Holy Sacrifice of the Mass

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INDEX: TEXT OF BOOK

Introduction

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FUNDAMENTAL DOCTRINES

The Church established by Jesus Christ  (James Cardinal Gibbons)

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The Perfections of God  (Bishop L.L. Morrow) "God can do anything by a mere act of His Will"

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Hypostatic Union  (Ibid.)  "These two Natures were united in a Divine Person Jesus Christ, the God-Man"

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Most Important Places:  Where God is always Present in the Sacred Hosts in the Tabernacles

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Who am I, and why am I here?  (Baltimore Catechism)  "To show forth His Goodness...to share

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His Everlasting Happiness in Heaven"

I am Nothing  (Father John A. Hardon,S.J.)  "We are created from nothing...to praise, reverence

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and serve God...and by this means to save [our soul]"

Humble Ourselves in all of our Actions:  (Dom Lorenzo Scupoli)  "Be ceaselessly vigilant,

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cognizant of our own nothingness"

Saint Paul: "Man is Nothing"  (Galatians)

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Our Free Will Must Coincide With God’s Will For Us  (Father John A. Hardon, S.J.) "People are only as

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happy as they are doing not their will, but God’s Will" we need ‘more musing and less amusing’ in our lives

"Understand What Is The Will of God":  (Saint Paul: Ephesians)

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Less Than The Will of God  (Brother Mary Patrick)  "How can we find fulfillment in anything other

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than God and in seeking His Will for our lives?"

Four Things Which Bring Much Peace: Practical Reflections  (Thomas A. Kempis)

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Prayer of Thomas A. Kempis  "That Thy Will may be done on earth as it is in Heaven"

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Comments

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Prayer to the Holy Spirit  "Tell me what I should do...Give me Thy orders"

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Reasons Why We Should Love God  (Catechism of His Holiness Pope Saint Pius X)

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Manifestation of Love of God  (Scriptural passages)

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Prayer To Love God  (Imitation of Christ)

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Sacred Scriptures  (His Holiness Pope Leo XIII)  "Are written...at the Dictation of the Holy Ghost"

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THE SUFFERINGS OF JESUS CHRIST ON THE CROSS

The Dolorous Passion Of Our Lord Jesus Christ  (Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich)

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The Passion Of Jesus Christ  (Father James Groenings, S.J.)

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THE THIRD COMMANDMENT

Catechism of the Catholic Church  (CCC)

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Sabbath  (Isaias)

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Sundays  (CCC)

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Comments

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Origin and Purpose of Third Commandment  (Bishop L.L. Morrow)

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On Sanctifying Sundays and Holidays of Obligation  (The Catholic Family News)

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Exceptions to the Obligation to Attend the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass each Sunday and

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Holy Days of Obligation

Servile Works (Complete Catholic Handbook)

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THE HOLY SACRIFICE OF THE MASS

Nature of Man  (Father James B. Buckley, F.S.S.P.)

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The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass  (Father William Lawrence, F.S.S.P.)

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The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass: Dogmatically, Liturgically, and Ascetically Explained  (Rev. Dr. Nicholas Gihr)

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A Clean Oblation  (James Cardinal Gibbons)

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THE PROPHECY OF MALACHIAS

Comment

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The Nature of the Mass  (Bishop L.L. Morrow)

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EFFECT OF SEPARATE CONSECRATIONS OF BREAD AND WINE

Effect of Separate Consecrations Of Bread And Wine  (Venerable Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen)

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“Christ renews the Sacrifice by the separate Consecration of the bread and wine"

Sapientiae Splendor

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OBLATION OF THE BODY AND BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST IN THE SACRED HOST

"Most Real and Powerful Atonement for the Guilt of Man"

Act of Faith and Adoration of the Sacred Host

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Elevation of the Sacred Host  (Ibid.)

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What a Glorious Promise!

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CONSECRATION OF THE WINE AND THE ELEVATION OF THE CHALICE

Worship, Adoration, Love and Thanksgiving  (Ibid.)

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Efficacy of The Oblation of the Precious Blood  (Ibid.)

