Novena to St. Jude May the Sacred Heart of Jesus be praised‚ glorified‚ honored‚ and loved throughout the world now and forever. Sacred Heart of Jesus‚ have mercy on us. Holy Mary‚ Mother of God‚ pray for us. St. Theresa‚ Little Flower of Jesus‚ pray for us. St. Jude‚ helper of the helpless‚ pray for us. St. Jude‚ worker of miracles‚ pray for us. Pray this novena nine (9) times per day for nine (9) consecutive days. On the 8th day‚ your prayers will be answered. On the 9th day‚ go
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To the average person it was just another day in St. John’s‚ Newfoundland‚ however‚ to me it was much more. It marked the day I would run across Canada‚ from the Atlantic to the Pacific- from St. John’s to Victoria. As I stood upon a small inlet by the coast of St. John’s‚ I prepared myself for a journey of a lifetime. I tried to kick my feet into the bare sedimentary rock by the jagged coastline- bad idea‚ and I’d be needing those feet for a while. After hours of preparation‚ I was finally ready
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St. Patrick was a fifth century British Christian missionary and is accredited with introducing Christianity to Ireland in 431-2 AD. However this is compromised by the fact that Palladius was the first recorded missionary to be sent to Ireland by pope Celestine to be bishop to the Irish Christian people. Patrick stated that Palladius failed his mission to spread the word to the people because he was hindered by God‚ however other external documents indicate that Palladius mission was very successful
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St. Lorenzo Ruiz St. Lorenzo Ruiz was a Filipino who lived in Binondo‚ Manila. He was born between the years 1600 -1610. His father was a Chinese while his mother was a Filipina. At a young age‚ he was already active in the church since he served as an altar boy in the Binondo Church. He was educated by the Dominican Friars and was given the title escribano or calligrapher since he had good penmanship. He had a family and he was married to a woman named Rosario. They had 3 children‚ 2 sons
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St. Jude is near and dear to my heart and has greatly impacted my own and the lives of those around me. I lost a very close friend‚ Lauren‚ to osteosarcoma in December of 2015. I witnessed firsthand the significance of the role that St. Jude played and the difference it made. Because of this‚ I have nothing but love and respect for the St. Jude staff and founders. I am forever grateful for St. Jude and what they did for Lauren’s family. I am in complete awe of the amount of work and dedication
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of St. Augustine and two years later‚ he was sent to the Abbey of Santa Cruz in Coimbra‚ where he began nine years of intense study of Theology and Latin. He was ordained to priesthood and placed in charge of hospitality and named guest master of his Abbey. Attracted to the simple Gospel lifestyle of the Franciscan Order‚ Fernando obtained permission from his superiors to join the order. He invested the Franciscan habit and lifestyle and began to learn the teachings of the holy founder‚ St. Francis
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The Facts: St Francis of Assisi was born in 1181 at Assisi‚ Umbria‚ in Italy. St Francis of Assisi died on the 4 October 1226 at Portiuncula‚ Italy Pope Gregory IX canonized St Francis of Assisi on the 16 July 1228. He was canonized because he devoted his life to solitude‚ prayer‚ helping the poor‚ and raising money to rebuild run-down buildings of the churches Sainthood: The reason for Sainthood is that Pope Gregory IX and many other people thought and still think that he has made a great positive
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Saint Augustine was born to a pagan father and a Christian mother. He lived a life of immorality until his early thirties when he suddenly took a new path that would eventually lead to his canonization. According to Augustine he grew up in a life of sin. Though raised as a Christian he did not fully accept the faith that was taught to him by his mother. Instead‚ during his education‚ he became fascinated with the writings of the great philosophers such as Plato. The ideas expressed in the writings
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painting struck me in color the most; the contrast between the pastels like colors in the sky vs the richness in color of the earthly world. The temptation of St. Anthony is an often-repeated subject in history of art and literature; a bibli-cal myth concerning the supernatural temptation faced by Saint Anthony in the Egyptian desert. St. Anthony was tempted by the earthly desires who‚ are presented as devils and demons. Grunewald distorts the figures to intensify the violence and aggression that
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While St. Peter’s colonnade designed by Gianlorenzo Bernini displayed Classical designs on the large scale‚ the basilica contains an altarpiece by Bernini symbolic of The Baroque period. Bernini’s The Ecstasy of St. Theresa portrays key characteristic of The Baroque style: mainly‚ theatrically and paradoxical/complex sentiment. Aesthetically‚ the altarpiece catches the eye with its life-size scale and strategic lighting. The detail etched into the marble of each figure draws the viewer in to the
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