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Today we celebrate the Solemnity of our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe. Our first reading today from the Second Book of Samuel, chapter 5, verse 1 to 3, tells us the story of the anointing of David as the king of Israel. The second reading from the Letter of Saint Paul to the Colossians, chapter 1, verse 12 to 20, reminds us to give thanks to the Father, who has made us...
Arise, soldiers of Christ, throw away the works of darkness and put on the armor of light. (Remember) To die for Christ, is not to sacrifice one's youth, but to renew it. It is relinquishing a perishable thing and receiving in turn an immortal gift - St. Cecilia
Indeed the blessed Mary certainly did the Father’s will, and so it was for her a greater thing to have been Christ’s disciple than to have been His mother, and she was more blessed in her discipleship than in her motherhood. Hers was the happiness of first bearing in her womb Him whom she would obey as her master - St. Augustine
To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting. (Therefore) Study (the Scriptures) as if you were to live for ever; live as if you were to die tomorrow. - St. Edmund Rich
God refuses only the person who does not admit his own weakness; He sends away only the unhappy proud person. You must "hold him" well and strongly, with a poor spirit, with a poor heart, with a life entirely poor. (Remember) Our Redeemer ever present in the most Blessed Sacrament, extends His hands to everyone. He opens His heart and says, 'Come to Me, all of you’ - St. Raphael...
