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Fr. Thomas Dubay Series “Contemplation” – Mp3s by Vivificat! on Nov 6, 2009Fr. Thomas Dubay discusses contemplative prayer.  This series found here at EWTN includes the following topics: What is Contemplation? Love of God Christian Contemplation vs. Zen Contemplation The Dynamism of Contemplation C...

The Fifteen Promises of the Virgin Mary to those who recite the Rosary by Vivificat! on Oct 27, 2009Folks, the issue of “promises” made by the Lord or Our Lady intrigued me enough that I want to share with you other such promises privately revealed to holy men and women. The promises attached to the Rosary were revealed, according to pious trad...

The Twelve Promises of the Sacred Heart by Vivificat! on Oct 27, 2009We continue our exploration of promises made by the Lord and/or Our Lady to holy men and women with these made by Our Lord to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque pertaining to the devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus: 1. I will give them all the graces...

The Divine Mercy Promises by Vivificat! on Oct 27, 2009Folks, I want to finish this brief exploration of promises made by Our Lord in private revelations to holy men and women with these made to St. Maria Faustina Kowalska, the Apostle of the Divine Mercy: 1. Whoever will recite it will receive grea...

The Promises of Jesus in the Book of Revelation by Vivificat! on Oct 26, 2009Bible Study Folks, more and more many of my correspondents and friends share with me their frustrations with the state of the nation, the world, and the Church. We do live in an age trying to the souls of men; the quest for power is the order of the...

Dialog or Marital Fight? by Vivificat! on Oct 16, 2009Father Nicolas SchwizerHow is our dialog – the decisive moment of conjugal communion – doing? The lack of dialog is the worst illness in marriage. It is an illness which eats away at the marriage from within; therefore, from time to time, we shou...

Today we remember St. Francis of Assisi by Vivificat! on Oct 4, 2009According to the Catholic Encyclopedia:Founder of the Franciscan Order, born at Assisi in Umbria, in 1181 or 1182 — the exact year is uncertain; died there, 3 October, 1226. His father, Pietro Bernardone, was a wealthy Assisian cloth merchant. Of h...