Father Michael Blog

“Do not allow yourselves to be disheartened by any failure as long as you have done your best.” St. Mother Teresa

“Since Mary is the prototype of pure womanhood, the imitation of Mary must be the goal of girls’ education.” St. Theresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein)

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do, so throw off the bowlines, sail away from safe harbor, catch the trade winds in your sails.  Explore, Dream, Discover.” –Mark Twain

“But I, being poor, have only my dreams;I have spread my dreams under your feet;Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.” W.B. Yeats

”Most of the trouble in the world is caused by people wanting to be important.” T.S. Eliot

… the greatest menace to our capacity for contemplation is the incessant fabrication of tawdry empty stimuli which kill the receptivity of the soul. Josef Pieper  

All Souls Indulgences
An indulgence, applicable only to the souls in purgatory, is granted to the faithful, who devoutly visit a cemetery and pray, even if only mentally, for the departed. The indulgence is plenary each day from the first to the eighth of November; on other days of the year it is partial. 

A plenary indulgence, applicable only to the souls in purgatory, is granted to the faithful, who on the day dedicated to the Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed [November 2 {as well as on the Sunday preceding or following, and on All Saints’ Day}] piously visit a church. In visiting the church it is required that one Our Father and the Creed be recited. 

To acquire a plenary indulgence it is necessary also to fulfill the following three conditions: sacramental Confession, Eucharistic communion, and prayer for the intention of the Holy Father. The three conditions may be fulfilled several days before or after the performance of the visit; it is, however, fitting that communion be received and the prayer for the intention of the Holy Father be said on the same day as the visit. 

The condition of praying for the intention of the Holy Father is fully satisfied by reciting one Our Father and one Hail Mary. A plenary indulgence can be acquired only once in the course of the day.

“What draws people to be friends is that they see the same truth. They share it.” C. S. Lewis
Are you and your friends on the path to holiness? Do you share a common love for Christ and a common desire to evangelize?