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Lent Quiz Results!

February 25, 2009

Here are the eagerly awaited answers and results of our recent Lent quiz. We had nearly 1100 people take this quiz! Below the answers and results for each question, we’ve provided a bit of explanation for more information about each answer.
1. What is the liturgical color during Lent?
Violet
92% of the people who answered got this [...]

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What Do You Know About Lent?

February 5, 2009

We want to see what you know about Lent, so we’ve created a short quiz to test people’s knowledge of some Lenten facts. If you have a few minutes, take our Lent Quiz and see what you know.
We’ll publish the results and the answers here on Ash Wednesday.
Take the quiz now!

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Spiritual Reading and Gift-giving Ideas for the Easter Season

March 15, 2008

“He is not here. He is risen . . .”
 

St. Mary Magdalene Announces the Resurrection Icon

 ”. . .  And on the first day of the week, very early in the morning, (the women) came to the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared. And they found the stone rolled back from the sepulchre. And going in, [...]

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Strengthen and Deepen Your Faith this Lent and Easter Season

March 9, 2008

The Aquinas and More Newsletter – your Trusted Source for the Best in Catholic Resources and Gifts
 
“ . . . you will draw water from the fountain of Salvation . . . ”
- Isaiah 12:3

  
“Compassion” print by William Bouguereau

“. . . in this sense it is true that anyone who does not know God, even though he may entertain all [...]

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Divine Mercy – the Message and Devotion

March 2, 2008

” Divine Mercy – the Message and the Devotion “

“There is nothing a man needs more than Divine Mercy – that love which is benevolent, which is compassionate, which raises man above his weakness to the infinite heights of the holiness of God. In this place, we become particularly aware of this. From [...]

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Christ Died That You Might Have Life

February 24, 2008

“ The Passion and Death of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ ”

La Pieta Fine Art Print

“Now one of the criminals hanging there reviled Jesus, saying, ‘Are you not the Messiah? Save yourself and us.’ The other, however, rebuking him, said in reply, ‘Have you no fear of God, for you are subject to the same condemnation? [...]

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First Holy Communion and Confirmation Gifts at Aquinas and More

February 8, 2008

” This is the season of First Sacraments “

Smith’s “After the First Holy Communion”

The season for celebrating Confirmation and First Holy Communion, two of the three sacraments of Christian initiation, is approaching. These, and all seven sacraments, are outward signs of inward grace, instituted by Christ for our sanctification. While God can give man [...]

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“Come, follow me” – Following in the footsteps of Our Lord

January 31, 2008

“The Way of the Cross”

The devotion of the Way of the Cross, followed in different ways and called by many names – the Stations of the Cross, Via Dolorosa, or Via Crucis – is not a modern devotion at all. In fact, early Christian tradition as well as visions received by mystics such as Blessed [...]

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Magnificat Lenten Companion Special

January 24, 2008

We put in an order for several hundred Magnificat Lenten Companions this year. The order was large enough to prompt a call from our supplier asking us if we really meant to place an order that large.
Each issue costs $3.95. We have decided to run a special offer for people interested in the magazine. Here [...]

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Are You Spiritually Prepared for Lent? Ash Wednesday is February 6.

January 15, 2008

“Dust thou art, and into dust thou shalt return”

- Book of Genesis 3:19
 

 

“Remember that thou art dust, and unto dust thou shalt return.” The traditional rite of the imposition of ashes, repeated today, is always very eloquent and the words that accompany it are very indicative. In its simplicity, it evokes the [...]

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