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A blessed Christmas to everyone!

𝘽𝙀𝙒𝘼𝙍𝙀: '𝙎𝘼𝙉𝙏𝘼 𝙈𝙐𝙀𝙍𝙏𝙀' 𝙄𝙎 𝙉𝙊𝙏 𝘼 𝘾𝘼𝙏𝙃𝙊𝙇𝙄𝘾 𝙎𝘼𝙄𝙉𝙏

All Saints' Day is just around the corner, and I bet that you have a patron saint in mind that you always ask to intercede in your life. Well, Mary and the saints are powerful intercessors. They help us be closer to God more and more. But have you ever heard of a name being called by people as 'Saint' but no saint at all? Meet Santa Muerte, or the 'saint' of Death of the Narco-Satanic Spiritually.

The skeletal female figure has a growing devotion in the United States, but don't be fooled by the Mary-like veil or the holy-sounding name. Because Santa Muerte is no saint. At. all

She's not a recognized saint by the Roman Catholic Church. In fact, in 2013, a Vatican official condemned devotion to her, equating it to "the celebration of devastation and of hell."

In an interview, Rev. Msgr. Camilo P. Alia, emphasized that they never encouraged the parishioners to have a devotion to the Santa Muerte in the Philippines.

“We do not venerate her, she is only part of the pasos. Not like in Mexico where in they treat her like a saint. She serves as a reminder to us that our lives have limits and that death is the door to the next life. The La Santa Muerte reminds us of death. That Christ died so that we may live and when we die we will be resurrected in Him,”

Truly, Santa Muerte is no saint. And having a devotion to her would just result to idolatry. Beware, mga bok at 'ter!







Sources:

(1) Have you ever heard of saint of death?—Dont pray to her ( Retrieved on October 24, 2021);

(2) LOOK: La Santa Muerte leads Holy Week procession in Cebu—ABS-CBN (Retrieved on October 24, 2021);

(3) 📷 Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho

Panalangin kay San Lorenzo Ruiz at mga Kasamang Martir

Amang Mapagmahal, ang Iyong Anak na si Hesukristo ay naghandog ng kanyang buhay para sa kaligtasan ng tanan. Kasihan kami ng iyong pag-ibig upang maihandog ang aming buhay para sa iyo at sa aming kapwa tao.

Inakay rin ng mapagpala Mong kamay ang iyong mga lingkod na sina San Lorenzo Ruiz at mga kasama sa lupain ng Hapon upang tularan ang sakripisyo ni Kristo at ipamansag ang Mabuting Balita ng Kaligtasan.

Isinasamo namin na sa pamamagitan ng panalangin ng mga banal na martir na kami’y maging matatag sa pananampalataya tulad nila at maging kasangkapan ng pagpapahayag ng mabuting balita sa aming bayan at sa mga bansang nasa paligid namin. Dinggin Mo ang aming kahilingan at ang tanging biyayang aming hinihingi:

(Banggitin ang mga kahilingan)

Kaisa ni San Lorenzo Ruiz at mga kasama, hinihiling namin ito sa pamamagitan ni Hesukristo na aming Panginoon. Amen.

SAN LORENZO RUIZ AT MGA KASAMA, IPANALANGIN MO KAMI!

Ctto:San Lorenzo Ruiz Painting by Ryan Carreon Aragon

The RELIC STONE from the Grotto of St. Michael іs а vеrу sресіаl, hаrd tо gеt, rеlіс stоnе, coming from the mіrасulоus sасrеd саvе іn Моntе Gаrgаnо, Іtаlу.

Bringing one of these relic rocks always with you can bless your life.

You can use this relic rock as a point of intercessory prayer:

👉for thanking God for all that we have received from him via his ministering angels
👉to appreciate how much our angels love us
👉for intercessory prayer requests
👉for especially saying our guardian angel prayer
👉for meditation about St. Michael the Archangel and the role that angels play in our life
👉to have our home a holy place like St. Michael’s Cave and all the graces that our angels can bring to it.

The grotto of St. Michael is located on a top of mount Gargano in Italy. Gargano is in the province of Foggia, in the south of Italy. It is near the town of San Giovanni Rotondo, where the Stigmatist St. Padre Pio lived his Priestly life. It is considered the oldest shrine in Western Europe because of the first apparition there of St. Michael. It has been and still is an important pilgrimage site since the Middle Ages.

*reliquary and chibi st. Michael not included.

Note:
The church’s Code of Canon Law says specifically and strongly (in No. 1190) that, “It is absolutely forbidden to sell sacred relics.” When relics are obtained, there is a charge for the metal container encasing the relic (Theca), transportation expenses, facilitation/representation and for mailing costs (international shipping), but not for the relic itself.

