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   The Risen Lord Jesus reveals himself   
   to us as we listen to his word   
      
       Mary's message to the disciples, I have seen the Lord, is the very   
   essence of Christianity. It is not enough that a Christian know about   
   the Lord, but that we know him personally. It is not enough to argue   
   about him, but to meet him. In the resurrection we encounter the   
   living Lord Jesus who loves us personally and shares his glory with   
   us. The Lord Jesus gives us "eyes of faith" to see the truth of his   
   resurrection and his victory over sin and death (Ephesians 1:18). And   
   he opens our ears to recognize his voice as we listen to the "good   
   news" proclaimed in the Gospel message today.   
       The resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead is the foundation   
   of our hope--the hope that we, too, who believe in him will see the   
   living God face to face and share in his everlasting glory and joy.   
   "Without having seen him you love him; though you do not now see him   
   you believe in him and rejoice with unutterable and exalted joy.  As   
   the outcome of your faith you obtain the salvation of your souls" (1   
   Peter 1:8-9). Do you recognize the Lord's presence with you, in his   
   word, in the "breaking of the bread," and in his church, the body of   
   Christ?   
      
      
      
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   April 4th - Blessed Gaetano Catanoso (AC)   
   (also known as Cajetan)   
      
   Born at Chorio di San Lorenzo, Reggio Calabria, Italy, February 14,   
   1879; died April 4, 1958; beatified May 4, 1998. Gaetano was the son   
   of wealthy, pious Christian parents. After his ordination in 1902, he   
   gained a reputation for holiness while serving as a parish priest. His   
   sensitivity to sin and desire to make reparation for them caused him   
   to establish a confraternity of the Holy Face in his parish, which   
   spread through a newsletter launched in 1920. In addition to this lay   
   association, Gaetano founded the Poor Clerics to encourage priestly   
   vocations.   
      
   In 1921, he was transferred to Santa Maria de la Candelaria in Reggio   
   Calabria, where he revived Marian and Eucharistic devotions,   
   intensified catechetical instruction, and crusaded for observance of   
   liturgical feasts. He also encouraged cooperation among parish priests   
   to provide missions, especially during Lent and May, by going to   
   different parishes than their own to preach and hear confessions.   
      
   For 29 years Father Catanoso served as spiritual director to various   
   religious institutes, the local prison, a hospital, and the   
   archepiscopal seminary. In 1929, he offered himself as "a victim of   
   love" to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. In 1935 in Ripario, Reggio   
   Calabria, he founded the Congregation of the Daughters of Saint   
   Veronica (Missionaries of the Holy Face) to offer continual prayers of   
   reparation, catechesis, and other service to poor children, priests,   
   and the elderly. His holiness was exhibited in his docility in obeying   
   his archbishop's request that he curtail the activities of the   
   congregation. Nevertheless, the constitutions of the institute, which   
   he had written, were approved by the diocese March 25, 1958   
   (L'Observattore Romano)   
      
      
   Saint Quote:   
   It is blasphemy if you pray before God while you are full of anger.   
   --St. Ephraem the Syrian   
      
   Bible Quote:   
   For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against   
   principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the   
   darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high   
   places."  (Ephesians 6:12)   
      
   Saint Quote:   
   "Whatever you do, think not of yourselves but of God."   
   --Saint Vincent Ferrer.   
      
      
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   Prayer for Healing of Mind   
      
   O Jesus, come into my sorrows,   
   anxieties, mental troubles   
   and to every stages of my growth and formation.   
   Deliver me from the painful memories of the past.   
   Fill me with your Holy Spirit.   
   I forgive all those who hurt me   
   and fill all of them with your Holy Spirit.   
   Thank you Jesus.   
   Praise you Jesus.   
      
   Amen.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)