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The month of February is traditionally dedicated to the Most Holy Family.
Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, I give You my heart and my soul.
Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, assist me in my last agony.
Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, may I breathe out my soul in peace with You.
"There is but one Church in which men find salvation, just as outside the ark of Noah it was not possible for anyone to be saved" - St. Thomas Aquinas
'The Torment of Saint Anthony', by Michelangelo. The earliest known painting by Michelangelo, completed when he was only 12 or 13 years old.
The Year begins with Mary. Today we celebrate Mary, Mother of God #HappyNewYear.
Ora pro nobis, Sancta Dei Genetrix, ut digni efficamur promissionibus Christi.
Today, on #NewYearsEve, the Church celebrates the Feast of St. Sylvester, Pope and Confessor. Known as the Pontiff of Peace, it was during his Pontificate, that after 300 years of persecution, the begins to enjoy liberty and spread throughout the Roman Empire.
Ora pro nobis
“The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: but Israel hath not known me, and my people hath not understood.” Isaiah 1:3
The Sixth day of Creation, by Francisco de Holanda, from the 'De Aetatibus Mundi Imagines', 1545
The Third day of Creation, by Francisco de Holanda, from the 'De Aetatibus Mundi Imagines', 1545
The Second day of Creation, by Francisco de Holanda, from the 'De Aetatibus Mundi Imagines', 1545
Today the Church commemorates the Blessed Transitus of St. Francis of Assisi, the Seraphic Father's passing to eternal life.