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  Gospel in Art: Jesus went out to a desolate place, and there he prayed https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/51515

SAINTS JANUARY 15 St. Francisco Fernandez de Capillas, Roman Catholic Martyr Spanish missionary who became the first Catholic martyr in China after he was beheaded in Fu'an, Fujian in China. Feastday Jan 15 St. Blaithmaic, 823 A.D. Irish abbot who sought martyrdom among the Danes, he went to England and encountered the Danes and was murdered on the altar steps of the abbey church at lona.   St. Ita. was reputedly of royal lineage. She was born at Decies, Waterford, Ireland, refused to be married, and secured her father's permission to live a virginal life. She moved to Killeedy, Limerick, and founded a community of women dedicated to God. She also founded a school for boys, and one of her pupils was St. Brendan. Many extravagant miracles were attributed to her (in one of them she is reputed to have reunited the head and body of a man who had been beheaded; in another she lived entirely on food from heaven), and she is widely venerated in Ireland. She is also known as Deirdre a...

  Words of the Holy Father-To enchain our souls: this is what the devil wants. The Gospel shows us Jesus freeing a person possessed by an “evil spirit” (cf. Mk 1:21-28), that tormented and made him scream (cf. vv. 23, 26).  This is how the devil behaves: he wants to take possession of us in order to “enchain our souls”.  To enchain our souls: this is what the devil wants.  We must be wary of the “chains” that stifle our freedom, because the devil always takes away our freedom.  Let us try to name some of these chains that can shackle our hearts. I am thinking of addictions, which enslave us, making us feel constantly dissatisfied, devouring our energies, goods, and relationships.  I am thinking of the leading trends which encourage unrealistic perfectionism, consumerism and hedonism, that commodify people and ruin relationships. And other chains: there are temptations and conditionings that undermine self-esteem, serenity and the ability to choose and love ...

There is a battle going on and the  battle  is  between the Church and the anti-Church  the Church of God and anti-God the Church of Christ and anti-Christ. There is a battle on between the retention of Catholic morals, tradition, and authority on the one side, and the active effort to destroy them on the other. The attack will not tolerate us. It will attempt to destroy us. Nor can we tolerate it. We must attempt to destroy it as being the fully equipped and ardent enemy of the Truth by which men live. The duel is to the death. The battle going on and it is between the Church and the anti-Church the Church of God and anti-God the Church of Christ and anti-Christ. There is a battle on between the retention of Catholic morals, tradition, and authority on the one side, and the active effort to destroy them on the other. The attack will not tolerate us. It will attempt to destroy us. Nor can we tolerate it. We must attempt to destroy it as being the fully equi...

  One step closer to sainthood: Thailand honors its blessed martyrs - Vatican News https://www.vaticannews.va/en/church/news/2025-01/thailand-feast-blessed-martyrs-celebration-bangkok.html

  When the Infant Jesus of Prague Spoke to a Priest: The History & Promises of the Miraculous Devotion https://www.churchpop.com/when-the-infant-jesus-of-prague-spoke-to-a-priest-the-history-promises-of-the-miraculous-devotion/