"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
I Have Come to Cast A Fire on the Earth – A Homily for Pentecost Sunday
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What a wondrous and challenging feast we celebrate at Pentecost! A feast
like this challenges us because it puts to the lie a lazy, sleepy, hidden,
and t...
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