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Category Archives: Our Solitary Boast
NOVENA for the Immaculate Conception (8 Dec): Day 5
Today is the 5th Day for a Novena before the Feast of the Immaculate Conception. Will you participate? Even if you are late to starting, that’s okay! Start anyway. And remember that there is no one way to observe this Novena. … Read More
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NOVENA for the Immaculate Conception (8 Dec): Day 4
Today is the 4th Day for a Novena before the Feast of the Immaculate Conception. Will you participate? Even if you are late to starting, that’s okay! Start anyway. And remember that there is no one way to observe this Novena. … Read More
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NOVENA for the Immaculate Conception (8 Dec): Day 3
Today is the 3rd Day for a Novena before the Feast of the Immaculate Conception. Will you participate? Even if you are late to starting, that’s okay! Start anyway. And remember that there is no one way to observe this Novena. … Read More
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NOVENA for the Immaculate Conception (8 Dec): Day 2
Today is the 2nd Day for a Novena before the Feast of the Immaculate Conception. Will you participate? Even if you are late to starting, that’s okay! Start anyway. And remember that there is no one way to observe this … Read More
NOVENA for the Immaculate Conception (8 Dec): Day 1
Today is the 1st Day for a Novena before the Feast of the Immaculate Conception. Will you participate? Even if you are late to starting, that’s okay! Start anyway. And remember that there is no one way to observe this … Read More
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ASK FATHER: Can you gain an indulgence by reciting the Rosary with the Luminous Mysteries?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: I have never seen a decree or document stating that the Luminous Mysteries of the Rosary have been indulgenced. I suspect you also have never seen a decree that the Glorious Mysteries have been indulgenced. The … Read More
ASK FATHER: Father rushes through the weekly Novena. What to do?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: At my parish, we have a new pastoral administrator…. Don’t know the whole story, but suffice it to say that Fr. W does not really seem to want to be in parish ministry. Our parish has … Read More
15 September: Feast of the Seven Sorrows of Mary – The “Our Lady of Sorrows Project”
Today, the day after the Feast of the Exaltation of the Cross, is the Feast of Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary. There is an analogous commemoration on Friday after 1st Passion Sunday. Some time ago, I wrote a … Read More
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12 September 1683: The Battle of Vienna and the Feast of the Holy Name of Mary
In the Divine Praises we pray: Blessed be the name of Mary, Virgin and Mother. Today, 12 September, is the Feast of the Holy Name of Mary. Devotion to the name of Mary was at first in Spain, by Carmelites. … Read More
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