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🌹 St. Rita of Cascia 🌹

✝️ Miracles:

The levitation. According to several legends, her three patron saints (John the Baptist, Augustine of Hippo and Nicholas of Tolentino) transported her into the monastery via levitation. This event took place at night.

The forehead wound. At the age of sixty, while she was praying before an image of Christ crucified, St. Rita received a wound on her forehead. It was a mark, a sign that Jesus gave her because Saint Rita shared the suffering of God’s Son. As if that wound was caused by a thorn from Christ’s crown.

The rose. At the end of her life, Saint Rita was bedridden at the convent. She had just one desire: a rose from the garden of her old house. The saint revealed this desire to her cousin. It was January, roses don’t bloom in this month and the cousin didn’t expect to find them. Instead, in the garden of Rita’s old home, there was just one single blooming rose. The cousin brought it to Saint Rita.

The incorrupt body. Even after death, Saint Rita’s body has remained incorrupt. The spoils of the Saint are, still today, venerated in the shrine at Cascia.

✝️ Quotes:

Even if it’s not completely confirmed, these quotes are attributed to Saint Rita da Cascia:

“There is nothing impossible to God.”

“Most Holy Sacred Heart of Jesus, help my heart to preserve in all that is holy.”

“Let me, my Jesus, share in Thy suffering, at least one of Thy thorns.”

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Today in the Catholic Church is the Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, moved this year from March 25.

This day is the day of the sanctity of life.

We recently lived through the Paschal Triduum and tried to suffer together with the Lord Jesus.

I have no doubt that in the Olive Garden Jesus saw among all sins, including those against life. Tear apart the bodies of conceived children and throw them in the trash. For them the Lord Jesus allowed His innocent Body to be cruelly torn apart. He identified with them when he suffered so much.

A Catholic who supports abortion inflicts terrible wounds on Jesus, unfortunately there are many of them.

I would like every day to be a day of holiness in life. For every human being.

Glory be to the Mother of God Who without hesitation said YES and accepted HIM WHO IS LIFE.

#mary mother of jesus #pro vida #pro life #i love life #life is sacred #stopabortion

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#divine mercy #jesuschrist #jesus loves me #jesus loves us #god loves you #god #follow me #i need followers #roman catholic #catholicism #faith #faithful #amen #catholic church #chiesa cattolica #iglesia católica #igrejacatolica #polish blogger

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Hallelujah!

May the Risen Jesus bestow blessings, health and prosperity on you and your family.

Blessed Easter 🙏

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#st john paul ii #quotes #god #follow me #jesuschrist #i need followers #faith #roman catholic #catholicism #amen #god loves you #faithful #chiesa cattolica #catholic church #iglesia católica #igrejacatolica #polish blogger #mary mother of jesus

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Saint Father Pio - Pray for us!

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From the book of Isaiah: Arise, shine out, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen on you. Nations shall come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your dawn. (Isaiah 60:1-6)

God of every human being, you never impose yourself, you never force our heart, but you place your peaceful light within each one of us.

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John said: I baptise with water; but standing among you — unknown to you — is the one who is coming after me. And I am not fit to undo the strap of his sandal. (John 1:19-27)

When we are called to speak about the Gospel or to pray aloud in front of others, if we could say to ourselves, “May your prayer and your words never contain a threat in the name of God!” God is love. He does not make use of fear to impose himself upon human beings. Even when Christ was mistreated, he did not threaten anyone.

3. 1 Peter 2:23

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It is written in the book of the prophet Isaiah: Prepare the way of the Lord, make God’s paths straight. (Mark 1:1-8)

At times when the trusting of faith becomes hard to grasp, we can say to God, “Do not look at what little faith I have, but enable me to rely on the faith of your whole Church, on the faith of so many humble witnesses who have rooted their lives in you to a point beyond compare.”

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ADVENT: Jesus said: What I am saying to you I say to all: Stay awake! (Mark 13:33-37)

However little we understand of the Gospel, it is light in our midst. However little we perceive of the Holy Spirit, he is life for us. However little we grasp of the Eucharist, it is Christ’s presence in us.

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Jesus said: In truth I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me. (Matthew 25:31-40)

Forgiving is one of the most unbelievable, one of the most indispensable Gospel realities for anyone who wants to follow Christ. And a heart overflowing with kindness is sometimes close to a miracle in our lives.

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18 November - Blessed Karolina Kózkówna.

