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02/25/2009
18:35:18
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Christology, Mariology, the Sacraments, Prayer and
Audio Sancto is a website created and maintained by Catholic laymen who record and publish sermons by Catholic priests in good standing with their local ordinaries and Rome, incardinated with normal faculties and jurisdiction, and serving in North America.
These sermons are a good way for busy Catholics to deepen their spiritual life using modern technology. Some of the subjects covered are Christology, Mariology, the Sacraments, Prayer and the Interior Life, the Saints and much more.
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THIS FORUM BELONGS TO ALL OF US
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07/20/2009
18:44:52
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ctmf, DeniseLawson, Grace M, Pro-life Sarah, Thaddeus |
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CHITCHAT & HUMOUR
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I'm pregnant
07/27/2010
23:32:11
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NEWS AND CURRENT EVENTS
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10/26/2009
09:56:28
by: DeniseLawson |
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PRAYER REQUESTS & REFLECTION
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We need a home.
07/21/2009
20:32:03
by: Mommy |
ctmf, DeniseLawson, Grace M, Pro-life Sarah, Thaddeus |
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FILMS, BOOKS,PODCAST, LINKS & MUSIC
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FOUR NEW BOOKS D...
07/27/2010
23:33:58
by: jennyloves |
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| POPE AND MAGISTERIUM |
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DIRECT LINK TO VATICAN ARCHIVES
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PICTURES OF POPE BENEDICT
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Vatican on the U-Tube
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PAPAL ENCYCLICALS
A wonderful place to spend a few hours reading |
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POPE AND MAGISTERIUM
Anything to do with Our Holy Father the Pope,The Vatican, Cardinals & Bishops |
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07/25/2010
11:13:28
by: Maurice |
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CHURCH DOCUMENTS
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Testimony of the...
02/20/2009
20:44:54
by: Tee |
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NEWS FROM THE VATICAN
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02/23/2009
14:42:48
by: Grace M |
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ECUMENICAL
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02/06/2009
18:29:21
by: Grace M |
ctmf, DeniseLawson, Grace M, Pro-life Sarah, Thaddeus |
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| TRADITIONAL CATHOLIC TEACHING |
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DOUAY-RHEIMS BIBLE
Catechism of the Catholic Church says: "Sacred Tradition and Sacred Scripture, then, are bound closely together and communicate one with the other. For both of them, flowing out from the same divine wellspring, come together in fashion to form one thing and move towards the same goal" (no. 80). It goes on to say: "And [Holy] Tradition transmits in its entirety the Word of God which has been entrusted to the apostles by Christ the Lord and the Holy Spirit. It transmits it to the successors of the apostles so that, enlightened by the Spirit of truth, they may faithfully preserve, expound, and spread it abroad by their preaching" (no. 81). |
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PURGATORY
The Catechism of the Catholic Church defines purgatory as a "purification, so as to achieve the holiness necessary to enter the joy of heaven," which is experienced by those "who die in God’s grace and friendship, but still imperfectly purified" (CCC 1030). It notes that "this final purification of the elect . . . is entirely different from the punishment of the damned" (CCC 1031).
The purification is necessary because, as Scripture teaches, nothing unclean will enter the presence of God in heaven (Rev. 21:27) and, while we may die with our mortal sins forgiven, there can still be many impurities in us, specifically venial sins and the temporal punishment due to sins already forgiven.
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02/19/2009
17:56:48
by: Thaddeus |
ctmf, DeniseLawson, Grace M, Pro-life Sarah, Thaddeus |
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THE BIBLE / SCRIPTURES
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05/13/2009
18:47:08
by: Barbaqued |
ctmf, DeniseLawson, Grace M, Pro-life Sarah, Thaddeus |
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CATHOLIC DELIVERANCE & SPIRITUAL WARFARE
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Healing
06/23/2009
17:08:51
by: Barbaqued |
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SACRAMENTS
Baptism, communion, confirmation, reconciliation, marriage, holy orders, last rites. |
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Pics at Mass?
04/30/2009
20:22:53
by: Pro-life Sarah |
ctmf, DeniseLawson, Grace M, Pro-life Sarah, Thaddeus |
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APOLOGETICS
What is apologetics? Christian philosopher Dick Sztanyo has suggested: “Apologetics is the proclamation and defense of the gospel of Christ regardless of whenever, wherever, and by whomever it is challenged.” The apostle Peter used apologetics when he appealed to the empty tomb on Pentecost. Paul used apologetics when he quoted the stoic poets to draw attention to God’s existence as he addressed the Athenians. Christ used apologetics when He appealed to a Roman coin to prove that Jews should pay taxes. We can see, then, that the word apologetics carries no hint of “apologizing”—in the sense of being sorry or ashamed. On the contrary, the word houses the exact opposite idea of intelligent vindication by vigorous argument. In fact, Paul stated in 2 Corinthians 10:4-5: “For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ.” Apologetics vigorously defends the truth by refuting arguments that exalt themselves above God’s Word.
