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Blessed Anna Maria Taigi – Mystic, Healer, Prophet

Here is the life of a great Mystic who was given many gifts by our Lord including prophecy (including the end-times), healing, the reading of hearts, and among other gifts the most remarkable was that for a space of forty-seven …
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The Pope who invited the poor to dinner

St. Gregory the Great, also called Saint Gregory I, was born 540 in Rome. His Western feast day is today, September 3. He was Pope from 590 until his death in 604. His epithet “the Great” reflects his status as …
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Struck Dumb At The Name Of Jesus

During the reign of the Emperor Constantine, the Christian Religion was constantly growing. In Constantinople itself the pagan philosophers felt very worried at seeing many of their skilful members deserting their old religion and joining the new. They pleaded with …
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St Basil

Basil the Great, a lecturer at the University of Athens was a very clever man, he soon became tired of lecturing and decided to become a monk. He tried to live on his own for 5 years as a hermit …
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The Saint who understood suffering

St Paul of the Cross, founder of the Congregation of the Passonists, devoted himself to mission work among the less fortunate and the sick. One day he was walking to church in the company of a pious youth, when a …
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THE FIRST COMPANION OF ST FRANCIS: BROTHER BERNARD OF QUINTAVALLE,

The first companion of St Francis was Brother Bernard of Assisi, who was converted in the following way: St Francis had not yet taken the religious habit, though he had renounced the world, and had so given himself to penance …
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Saint Martin I Pope and Martyr (AD655)

Saint Martin, who occupied the Roman See from 649 to 655, was a native of Toscany, and became celebrated amid the clergy of Rome for his learning and his sanctity. When he was elected Pope, Rome echoed with cries of …
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St. Isidore, the farmer and his Angelic Helpers. (Feast day 14th May)

St. Isidore was born in Madrid, Spain during the latter half of the twelfth century. His parents were pious Catholics, but were very poor. Consequently, Isidore was sent to work for a wealthy landowner, John de Vergas. (Whom he remained …
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St. Mary of Egypt

This Eucharistic miracle is related in the life of St. Mary of Egypt who lived in the desert for 47 years. The account of her life was written by the Bishop Sofronio of Jerusalem in the 6th century. St. Mary …
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Blessed Bartolo Longo

Blessed Bartolo Longo Blessed Bartolo Longo, is the great Apostle of the Rosary and the founder of the shrine of the Madonna of the Rosary at Pompei in Italy. Born in 1841, Blessed Longo died in 1926. He was a …
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