"Hail and blessed be the hour and moment in which the Son of God was born of the most pure Virgin Mary, at midnight, in Bethlehem, in piercing cold. In that hour, vouchsafe, O my God! to hear my prayer and grant my desires, through the merits of Our Saviour Jesus Christ, and of His Blessed Mother. Amen."
(It is piously believed that whoever recites the above prayer fifteen times a day from the feast of St. Andrew (30th November) until Christmas will obtain what is asked.)
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+MICHAEL AUGUSTINE, Archbishop of New York
New York, February 6, 1897
The Obligation of Clear, Compassionate Correction of the Sinner – A Homily
for the 23rd Sunday of the Year
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We live in times in which there is a widespread notion that to correct
sinners is to “judge” them. Never mind that it is sin that we judge, not
the sinne...
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