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HOW PRECIOUS IS THE BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST

Beseechment Of Our Blessed Mother

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The Great Wonder

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Jesus' Ongoing Eternal Oblations To His Father  (Douay Rheims Bible)

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DEVOTION TO THE PRECIOUS BLOOD AND HEAVENLY SACRIFICE: PART I  (John Salza)

Catholic Family News  (August 2010)

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The New Covenant Sacrifices  (Ibid.)

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DEVOTION TO THE PRECIOUS BLOOD AND HEAVENLY SACRIFICE OF CHRIST: PART II  (John Salza)

Catholic Family News  (October 2010)

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The Lamb Slain Before the Throne in Heaven

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Jesus is the Ongoing Propitiation for our Sins  (Ibid.)

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Comments

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Comments

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APPARITIONS DURING THE ELEVATION OF THE SACRED HOST

Saint Gertrude

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Saint Colette

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Saint Mechtilde: Celestial Spirits at Mass

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The Mass: The Perpetual Memorial of Christ's Sacrifice on the Cross  (James Cardinal Gibbons)

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MEDIATOR DEI

(His Holiness Pope Pius XII)

Purposes of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass  (His Holiness Pope Pius XII: Mediator Dei)

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Participation in the Eucharistic Sacrifice the Chief Duty of the Faithful

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Mystical Death on the Cross: "We must all undergo with Christ"

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"Strive to make the Liturgy even in an external way a Sacred Act in which all who are present may share"

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Methods of Participation must be "in complete agreement with the Precepts and the Rubrics"

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Other methods than the use of the Roman Missal is permitted

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Distinctive Roles of the Priest and the Laity

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The Oblation of the Victim is made by the Priests in company with the people.

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Christians are appointed to give worship to God

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Faithful "offer the Sacrifice by the Priest, but also, to a certain extent, in union with him"

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Offering of the Faithful  "The offering of themselves as a victim"

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"Faithful Offer Themselves; their Cares, Sorrows, Distress and Necessities in union with Jesus Christ"

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The Highest Prayer  (His Holiness Pope Saint Pius X) "The Holy Mass"

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Prayers Offered in Union with Holy Sacrifice  "No Other Prayer can compare with it"

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Secondary Meaning of Words of Consecration  (Venerable Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen)

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Wonderful Fruits of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass  (Bishop L.L. Morrow)  "Grace, Forgiveness, Venial Sins,

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Remission of Temporal Penalty, Whole Church participates in General Fruits"

Holy Souls in Purgatory  (Rev. J. McDonnell, S.J.)  "Mass: the great means of helping the souls in purgatory"

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Other Comments Regarding the Value of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass

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Tremendous Value of the Mass  (Prayer Card)  "At the hour of death your greatest consolation"

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THE MASS THE PERFECT SACRIFICE

Canon G. F. Tanghe  "It is to God Himself... that the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass is offered."

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THE REAL PRESENCE OF JESUS CHRIST IN THE SACRAMENT OF HOLY COMMUNION

Council of Trent  (Father John A. Hardon, S.J.)

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Meaning of the Real Presence  (Ibid.)  "Whole Christ, is truly, really and substantially contained in

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the Sacrament of the Most Holy Eucharist"

Substance and Accidents  (Father James B. Buckley, F.S.S.P.)  "Substance is that which makes a

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thing to be what it is." Only the "Accidents are perceptible to the senses"

Transubstantiation  (Father John A. Hardon, S.J.)

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Comment

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Jesus Christ Whole and Entire in the Host and Chalice  (Catechism of Saint Pope Pius X)

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Holy Eucharist: Blessed Trinity  (Bishop L.L. Morrow) "Christ is present wholly, Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity"

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Blessed Trinity Inseparable

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Extent Of Christ's Presence  (Father John A. Hardon, S.J.)  "Christ is entirely present in every particle

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of the Consecrated Host and in every drop of what looks and tastes like wine"

Real Presence Independent of Communion  (Father John A. Hardon, S.J.)  Christ is Present

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in the "Consecrated Host or Particles left over after Communion"

Necessity of Belief in the Eucharist  (Saint Francis of Assisi)  Doomed are those who see the Sacrament

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of the Body of Christ on the Altar, but do not believe it is really Christ's most Holy Body and Blood

In The Presence of the Lord  (Bishop Peter J. Sartain)  "Everything about us is individually changed when

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in the Presence of the Lord."

