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  SAINTS DECEMBER 25 St. Eugenia, Roman Catholic Martyr, Eugenia converted many others, including her mother, Claudia, and suffered martyrdom by sword for her faith in Rome, where she had gone with her mother. Her feast day is December 25th. ST. ANASTASIA, MARTYR OF SIRMIUM St. Anastasia lived during the time of the Emperor Diocletian, and helped the Christians persecuted by the emperor. Arrested in Sirmium, she refused to deny the faith. Embarked on a leaking ship, she escaped and reached safety, at least temporarily. Captured again, she was burned alive.  Dec.25 Bl. Michael Nakashima, Roman Catholic Jesuit martyr of Japan. A native Japanese, Michael was admitted to the Society of Jesus because of his holiness and courage. He hid priests and was placed under arrest for many months for harboring missionaries. Michael was then taken to Shimabara and was scalded to death in the hot springs at Mount Ungen. Feastday Dec.25 St. Alburga, 800 A.D. Abbess and foundress, born a princes...

  Gospel in Art: Blessed be the Lord God of Israel https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/51377

SAINTS DECEMBER 24 St. Lucian, Roman Catholic African martyr with Drusus Metrobius, Paul, Theotirnus, and Zenobius. They were martyred at Tripoli, Libya. Feastday Dec.24 ST. TARSILLA, ROMAN VIRGIN, AUNT OF ST. GREGORY THE GREAT A Roman nun and paternal aunt of Pope St. Gregory I the Great, who reigned from 590 to 604, St. Tarsilla was praised by her nephew for her faith and charity. She dedicated her life to prayer and to assisting others in difficulty. Dec. 24 St. Caranus, 7th century. A Scottish bishop venerated in Aberdeen. He served in Eastern Scotland. ST. IRMA, ABBESS  Saint Irma lived between the seventh and eighth centuries, and was abbess of the Benedictine Monastery at Trier. Tradition says she was the daughter of St. Dagobert, King of Austrasia. She helped San Willibrord, the English monk who evangelised Frisia.   Dec. 24  

  Pope speaks on the gift of motherhood https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/51367

  St Thorlac https://www.indcatholicnews.com/saint/362

  Gospel in Art: The birth of John the Baptist https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/51369

  SAINTS DECEMBER 23 Martyrs of Crete, Ten Roman Catholic martyrs of the island of Crete who suffered during the persecution of Emperor Trajanus Decius. They are named Agathopus, Basilides, Eunician, Euporus, Evaristus, Cleomenes, Gelasius, Saturninus, Theodulus, and Zoticus. Feastday: December 23 St. Victoria, Roman Catholic Martyr, with her sister Anatolia, she refused importunate suitors. Both were imprisoned and starved by their suitors but persisted in refusing marriage. Anatolia was converted to Christianity and converted many in Picenum before being denounced for her faith, for which she was tortured and executed at Thora on Lake Velino in Italy. When Victoria refused to sacrifice to pagan gods, she too was executed, perhaps at Tribulano. The guard was converted by their example and was also martyred. Feastday Dec.23rd. St. John of Kanty, Roman Catholic priest, scholastic philosopher, physicist and theologian, Born in Kęty, Poland, in 1390, John was a priest and professor of...

  Yoga: Homage to False gods https://kuzaapp.com/2021-2-9-yoga-homage-to-false-gods/

  Finding Love This Advent The Wonders of His Love https://www.magiscenter.com/blog/the-wonders-of-his-love

  Blessed Jacopone da Todi https://www.indcatholicnews.com/saint/397

  Gospel in Art: The mother of my Lord https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/51362

  St. Francesca Saverio Cabrini - Information on the Saint of the Day - Vatican News https://www.vaticannews.va/en/saints/12/22/st--francesca-saverio-cabrini--virgin--foundress-of-the--mission.html

SAINTS DECEMBER 22 St. Chaeromon, Roman Catholic Bishop of Nilopolis, in Egypt. When the persecution was instituted by Emperor Trajanus Decius, Chaeromon Was quite elderly. He and several companions fled into the Arabian desert and were never seen again. The bishop and his companions are listed as martyrs. Feastday Dec. 22 ST. FRANCESCA SAVERIO CABRINI, VIRGIN, FOUNDRESS OF THE MISSIONARIES OF THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS. Pope Francis has described St Frances Xavier Cabrini as a woman who understood that the modern world would be marked by people fleeing their homes in search of peace, and that these were the people she wished to take care of. The Church remembers her on December 22nd as the patron saint of migrants.   https://www.vaticannews.va/en/saints/12/22/st--francesca-saverio-cabrini--virgin--foundress-of-the--mission.html  

