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THE EXORCISM OF NICOLA AUBREY - Taken from the book The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass by Fr. Michael Muller (Imprimatur: Archbishop McClosky, New York 1884). It is indeed a remarkable fact that, as the devil made use of Luther, an apostate monk, to abolish the Mass and deny the Real Presence; in like manner, God made use of His arch-enemy, the devil, to prove the Real Presence. He repeatedly forced him publicly to profess his firm belief in it, to confound the heretics for their disbelief, and acknowledge himself vanquished by Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament. For this purpose, God allowed a certain Mme. Nicola Aubrey, an innocent person, to become possessed by Beelzebub and twenty-nine other evil spirits. The possession took place on the eighth of November, 1565, and lasted until the eighth of February, 1566...

Watch the video to see how to crack the code:https://youtu.be/kIbatXw31pMBritish artist Kit Williams published Masquerade, a children's book which combined fantasy storytelling with a real-world treasure hunt. The 1979 book tells a whimsical story about the moon sending a golden hare sculpture as a gift to the sun, with a rabbit named Jack Hare acting as the messenger. However, Jack loses the gift on his journey, and readers are challenged to find it themselves, in real life—prompting a national treasure hunt across Britain. The treasure was real: an 18-karat gold hare adorned with jewels, hidden somewhere in the countryside.

I've been under the weather recently and tonight I just started felling better, so I thought I'd tell you about a listener submitted story which I haven't been able to get out of my head. It's taken from a book called "The Finest Legends of the Rhine" by Wilhelm Ruland. I don't want to spoil the tale by needless explanation so I'll just jump right in to it.Watch the video: https://youtu.be/M5CBFbESOXk

I had no idea that there were so many incredible stories and miracles attributed to this Saint. There are also many episodes that show why he is known as “The Hammer of Heretics” as we will learn in this video.St. Anthony is the patron saint of the poor, protector and finder of lost things and his intercession is also sought for a good marriage.Watch the video: https://youtu.be/fYbUNMt33OQ

Watch the video: https://youtu.be/JwlqJA0MXTU Read the article: https://www.tfp.org/how-gregor...

Watch the video: https://youtu.be/3ZXrR4V57EA  There are a minority of Catholics today who hold that depression is a fault, or the fruit of a fault – perhaps nothing more than vanity and pride. They speak as if depression is an invention of modern (and therefore, we are to assume, false) thought, and that perhaps doesn’t even really exist. They speak as if one could free oneself from a state of depression by acts of the will.  What should we make of this? Let’s dig into this topic and see.  It’s not a sin to have a sense of humour and be cheerful...  https://www.wmreview.org/p/fun-aquinas-neri  It’s not a sin to be depressed...  https://www.wmreview.org/p/depression-aquinas-neri00:00 Intro00:10 Article's Sources01:05 Is Depression a Fault?02:50 St. Thomas Aquinas 05:05 Effects on the Body06:26 Remedies07:53 St. Philip Neri

