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“That is why it is such a pleasure to see you here. I don’t know how many of you will become parish priests. But I know how welcome you will be. I have mentioned the challenge only to emphasize the opportunities. The opportunity is simply this: that never in history has modern man been in greater need of you, has been more confused about his identity and the meaning of his life. Never has there been such loneliness in the midst of crowds, never such hunger in the face of satiation. Never has there been a more fertile ground for the seed and the harvest the Lord spoke of. All that is needed is a bearer of the Good News who speaks it with such authenticity that it can penetrate the most exhausted hearing, revive the most jaded language. With you lies the future and the hope. You and the Church you serve may be only a remnant, but it will be a saving remnant.”
— Walker Percy, addressing St. Joseph’s College Seminary
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THE MULTITUDE
hello, friends! I’m no longer sure who reads this, if anyone — but whoever you are (you, yes, you) reading this, would you visit this website? The Multitude is a fantastic project currently being started by my incredible friends Gary and Jen. it needs more funding to get off the ground, so please donate if you can, and if you can’t, spread the word! God bless!
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A boy sits amid the ruins of a London bookshop following an air raid on October 8, 1940, reading a book titled “The History of London.”
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The Palace of Westminster in London, silhouetted against light from fires caused by bombings.
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Our soul waits for the Lord,
He is our help and shield.
Yea, our heart is glad in Him,
because we trust in His holy name.
Let Thy steadfast love, O Lord, be upon us,
even as we hope in Thee.
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Life in the Church’s faith involves more than a set of feelings and sentiments and perhaps moral obligations. It embraces man in his entirety, from his origins to his eternal destiny. Only because creation belongs to God can we place ourselves completely in his hands. And only because he is the Creator can he give us life for ever. Joy over creation, thanksgiving for creation and responsibility for it all belong together.
— Pope Benedict XVI
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Having assumed without argument, at the start, that all emancipation must lead men away from religion and towards irreligion, they have just blankly and blindly forgotten what is the outstanding feature of the religion itself.
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Laudamus te.
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