  Struggling with Sin https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/struggling-with-sin?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=novashare

  St Peter Canisius https://www.indcatholicnews.com/saint/361

  Gospel in Art: Mary entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/51357

  St. Peter Canisius - Information on the Saint of the Day - Vatican News https://www.vaticannews.va/en/saints/12/21/st--peter-canisius--jesuit--and-doctor-of-the-church.html

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  Carol Roth You Will Own Nothing: Your War with a New Financial World Order and How to Fight Back (Hardcover) AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A NEXT BIG IDEA CLUB MUST-READ The bestselling author and entrepreneur investigates what would happen if a new financial world order took hold, one in which global elites own everything and you own nothing--and yet you are somehow happy. When Carol Roth first heard that one of the World Economic Forum's predictions for 2030 was "You will own nothing, and be happy," she thought it was an outlandish fantasy. Then, she researched it. What she found was that a number of businesses, governments, and global elites share a vision of a future that sounds utopian: Everyone will have everything they need, and no one will own anything. From declines in home and vehicle ownership to global inflation and government spending, many of the trends of modern life reveal that a new world that is emerging--one in which Western citizens, by choice...

 SAINTS DECEMBER 21 ST. PETER CANISIUS, JESUIT AND DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH. St. Peter Canisius was the first Dutch Jesuit and lived in the 16th century. He is considered the second Apostle of Germany after St. Boniface. A prolific writer, he was one of the architects of the spiritual renewal of the Catholic Church promoted by the Council of Trent. "See, Peter sleeps, Judas is awake". Pope Benedict XVI quoted these words of St Peter Canisius at the beginning of Lent 2011. He called them "a cry of anguish in his historical moment", words that were destined to shake "the drowsiness of the good".  https://www.vaticannews.va/en/saints/12/21/st--peter-canisius--jesuit--and-doctor-of-the-church.html  https://www.jesuit.org.sg/dec-peter-canisius-sj/ https://www.jesuit.org.sg/dec-thomas-bedingfeld-sj/ St. Andrew Dung Lac. Roman Catholic Martyr companion of St. Peter Thi. Andrew, born in 1785, was a priest in Vietnam, his homeland. He was arrested and beheaded on Decem...

  Booking: From Rome to Home: Next steps for synodality in our parishes https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/51347

  St Dominic of Silos https://www.indcatholicnews.com/saint/360

Gospel in Art: Behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/51350

SAINTS DECEMBER 20 Bl. Peter de la Cadireta, Roman Catholic Dominican Martyr. A Spaniard, he entered the Dominicans and devoted his time to preaching to the heretics, including the Albigensians, in the area around Urgell, Spain. A group of heretics stoned him to death.Feastday Dec 20 ST PHILOGONIUS, BISHOP OF ANTIOCH A Syrian lawyer, Philogonius was a great orator, highly esteemed for his wisdom and fairness. Married, he had a daughter. He was elected bishop of Antioch in 314. He combatted Arianism, a heresy that denied the divinity of Jesus. He died in prison in 324, a courageous witness to the faith.  Dec.20  

  Hidden at 3,900 Feet: The Story of the Grande Chartreuse Monastery & Its Secret Liqueur Recipe https://www.churchpop.com/hidden-at-3-900-feet-the-story-of-the-grande-chartreuse-monastery-its-secret-liqueur-recipe/

  St Thomas De and Companions https://www.indcatholicnews.com/saint/359

  Gospel in Art: The birth of John the Baptist is announced by Gabriel https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/51342

SAINTS DECEMBER 19 St. Nemesius, Roman Catholic Martyr of Egypt. He was burned alive in Alexandria, Egypt, during the persecutions under Emperor Trajanus Decius. Nemesius was arrested and scourged and then burned to death. Like Christ, he was executed between two criminals. Feastday Dec.19 St Thomas De & Companions Roman Catholic Vietnamese martyrs. Thomas was a Vietnamese tailor who entered the Dominicans as a tertiary. Arrested on the charge of giving aid and shelter to foreign missionaries, he was strangled. Four other Catholic Vietnamese died with Thomas. Feastday Dec 19 St. Manirus. Bishop and an apostle to Scotland. He evangelized the Highlanders in the northern regions and was revered for his kindness and goodwill. ST. ANASTASIUS, POPE Anastasius of the noble Roman Maximi family was elected Pope in 399. He had a profound spirituality and lived a lifestyle of poverty. He courageously defended the Catholic faith, opposing the heresy of Donatism. He died in 401.   Dec....

