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The First Woman Saint from Brazil was a Lifelong Diabetic
By Larry Peterson She was born on December 16, 1865, in the town of Vigolo Vattaro, which was in northern Italy. At the time, this was part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Her father, Antonio Visintainer, and her mom, Anna Pianezzer, named her Amabile Lucia. Like most of the people in the area, Amabile’s parents, despite… Read more
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Family and Death—The common denominator that helps many move forward is FAITH.
By Larry Peterson I am the oldest of five, and my mom died when I was sixteen. My brothers were eleven, six, and two. My sister was thirteen. Grandma lived with us and decided that dad had killed her daughter. Mom, who had just turned forty, had died of leukemia; so grandma was wrong. But… Read more
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Satan tried to give us The Darkest Sunday Ever —Once again He Failed Miserably
By Larry Peterson It is Sunday morning, March 22, 2020. What follows is simply this man pondering a morning that he never in a million years could have imagined happening. It is a Sunday morning without Mass. Yes, the Most Holy Sacrifice of the Mass is nowhere to be found. Nowhere in my town, my… Read more
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The Strange Paradox of COVID-19. Saving the Lonely by making them Lonelier
By Larry Peterson I have learned that loneliness has no boundaries. It reaches out for everyone and captures many of the unsuspecting, including the seemingly happy, satisfied, and successful. Yes, loneliness is capable of dragging the lonely into a world of hidden misery and often depression. It can attack anyone at any time, and it… Read more
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This Teenage Christian was Martyred for praying for another Christian being Martyred. Meet St. Victor and St. Corona*
By Larry Peterson *Right in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic is the city of Anzu, Italy. There is a basilica in Anzu where the relics of St. Victor and St. Corona have been preserved since the ninth century. The name Corona is Latin for crown. The name, coronavirus, is given to the disease because… Read more
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Meet The Pandemic Saints—The Church’s alternative to the CDC
Saints to call on in a Pandemic By Larry Peterson The Catholic Church has patron saints for many causes. There are so many they even had to be alphabetized. Under the letter A, there are 23 named saints such as St. Agatha, the Patroness of bakers and nurses, .and the great Augustine of Hippo, the… Read more
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