Religion
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Pentecost happiness
One of the joys of the Octave of Pentecost is the recitation of the Veni, Sancte Spiritus, after the recitation of the Victimae Paschali in Easter week, the liturgy never ceases to amaze us. Come, Holy Spirit, And send from heaven A ray of your light. Come, father of the poor, Come, dispenser of gifts, Come, Continue reading
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Prayer to the Souls in Purgatory of Father André Haussaire
O Jesus, to Your Heart I entrust (whom I desire: for example, “the victims of the virus”). Look at (them) and then do what Your Heart tells You. Let Your Heart act! I count on Him. I trust in Him. I abandon myself to Him! O Jesus, through Your Heart Continue reading
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Prayer in times of epidemic
(from the Roman Ritual, Titulus IX, Caput X) V. Lord, do not treat us according to our sins. R. And do not punish us according to our iniquities. V. Help us, O God our Savior. R. And for the glory of your name, Lord, deliver us. V. Lord, do not remember our former iniquities. R. May your Continue reading
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Spiritual Communion (continued)
In the Middle Ages, when the faithful were accustomed to receiving communion only at Easter, pious people, usually women, expressed their desire to do so more frequently. This is how the custom of spiritual communion emerged. "Towards the end of the 12th century, the most popular form of Continue reading
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Prayer of Saint Alfonso de Liguori
My God, I believe that you are present in the Blessed Sacrament. I love you above all things, and my soul yearns for you, since I cannot now receive you in the Blessed Sacrament. Come at least in a spiritual way into my heart. I embrace you as if you were in me and I unite myself Continue reading
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Spiritual communion according to Saint Alfonso de Liguori
My God, I believe that you are present in the Blessed Sacrament. I love you above all things, and my soul yearns for you. Since I cannot now receive you in the Blessed Sacrament, come at least in a spiritual way into my heart. I embrace you as if you were in me and I unite myself Continue reading
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Prayer to the Virgin Mary by Max Jacob
Praise to this little country girl, Who deserved to be the mother of God! It seems to me that she was born in Brittany And that she lived there before my eyes…. She is the only one. She is greeted by Gabriel; She deserves it: That is why God is upon her. He is in Continue reading
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Now is not the time for governments to last
The future Pius IX, still a cardinal, responding to Emperor Napoleon III, said this: "Sire, when great politicians like Your Majesty object to me that the time has not come, I have only to bow because I am not a great politician. But I am a bishop, and as a bishop I answer them: Continue reading
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Marie Lataste in 1843
Jesus Christ said to Marie Lataste during the vision she had in 1843: "The first king, the first sovereign of France, is me! I am the master of all peoples, of all nations, of all empires, of all dominations. I am particularly the master of the Continue reading
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Poetry by Philippe MacLeod
There is no greater vertigo than your exposed face (…). It is there, at the edge of this barely opened abyss, that we discover how close the flesh is to the soul. Advance into deep life, Éditions Ad Solem. Continue reading
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Craftsman's Prayer
12th Century Monastic Prayer Teach me, Lord, to use well the time You give me to work… Teach me to unite haste and slowness, serenity and fervor, zeal and peace. Help me at the beginning of the work. Help me in the heart of the labor… And above all, fill the gaps in my work Yourself. Continue reading
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Antigone, rebellious and intimate (7/7. Love)
7th and final part: Love Antigone's desire is familial; she does not want to leave her brother unburied; Creon, on the other hand, wants to assert himself as king and demonstrate his power. Antigone favors family ties that embody love and reveal a being. Creon establishes his power by signing a bill that must Continue reading
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Identify
Identity is divided on the one hand into a base that is within us without us being able to derive any particular merit from it, our nature and the education (culture) that we have received, and a constitutive movement of life that discovers elements that are not listed by our nature or our education, but which must Continue reading
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Blanc de Saint Bonnet on contemporary France
In 1851, Blanc de Saint Bonnet said: When men lose sight of moral necessities, God brings forth the light of necessities of another order. If faith is no longer received by the ear, it will be taught to us by hunger. Christianity will constitute modern society or will see it shattered. Continue reading