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Aunque de noble familia y bien educada, Santa Clara se sintió atraída por los ideales de pobreza de San Francisco de Asís. Contra la presión de su familia, distribuyó sus posesiones a los pobres y fundó la Orden Franciscana de …
Read MoreThe Church celebrates today the feastday of St. Lawrence. He was one of the seven deacons of the Church of Rome in the third century and was martyred under the Emperor Valerian in August of the year 258, four days …
Read MoreCelebramos hoy la fiesta de San Lorenzo. Fue diácono de la Iglesia de Roma (en el tercer siglo), y como tal predicó el Evangelio, sirvió en la celebración de la Eucaristía, y atendió con amor a los pobres, socorriéndolos con …
Read MoreToday, the Church remembers St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, also known as St. Edith Stein. She converted from Judaism to Catholicism in the course of her work as a philosopher, and later entered the Carmelite Religious Order. She …
Read MoreHoy, la Iglesia recuerda a Santa Edith Stein, carmelita descalza, filósofa, mística judío-alemana, y mártir. Ella, quien adoptaría el nombre religioso de Sor Teresa Benedicta de la Cruz.
Terminada la primera guerra mundial, en 1921, Edith decide visitar a …
Read MoreSt. Dominic was born in Caleruega (Spain) on August 8, 1170 and died in Bologna (Italy) on August 6, 1221. As a man of the Church, what is known specifically as a “Canon Regular,” he was noted for penance, constant …
Read MoreO God, teach us what it means to have faith in silence. When we face trials that are beyond our understanding, help us to listen to your voice and find your guidance. Help us to be joyful in hope, patient …
Read MoreIt is with joy that we celebrate today’s Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord. Here is an important note for all of us here at Holy Cross Parish: the Feast of the Triumph of the Holy Cross (September 14…
Read MoreEn este primer domingo de agosto, nos reunimos para celebrar la Eucaristía en la Fiesta de la Transfiguración del Señor.
Ante unos Apóstoles desorientados y temerosos, acercándose ya la subida de Jesús a Jerusalén, que le llevará a …
Read MoreThis weekend, we step outside the normal “routine” which we know so well, Sunday after Sunday. The Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord is celebrated every 6th of August and it “replaces” the ordinary Sunday sequence of Masses …
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