Seventeenth Sunday After Pentecost — A Message From Pope Benedict XVI
Translation From the Holy Gospel According to Matthew Christ Clashes with the Pharisees, Cathedral of Tours At that time the Pharisees came to Jesus, and one of them, a doctor of the law, asked Him, tempting Him: Master, which is the great commandment of the law? Jesus said to him: Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with thy whole heart, and with thy whole soul, and with thy whole mind. This is the greatest [...]
Devotion to the Seven Dolors of the Blessed Mary
Mater Dolorosa, Dieric Bouts, 1470–75. Graces Promised by Our Lord to Those Attached to the Practice of the Devotion That those who before death invoke the divine other in the name of her dolors will obtain true repentance of all their sins; That He will protect all who have this devotion in their tribulations, and will protect them especially at the hour of death; That He will impress on their minds the remembrance of His [...]