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Watch the video: https://youtu.be/b55Kw9wSZzo Here is the quote from "The Biographical Memoirs of Saint John Bosco," by Giovanni Battista Lemoyne, Volume 7, Chapter 8, Page 43:...Don Bosco commented on the versicle "The hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth" [John 4:23]. He commented that Protestants misinterpret these words as an argument against exterior worship, and he spoke about a tough debate he had five or six days before with Protestants in a private home: "To begin with, do you know what 'in spirit' means?" I asked."It means that God should be adored selflessly and fervently in one's own heart, not superstitiously as Catholics do," they replied, considering our exterior worship a mere masquerade. "Were this really so," I rejoined, "I'd agree with you. But it is decidedly not. Anyway, let's continue. What does 'in truth' mean?" "It means that God should be adored in a 'real,' not in an empty way.""Did you say 'real'?""Yes!""Very well. 'Real' means something concrete. How can a concrete thing be only 'in one's own heart'?" Rather put out, my opponents had to admit that I was right."Well then," I went on, " 'in spirit and in truth' must also be taken to read that exterior means may and should be used in worshiping God. Furthermore they also reveal serious doctrinal and liturgical differences between Hebrew and Christian ritual and ceremony. 'In spirit and in truth' means that all Old Testament rites and sacrifices—mere figures of those of the New Testament—would one day be superseded by a 'real' sacrifice truly pleasing to God. Read the first chapter of St. Luke's Gospel, and you will see a magnificent sacrifice being celebrated with all the splendor of exterior rite and ceremony—with altar, thurible, and incense. All this foreshadowed the solemn Mass—the real, true sacrifice. The first chapter of the Acts of the Apostles tells us that they met with the disciples in the cenacle to pray. The next chapter shows them offering the Eucharistic sacrifice and partaking of Communion at that gathering. The authentic history of Christianity's first three centuries proves that Christians, following the Apostles' tradition, celebrated Holy Mass with altars, solemn rites, psalm singing, flowers, incense, and lights. Read the fourth and subsequent chapters of the Apocalypse. They describe a sacred rite so minutely that you will think you are watching the sacrifice offered in our own [Catholic] churches. You will see the altar, the censer, the incense, the candlesticks, the lamps, the scented golden vessels, the elders' golden crowns or miters, the ritual bows, the harps, the canticles, and the procession of white-clad virgins—in a word, everything the Church uses for ritual splendor."When I finished speaking, one of the Protestants looked for a copy of the New Testament. All they had was the adulterated translation into Italian by Giovanni Diodati. I let them use it anyway, because I was certain that it would contain enough to convince them. After they had checked the passages I had quoted, I pointed out and explained a few others then and there. They concluded, "We really had never paid much attention to these passages." So I went on, "Now, tell me, how do your churches resemble Jerusalem's holy temple? Do you have altars, censers, incense, candles? Does your manner of honoring God resemble what the Apostles did and what the angels themselves do in heaven? Don't you think we are reasonable in imitating the saints and the angels as we adore God?" "Of course! Truthfully, we must admit we have nothing of all you mentioned." In conclusion, one of them—an evangelical minister—remarked, "This is something we shall have to think about." This debate and the Waldensian minister's misgivings dealt a serious blow to their position. As a result, these days many Protestants are turning to the Catholic Church. Infuriated at losing these souls, Satan vented his rage on Don Bosco by depriving him of his sleep.

Watch the video: https://youtu.be/UnuxGI9lwYA  Venerable József Cardinal Mindszenty resisted communism in Hungary after World War II and was persecuted, tortured and imprisoned for his brave stand. He penned one of the most beautiful reflections on motherhood I’ve ever heard. Since it’s Mother’s Day, let me recite it for you before we get to the main story for today: how the great St. Padre Pio appeared to comfort the poor cardinal while he was in a communist dungeon.  Venerable József Mindszenty wrote:  “The Most Important Person on earth is a mother. She cannot claim the honor of having built Notre Dame Cathedral. She need not. She has built something more magnificent than any cathedral -a dwelling for an immortal soul, the tiny perfection of her baby’s body… The angels have not been blessed with such a grace. They cannot share in God’s creative miracle to bring new saints to Heaven. Only a human mother can. Mothers are closer to God the Creator than any other creature; God joins forces with mothers in performing this act of creation… What on God’s good earth is more glorious than this: to be a mother?”

The year is 1467. Imagine you’re looking out at the stormy waters of the Adriatic Sea from an Italian coastal town and to your astonishment, you see two men walking on water, following an image of the Blessed Virgin Mary and her Son, Jesus. That image is now known as Our Lady of Good Counsel of Genazzano and can be seen to this day suspended in mid-air without any supports. I want to relate the history of this miraculous image, which involves a great warrior, two faithful soldiers, and a widow of inspiring faith. Having just lost a loved one, I can’t tell you how much of a consolation this story was to me. Those who love Our Lady will find solace in hearing it, and unbelievers will have evidence of her intercession. I’ll tell it as it was set forth in Monsignor George Dillon’s book, “The Virgin Mother of Good Counsel.”Watch the video: https://youtu.be/vXph5UK6CUk00:00 Intro00:52 Random Fisherman01:08 Origin of the Image01:26 Scanderbeg04:37 Giorgio and De Sclavis07:29 Petruccia de Nocera08:58 Our Lady Comes to Genazzano09:50 Proofs of the Miraculous Image