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Nota in Brevis
A Win for Poland
Poland just elected the conservative Karol Nawrocki as the new president of Poland, narrowly defeating Warsaw Mayor Rafał Trzaskowski (by a 50.89% margin). Karol, an historian and amateur boxer, holds to traditional and national...
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Novena to the Holy Ghost, Sixth Day – The Gift of Understanding
Sixth Day
If Thou take Thy grace away,
Nothing pure in man will stay,
And his good is turn'd to ill.
The Gift of Understanding
Understanding, as a gift of the Holy Ghost, helps us to grasp the...
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Hope Abounds: An Ordination and a Wedding
I just returned from a hopeful weekend, which I thought would share with readers, from attending an ordination and a wedding, the new priest, and the bride and groom, all alumni of Our Lady...
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Novena to the Holy Ghost, Fifth Day – The Gift of Knowledge
Fifth Day
Light immortal! Light Divine!
Visit Thou these hearts of Thine,
And our inmost being fill!.
The Gift of Knowledge
The gift of Knowledge enables the soul to evaluate created things at their true worth - in...
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Novena to the Holy Ghost, Second Day – The Gift of Fear
Second Day (for the First Day, please see here)
Come, Father of the Poor!
Come, treasures that endure!
Come, Light of all that live!
The Gift of Fear
The gift of Fear fills us with a sovereign respect...
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Novena to the Holy Ghost, Third Day – The Gift of Piety
Third Day (for the First Day, please see here)
Thou, of all consolers best,
Visiting the troubled breast,
Dost refreshing peace bestow
The Gift of Piety
The gift of Piety begets in our hearts a filial affection...
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Novena to the Holy Ghost, Fourth Day – The Gift of Fortitude
Fourth Day
Thou, in toil are comfort sweet,
Pleasant coolness in the heat,
Solace in the midst of woe.
The Gift of Fortitude
By the gift of Fortitude the soul is strengthened against natural fear, and supported to...
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Ascension and Novena to the Holy Ghost – First Day
In the Church universal, the solemnity of Ascension is on its traditional day, Thursday - so a blessed, if belated, and joyous one to all our readers - commemorating Our Lord’s return to heaven,...
