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Sermon by Fr. Gregory Foley
What are the signs, the events in human history that the Bible foretells must precede the end of the world and the second coming of Jesus Christ?
1. Jews return to Palestine
The first of these signs is the return of the Jews to Palestine.
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Krier, a 61-year-old Ohio native, supervises a small team of volunteers as they cook breakfast in the tiny church at North Ninth Street and East Ogden Avenue, preparing for the arrival of 100-plus homeless people. By 8:30 a.m., a trainlike procession of the homeless are lined up around the corner of the church, waiting patiently for a free, warm meal that many say is crucial to keeping them alive. VIDEO Also PDF STORY
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Vol 13 Issue 10 ~ Editor: Rev. Fr. Courtney Edward Krier
March 7, 2020 ~ Saint Thomas Aquinas, opn!
1. What is the Holy Eucharist
2. Second Sunday in Lent
3. Saint John of God
4. Family and Marriage
5. Articles and notices
Dear Reader:
Although always regarded as a father, Joseph was little known on his own account until the later Middle Ages, following the adoption of his feast by the Franciscans in 1399, and later by the Dominicans. Due in part to the “goddess like granduer” accorded to his wife, Mary, Joseph was reduced to “an abject, even ludicrous old man who figured as “God’s cuckold” in [medieval] legends and plays.”[35] The feast was only added to the Roman Breviary in 1479, and was not compulsory for the whole Catholic church until 1621. An effort by some church leaders, including Jean Gerson, at the Council of Constance in 1416 to have Joseph elevated to a rank next to Mary and above the Apostles, with a universal feast of The Marriage of Mary and Joseph, was a step too far, and not successful. Continue reading