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Saint of the Day (February 2 ) ✠ St. Cornelius ✠ 21st Pope: Born: ---- Rome Died: June 253 Civitavecchia, Roman Empire Pope Cornelius was the Bishop of Rome from 6 or 13 March 251 to his martyrdom in 253. He was Pope during and following a period of persecution of the church and a schism occurred over how repentant church members who had practised pagan sacrifices to protect themselves could be readmitted to the church. Cornelius agreed with Cyprian of Carthage that those who had lapsed could be restored to communion following after varying forms of penance. That position was in contrast to the Novationists, who held that those who failed to maintained their confession of faith under persecution would not be received again into communion with the church. That resulted in a schism in the Church of Rome that spread as each side sought to gather support. Cornelius held a synod that confirmed his election and excommunicated Novation, but the controversy rega...

Feast of the Day (February 2) ✠ Presentation of Jesus at the Temple ✠ Feast Day: February 2 February 2nd is the feast of the Presentation of Jesus at the Temple. Mary offers her Son to God and learns that she too will share closely in Jesus' redemptive mission. The gathering of pilgrims in Bethlehem has ended. After Christ's birth, Joseph found a more worthy place to house the Holy Family. There, after eight days, he carried out the rite of circumcision by which the male children begin to form part of the people of Israel. And the child officially received the name Jesus, the name given by the angel before he was conceived in the womb (Lk 2:21). Forty days later, Mary and Joseph took the Child with them to Jerusalem, when the time came for their purification according to the law of Moses…to present him to the Lord as it is written in the law of the Lord…and to offer a sacrifice according to what is said in the law of the Lord, “a pair of turtle-dove...

Saint of the Day Feast: February 2 ✠ St. Maria Katharina Kasper ✠ Virgin and Foundress of the Institute of the Poor Handmaids of Jesus Christ: Born: May 26, 1820 Dernbach, Amt Montabaur, Duchy of Nassau, German Confederation Died: February 2, 1898 (Aged 77) Dernbach, Unterwesterwaldkreis, Prussia, German Empire Resting place: Motherhouse Church, Dernbach, Westerwald Venerated in: Roman Catholic Church Beatified: April 16, 1978 Pope Paul VI Canonized: October 14, 2018 Pope Francis Patronage: Congregation of Poor Handmaids of Jesus Christ Saint Maria Katharina Kasper – born Katharina but in religious known as Maria – was a German Roman Catholic professed religious and the founder of the Poor Handmaids of Jesus Christ. Kasper entered the religious life later in her life despite having harboured a desire to become a religious sister for a great period of time. It had not materialized earlier due to aggravating circumstances such as the Kaspers' p...

🌿 Rosa Carmeli Retreat Center Catholic Charismatic Prayer Group 🇮🇳  🇬🇧  🇫🇷 Gospel of the day  👇  1. தமிழ், 2. മലയാളം, 3. ಕನ್ನಡ, 4. हिंदी, 5. English,  6. français. 7. తెలుగు கொடையாகப் பெற்றீர்கள்; கொடையாகவே வழங்குங்கள். மத்தேயு 10:8 ________________________________ 02 பிப்ரவரி 2023, வியாழன் ஆண்டவரைக் காணிக்கையாக அர்ப்பணித்தல் விழா ! முதல் வாசகம் நீங்கள் தேடுகின்ற தலைவர் திடீரெனத் தம் கோவிலுக்கு வருவார். இறைவாக்கினர் மலாக்கி நூலிலிருந்து வாசகம் 3: 1-4 கடவுளாகிய ஆண்டவர் கூறுவது: “இதோ! நான் என் தூதனை அனுப்புகிறேன். அவர் எனக்கு முன் வழியை ஆயத்தம் செய்வார்; அப்பொழுது, நீங்கள் தேடுகின்ற தலைவர் திடீரெனத் தம் கோவிலுக்கு வருவார். நீங்கள் ஆவலுடன் எதிர்பார்க்கும் உடன்படிக்கையின் தூதர் இதோ வருகிறார்” என்கிறார் படைகளின் ஆண்டவர். ஆனால் அவர் வரும் நாளைத் தாங்கக் கூடியவர் யார்? அவர் தோன்றும்போது நிற்க வல்லவர் யார்? அவர் புடமிடுகிறவரின் நெருப்பைப் போலும் சலவைத் தொழிலாளியின் சவர்க்காரத்தைப் போலும் இர...