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01/21/2009
02:44:34
by: Grace M |
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CONVERSION
Please share with us your conversion story. |
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08/02/2009
07:56:50
by: DeniseLawson |
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MASS & LITURGY
"When we receive Holy Communion, we experience something extraordinary - a joy, a fragrance, a well being that thrills the whole body and causes it to exalt." - Saint Jean Vianney
"If we really understood the Mass, we would die of joy." - Saint Jean Vianney
"There is nothing so great as the Eucharist. If God had something more precious, He would have given it to us." - Saint Jean Vianney
"When we have been to Holy Communion, the balm of love envelops the soul as the flower envelops the bee." - Saint Jean Vianney
"The celebration of Holy Mass is as valuable as the death of Jesus on the cross." - Saint Thomas Aquinas
"It would be easier for the world to survive without the sun than to do without Holy Mass." - Padre Pio, stigmatic priest
"The heavens open and multitudes of angels come to assist in the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass." - Saint Gregory
"The angels surround and help the priest when he is celebrating Mass." - Saint Augustine
"When Mass is being celebrated, the sanctuary is filled with countless angels who adore the divine victim immolated on the altar." - Saint John Chrysostom
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02/19/2009
12:46:43
by: DeniseLawson |
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VOCATIONS
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03/02/2009
21:09:14
by: Thaddeus |
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SOME OF OUR FAVOURITE PRAYERS
Post here your favourite prayers, reflections etc. |
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04/29/2009
23:52:10
by: Tee |
ctmf, DeniseLawson, Grace M, Pro-life Sarah, Thaddeus |
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HEAVEN
IV. "WHO ART IN HEAVEN"
2794 This biblical expression does not mean a place ("space"), but a way of being; it does not mean that God is distant, but majestic. Our Father is not "elsewhere": he transcends everything we can conceive of his holiness. It is precisely because he is thrice holy that he is so close to the humble and contrite heart.
"Our Father who art in heaven" is rightly understood to mean that God is in the hearts of the just, as in his holy temple. At the same time, it means that those who pray should desire the one they invoke to dwell in them.[54]
"Heaven" could also be those who bear the image of the heavenly world, and in whom God dwells and tarries.[55]
2795 The symbol of the heavens refers us back to the mystery of the covenant we are living when we pray to our Father. He is in heaven, his dwelling place; the Father's house is our homeland. Sin has exiled us from the land of the covenant,[56] but conversion of heart enables us to return to the Father, to heaven.[57] Jn Christ, then, heaven and earth are reconciled,[58] for the Son alone "descended from heaven" and causes us to ascend there with him, by his Cross, Resurrection, and Ascension.[59]
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01/11/2009
19:23:48
by: Grace M |
ctmf, DeniseLawson, Grace M, Pro-life Sarah, Thaddeus |
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HELL
"HE DESCENDED INTO HELL. ON THE THIRD DAY HE ROSE AGAIN"
631 Jesus "descended into the lower parts of the earth. He who descended is he who also ascended far above all the heavens."475 The Apostles' Creed confesses in the same article Christ's descent into hell and his Resurrection from the dead on the third day, because in his Passover it was precisely out of the depths of death that he made life spring forth
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01/15/2009
14:36:10
by: Grace M |
ctmf, DeniseLawson, Grace M, Pro-life Sarah, Thaddeus |
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| MARRIAGE & PARENTHOOD |
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CATHOLIC HOMESTEADING/LIVING SIMPLY/HOMESCHOOLING
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08/04/2009
16:13:38
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PARENTHOOD & MARRIAGE
III. THE LOVE OF HUSBAND AND WIFE
2360 Sexuality is ordered to the conjugal love of man and woman. In marriage the physical intimacy of the spouses becomes a sign and pledge of spiritual communion. Marriage bonds between baptized persons are sanctified by the sacrament.
2361 "Sexuality, by means of which man and woman give themselves to one another through the acts which are proper and exclusive to spouses, is not something simply biological, but concerns the innermost being of the human person as such. It is realized in a truly human way only if it is an integral part of the love by which a man and woman commit themselves totally to one another until death."142 |
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04/29/2009
23:43:17
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PRO-LIFE
The history of the matter and the unbroken tradition condemning abortion is much clearer than those who challenge the Church on this issue would allow. In his book titled "Contraception," John T. Noonan reviews the historical evidence beginning with the very earliest writing we have, the Didache, and continuing on through the Letter of Barnabas from the early second century which holds, "You shall not kill the fetus by an abortion or commit infanticide." Referring to such documents and numerous other writings the testimony of history is so strong it leads Noonan to conclude, "The Christians taught that all life must be inviolate, and, using the terms the law reserved for the killing of adults, they charged that not only the destruction of existing life but the interruption of the life-giving process was homicide and parricide. They were led to attach sanctity not only to life but to the life-giving process."
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06/24/2010
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02/27/2009
19:55:58
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GARABANDAL
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04/21/2009
14:45:12
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IMITATION OF CHRIST BY THOMAS A KEMPIS
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MARIAN DEVOTIONS
Rosary, Scapular and anything Marian |
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07/04/2010
07:57:45
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SAINTS & ANGELS
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04/28/2009
14:41:28
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ST. BENEDICT DAILY REFLECTIONS
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07/31/2010
03:43:26
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ST. JOSEPH
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03/08/2009
17:04:36
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The Dolorous Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ
Free online book that inspired Mel Gibson's Passion Movie
The Dolorous Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ by Anna Catherine Emmerich
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