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Source: ewtn.com Why do we celebrate the solemnity of Mary, the Mother of God? Having just celebrated the Nativity the Church concludes the octave of Christmas by honoring Mary under her greatest title, the Mother of God. Upon the fact of her divine Motherhood depends all her dignities and pre...

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Nov. 15, 2021 Bishop Catholic Diocese of Tyler As we draw to the close of the Year of Saint Joseph, we give thanks for all of the graces and inspirations we have received. Although the Year of Saint Joseph closes officially on December 8, 2021, we will of course continue to be inspired by his mo...

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Source: ewtn Author: Father William Saunders -  I was visiting an inner-city Church one day and in the vestibule some graffiti was written on the wall which said, "Catholics, God has no mother," obviously referring to Mary's title as "Mother of God." How does on...

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Source: National Catholic Register -  The joyful aspect of Advent pulls us out of our sorrow.  I have always loved Advent. Even as a child, I was filled with the aching wonder of the season when my dad would lead us in singing O Come, O Come Emmanuel to the glow of the...

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Source: ChurchPop -  Priest Provides 3 Great Ways to Prepare Your Heart This Advent “Prepare the way of the Lord, make straight his paths,” St. John the Baptist said as he repeated Isaiah’s words. (Luke 3:4) John the Baptist calls us to prepare ourselves for the ...

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Source: Catholic East Texas -  The Church teaches that faith is a theological virtue. This means faith comes from God as a gift and not something that we obtain on our own. The Catechism of the Catholic Church confirms this when it says, “Faith is a gift from God, a supernatural v...

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Source: ewtn -  In the sixteenth century, the Blessed Virgin, moved with pity for the Aztec people who, living in the darkness of idolatry, offered to their idols multitudes of human victims, deigned to take into her own hands the evangelization of these Indians of Central America ...

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By: Bishop Joseph E. Strickland Catholic East Texas As you know, the last Sunday of the liturgical year is the Solemnity of Christ the King of the Universe. This beautiful feast reminds us that Jesus Christ is King not just for one liturgical celebration each year but every day of our lives. We ...

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ewtn So great are the advantages we reap from the incarnation of the Son of God that to contemplate it, and to thank and praise him for the same, ought to be the primary object of all our devotions and the employment of our whole lives. In the feast of the Conception of the Immaculate Virgin Moth...

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By: Elizabeth Slaten Nov. 19, 2021 Catholic East Texas   “Only God knows the good that can come about by reading one good Catholic book.” St. John Bosco As we get ready to enter into a new liturgical year with the start of Advent, many Christians will strive to take up...

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