Author name: Robert Slye

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Printable Guide to ‘Divine Reading’, Lectio Divina

I found this overview of Lectio Divina on Fr. Heilman’s site romancatholicman.com:Lectio (reading): “looking on Holy Scripture with all one’s will and wit”Meditatio (meditation): “a studious insearching with the mind to know what was before concealed through desiring proper skill”Oratio (prayer): “a devout desiring of the heart to get what is good and avoid what …

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The Angelus

Copied from the USCCB site. Pray it at 6am, 12pm and 6pm: V/. The Angel of the Lord declared unto Mary,R/. And she conceived of the Holy Spirit. Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with you;blessed are you among women,and blessed is the fruit of your womb, Jesus.Holy Mary, Mother of God,pray for us sinnersnow …

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In the Eyes of God There is No ‘Better’ Way of Making a Living – If You are Doing it For Him

“The girl pounding her typewriter may be pounding for nothing but dollars’ sake and wishing she could stop. The Poor Clare sweeping the monastery cloisters is doing it for God’s sake and prefers sweeping, at that particular hour, to any other occupation in the world.” Mother Mary Francis Let’s say that you’re a housekeeper cleaning …

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“One Who Is Silent before Error Is Repulsive to God”

We have a duty – we are obligated – we must – stand up for what is right, says Pope Leo XIII. The below is copied directly from https://www.traditioninaction.org/religious/n167_doctrine_2.htm: Pope Leo XIII exhorted us in Sapientiae Christinae of January 10, 1890, to defend and proclaim the truth of the Catholic Faith at all times without fail. To …

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