Who are the Martyrs of Compiegne? : On July 17 the Church commemorates 16 French religious sisters who died at the hands of the French Revolution, hastening the end of its Reign of Terror.

Pope Francis declares French Martyrs of Compiègne saints via equipollent canonization : Mother Teresa of Saint Augustine and her 15 companions, who were guillotined in Paris as they sang hymns of praise, can immediately be venerated worldwide as saints in the Catholic Church.

  Pope begins catchesis tied to Jubilee: “Jesus Christ, our hope" - Vatican News https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2024-12/pope-francis-catechesis-jubilee-hope-general-audience.html

  16 Beautifully Traditional Christmas Songs to Lift Your Heart to Jesus https://www.churchpop.com/16-beautifully-traditional-christmas-songs-to-lift-your-heart-to-jesus/

  Gospel in Art: The angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/51335

  SAINTS DECEMBER 18 St. Rufus, Roman Catholic Martyr, with Zosimus, citizens of Antioch (or perhaps Philippi) who were brought to Rome with St. Ignatius of Antioch during the reign of Emperor Trajan. They were condemned to death for their Christianity and thrown to wild beasts in the arena two days before the martyrdom of Ignatius. FeastDay Dec. 18. St. Paul My, Roman Catholic Vietnamese Martyr, Paul entered into Paris Foreign Missions and thus helped to spread the Catholic faith in Vietnam. He was seized by enemies of the Church and was martyred by strangulation. Feastday Dec.18 St. Winebald, 761 A.D. Benedictine abbot and missionary. The brother of Sts. Willibald and Walburga, he was born in Wessex, England, and went on a pilgrimage to Rome and the Holy Land with his brother and father. When their father died at Lucca, the brothers proceeded to Rome. Winebald remained in the Eternal City while his brother went on to the Holy Land. Winebald studied in Rome for seven years, went b...

  For sisters experiencing completion, Advent is a call for hope, 'light in darkness' https://www.globalsistersreport.org/node/289341

  How to Become Catholic: Adult Initiation into the Catholic Church Explained https://youtu.be/WFRcOylirZ8?si=OhroC_dP68fIoBDJ

  Becoming Catholic https://youtu.be/FB-7BxixVXI?si=RuAiYJPRlxqt6hH5

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  Pope challenges bankers to invest in hope, not speculation and war https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/51322

  St Lazarus of Bethany https://www.indcatholicnews.com/saint/357

  Gospel in Art: The genealogy of Jesus Christ, the Son of David https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/51326

  Will the Son of Man Find Faith on the Earth? https://www.wordonfire.org/videos/sermons/will-the-son-of-man-find-faith-on-the-earth/

SAINTS DECEMBER 17 St. Briarch, 627 A.D. Abbot and founder, a companion of St. Tudwal. Briarch was an Irishman who entered a monastery in Wales. He went with St. Tudwal to Brittany, France. There he built a monastery and served as abbot. St. Tydecho, 6th century. Welsh saint. He is honored by several churches in Wales. St. Cadfan was his brother. Other details of his life are no longer available. ST. JOHN OF MATHA, PRIEST, FOUNDER OF THE TRINITARIANS. Born in 1154 in France, St. John was a professor of theology in Paris, before leaving everything to become a priest at the age of 40. He founded the Order of the Most Holy Trinity. He left for Africa, with a mission to free Christian slaves, whom he succours in his hospices. He died in Rome in 1213.   Dec.17 ST. DANIEL, PROPHET,  A Jew of a noble family, he was deported to Babylon (VII century BC). He became an official of the Babylonian king, Nebuchadnezzar. Daniel prophesied the fall of the Babylonian Empire. Because of hi...

Pope Intercedes with Biden for Those Sentenced to the Death Penalty. - ZENIT - English : Given that the United States was one of the five countries with the most executions carried out in 2023, along with China, Iran, Saudi Arabia and Somalia, Vaillancourt Murphy pointed out: “If President Biden took this step, it would have repercussions not only in the United States, but in the whole world. The Jubilee Year is the perfect moment for this Catholic President to take this historic step.”

