospel says – “became flesh and dwelt among us” (Jn 1: 14). For this very reason Athanasius was also the most important and tenacious adversary of the Arian heresy, which at that time threatened faith in Christ, reduced to a creature “halfway” between God and man, according to a recurring tendency in history which we also see manifested today in various forms. In all likelihood Athanasius was born in Alexandria, Egypt, in about the year 300 A.D. He received a good education before becoming a deacon and secretary to the Bishop of Alexandria, the great Egyptian metropolis. As a close …Zêde
'It is granted to few to recognize the true Church amid the darkness of so many schisms and heresies, and to fewer still so to love the truth which they have seen as to fly to its embrace.' St. Robert Bellarmine, Doctor of the Church 'Know you not that the unjust shall not possess the kingdom of God? Do not err: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, Nor the effeminate, nor liers with mankind, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor railers, nor extortioners, shall possess the kingdom of God.' 1 Corinthians 6:9-10 'Yes, indeed, many will be damned; few will be saved.' St. Benedict Joseph Labre 'The path to Heaven is narrow, rough and full of wearisome and trying ascents, nor can it be trodden without great toil; and therefore wrong is their way, gross their error, and assured their ruin who, after the testimony of so many thousands of saints, will not learn where to settle their footing.' St. Robert Southwell 'I fear that Last Day, that day of tribulation and anguish …Zêde
Al Gore Shifts On Global Warming: Time To Watch Out For A New Ice Age? BY TYLER DURDEN WEDNESDAY, APR 29, 2026 - 08:10 PM The rhetoric and predictions behind climate change "science" change so haphazardly, it's a sure sign that the entire field of study is fraudulent. If the manufactured hysteria is not enough to clue people in, the failed predictions of Al Gore should do the trick. Former Vice President Al Gore warned a Hollywood audience this week that a "Gulf Stream collapse" could occur within 25 years, leading to an abrupt and devastating new Ice Age. Mr. Gore, now 78, appeared at the inaugural Sustainability in Entertainment Honors event, co-hosted by The Hollywood Reporter and the Sustainable Entertainment Alliance at Hotel Bel-Air in Los Angeles. He participated in a keynote conversation with actor Bradley Whitford of “The West Wing,” timed to the 20th anniversary of “An Inconvenient Truth.” Gore invoked the scenario depicted in the 2004 disaster film “The Day After Tomorrow …Zêde
There's no question about it, the same Vatican that WON’T evangelize jews and any other false religions, as they opose "religious proselytism", the same Vatican who abandoned the real Catholic Church in China to embrace the chinese communist party's false church, the same Vatican who stands proudly with the celebrated female bishop of the UK, WILL excommunicate the FSSPX. What will you do? I understand, it’s not like we can burn tires and throw stones like some people do in countries around the world, perhaps NOT even a march of protest will turn false prophet Leo's decision, but 1st things first... Can an antipope excommunicate? Can a false prophet push your faith away? Can a promoter if beautiful lies cast you out from the grasp of our Lord? Exactly! Leo has no power to eclipse your strong faith, but the thing he can do is to make you suffer. Embrace such suffering, welcome it, walk towards the desert WILLINGLY... DO NOT frown, do not call him names even if it is impossible, I know,…Zêde