A LIVE SACRED HEART WITHIN THE SACRED HOST

Father John A. Hardon, S.J.  "A Living Human Sacred Heart in the Holy Eucharist"

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The Heart  "Keeps the blood circulating through the body"

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Feast of the Eucharistic Heart of Jesus  "To Commemorate the Love of Our Lord Jesus Christ in

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the Mystery of the Eucharist"

Father Mark, a Benedictine Monk  "The pierced Heart of Christ you will find it in the Eucharist"

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Blessed John Henry Cardinal Newman: A Beating Heart of Jesus in the Sacred Host  "Most Loving Heart

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of Jesus in the Holy Eucharist Thou beatest for us still"

Prayer to the Sacred Heart  (Ibid.)  "Make my heart beat with Your Heart"

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Father Gabriel of Saint Mary Magdalen, O.C.D.  "The Sacred Heart in Holy Communion beats within us."

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Father Edwin Kline  "Come to the beating Heart of Jesus in the Eucharist!"

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Comments

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Comment of Saint Thomas Aquinas

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THE SACRAMENT OF HOLY COMMUNION

Why Bread and Wine?  "Bread and wine, which are the ordinary and agreeable food of man"

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Preparation for Holy Communion  (Sacred Congregation of Sacramental Discipline)  "Behold The Spouse

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Cometh, Go Forth And Meet Him "

Comments

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Preparation for Holy Communion  (Catechism of His Holiness Pope Saint Pius X)

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Profile of The Very Reverend Adolphe Tanquerey S.S., D.D.

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Dispositions to Profit Well by the Reception of the Eucharist  (The Very Rev. A. Tanquerey)

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Before Holy Communion  (Saint Louis Marie Grignion De Montfort)  Four Steps

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Reception of Holy Communion  (Catechism of His Holiness Pope Saint Pius X)

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At Holy Communion  (Saint Louis Marie Grignion De Montfort)  "Say three times: 'Lord, I am not worthy.'"

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After Holy Communion  (Saint Louis Marie Grignion De Montfort)  "Introduce Jesus into the Heart of Mary"

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Holy Communion: Supreme Happiness: Joy  (Saint Peter Julian Eymard)

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Reception of Holy Communion (The Code of Canon Law)

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The Catholic Catechism (Father John A. Hardon, S.J.)

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Parousia

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Catechism of the Catholic Church

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Catechism of the Council of Trent

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EFFECTS OF HOLY COMMUNION

Catechism of His Holiness Pope Saint Pius X

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HOLY COMMUNION: MEANS OF SANCTIFICATION

Its Effects  (The Very Rev. A. Tanquerey)  "It has been instituted to be the food of our souls"

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Union of Christ and the Christian  "We are made not only one Spirit but, in a sense, one Flesh with Christ"

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This Union Is Real  "Real and Physical Body and Blood of Christ, ...with His Soul and His Divinity"

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Another Union is Added  "Spiritual in its nature, most Intimate in its character, most transforming in its effects"

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The Union is Transforming  "Our thoughts, ideas, convictions, and judgments undergo a change."

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Duration of Union  "Can be as lasting as we wish"

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Maintenance of Union

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The Holy Ghost Remains  "The Holy Ghost grants us more abundant and more efficacious Actual Graces"

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Special Union with the Blessed Trinity  "As we are then Physically United to the Incarnate Word, the Three

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Divine Persons also are, through Him and By Him, united to us,"

Saint Augustine of Hippo  "I seemed to hear your voice from on high: 'you will be changed into me.'”

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Saint Peter Julian Eymard  "Jesus will not be changed into us; He will transform us into His own image"

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Union with the Life of Christ  (Venerable Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen)  "It is not Christ Who is changed

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into us, as is the food we eat; it is we who are incorporated in Him"

Comments

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MYSTERIOUS UNION


EXHORTATION OF HIS HOLINESS POPE BENEDICT XVI

"Eucharistic food is [not] changed into us, we are mysteriously transformed by it."