  St Adelaide https://www.indcatholicnews.com/saint/356

  Gospel in Art: Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/51318

SAINTS DECEMBER 16 St. Albina, Roman Catholic Martyr and a young witness for Christ. Albina was born in Caesarea and was martyred there. Feastday Dec.16 St. Beoc, 5th or 6th century. Irish monastic founder also called Beanus, Dabeoc, Mobeoc, and Moboac. He is credited with founding a monastery in Lough Derg, in Donegal. ST. DAVID, KING AND PROPHET God chose him as king of Israel, despite his being the youngest of the sons of Jesse: God does not look at the appearance but at the heart of man. A warrior and poet, David was also a great sinner, but recognized his faults and asked forgiveness. Our Lord Jesus Christ is born of David’s line.   Dec.16 St. Adelaide, Roman Catholic Holy Roman Empress and Patron of abuse victims; brides; empresses; exiles; in-law problems; parenthood; parents of large families; princesses; prisoners; second marriages; step-parents; widows, Born in 931, Adelaide was the daughter of King Rudolph of Burgundy. She married the Holy Roman Emperor, Otto the Gr...

  St Mary di Rosa https://www.indcatholicnews.com/saint/355

  Gospel in Art: Gaudete Sunday: Third Sunday of Advent https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/51311

SAINTS DECEMBER 15 ST. VALERIAN, BISHOP IN AFRICA AND MARTYR. Bishop of Abbenza (Tunisia), he bore witness to Jesus Christ, true God and true man, during the persecution of the Vandals. The Arian heretic King Genseric forced Valerian to live on the street, though he was eighty, for refusing to hand over the Church’s sacred vessels. He died of his hardship.  Dec. 15 St. Florentius, 7th century. Abbot of Bangor Monastery in Ireland also called Flann. He was part of the great monastic program of evangelization and protection of the arts. Saint Virginia Centurione Bracelli, Roman Catholic Nun, Feastday Dec. 15  

  March to Martyrdom Seven Letters on Sanctity from St. Ignatius of Antioch If there is to be real renewal in Christian life, a culture steeped in the blood of the Lamb, saints must rise up to seed it. Only the witness of sanctity can save us now. More than ever, we need heroic men of God like St. Ignatius of Antioch, bishop and martyr of the early Church, whose life and letters Dr. Regis Martin illuminates in these stirring pages. No other writer of the Apostolic Age has expressed with such passion, such blazing intensity, an ardent thirst for God as St. Ignatius, traveling in chains across Asia Minor toward the Colosseum. In his fervor, St. Ignatius wrote, “I am God’s wheat, and I am being ground by the teeth of wild beasts to make a pure loaf for Christ.” He urgently dispatched poignant letters to the faithful along the way from Antioch to Rome, a journey marked by travail but ending in triumph. https://sophiainstitute.com/product/march-to-martyrdom/

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  What Children Do https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/what-children-do?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=novashare

  St John of the Cross https://www.indcatholicnews.com/saint/354

  Gospel in Art: Feast of Saint John of the Cross https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/51307

  St. John of the Cross - Information on the Saint of the Day - Vatican News https://www.vaticannews.va/en/saints/12/14/st---john-of-the-cross--priest-ad-doctor-of-the-church--discalce.html

SAINTS DECEMBER 14    St. Fingar, 5th century. Martyr of Cornwall, England, with Phiala, his sister, and companions. Irish by birth, the martyrs were slain at Hoyle, near Penzance, by pagans. ST. JOHN OF THE CROSS, PRIEST AD DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH, DISCALCED CARMELITE Saint John of the Cross was a 16th century Spanish theologian and mystic. Together with Saint Teresa of Jesus, he reformed the Carmelite Order. He was proclaimed Doctor of the Church by Pope Pius XI in 1926 and, traditionally, is nicknamed the "Mystic Doctor". https://www.vaticannews.va/en/saints/12/14/st---john-of-the-cross--priest-ad-doctor-of-the-church--discalce.html   

  Jubilee Films for Pilgrims of Hope: 'Silence' - Vatican News https://www.vaticannews.va/en/vatican-city/news/2024-12/jubilee-films-hope-greg-apparcel-review-silence.html

  The Ugly Truth About Gay Adoption https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/the-ugly-truth-about-gay-adoption?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=novashare

  "The process of decivilization may begin with profound distrust in institutions and government leaders, but that distrust gets far worse in a society where people brutalize one another. There is no shortcut back to a robust democracy," @AdrienneLaF writes: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/12/decivilization-political-violence-civil-society/680961/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social

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  Lay ‘episcopal delegate’ added to Eucharistic Prayer in Belgian province https://www.pillarcatholic.com/p/female-episcopal-delegate-added-to

