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I know, friends, what it is to take a stand. Satan surrounds, even in the darkness of night. Oppression so terrible, you’d think you’d die. …
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The Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World, a treatise to the world for the world, this document is truly unique from the…
![For the Lamb](https://concretelife.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2012/08/The-Mass-470x140.jpg)
Nothing but love and the call of God. You, my friend, have the answer to every person’s question, the answer to every question worth asking: …
![Name Days](https://concretelife.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2012/11/peterpaul1-470x140.jpg)
Today is the feast of Sts. (Simon) Peter and Paul. As we have both a Simon and a Paul, the time is ripe for a…
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13th Sunday in Ordinary Time First Reading Wis 1:13-15; 2:23-24 [13] For God made not death, neither hath he pleasure in the destruction of the…
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Taking for granted the amazing. You know God. He loves you. He has made you for love of Him. He draws you to His beatific…
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Thoughts we have seek understanding, to the reflective mind. So the Atheist makes his universal statement–God is dead. Their writings build on this supposition to…
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Holy Water; Holy Salt; Blessed Sacramentals; First, Second, and Third Degree Relics; Lourdes Water; now add to the list, Holy Sand. Has the Church lost…
![The Mystery of Redemptive Pain](https://concretelife.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2012/06/primopiano2wd1-338x140.jpg)
My Lord and my God. In agony, the suffering of a bloody Lord is the only remedy of a broken heart. Often I have imagined…
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CHAPTER XV. SEVENTH MEDITATION. Of Hell. Preparation. 1. PLACE yourself in God’s Presence.2. Humble yourself, and ask His Aid.3. Picture to yourself a dark city,…