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"Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation Sacramentum Caritatis Of The Holy Father Benedict XVI

(22 February August 2007) To The Bishops, Clergy, Consecrated Persons And The Lay Faithful,

On The Eucharist As The Source And Summit Of The Church's Life And Mission."

Mystery

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Transform

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CATHOLIC DOCTRINE

"The existence of theological mysteries is a doctrine of Catholic faith"

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What Happens To Your Food After You Eat It?

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Premises

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Conclusion

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The Most Efficacious Route To Heaven  (His Holiness Pope Saint Pius X)

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Assurance of Eternal Life

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The Eucharist Facilitates The Attainment Of Eternal Life  (Catechism of the Council of Trent)

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"He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath everlasting life"

"Writings of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux, Doctor of the Church"  (John P. McClernon)

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"It is now no longer I who live; but Christ lives in me."

Daniel’s Vision

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Comments

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Sacred Host Dropped  (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)

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Fourfold Presence of Jesus Christ at the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass  (Austin Flannery O.P. General Editor)

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THANKSGIVING AFTER MASS

Most Precious Minutes

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Comment

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Testimony of His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI  ("Saint Mary Magdalene de’ Pazzi")

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"Her last three years of life were a true Calvary of suffering for her."

Apparition to Saint Mary Magdalene de’ Pazzi  "While the Eucharistic Species remain within us,

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the Whole Holy Trinity is there"

Most Heavenly Moments  "These minutes in which Jesus is physically Present to our souls

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and within our bodies"

Comments

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Apparition to Blessed Dina Belanger  "Jesus is there, Whole and Entire, in each Host"

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Jesus Christ is Our Guest  (Bishop L.L. Morrow)  "Our Lord is actually and personally present in us

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for at least ten minutes after receiving Holy Communion"

Catechism of Pope Saint Pius X  "Jesus Christ Abides Within Us by His Real Presence until

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the Sacramental Species are consumed," and until we commit a mortal sin

Holy Communion, The Source of Confidence in God  (Saint Peter Julian Eymard)  "You have a Friend

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within, and simple courtesy demands that you listen to Him."

Union With The Sacred Humanity of Jesus Christ  (Father Gabriel of Saint Mary Magdalen, O.C.D.)

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"Our Union with Jesus continues even after the Sacred Species are consumed"

 

MEDIATOR DEI CONTINUED

Thanksgiving  "Discipline of the Liturgy demands that whoever has partaken of the Sacrifice of

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the Altar should return Fitting Thanks to God"

Comments

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Idle Conversation  (The Following of Christ, Thomas A. Kempis)  "We seldom return to silence

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without some wound to conscience"

Comments

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An Act of Love  (The Daily Missal and Liturgical Manual)

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Prayer Of Saint Thomas Aquinas After Communion  "May it be the emptying out of my vices"

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Comments

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Prayer of Saint Bonaventure  "That my Soul may ever long to be Dissolved and to be With Thee"

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Prayer Before A Crucifix  "I pray that Thou wouldst impress upon my heart true Repentance

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for my sins and a firm Desire of Amendment"

Contemplation During The Day  (Benefits)

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Comments

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UNWORTHY RECEPTION OF THE HOLY EUCHARIST

Scripture Verses  "The unworthy receiver imitates the Jews in Crucifying Jesus, and trampling

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under foot His Sacred Blood"

Comments

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Mortal Sin Disqualifies Reception of Holy Communion  (His Holiness Pope John Paul II)

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Sacrilegious Holy Communions  (Msgr. Vincent Foy, P.H.)  "Catholics of child-bearing age using

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contraceptives is in the neighbourhood of 80%"

 

PROPER ATTIRE – DRESSING FOR SUNDAY MASS

Father James Doran  "The Way in which we Dress and Appear in the Church, should be Unique and Special"

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Sunday Best No More  "Women in modest dresses are the exception."

