“I am the Creator of the heavens and the earth. I have three qualities: I am most mighty, most wise, and most virtuous. I am namely so mighty that all the angels in Heaven honor me, the demons in hell dare not look upon me, and all the elements obey my command. I am also so wise that no one can fathom or understand my wisdom, and I have so great insight that I know all that has been and will come to be. I am thereto so rational that not the least little worm or any other animal, no matter how ugly it may seem, has been made without a cause. I am also so virtuous that all good flows from me as from a good spring, and all sweetness emanates from me as from a good wine. Therefore, no one can be mighty, wise, or virtuous without me.”

Words of Christ to Saint Bridgett  

Unless we believe and see Jesus in the appearance of bread on the altar, we will not be able to see him in the distressing disguise of the poor.

Mother Teresa 

Credo in unum Deum,Patrem omnipoténtem,Factórem cæli et terræ,Visibílium ómnium et invisibílium.

Benefits of the Mass to the souls in purgatory.

Remembering our most holy, pure, blessed, and glorious Lady, the Theotokos and ever virgin Mary, with all the saints, let us commit ourselves and one another and our whole life to Christ our God.

“If anyone does not wish to have Mary Immaculate for his Mother, he will not have Christ for his Brother.”
- Saint Maximilian Kolbe

The Feast of the Circumcision of Christ- January 1st, Tridentine calendar 

 is a Christian celebration of the circumcision of Jesus in accordance with Jewish tradition, eight days (according to the Semitic and southern European calculation of intervals of days) after his birth, the occasion on which the child was formally given his name.

The circumcision of Jesus has traditionally been seen as the first time the blood of Christ was shed, and thus the beginning of the process of the redemption of man, and a demonstration that Christ was fully human, and of his obedience to Biblical law.

Celebrated in the Eastern Orthodox and Catholic Churches. 

Feast of Mary, Mother of God

January 1st 

High Altar of Our Lady of Victory Basilica

Buffalo, NY 

Christmas in Berlin 

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