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 Though it has been superceded by the new liturgy of Ordinary Time, today is the traditional feast of Our Lady of Mercy, also known as Our Lady of Ransom in honor of the protection afforded the order of priests founded by Saint Peter Nolasco in 1218. For today and tomorrow's liturgy in Ordinary Time, click on LITURGY FOR THE DAY.
O God, Who, through the most glorious Mother of Thy Son, was pleased to give new offspring to the Church, for the freeing of Christ's faithful from the power of the heathen; grant, we beseech Thee, that we ho lovingly honor her as the foundress of so great a work, may, by her merits and intercession, be delivered from all sin and from the bondage of the devil. Through the same Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end. Amen.
Events today in Church HistoryFor events throughout the centuries that are memorable in Church history today, click on MILLENNIUM MILESTONES AND MEMORIES
hoping and praying... 
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When it comes to abortion there is one sign we cannot ignore!
That is the essence of Our Lord's and His Blessed Mother Mary's words in the 200th and 201st messages to the 
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It's time to drum out those senators who consistently promote the culture of death as once again a bill, that would have given the innocent children somewhat of a break, failed to muster enough votes on the Senate floor. This time three Republicans voted against the bill that would have mandated notifying parents of a teen's attempt to get an abortion. While 13 Democrats voted to overturn the veto on Partial Birth Abortion Ban, only two voted for it this time, thus dealing the death blow to the bill for this year and quite possibly the death knell for countless innocent children who will never have a chance. For more, click on 
By one vote yesterday in Spain's Parliament legislators upheld pro-life in this Catholic country by defeating a bill that would have legalized abortion. No doubt the intercession of millions of Catholics who implored Saint Thomas of Villanova on his feast day played a providential role in the results. For more, click on 
Tying in with the theme of "Signs of the times" in today's issue of the DAILY CATHOLIC the Holy Father spoke of the the evidence of the signs that God places before us and which we can discern through events in our times by the aid of the Holy Spirit. The Pope pointed out that Jesus is the Alpha and the Omega and we can better understand our place in the Divine plan better by recognizing the signs that come from God and by relying on the Sanctifier to strengthen our resolve to fulfill God's Will. For more, click on 
The case of Hugh Finn, a 44 year old Catholic who has been in a coma since an auto wreck turned him into a virtual vegetable in 1994, is the subject of a feud between the head of the diocese of Louisville, Kentucky Bishop Thomas Cajetan Kelly a Dominican and the associate pastor from Finn's parish in Manassas, Virginia - All Saints where his wife Michele has struggled with pulling the life support system. Relatives disagree with her and side with the Bishop while Father Daniel Gee agrees with Mrs. Finn and therein the battle lines are drawn as to the right thing to do. There has been no appointment of a new bishop yet in Finn's diocese of Arlington since the death this year of Bishop John Keating in Rome. For more, click on 
Dear children! Today I invite you to come still closer to me through prayer. Little children, I am your mother, I love you and I desire that each of you be saved and thus be with me in Heaven. That is why, little children, pray, pray, pray until your life becomes prayer. Thank you for having responded to my call. 