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Sunday Bulletin Note  "Reverence and Modesty in dress are important"

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DAILY RECEPTION OF THE EUCHARIST

His Holiness Pope Paul VI  "The desire of Jesus Christ and of the Church to see all the Faithful approach

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the Sacred Banquet, each and every day"  (Mysterium Fidei)

His Holiness Pope Saint Pius X  "The Holy Fathers of the Church teach that the words, ‘our Daily Bread’

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must be understood as the Eucharistic Bread which ought to be our Daily Food”

Comment

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Father John A. Hardon, S.J.  "The most powerful Source of Grace that married people have access to,

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to love one another, Love their children, is Jesus Christ received in Holy Communion"

Comment

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Daily Mass  (Rev. J. McDonnell, S.J.)  "The help that God would give you, and the Grace and Blessing

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that would go with your work in return for going to Mass every day"

A Duty and a Privilege: The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass:  (Amber Siscoe)  "The Mass...is the surest

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means by which we can obtain our Eternal Goal"

 

EUCHARISTIC ADORATION

Presence Par Excellence  (His Holiness Pope Paul VI)  "A More Consoling Source of Devotion,

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Lovelier Object of Contemplation and Holier in what it contains"

The Blessed Sacrament, the Living Heart of each of our Churches:  (His Holiness Pope Paul VI)

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The Presence and the Love of Jesus Christ in The Most Blessed Sacrament  (Saint Peter Julian Eymard)

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"When you visit Him, He forgets your sins and Speaks only of His Joy, His Tenderness, and His Love"

Worship of Latria  "The worship only to God"  (Father John A. Hardon, S.J.)

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Prayer  (Father John A. Hardon, S.J.)  "We ask You, Dear Lord, to open our minds"

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"THE GREATEST TREASURE AVAILABLE TO MAN IN THIS VALLEY OF TEARS"

(Father John A. Hardon, S. J.)  "Make a Holy Hour before the Blessed Sacrament exposed

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or reserved at least once a month"

On Our Altars  (Bishop Richard Challoner, D.D., 1691-1781)   "The Son of God Remains Upon Our

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Altars Not Only During Mass, But Likewise At Other Times"

Tribute to Bishop Richard Challoner  "Those courageous and faithful few, clerical and lay members

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of 18th century English society"

The Most Ardent Desire Of Jesus As Man In The Tabernacles Is Our Visitation  (Father F. X. Lasance)

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Cathechism on the Real Presence  (St. Jean Marie Vianney, Cure of Ars)  Jesus is "waiting for us

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to come and visit Him, and make our request to Him"

De–Eucharization  (Venerable Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen)   "He's been shoved off to a corner

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and some Priest stands before the Altar as a kind of tin God."

Holy Hour  (Father Joseph Poisson, F.S.S.P.)  Read what inspired Venerable Archbishop

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Fulton J. Sheen to make a daily Holy Hour

Comments

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THE REAL PRESENCE AS COMMUNICATION OF GRACE

Petitions as Part of Eucharistic Adoration  (Father John Hardon, S.J.,) With Us Today: On the Real Presence

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of Jesus Christ in the Eucharist

Eucharistic Petitions as a Source of Grace

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The Apostolate of Eucharistic Prayer

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POWER OF THE EUCHARIST: "A RESURRECTION!"

Miracle Experienced by Marie Savoye  "This is no miracle, it’s a Resurrection!"

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Comments

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POWER ON RECEPTION OF THE SACRED HOST

"This Is My Body"  (Reverend Father Bernard C. Mischke, O.S.C.)

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"'This is My Body'... the world's one moment of Real Reverence... the Living Bread of Heaven,

and through Its power drew the invading barbarians to the love of Christ."

 

ALWAYS KEEP IN THE DIVINE PRESENCE

Douay Rheims Bible  "Then you should constantly advance in virtue and fear no dangers"

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Comment

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Psalm 138

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The Very Reverend Adolphe Tanquerey S.S., D.D.  Please see page 54 of the text for Doctor Tanquerey's

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qualifications as a Professor.

"The Exercie of the Presence of God"  (The Very Reverend Adolphe Tanquerey S.S., D.D.)

