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The miraculous founding of St. Mary Major’s basilica in Rome marks a special favor of Our Lady

The important and numerous liturgical stations appointed at the basilica on the Esquiline testify to the devotion of the Romans and of all Catholics towards it.

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Dom Prosper Guéranger

• Aug 5, 2023Aug 4, 2023

St. Alphonsus Liguori guided the Church against Jansenism by promoting true Christian morality

While on the one hand St. Alphonsus never left unanswered any attack made at the time against revealed truth, his ascetic and mystical works brought back piety to its traditional sources, the frequentation of the sacraments, and the love of our Lord and His Blessed Mother.

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Dom Prosper Guéranger

• Aug 2, 2023Aug 2, 2023

St. Ignatius of Loyola was raised up as God’s counter measure to Luther’s heresies

St. Ignatius, famed for his warrior-like zeal, founded the Society of Jesus for the removal of heresy and the promotion of the Catholic faith.

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Dom Prosper Guéranger

• Jul 31, 2023Jul 28, 2023

Sts. Abdon and Sennen’s stubborn refusal to honor pagan gods earned them the crown of martyrdom

Sts. Abdon and Sennen were ordered to make sacrifices to the Roman gods after being found to bury Christians on their land. The Emperor Decius had them killed for refusing to bow to the pagan deities.

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Dom Prosper Guéranger

• Jul 30, 2023Jul 28, 2023

St. Martha’s tireless service to Christ earned her praise and a special place in heaven

St. Martha’s unique virtue and selfless acts of charity are an example of the active life in contrast to her sister Mary’s contemplative life.

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Dom Prosper Guéranger

• Jul 29, 2023Jul 28, 2023

St. Pantaleon’s courageous preaching under Diocletian led to a brutal torture and martyrdom

St. Pantaleon was tortured on the rack and red-hot plates were applied to his body. He bore the violence of these tortures calmly and bravely and, being finally beheaded, obtained the crown of martyrdom.

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Dom Prosper Guéranger

• Jul 27, 2023

St. Anne’s role as mother of Mary and grandmother of Jesus was vital to God’s salvific plan

St. Anne furnished the body of her who was to give flesh to the Son of God; she nourished her with milk; she gave to her, who was inundated with floods of divine light, the first practical notions of life.

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Dom Prosper Guéranger

• Jul 26, 2023Jul 25, 2023

St. James’ courageous martyrdom has inspired the conversion and pilgrimage of many

Let us today hail the bright star which once made Compostella so resplendent with its rays that the obscure town became, like Jerusalem and Rome, a center of attraction to the piety of the whole world.

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Dom Prosper Guéranger

• Jul 25, 2023

Pope St. Anacletus’ martyrdom marked an end to the line of pontiffs ordained by St. Peter

St. Anacletus adorned the tomb of St. Peter and established burial places for pontiffs, encouraging Roman families to construct underground cemeteries for the Christian dead.

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Dom Prosper Guéranger

• Jul 13, 2023Jul 11, 2023

St. John Gualbert defended the Church against a ruinous torrent of heresy and simony

Following St. John Gualbert's confrontation of a simoniac bishop 'every stain of simony disappeared from Tuscany; and faith, throughout all Italy, was restored to its former purity.'

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Dom Prosper Guéranger

• Jul 12, 2023Jul 11, 2023

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Articles tagged Ecu-Men

The miraculous founding of St. Mary Major’s basilica in Rome marks a special favor of Our Lady

St. Alphonsus Liguori guided the Church against Jansenism by promoting true Christian morality

St. Ignatius of Loyola was raised up as God’s counter measure to Luther’s heresies

Sts. Abdon and Sennen’s stubborn refusal to honor pagan gods earned them the crown of martyrdom

St. Martha’s tireless service to Christ earned her praise and a special place in heaven

St. Pantaleon’s courageous preaching under Diocletian led to a brutal torture and martyrdom

St. Anne’s role as mother of Mary and grandmother of Jesus was vital to God’s salvific plan

St. James’ courageous martyrdom has inspired the conversion and pilgrimage of many

Pope St. Anacletus’ martyrdom marked an end to the line of pontiffs ordained by St. Peter

St. John Gualbert defended the Church against a ruinous torrent of heresy and simony