

The Catholic Defender: July 13, 1917 An Important Vision Of Our Lady of Fatima
On July 13, 1917, Our Lady of Fatima appeared to the Children of Fatima, Lucia, Francisco, and little Jacinta in the usual ordinary way as they had previously witnessed. The Virgin Mary had earlier arrived beginning May 13th and June 13th, 1917. “She opened Her hands once more, as She had done the two previous months. The rays [of light] appeared to penetrate the earth, and we saw, as it were, a vast sea of fire. Plunged in this fire, we saw the demons and the souls [of th


The Catholic Defender: Intercessory Prayer, A Lenten Sacrifice Of Love
I remember when I was twelve years old, I was Confirmed in the Catholic Faith at St. John La Lande in Blue Springs Missouri on September...


The Catholic Defender: St. Matthias Comes Off The Bench to Become an Apostle
Judas Iscariot betrayed Our Lord Jesus Christ with a kiss in the Garden of Gethsemane for 30 pieces of silver (Matthew 26:15). After...


The Guardian Angel: Eucharistic Miracle of Lanciano, Italy 750 A.D.
Tonight's story about the Eucharistic Miracle of Lanciano took place in the middle 700's, but long before that the story begins at the cross which Jesus hung there and died on April 3, 33 A.D. While on the Cross, a Roman Centurion, Longinus, pierced the heart of Christ with a lance, “But when they came to Jesus and saw that he was already dead, they did not break his legs, but one soldier(St. Longinus) thrust his lance into his side, and immediately blood and water flowed ou


The Catholic Defender: Pray for the Kansas City Chiefs to win the Superbowl
Listen to the Gillette commercial with Tom Brady, the quarterback for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. This may shock you as this does me....


The Catholic Defender: This is an Excellent Example for Religious Exemption
Dear American Job Makers Human Resources: Several job positions and their Human Resources are directed Americans to get vaccinated with a...


The Catholic Defender: Do Non-Catholics Worship Idols? Catholics Do Not
Have you had anyone ever attack you for being a Catholic? Claiming you worship statues and images. Does kneeling and or praying with a...


The Catholic Defender: The Holy Innocents
According to the Church Calendar, December 28 is the Feast of the Holy Innocents. Historically, this remembrance could be no sooner than...


The Catholic Defender: Christmas and the Yuletide
I grew up hearing "yuletide" traditions but I never really knew much about how it fit in with Christmas. It was just somehow associated...


The Catholic Defender: The Novena to Our Lady of Sorrows Day 9
The seven sorrows of Mary are: 1. St. Simeon’s Prophecy (Luke 2:35) 2. The Flight into Egypt (Matthew 2:13-14) 3. The Loss of Jesus in...













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