Born on August 2, 1898, Karolina Kozka was one of eleven children, although sources conflict about her being the 4th, 7th, or 8th born. Her parents were Jan and Maria Borzecka Kozka of Poland. The family lived in the Wal-Ruda and was part of the Diocese of Tarnow. From 1904–1912, Karolina attended the classes at the local school.

She grew up in a Catholic family who prayed everyday and displayed the love of God to her. Often, Karolina would gather neighbors and relatives, mainly children, and they would read the Scriptures together under a pear tree near her home. She loved praying the rosary, using the beads given to her by her mother. Her prayers often caused her to get less sleep than she needed. “Often during the day she quietly whispered the words, ‘Hail Mary!’ as she herself often said, because they made her ‘feel a great joy in her heart’”.

She would pray the rosary constantly, and even though it was a long walk to Mass, she would go during the week, in addition to Sunday. Karolina’s uncle, Franciszek Borzecki, was one inspiration for her faith. Because of her love for serving, she helped her uncle in the library, and she also helped organize things at her parish. In addition to serving the Church, she taught her younger siblings and the children of the area their catechism. By age 16, Karolina was a beautiful, enthusiastic girl.

In 1914, World War I broke out in Poland, affecting the Kozka family forever. The Russian army began capturing cities, and in November 1914, they controlled Wal-Ruda. The situation grew worse as stories spread of the soldiers stealing possessions and raping women. Fear spread through the city. On November 18, an armed Russian soldier came to their house, and he ordered Karolina and her father to go with him, saying he was taking them to the commanding officer.

When the trio reached the edge of the forest, the soldier commanded Karolina’s father to return home. The man went back to his home, leaving his daughter in the clutches of the Russian. Two boys on their way back from the village witnessed the attack of the soldier on Karolina. He attempted to force himself on her, but she struggled and refused to give in. Angered, the man stabbed her with his bayonet multiple times. Karolina ran towards the swamps, which saved her from further attacks since the chase was difficult for the soldier. When he saw her fall, he gave up the chase. But it was too late for Karolina; the wounds inflicted on her by the soldier had caused too much blood loss. She died in the swamps, her purity intact. Karolina was only 16.

It was not until December 4, 16 days later, that her body was found. After she was buried, the local villagers came to pray at her tomb and also at the site of her death. In February 1965, Bishop Jerzy Ablewicz submitted her cause for beatification and canonization (and also her martyrdom) to be looked at. On June 10, 1987, Pope John Paul II beatified Karolina in Tarnow, Poland, as a martyr for Christ, making her “Blessed Karolina Kozka.”

Since her beatification, Karolina’s relics have been placed in the main altar and are venerated by parishioners and pilgrims who visit her shrine every year. When people visit her house, they will find that it has been reconstructed into a museum format, where visitors can learn more about this courageous young woman.

Blessed Karolina has not been made a saint yet, but there have been a few miracles, which is the next step to declaring her a saint. Each month on the 10th day, there is a service at her Shrine to pray that she will be canonized soon. She is an example of purity and courage in our society today.

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Jesus said: The greatest among you will be your servant. (Matthew 23:1-12)

Baptized in the Holy Spirit, we have been clothed in Christ forever. And God can say to each one of us, “You are the only one for me; in you, I find my joy.” In the tenth century, a Christian named Simeon wrote, “Christ will come to each person as if he were concerned with that person alone.”

2. Mark 1:11

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I'm a Catholic. I don't celebrate Halloween. Why?

I remember as some priest, who is an exorcist, told how on Halloween he exorcised a woman, who screamed and jerked herself very loudly.

At one point, the evil spirit spoke out in the following words: "Today you will not do anything to me, because today is my feast!"

The exorcist at first did not associate the facts, later realized that on this day is celebrated the so-called feast of Halloween.

Coincidence? How much longer will people unconsciously enter the world of evil spirits, and what more will they endanger their children?

Instead of celebrating satanic fun - take your child to the procession of the saints and pray through the intercession of the Servant of God - Matteo of Agnone.

Demons at the time of the exorcisms admit that fr. Matteo of Agnone are ruining their Halloween party.

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On 22 October in the Catholic Church there is a memorial of St. Pope John Paul II.

“This is no time to be ashamed of the Gospel. It is the time to preach it from the rooftops. Do not be afraid to break out of comfortable and routine modes of living in order to take up the challenge of making Christ known in the modern metropolis.”

Saint John Paul II

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Today, Sunday in Poland, we celebrate the Papal Day, to commemorate the election of John Paul II as Pope.

Saint John Paul II intercedes for his homeland, which he loved very much. God protect Poland, which is the Homeland of Saints. 🙏🇵🇱

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