Hard times

Sickness, family problems, money worries, annoyances, lasting sadness. Hard times are something everyone has experience of. Can they be sanctified? In Christian life are they an opportunity or an obstacle? Appreciate the good times Most of you here are young. You are passing through that splendid period [...]
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10 Tips For Getting Peace

1 Holy Mary is the Queen of peace, and thus the Church invokes her. So when your soul or your family are troubled, or things go wrong at work, in society or between nations, cry out to her without ceasing. Call to her by this [...]
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Vacations

I think I should remind you of how important it is to rest. If sickness comes, we will receive it happily, as coming from God’s hand; but we shouldn’t cause it by our own imprudent behavior. We are human beings and we need to restore [...]
Tags: Apostolate, Rest, Peace, Interior life

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June 26 in Ivory Coast

Love one another, lend one another a hand, forgive each other The following is a letter received from Ivory Coast, a country recently involved in harsh internal fighting. On June 23 a Mass of Saint Josemaria Escriva was celebrated in the Church of Our Lady of [...]
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Even Saints Have a Past

Roland Joffé, the director of Mission, returns to a Catholic subject with a movie that features Saint Josemaría Escrivá, founder of Opus Dei, and themes of war, love and forgiveness by Austen Ivereigh Source: St Anthony Messenger “I THINK you have mountains to climb,” a girl [...]
Tags: Peace, Film, Roland Joffe, There be Dragons

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Pope celebrates Palm Sunday in Saint Peter's Square

“In a special way I greet all the young people present and I look forward to celebrating World Youth Day in Madrid this summer with many thousands of others from around the world”.
Tags: Youth, Peace, Benedict XVI, Rome, Holy Week

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Pope sends envoy to Ivory Coast in hopes of restoring peace

March 30, 2011. Romereports. The country of Ivory Coast has seen growing violence after its leader Laurent Gbagbo refused to give up his power since losing the presidential election in November. During the general audience, Benedict XVI announced that he would send a papal envoy [...]
Tags: Spanish Civil War, Peace, Benedict XVI

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Pope sets doves free for world peace

Flanked by two Roman children, Benedict XVI prayed the angelus and called for world peace, before setting a flock of doves free into the wind. Much to his surprise, the doves took a U-turn, a metaphor for just how difficult it is to solidify peace, [...]
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To be tranquil and serene

How can we be really tranquil and serene? What we can do is be Christ. I remember a secular diocesan priest – a secular priest like us. He lived in Valencia. He was a beneficiary of the Cathedral, that’s all. He lived a holy life and died with a [...]
Tags: Jesus Christ, Peace, Priesthood, Priestly Society of the Holy Cross, diocesan priests

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The environment should mirror the creative love of God

If You Want to Cultivate Peace, Protect Creation Respect for creation is of immense consequence, not least because “creation is the beginning and the foundation of all God’s works”, and its preservation has now become essential for the pacific coexistence of mankind. Man’s inhumanity to [...]
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