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"It is the Triune God that lives in us Whose Presence and conversation we can enjoy all day long"

Comments

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The Practice of the Presence of God  “Walk Before Me and be Perfect”  (Gen 17:1),

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(By Robert J. Siscoe)  Published in the January 2014 issue of Catholic Family News - CFNews.org

 

SACRAMENT OF CONFESSION

Code of Canon Law: Obligation To Confess   "They turn back to God"

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Comments of Monsignor Vincent Foy, P.H.  "It is a grave [Mortal] Sin not to confess a Mortal Sin,

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or sins, within a year of...such a sin or sins."

How To Be Truly Happy  (Father John A. Hardon, S.J.)  "Most important condition of true

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happiness...is relationship with God"

Comments

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REASONS WHY WE SHOULD KEEP GOD’S COMMANDMENTS

Scripture Verses  (Douay Rheims Bible)

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Comments

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Recommendation and Duty to Receive Holy Communion

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Inclination to Evil

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Authority of the Church

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FAILURE TO ATTEND MASS: MORTAL SIN: NECESSITY OF REDEMPTION BY REPENTANCE

Law of God and of the Catholic Church  "To assist at Mass on all Sundays and Holydays of Obligation"

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Bishop L. L. Morrow  Risk of Committing "Mortal Sin":  “Not to hear Sunday Mass, or to miss

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a notable part of Sunday Mass, is a Mortal Sin

Catechism of the Catholic Church  "On Sundays and other Holy Days...The faithful are bound

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to participate in the Mass."

MORTAL SIN

Catechism of the Catholic Church and Comment  "'Mortal' and 'Grave' are synonymous"

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Definition of Saint Thomas Aquinas  (The Very Reverend Adolphe Tanquerey, S.S., D.D )

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How God Punishes Mortal Sin  "Separated from God and all bliss"

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How God Condemns Sin

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The Essence of Mortal Sin  (The Very Reverend Adolphe Tanquerey S.S., D.D.)

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Mortal Sin In Itself  "The only real evil"

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In Relation to God

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Mortal Sin is a sort of Deicide

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THE EFFECTS OF MORTAL SIN

Catechism of Pope Saint Pius X  Five serious effects

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Catechism of the Catholic Church  "Separated from Him for ever...deprives us of communion with God"

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The Very Reverend Adolphe Tanquerey S.S., D.D.  "The effects of Sin in this Life and in the next"

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Father Robert D. Smith  Disregard of keeping the Sabbath leads to damnation

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Bishop L. L. Morrow  "Mortal Sin deprives the sinner of Sanctifying Grace"

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REDEMPTION

Catechism of the Catholic Church  Perfect and Imperfect Contrition: "Delay not to be converted to the Lord"

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Comment

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Return to Communion With God  Must pray for Grace for self or others to confess sins in Confession

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TRIBUTE TO OUR BLESSED MOTHER MARY

THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY: MEDIATRIX OF ALL GRACES: THE TREASURY OF GOOD THINGS

Everything Through The Blessed Virgin:  (His Holiness Pope Pius IX)  "Through Her are obtained

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every Hope, Grace, and all Salvation"

 

“MARY IS NECESSARY TO GOD IN THE SANCTIFICATION OF SOULS”

True Devotion to Mary  (Saint Louis Marie Grignion De Montfort)  "She is His Mysterious Canal;

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She is His Aqueduct, through which He makes His Mercies flow gently and abundantly"

 

THE GLORIES OF MARY: MEDIATRIX OF ALL GRACES: MOTHER OF PENITENT SINNERS

(Saint Alphonsus de Liguori)

The Glories of Mary (Saint Alphonsus de Liguori, Bishop of Saint Agatha, Founder of the Congregation of the

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Most Holy Redeemer and Doctor of the Church) "'For if a sinner endeavours' to give up his sin, 'and for this

purpose seeks the help of Mary, this good mother will not fail to assist him, and make him recover the Grace of God'"

"Mary is the Peace-Maker between sinners and God"  (Saint Alphonsus De Liguori)

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"Instruction Given to me by the Most Holy Mary, The Queen of Heaven":  (Venerable Mary of Agreda)

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"Taken from the City of God and given by the Blessed Virgin Mary to Venerable Mary of Agreda"

Seek Jesus Christ Your "Ultimate End" and "Highest Good"

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Approbations

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Words of the Queen

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Comments

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Holy Mary  (Father John A. Hardon, S. J.)  "Her Holiness was because She was in the friendship of God"

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Mary: Mother of God  (Father John A. Hardon, S. J.)  "She was God's Mother because She

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conceived and gave birth to Jesus Christ Who is God, that is why She was Immaculately Conceived."

