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pelican

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“Our hearts were made for thee, O Lord, and they are restless until they rest in thee.”

St. Augustine

Our family has a fond appreciation for the Pelican.

My Mary’s garden showcases a favorite plaster depiction and our eldest son treasures a carved wooden Pelican he has had since he was about 10 years old. This carving has remained with him during adolescence, his years at West-Point; as well as, throughout his military travels. He received it, all those years ago, while on holiday visiting his grandparents in Florida and grew up believing his grandfather hand-carved it.

Fulton Sheen gave the lesson many times on the importance of the Sacrament of the Eucharist. In the spirit of my recent post(s) regarding the Beautiful Eucharist and its importance in our Catholic Faith I would like to share the following lesson Fulton Sheen gave on the nourishment we receive from this divine gift. When our Blessed Lord saw a very hungry crowd, He said, I am sorry for the multitude for they have nothing to eat. What He gave them on that occasion is the subject of this lesson.

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completed

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Holy St. Charbel, pray for us!

Today, July 24, the Catholic Church celebrates the life of St. Charbel Makhlouf, a Maronite Catholic priest, monk, and hermit who is known for working miracles both during his life and after his death.

As you might remember I have been praying the 9-day Novena to St. Charbel, which finishes today.

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lead us

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To despair is to give up all hope.

Jesuit Father Walter J. Ciszek certainly knew what it was to despair.

He was captured by the Russian army during World War II and convicted of being a “Vatican spy.” He spent some twenty-three agonizing years in Soviet prisons and the labor camps of Siberia. In his deeply personal story, He Leadeth Me, he relates how it was only through an utter reliance on God’s will that he managed to endure.

And yet he tells of the courage he found in prayer – a courage that eased the loneliness, the pain, the frustration, the anguish, the fears, the despair. For, as Ciszek recalls, the solace of spiritual contemplation gave him an inner serenity upon which he was able to draw amid the “arrogance of evil” that surrounded him.

Sadly, I think we are not only currently experiencing a period of great despair in our own Country,

but also that we are in need of profound prayer in our World today.

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