  St Lucy https://www.indcatholicnews.com/saint/353

  Gospel in Art: Feast of Saint Lucy Virgin and Martyr https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/51300

  St. Lucy, Virgin and Martyr of Syracuse - Information on the Saint of the Day - Vatican News https://www.vaticannews.va/en/saints/12/13/st--lucy--virgin-and-martyr-of--syracuse.html

SAINTS DECEMBER 13 ST. ARISTON, MARTYR OF PORTO, Dec. 13 St. Lucy, was a young Roman Catholic martyr who lived in Syracuse lost her life during the persecution of Christians in the early fourth century. Her veneration spread to Rome so that by the sixth century the whole Church recognized her courage in defense of the faith. Patron of Blindness St. Lucy was martyred on December 13, 304. At her trial, the judge reportedly became enamored of her beautiful eyes, and she, to halt his passion, tore them out and sent them to him on a platter. Hence, St. Lucy - a name derived from the Latin for light, lux - is invoked as protector of the eyes.  Feastday Dec 13 https://www.vaticannews.va/en/saints/12/13/st--lucy--virgin-and-martyr-of--syracuse.html  St. Elizabeth Rose, Roman Catholic Nun. Benedictine abbess, the foundress of the convent of Sainte-Marie-du-Rozoy, near Courtenay, Loiret, France. Dec. 13  

  We Are Not All Children of God https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/children-god?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=novashare

The Urgency of Infant Baptism https://crisismagazine.com/opinion/the-urgency-of-infant-baptism?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=novashare

Stability vs. mobility https://www.globalsistersreport.org/node/288831

  Gospel in Art: Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/51292

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  SAINTS DECEMBER 12 St. Alexander, Martyr and companion of St. Epimachus. Alexander and Epimachus lived in Alexandria, Egypt. They were taken prisoner during the reign of Emperor Decius, then tortured and burned to death. Four women shared their martyrdom: Ammonaria, Mercuria, Dionisia, a mother, and another woman. Dec. 12 St. Abra, Consecrated virgin, the daughter of St. Hilary of Poitiers, born before he became a bishop. Little is known about Abra, who became a consecrated virgin, dedicated to good works among the Christians of Poitiers, in France. Abra died at the age of eighteen.Dec. 12 Bl. Thomas Holland, 1642 A.D. English martyr. Also known as Thomas Sanderson and Thomas Hammond, he was born at Sutton, near Prescot, Lancashire, England, in 1600. Thomas left England to study at St. Omer, France, and Valladolid, in Spain, and entered the Jesuits after ordination in 1624. Going home, circa 1635, he worked to aid the Church in the isles for seven years until his arrest in London...

  3 Surprising Joys Only the Sacrament of Marriage Can Bring to Your Catholic Life https://www.churchpop.com/3-surprising-joys-only-marriage-can-bring-to-your-catholic-life/

  St Daniel the Stylite https://www.indcatholicnews.com/saint/352

  Report finds Mexico one of most dangerous countries for Catholic priests https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/51282

  Gospel in Art: Come to me, all who labour https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/51284

SAINTS DECEMBER 11 St. Cian, 6th century. A Welsh hermit, believed to have been a servant of St. Peris. St. Pens. Patron saint of Llanberis, Wales. No documents on his life are extant. Pope Saint Damasus I Roman Catholic Priest. All lovers of Scripture have reason to celebrate this day. Damasus was the pope who commissioned Saint Jerome to translate the Scriptures into Latin, the Vulgate version of the Bible. Feastday December 11  

  St Eulalia https://www.indcatholicnews.com/saint/350

  Gospel in Art: God does not will that one of these little ones should perish https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/51277

SAINTS DECEMBER 10 ST. MAURUS, MARTYR ON THE VIA SALARIA-Dec 10.Saint Maurus' attributes is a crutch, in reference to his patronage of cripples. He was invoked especially against fever, and also against rheumatism, epilepsy, and gout. He is also sometimes depicted with a scale, a reference to the implement used to measure a monk's daily ration of bread, given to him by Benedict when he left Montecassino for France. Dec.10 St. Eustace White, 1591 A.D. One of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales. He was born in Louth, Lincolnshire, England. Converted to the faith, he studied for the priesthood at Reims, France, and in Rome. After ordination in 1588, he returned to England. Eustace was taken prisoner because of his missionary work and executed at Tyburn, England. Bl. Thomas Somers, 1610 A.D English martyr. Born in Westmoreland, England, he worked for a time as a schoolmaster. Leaving England, he went to Douai, France, where he studied for the priesthood and received ordination b...