Call on Mary: Star of the Sea: Lady  (Douay Rheims Bible)

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"If you fall among the rocks of tribulation; look up to the star, call upon Mary"

The Three Hail Marys and One Hail Mary

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                                    HEAVEN OPENED BY THE PRACTICE OF THE THREE HAIL MARYS

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Catholic Tradition

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Promise

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Act of Consecration to Our Blessed Mother Mary

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The Hail Mary

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Practice

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Consecration to Our Blessed Mother Mary

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Litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary

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Grace: The Greatest Power on Earth

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Definition

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                              GRACE OF GOD: THE GREATEST AND MOST DESIRABLE TREASURES

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Saint Therese of Lisieux  "Everything is Grace"

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Grace  (Philippians, Saint Paul)

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God's Grace is Sufficient and is Free!  (2 Corinthians, Saint Paul)

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Definitions of Grace  (Bishop L.L. Morrow)

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Sanctifying Grace

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Chief Effects of Sanctifying Grace

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Actual Grace

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Principal Ways Of Obtaining Grace

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Reference to the Holy Ghost

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Comments

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THE SACRAMENT OF CONFESSION: ITS EFFECTS

Effects of the Sacrament of Penance, Worthily Received  (Bishop L. L. Morrow)

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The Mercy Of God

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Sixth Promise to Margaret Mary Alacoque and The Magnificat (Rev. Irenaeus Schoenherr, O.F.M.)

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Scripture Verses

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The Strategy Of Satan  (Father John A. Hardon, S.J.)  "Widespread preoccupation with worldly

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things, pleasures of every kind...the root of the trouble"

Warning of Pope Paul VI  "One of the greatest needs of the Church today is to defend itself against

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this evil that we call the demon"

Fear Of Almighty God

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Douay Rheims Bible

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Abandonment By God  "He numbers the Graces which He dispenses, as well as the sins which we commit"

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Saint Alphonsus de Liguori

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Sudden Death on a Highway

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Life is a Vapour

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The Most Critical Moment Of Our Lives  (Catholic Truth)  We're not going to be judged on

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the balance of good and evil in our lives, but on the state of our souls" at death

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Particular Judgment  (Bishop L.L. Morrow)  "As soon as each soul leaves the body at death,

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it undergoes the Particular Judgment, at which its eternal destiny is decided"

Obdurate Sinners  (The Very Reverend Adolphe Tanquerey S.S., D.D.)

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WHAT A HELL OF A PLACE!

Consignment to hell for one Mortal Sin

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The Most Rev. M. Sheehan, D.D.  Why would God send me to hell for having committed only

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one Mortal Sin? Is that fair?

The Essence of hell  (Bishop M. Sheehan)

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God Makes hell  (Saint Alphonsus de Liguori)

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Eternal Choice Is Made During Life

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The Greatest Pain of Hell

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Hell, an Abode of Eternal Suffering  (Bishop M. Sheehan)

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Never Ending Suffering  (Ibid.)  "Christ speaks of hell as the hell ‘of unquenchable fire

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where the gnawing worm dieth not'"

No End to Double Woe  (The Very Reverend Adolphe Tanquerey S.S., D.D.) "those Pangs so Racking,

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which Outlast Millions of Ages only to Begin Afresh!"

