Category: Saint of the day
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15 June - Daughter of Laurent Cousin, a modest ploughman, and his wife Marie Laroche, Germaine was born in Pibrac, a small village 15 km west of Toulouse, in 1579. Afflicted with scrofula, she also had an atrophied hand. Her mother died when she was still very young.

Category: Meditations
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Holy Trinity Sunday: One God, three persons - Glory be to the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, God is the present, the past and the future. The mystery is incomprehensible and inexplicable, said Saint Athanasius: ‘If God is comprehensible to the human mind, then he is not true God.’ The word ‘Trinity’ was first used in the third century, it is a combination of two words “Tri” and ‘Unity’, meaning three but one. The Holy Scriptures speak of unity, but of the three persons of God, both in the Old and New Testaments...

Category: Saint of the day
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June 14 - Elisha is an Old Testament prophet whose activity is described in the Second Book of Kings. He was the son of Shaphat, a rich farmer from Abel-Mehola in the Jordan Valley. When Elijah meets him, Elisha plows his field with 12 other people, each leading a pair of oxen (1 Kings 19, 19).

Category: Deepening faith
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When the bishop teaches, he is always united with the Pope in this teaching and presents himself as a witness to the truth and to the Church. Christians respect the teachings of the Church and are united in spirit and opinion. Christians must accept with a heart and mind that fully accept the teachings of their bishop... Catechesis on the Second Vatican Council, structure, with Fr Justolat Rafaralahimboa.

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Message from the Bishops at the end of the Pilgrimage

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, You who have come in such large numbers to take part in this national pilgrimage, as well as all of you who are following it from home through the media. We, the bishops of Madagascar, would like to express our deep gratitude to you for having responded to our invitation and for having brought this jubilee initiated by Pope Francis to life spiritually. With you, we take up Mary's song: ‘My soul exalts the Lord’ and we repeat with her: ‘What shall I repay the Lord for all the good he has done me?’....

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Love and Salvation

Christmas is a great joy, because it is the love of God that has come to us, proclaims Fr. Bizimana Innocent, Provincial Superior of the Salesians Don Bosco of Madagascar and Mauritius, presenting his Christmas greetings. Salvation is accomplished, so life is not in danger of disappearing. It is this love and this salvation that we wish to fill our life so that we have peace.

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Zatti, our brother

The short film "Zatti, our brother" (Argentina, 2020) focuses on one of the most difficult episodes of his life. We are in Viedma, in 1941: at the age of 60, Zatti is forced to leave the hospital he has attended for decades. His faith and strength are tested.

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