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The Original St. Benedict’s Bell
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Sold in the Benedictine Monastery in Italy.
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Material: Real Italian Pewter

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Mare de Déu deMontserrat
Our Lady of Montserrat
(la Moreneta)

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Limited edition 3D-Scanned replicas of the original image of the Our Lady of Montserrat (Hand-painted by the Benedictine Monks.)

Please call the Abbey Porter for reservation - Tel No: 87355992 / Phone No: 09222582626

PRICES:
6” – P 850
12” – P 2,200
18” – P 3,600

Mode of Payment – BPI: La Orden de Padres Benedictinos Account No: 2263-0184-11 or Cash-on-delivery thru the Abbey courier.

Mode of Delivery: Pick-up or Private Courier (within Metro Manila) *Delivery fee depends on the distance and is shouldered by the buyer.

That in all things, God may be glorified!

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The medal bought by a friend online for our first Olympic Gold medalist.

The Miraculous Medal
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Size: 2in x 1in, Pewter

O Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to you!

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First Class Relics of
St. Paul of the Cross
St. Gemma Galgani
St. Maria Goretti
St. Gabriel Possenti
St. Charles Houben
St. Vincent Strambi
B. Martyrs of Daimiel
B. Timothy Giaccardo

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We don’t sell. What we offer is our services in facilitating the acquisition of sacred relics.

Note:
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First Class Relic of St. Augustine of Hippo
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Mass Kits
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👉The History of the Catholic Church: From the Apostolic Age to the Third Millennium (Hardcover)
James Hitchcock
Ignatius Press; First edition (December 19, 2012)
7.34 x 1.68 x 10.15 inches, 2.7lbs
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PhP 3,415.00

The Catholic Church is the longest-enduring institution in the world. Beginning with the first Christians and continuing in our present day, the Church has been planted in every nation on earth.The Catholic Church claims Jesus Christ himself as her founder, and in spite of heresy from within and hostility from without, she remains in the twenty-first century the steadfast guardian of belief in his life, death, and resurrection. The teachings and redemptive works of Jesus as told in the Gospels are expressed by the Church in a coherent and consistent body of doctrine, the likes of which cannot be found in any other Christian body. The history of the Catholic Church is long, complicated, and fascinating, and in this book it is expertly and ably told by historian James Hitchcock. As in the parable of Christ about the weeds that were sown in a field of wheat, evil and good have grown together in the Church from the start, as Hitchcock honestly records. He brings before us the many characters--some noble, some notorious--who have left an indelible mark on the Church, while never losing sight of the saints, who have given living testimony to the salvific power of Christ in every age. This ambitious work is comprehensive in its scope and in incisive in its understanding, a valuable addition to any school or home library.

👉 A Year with Thomas Merton: Daily Meditations from His Journals (Imitation Leather)
Thomas Merton
HarperOne; Later prt. edition (December 28, 2004)
5.5 x 1.25 x 7.38 inches, 1.06lbs
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Authentic. Original.
PhP 2,750.00

A 365 daily with inspirational and provocative selections from the journals of Thomas Merton combined with drawings and photographs by Merton.

This volume of daily inspiration from Thomas Merton draws from Merton's journals and papers to present, each day, a seasonally appropriate and thought-provoking insight or observation.
Each month will begin with one of Merton's delightful pen-and-ink drawings or one of his elegant black-and-white photographs.

👉 Cultivating Virtue: Self-Mastery With the Saints (Hardcover)
TAN Books; Lea edition (October 24, 2016)
5 x 0.25 x 7 inches, 1.3lbs
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PhP 3,415.00

How to Master 12 Essential Virtues in 12 Months

On every page Cultivating Virtue imparts the true spirit of the Catholic Faith. This book takes 12 Christian virtues—one for each month, with a reading for each day of the year—and shows you how to master each one. Featuring episodes and sayings from the lives of the Saints, it covers Perfection, Humility, Mortification, Patience, Meekness, Confidence, Charity, among others.

Master the virtues and set out on your road to becoming a saint by learning directly from the great saints, such as St. Francis de Sales, St. Teresa of Avila, St. Vincent de Paul, St. John of the Cross, St. Jane Frances de Chantal, St. John Chrysostom, and many others.

Cultivating Virtue possesses the unique quality of touching the soul with just a few paragraphs and putting a person in tune with God’s view of our affairs. The reader can pick it up for a few moments and gain incomparable inspiration. For this is one of the most moving and powerful Catholic books ever written and one that will enflame the reader with the love of God and desire for true Christian perfection.

Cultivating Virtue was formerly published by TAN Books as A Year with the Saints: A Virtue for Every Month of the Year.