Why Is Hell Eternal?  (Saint Maximilian Kolbe)  "He will not be capable, as a finite creature,

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of making Infinite Satisfaction in this life"

THE FIRE OF HELL

(Bishop M. Sheehan)  "The fire of hell causes darkness, and incessantly torments its victims

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without destroying them"

Pain of Sense  (Very Reverend A.Tanquerey S.S., D.D.)  "The Damned will be Tormented by a Real Fire"

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Sermon X, For The Fifth Sunday After The Epiphany On The Pains Of Hell  (Saint Alphonsus De Liguori)

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Torments of hell cannot be adequately described  (Bishop M. Sheehan)  "No tongue can describe

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the horrors of hell"

The Three Fatima Children See Hell  (Mark Fellows)  "Plunged in this fire were demons and souls

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in human form...amid shrieks and groans of pain and despair"

40 Dreams of Saint John Bosco "To Hell and Back"  (Fr. J. Bacchiarello, S.D.B.)

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Dreams, Visions & Prophecies Of Don Bosco  (Rev. Eugene M. Brown)

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Preface by Timothy Cardinal Manning, former Archbishop of Los Angeles:

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Excerpts from Chapter Five of the Book: They are the same as those above quoted from the book

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"40 Dreams of Saint John Bosco."

The Back Cover of the Book

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Don Bosco: Our Lady's Wonder Worker  (Susan Vennari)

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A Priest Who Saw Heaven, Hell And Purgatory The death experience of Father Jose Maniyangat

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Do You Know What Sin Is?  (Father F. X Schouppe, S. J.)  "To sin is to say to God – I will not serve Thee!

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I despise Thy Law, I laugh at Thy threats!"

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Sacred Duty To Preach About Hell  (Dom Antoine Marie osb, and Pope Pius XII) "Preaching on the first

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truths of the Faith and the Final Ends has become more necessary and urgent than ever, including

preaching about hell"

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SALVATION

Scripture Verses

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Salvation Depends Upon Jesus Christ  (Pope Leo XIII)  "It is reasonable, therefore, not to expect an end

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to troubles in this world, but rather to steel one’s soul to bear troubles"

Christ The Way

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Comment

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Duty Of Priests

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The Other Side Of Christ  (Father Robert D. Smith)

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Venerable Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen  “The Mass...bring home to your people what it is.

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It is a Sacrifice. It is a renewal of the Cross."

General Instruction of the Roman Missal  (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)

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Prayer For Priests Based On The 10th Promise To Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque

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Caution Of Our Blessed Mother Mary To The Venerable Mary Of Agreda AGREDA

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                              THE LAST FOUR THINGS: DEATH, JUDGMENT, HELL, AND HEAVEN

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(Father Martin von Cochem, O.S.F.C) "Christ did not say that those were few in number who walked

in the path to Heaven, but that there were but few who found the way"

 

The Number Of The Elect

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Conclusion

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The Little Number Of Those Who Are Saved:  (Saint Leonard of Port Maurice)

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"Few are saved in comparison to those who are damned"

The Teaching of the Fathers of the Church

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The Words of Holy Scripture

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Salvation in the Various States of Life

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God Wants All Men to be Saved

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Prayer  (Saint Leonard of Port Maurice)

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Conclusion

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Saint Leonard Of Port Maurice  Feastday: November 26, Died: 1751

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Tribute To Saint Leonard Of Port Maurice

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"T.V. TIME: HOW MUCH DO YOU REALLY WATCH"

I don't watch that much T.V.!

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4-5 hours is not that much

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OUTSTANDING SUMMATION OF THE EXCELLENCE OF THE HOLY SACRIFICE OF THE MASS

Blessed John Henry Cardinal Newman

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Further Questions

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Union Between Jesus Christ and His Holy Mother  (Saint Louis de Montfort)

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'Thou, Lord art always with Mary, and Mary is always with Thee, and She cannot be without Thee."

The Greatest And Most Wonderful Event

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One Of The Greatest Gifts

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Prayer Of Saint Louis De Montfort to Jesus Christ

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Comments

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Grace Of A Happy Death  (Father John A. Hardon, S.J.)  "Virtue alone [moral goodness, excellence]

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is no promise of dying in the State of Grace. Pray for the Grace of a happy death"

Critical And Everlasting Choice  (Deuteronomy Chapter 30)

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Marvellous Fruits Of The Holy Rosary   (Saint Louis De Montfort)

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Picture of Our Lady Of The Rosary

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All Honour And Glory Belong To God

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AFTERWORD  (By John Kenneth MacKenzie, Q.C.)

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Footnotes

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