Sleep is as important and necessary to the human body as water and food. Lack of sleep has negative effects on health. The duration of sleep depends on a person's physical condition and activities. Children from 0 to 3 months sleep for 14 to 17 hours; children 6-13 are 9-11; 14 to 17 year olds get 8 to 10 hours of sleep and adults 26 to 64 get 7 to 9 hours of sleep. As a person ages, the inside of the brain also ages and sleep is affected.

12 November - Jehoshaphat, born Ivan Kountsevich in Volhynia, Ukraine, in 1584. He was still very young at the time of the Union of Brest in 1596 when part of the Church of Ruthenia was attached to Rome and constituted the Greek-Catholic Church or Ruthenian Church.

The book of Deuteronomy clearly tells us: “Hear, O Israel: the Lord your God is the only Lord. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. We must love the only God, we must adore him in the Blessed Sacrament. Catechesis on The Adoration of God, with Fr. Rakotoarisoa Sedera Joseph.

Saturday, 12th November 2022 — Thirty-second Week in Ordinary Time — God has called us through the Gospel, to possess the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ — Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke 18, 1-8

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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