The original text has been re-typeset as an attractive daily meditation. The new trim size is 5”x7”. It is bound in a Premium UltraSoft cover, with a ribbon marker and gold edges. Personalization is available.

👉The Power of Silence: Against the Dictatorship of Noise (Paperback)
Cardinal Robert Sarah & Nicolas Diat
Ignatius Press; 1st edition (April 15, 2017)
6 x 1 x 8.9 inches
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PhP 1,815.00

In a time when there is more and more noise, and technology and materialism continue to exert their hold on us, Cardinal Robert Sarah presents a bold book about the strength of silence. The world generates so much noise that seeking moments of silence only becomes more necessary. For Cardinal Sarah, modern man, in repressing the divine, finds himself in a deep dilemma, an oppressive and anguishing trial. The Cardinal recalls that life is a silent relationship between what is most intimate in man and God. Silence is indispensable for hearing the music of God: prayer arises from silence and returns to silence with ever greater depth.

In this long and profound conversation with Nicolas Diat, done within the hallowed walls of silence in the famous Carthusian monastery of La Grande Chartreux in France, the Cardinal proposes the question: can those who do not know silence ever attain truth, beauty, love? The response is undeniable: all that is great and creative is formed by silence. God is silence.

After the great international success of God or Nothing, translated into fourteen languages, Cardinal Sarah seeks to restore to silence its place of honor and importance. "Although speech characterizes man, silence is what defines him, because speech acquires sense only in terms of this silence." This is the beautiful and significant message of The Power of Silence.

In this book, Cardinal Sarah has only one aim, which is summed up in this thought from his book: "Silence is difficult but it makes a human being able to allow himself to be led by God. Silence is born of silence. Through God the silent one we can gain access to silence. And a human being is unceasingly surprised by the light that bursts forth then. Silence is more important than any other human work. For it expresses God. The true revolution comes from silence; it leads us toward God and others so as to place ourselves humbly and generously at their service."

MISALE ROMANUM (LATIN, Chapel Edition)
‎Midwest Theological Forum; 3rd edition (January 1, 2015)
Rev. James Socias

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PhP 22,665.00

This Chapel Edition of Missale Romanum, Editio iuxta typicam tertiam emendatam, has been designed for daily celebration of the Mass, ensuring that every element is durable and practical while maintaining a dignified, beautiful appearance that is worthy of divine worship. The construction of Missale Romanum, Chapel Edition, which has been designed for daily use, has the following features: Bound in a durable synthetic leather cover bearing the gold-stamped image of Christ Pantocrator on the front and the Chi-Rho on the back. Smyth-sewn binding and robust end sheets. 1204 pages, measuring 6.7” x 9.1”, on 50-pound paper so it is both light and durable. Gilded edges. 29 paintings reproduced in full color from the Church’s treasury of fine art that adorn the seasons and principal feasts of the liturgical year. Six place-holder ribbons in liturgical colors. Gold-stamped tabs attached firmly to the pages. The text of Missale Romanum, Chapel Edition, has the following features: A Latin-language altar missal in a chapel-size edition. Invocation of St. Joseph in Eucharistic Prayers II, III, and IV Includes (1) the complete text of Missale Romanum, Editio typicam tertiam, (2) the emendations of the 2008 Supplementum: Excerptum ex editione typica tertia emendata (additional options for the dismissal at the end of Mass, prayers for the Vigil of Pentecost, etc.), and (3) the corrections from the August 2008 Notitiae (minor textual corrections to existing editions). All the saints on the General Roman Calendar, including St. John XXIII and St. John Paul II. Permission to produce this missal granted by the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, which deemed it to be in accordance with the 2002 Editio typica tertia, the 2008 Emendata, and their sources.

CHALICE & CIBORIUM SET
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CHALICE: 22.5 cm / 8.85 inches (height)

CIBORIUM: 19 cm / 7.48 inches (height)

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CHALICE
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height: 25.5 CM / 10 inches
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CHRISTIAN PRAYER: The Liturgy of the Hours (Morning Prayer, Daytime Prayer (Selections); Evening Prayer, Night Prayer, Office of Readings (Selections); Edition with Music)
Imitation Leather
👉 PhP 4,310.00

Catholic Book Publishing; 1st edition (January 1, 1976)
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Christian Prayer from Catholic Book Publishing is the official one-volume edition of the internationally acclaimed Liturgy of the Hours. This regular edition of Christian Prayer contains the complete texts of Morning and Evening Prayer for the entire year. With its readable 10-pt. type, ribbon markers for easy location of texts, and beautiful two-color printing, this handy little one-volume Christian Prayer simplifies praying the official Prayer of the Church, the Liturgy of the Hours, for today's busy Catholic. Available with flexible maroon cover and with a current annual guide.

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