To pretend angels do not exist because they are invisible is to believe we never sleep because we don't see ourselves sleeping.
St.Thomas Aquinas
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Our sisters in the Caracas area had to leave their profoundly damaged convent; all of the sisters are safe now in a different (small!) house. My friend, Sister Alicia, says that there is damage everywhere.
I don’t know why people forget I am still a surgeon, since I got the NDC House of Representative ticket for Surulere 1. People call me Honorable and have removed the surgeon from my name, anyway Saturday I had endoscopic sinus surgery by 7am and by evening I became a politician
On this day in 1950, St. Maria Goretti, who was stabbed to death at the age of 11 defending her virtue, was raised to the Altars, in the first Canonisation held outdoors in the St. Peter's Square. In another first, her aged mother was present at the solemn ceremony.
Three Brazilian sisters with a combined age of 316 are now the focus of a research project which aims to understand why some people stay physically and cognitively resilient well past the age of 100 https://t.co/xG4nl22Jnd
Ancient prayer asking for the intercession of the virgin Mary Dating back to 250 AD ✝️
The oldest-known prayer to Mary was found in a Greek text from A.D. 250 that addresses Mary as “Theotokos," that is, “Mother of God” or “God-bearer”. Catholics know the prayer from a Latin version called the "Sub tuum praesidium:
Ὑπὸ τὴν σὴν εὐσπλαγχνίαν, καταφεύγομεν, Θεοτόκε. Τὰς ἡμῶν ἱκεσίας μὴ παρίδῃς ἐν περιστάσει, ἀλλ᾽ ἐκ κινδύνων λύτρωσαι ἡμᾶς, μόνη Ἁγνή, μόνη εὐλογημένη.
🙏 Sub Tuum Praesidium (English)
“Under your protection we seek refuge,
Holy Mother of God.
Do not despise our petitions in our necessities,
but deliver us always from all dangers,
O glorious and blessed Virgin.”
If Christians were praying this to Mary in A.D. 250, maybe it's time to rediscover what they knew. Check out more ancient Christian prayers on the Hallow app
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I was born when she was working at my home parish. During her free time, she used to assist Mom to take care of me and my twin sister. She managed to source a Mass Kit and gave me as a gift on my ordination. I call her mother.
Happy 71st birthday Sr. Mary Kaunda.
97-year-old Cardinal Ernest Simoni, who endured 18 years in prison under Albania's communist regime, prays the Rosary while climbing the hills of Medjugorje.
Video: BUDI MUŠKARAC LJUBAVI
If you are reading this post, I prayed the Divine Mercy Chaplet and 20 decades of the Rosary for you at 3:00 am. May God fight every one of your unseen battles for you. May He hear your heart and grant you his mercy…..
Omoh, I’ve never seen anything like this before😳, see how the water changed color in just few seconds🙆🏼♂️. This is happening in Rivers state as legendary Nollywood actress Hilda Dokubo cr!es out 💔
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, a Catholic, celebrates his 78th birthday today. In his youth, he trained as a seminarian with the intention of becoming a priest before eventually pursuing a career in law.
“We have children from foreigners… who’s going to take responsibility for them? We can’t do it alone.”— Resident in Cape Town expresses fr¥stration over anti-illegal immigration demonstrations
“They're very scared of White people. Anytime they speak to the Whites, they're very respectful. But when it is blacks, they're violent.”
-Activist Julius Malema knocks leaders of Xenophobia who are leading the “Black Africans Must Go on June 30th” movement.✍️
A beautiful day at home in Monaco with my bestie, Africa’s greatest industrialist. $200 billion man in the waiting @AlikoDangote
Friendship remains one of the greatest investments 🫱🏿🫲🏾… F.Ote💲