“Just ring the bell and this will all be over.” That must be a common phrase many potential Navy SEALs either hear or think in their initial phase of training called BUD/S (Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL). This is the stage that whittles down hundreds of candidates to only a select few who can tolerate weeks of […]
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The faithful children of the Rosary shall merit a high degree of Glory in Heaven. “But wait! There’s more!” If Mary’s rosary promises were an infomercial for rosary prayer and meditation, we are now entering all the bonus items. Commercials for cookware may say, “act now and get two of our deluxe frying pans plus
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The Rosary will be a very powerful armor against hell; it will destroy vice, deliver from sin and dispel heresy. I find it interesting that Mary uses military terminology in many of her promises. Her promise illuminates the very dark and evil reality of Satan and Hell that we cannot ignore or wish away. Whether
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To all those who shall pray my Rosary devoutly, I promise my special protection and great graces. What does it mean to pray the rosary devoutly? There is two aspects to rosary devotion. First, there’s quantity. Praying the rosary means saying all the prayers. Many people look at a rosary and see a lot of
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The Gospel for Sunday, March 6, 2011 is from Matthew 4:1-11. In this Gospel, Jesus fasted and prayed in the desert for 40 days before rejecting Satan’s temptations. Tired, hungry, and physically weak Jesus had the strength to reject evil. Jesus shows this same spiritual endurance during His Passion, especially in the scourging at the
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I just completed reading C.S. Lewis’ The Screwtape Letters. The book is divided into several letters from a senior devil, Screwtape, to a junior devil, Wormwood, who is working on bringing a man’s soul under the influence of Satan. Each letter investigates a tactic that Satan’s minions use in order to move us away from
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Mary’s message at Medjugorje on May 2, 2010: “Dear children; Today, through me, the good Father calls you to, with your soul filled with love, set out on a spiritual visitation. Dear children, be filled with grace, sincerely repent for your sins and yearn for the good. Yearn also in the name of those who have not come to know the perfection of the good. You will be more pleasing to God. Thank you.
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