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Testimony about Mother Pierina

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Yesterday April 29th 2020, Mother Pierina Guido went to the Father’s Kingdom. Her life it was a song to the Lord and one Sister wrote something about she, here you can read it: Keeping the lamp alight ... Remembering Mother Pierina. When you feel heartbreak for the detachment of a loved one, the mind also informs an emptiness and the words fail to express the deepest feelings and the most beautiful memories in remembering a piece of shared history. I lived with Mother Pierina for 40 year...
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Homily of Fra Raniero Cantalamessa on Good Friday

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The Preacher of the Papal Household, Fr Raniero Cantalamessa, preached the Sermon, reminding everyone that God has plans for our welfare, and not woe, even in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. Below please find the full text of Father Raniero Cantalamessa's Sermon: “I HAVE PLANS FOR YOUR WELFARE AND NOT FOR WOE” Sermon for Good Friday 2020 in St. Peter’s Basilica St. Gregory the Great said that Scripture “grows with its readers”, cum legentibus crescit.[1] It reveals meanings alwa...
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Christ overcame death

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Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, I would like to address to you especially in these difficult times, to meditate and pray to the school of the Venerable Servant of God Mother Carmela Prestigiacomo, Foundress of the Sisters of the Sacred Heart of the Incarnate Word. A stop on the arduous journey, fraught with suffering and tears, but full of solidarity and courageous hope of those who serve animated by Love. We are all aware of it, we are experiencing unforgettable days, and despite the...
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With full hands

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Ayutla, 03/04/2020 The Pandemic that for some months has spread to all countries of the earth, with its consequences visible to the eyes of all, has also reached our dear Mexico. This new reality has also affected the life of our community and has touched the hearts of each of us. We, Sisters of the Sacred Heart of the Incarnate Word, fully inserted in the life of the Church and, specifically, in the parish life of Ayutla, have helped, with joy and availability, to prepare and distrib...
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Lk 1,26-38

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In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town in Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin engaged to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin's name was Mary. And he came to her and said, "Greetings, favoured one! The Lord is with you." But she was much perplexed by his words and pondered what sort of greeting this might be. The angel said to her, "Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favour with God. And now, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son...
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Solemnity of the Annunciation 2020

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NAZARETH - Please find below the homily of Archbishop Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Apostolic Administrator of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, for the Solemnity of the Annunciation. His Excellency has presided the Holy Mass on this occasion in the Grotto of the Annunciation Basilica in Nazareth.  ((To watch the Holy Mass, please click here.)) The Solemnity of the Annunciation Nazareth, March 25, 2020 Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, May the Lord grant you peace! We will have ...
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From Holy Land

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Terra Santa News This week: the preventive measures taken in the Holy Land against the Coronavirus pandemic: the words of Br. Francesco Patton, Custos of the Holy Land and Mgr Pizzaballa, Apostolic Administrator of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem. The social initiatives in support of the poor, the sick and those in quarantine in Bethlehem, the second Lenten pilgrimage of the Franciscans to the Basilica of Gethsemane, the Solemnity of St. Joseph in Nazareth. This is the video from...
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MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS FOR LENT

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MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS FOR LENT 2020 “We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God” (2 Cor 5:20) Dear Brothers and Sisters, This year the Lord grants us, once again, a favourable time to prepare to celebrate with renewed hearts the great mystery of the death and resurrection of Jesus, the cornerstone of our personal and communal Christian life. We must continually return to this mystery in mind and heart, for it will continue to grow within us in the measure that ...
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