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St Cyril of Jerusalem on the Church as the Bride of Christ
By
Deacon Keith Fournier
From The Catecheses of St Cyril of Jerusalem, an early fourth century Bishop and Doctor of the undivided Church: “The Church is called ‘Catholic’: such is the proper name of the holy Church which is the mother of us all. She is also the bride of our Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God…
Saint Augustine on the Feast of Peter and Paul
By
Deacon Keith Fournier
The Martyrs Had Seen what they Proclaimed This day has been consecrated for us by the martyrdom of the blessed apostles Peter and Paul. It is not some obscure martyrs we are talking about. Their sound has gone out into all the earth, and their words to the ends of the world. These martyrs had…
Pope Benedict XVI on the Feast of Corpus Christi
By
Deacon Keith Fournier
Dear brothers and sisters! The feast of Corpus Domini is inseparable from the Holy Thursday Mass of in Caena Domini, in which the institution of the Eucharist is also celebrated. While on the evening of Holy Thursday we relive the mystery of Christ who offers himself to us in the bread broken and wine poured…
From a treatise on the Lord’s Prayer, Saint Cyprian
By
Deacon Keith Fournier
After the gift of bread we ask pardon for our sins As the Lord’s Prayer continues, we ask: Give us this day our daily bread. We can understand this petition in a spiritual and in a literal sense. For in the divine plan both senses may help toward our salvation. For Christ is the bread…
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